Cascade County Mountain Patrol Search and Rescue Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 810395282
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2020–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2018
- Location
- Great Falls, MT, USA
- Phone
- 4062318335
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $42,010
- Expenses
- $50,116
- Assets
- $326,562
- Liabilities
- $838
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
People named in this filing
- CORY HANSON (COMMANDER)
- JOE DEFRANCISCI (VICE COMMAND)
- JENNIFER WEIR (SECRETARY)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The purpose of this corporation: a. To assist the sheriff of cascade county as provided by the laws of the state of Montana and only at the request of the sheriff or his duly appointed representative. B. To provide the membership with the training necessary to carry out safe search and rescue operations with a high degree of professionalism and organization. C. To maintain control over and discipline of members called to official duties. To act in a tactful, ethical manner so as to gain and maintain the respect of the community and other professional organizations. D. To dedicate itself to the dignity of all individuals and to provide aid and assistance to them in a time of distress e. To perform community and public services as authorized by the membership and subject to the conditions specified by the board of directors.
What it reported doing in 2024
During 2024, ccmpsar participated in search and rescue missions, community outreach events and related trainings. Missions included: 1 - search and rescue of snowed in and stuck motorist near monument peak 2 - assisted fish and game with rescue of lady from iced over river near rainbow dam 3 - search and rescue of stranded motorist in inclement weather near logging creek and monument peak. Assisted in recovery of unrelated stranded motorist enroute to original call out 4 - assisted family stranded in boat on a sandbar in the Missouri river near big bend fishing access 5 - searched and rescued man from the sun river 6 - assisted cascade county sheriff's department in multiple day search for an alleged murder victim in county landfill 7 - searched for and assisted citizen stranded on river near ulm who's boat had ran out of gas community outreach included: 1 - twice a year clean up of two miles of highway through Montana department of transportation adopt a highway 2 - demonstrations at lady of lourdes service day 3 - participated in city of great falls 4th of july parade 4 - stand by with snow equipment and first aid service for winter trail days on kings hill 5 - pool assistance for special olympics polar plunge 6 - presentation of the hug-a-tree and survive program. Designed to teach children ages 5-12 how to keep from getting lost, what to do if they become lost, how to stay warm and dry, and how they can help searchers to find them trainings included but were not limited to: 1 - swift water rescue certification and skills practice 2 - ice rescue certification and skills practice 3 - high and low angle rescue certification and skills practice 4 - wilderness first aid certification and skills practice 5 - cpr certification and skills practice 6 - knot and rope usage 7 - safe boat handling 8 - atv training 9 - snowmobile training our typical mission response is four to eight members on a 24/7 basis. We started the year with 20 active members and finished with 16. Cascade county sheriff deputies acting as liaison to the sheriff's office accompany us on missions. We are continuing to actively recruit with a page on the sheriff's department website and using social media.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 47
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 98.7%; rating input score 99
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -19.3%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.52; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 11.1% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -2.5% per year; rating input score 0; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 98.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $49K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 33/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.