Custer County Economic Development Association Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
820536118
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
Location
Challis, ID, USA
Phone
2088336861
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Rural Economic Development

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$188,358
Expenses
$156,028
Assets
$195,466
Liabilities
$61

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

People named in this filing

  • JD BENNETTS (Chairman)
  • SHERRY MAESTAS (Vice Chairman)
  • STEVE REMBELSKI (Treasurer)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Host annual and recurring events that connect businesses, community members, and partners to strengthen the local economy and create opportunities for the future. These gatherings provide spaces for collaboration, resource sharing, and celebrating progress across Custer County.

What it reported doing in 2025

Hosted coordination meetings throughout the year with businesses, community organizations, and public partners focusing on sharing updates on local projects and initiatives, connecting community members to state and regional resources, and building collaborative strategies for long-term economic vitality. Hosted annual community round table for local leaders, businesses, and residents to share updates, exchange ideas, and highlight community resources. This event is open to the public, features short updates from businesses, agencies, and organizations, and provides networking opportunities to build stronger local connections. Hosted a career fair to introduce high school students and community members to career pathways available in Custer County and beyond. The event is designed to be interactive and exploratory, giving youth the opportunity to talk directly with employers about career options, explore hands-on activities and demonstrations, and learn about training, internships, and future opportunities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 68% for direct work, and 32% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 64
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 82.8%; rating input score 83
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 17.2%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.25; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 13.3% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.6% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.4% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 82.8% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $156K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 47/100.