District 7 Human Resources Development Council Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
810300207
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Billings, MT, USA
Phone
4062474710
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Emergency Assistance

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$8,778,638
Expenses
$8,445,160
Assets
$4,224,000
Liabilities
$1,143,645

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DENISE JORDAN (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • DENISE JORDAN (CEO): $160,747 total reported compensation
  • SHANNA FREDRICKSON (Director): $128,551 total reported compensation
  • LEON PATTYN (Chairman): $4,054 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide services to low income individuals to empower people in need through mobilizing and developing community resources by creating opportunities for success in big horn, carbon, stillwater, sweet grass, and yellowstone counties.

What it reported doing in 2024

Emergency Food and Housing -- This service group provides housing, food and other emergency services to eligible recipients. Transitional living services helped homeless pregnant and/or parenting youth, ages 18-21 into a safe living environment. Housing services consist of counseling, emergency payments, and housing placement services to assist low income and homeless populations. Approximately 75 individuals completed Homebuyer Education, 61 individuals received homebuyer pre-purchase counseling, and 161 individuals received rental counseling and 139 indivduals received Budget Counseling. Housing programs aided 161 households in receiving Section 8 housing valued at $1,353,225. Housing Plus programs aided 39 households in receiving $21,111.58 in rental assistance, $24,655 in supportive services, and $3,900 in rental deposits. Approximately $209,650 was provided to 140 households in the form of housing payments and supportive services to assist clients in maintaining or moving into permanent housing. Fourty six households received deposit assistance totaling $43,158. Through housing navigation 684 familes who were experiencing homelessness or facing eviction recevied services to connect them to resources in our community. The Youth Homelss Demonstration Projecter served 36 participants with Case Management and Housing Navigation Services. The participants received $2,486 in direct supportive services, $6,244.55 in rental deposits, and $28,095 in rent payments. Harmony House served 7 pregnant and parenting youth.Food assistance is provided through the distribution of food to eligible families living on the Crow Indian Reservation. Monthly, food commodities and nutriciation education were distributed to approximately 340 individuals or 161 Crow Tribe families for a total annual value of $268,676.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 86% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 53% for direct work, and 47% for grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 91
  • Transparency & Controls: 71
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 39
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 89.7%; rating input score 90
  • Program expense ratio: 90.9%; rating input score 91
  • Fundraising efficiency: $55,192.29 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 3.8%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.5; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.27; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.5%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.5% per year; rating input score 100; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 89.7% of revenue deployed · 90.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 6 filed program accomplishments · $7.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $161K · 17 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $703K reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 47/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 37/100.