Fairfield Community Civic and Recreation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
810429953
IRS 990 coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Fairfield, MT, USA
Rating
66
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community Recreational Centers

Reported finances

Revenue
$438,411
Expenses
$36,717
Assets
$1,132,223
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • COURTNEY BAKE (Vice President)
  • MARCI SHAW (President)

People named in this filing

  • MICHELLE BATSON (Treasurer)
  • AMY OAKLEY (Secretary)
  • LOGAN CLARK (Director)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Fairfield Community Civic and Recreation, Inc., is locally known as the Fairfield Community Hall. The organizations purpose is to provide a facility for educational, scientific or health-related seminars and workshops, and for the recreational and social functions involving the local community as well as surrounding area members. The volunteer board members are local community members from a community of about 700 people.

What it reported doing in 2025

The board met with the architect and contractor in February of 2025 to discuss phase 2 of the renovation project. The hybrid phase 2 includes additional architectural plans for HVAC and new south entrance with ADA compliant entry door, new windows in Food bank area at front of the building, as well as removal of stage area, furring in , insulation and sheetrocking, taping and painting of interior walls, addition of ceiling insulation and acoustic tiles being installed and removal of old flooring and installation of commercial grade flooring. Construction of this hybrid phase began November 3, 2025 with completion expected by July 1, 2026. Total architect costs 2023 through 2025 were $110,168 and construction costs in 2025 were $253,832.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 96% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 38
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 92
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 9.3%; rating input score 9
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 91.6%; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 30.84; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.6% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 18.1% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 18.8% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 9.3% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $37K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 15 of 15 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 9/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.