Granite County Center Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
200021371
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2010, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Philipsburg, MT, USA
Phone
4063702536
Rating
97
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution

Reported finances

Revenue
$98,130
Expenses
$85,911
Assets
$340,757
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

People named in this filing

  • SUSAN SWEENEY (CHAIRPERSON)
  • LINDA GRAHAM (SECRETARY/TREASURER)
  • LESLEY FICKLER (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of the granite county center foundation is to provide opportunities for enhanced student learning, foster teacher creativity, and recognize exceptional educators in granite county schools. The foundation will provide financial resources for students and educators in the county schools. The foundation will provide, for every high school junior or senior in granite county schools, the opportunity to begin post-secondary education while attending high school. This will be accomplished by offering quality dual-credit classes and online classes for dual credit at significantly reduced costs to students and by awarding scholarships to successful participants upon graduation to assist in the costs of post-secondary education.

What it reported doing in 2024

To improve the quality of educational opportunities and to generate and channel resources to improve the quality of educational opportunities for local high school students in granite county, Montana.the organization accomplishes its mission in several ways: - scholarships for graduating seniors who will be attending college or trade schools. - scholarships for current teachers to help with the cost of a master's degree. - "classroom grant" for a teacher at each school in the county for a project in their classroom, up to $2,500 each. - work force grant to help those in the trades and reimburse them for materials, supplies, and help with their chosen program. - medical scholarship has been added for those attending schools in the medical field. - "raising readers" fundraiser allows the orgnization to buy and gift every first grade student in granite county with their very own book to take home.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 78% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 98% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 98
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 69
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 95.5%; rating input score 96

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 12.5%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.97; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 27.3% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.2% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.8% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 95.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $82K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • 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.

  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.