Inspire Action for Social Change Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
262176385
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Montana City, MT, USA
Phone
4065589334
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Women's Rights

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$564,686
Expenses
$607,632
Assets
$53,884
Liabilities
$40,250

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • BETH MCNAMARA (CO EXEC DIR): $148,495 total reported compensation
  • JENNIFER ROSE (CO EXEC DIR): $148,495 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

At inspire action for social change, our mission is to create change and improved opportunities for survivors and children experiencing barriers to safety as a result of domestic and sexual violence. We do this through customized training and individualized support designed to meet the unique needs of organizations, communities, and institutions working to end intimate partner violence.

What it reported doing in 2025

The violence against women act reauthorization of 2022 extended the authorization of appropriations for the justice for families program under 34 U.S.c. 12464. This statute authorizes funding to improve the civil and criminal justice system's response to families affected by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and child sexual abuse.pursuant to 34 U.S.c. 12464(b)(3) and (b)(7), grant funds may be used to provide training and technical assistance to grantees and communities to enhance their capacity to serve victims and ensure effective implementation of supervised visitation and safe exchange programs. These statutory provisions specifically support the development of model policies, education for court-related personnel, and service improvements for survivors and their families.in compliance with this statutory authorization, inspire action for social change engaged in two cooperative agreements with the u.s. Department of justice office on violence against women(ovw) in 2025 to advance training and technical assistance initiatives in supervised visitation and safe exchange programs.under cooperative agreement 15jovw-23-gk-05165-mumu, inspire action for social change provided specialized training and technical assistance to ovw grantees and subgrantees. This initiative focused on enhancing and expanding the supervised visitation and safe exchange capacity of service providers assisting individuals and families experiencing domestic violence, sexual violence, stalking, child sexual abuse, and dating violence.under cooperative agreement 15jovw-24-gk-03033-mumu, inspire action for social change partnered with ovw to re-examine and revise the ovw supervised visitation and safe exchange guiding principles. This project aimed to re-examine, re-write, and strengthen policy frameworks to improve safety, accessibility, and best practices for supervised visitation and safe exchange services nationwide.these activities demonstrate inspire action for social change's compliance with the justice for families program's statutory requirements, reinforcing the organization's commitment to supporting training, technical assistance, and policy development in alignment with federal mandates.in 2025, inspire action for social change engaged in a contract with the national council of juvenile and family court judges for the purpose of training and consultation services.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 99% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 66
  • Sustainability: 10
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 92.9%; rating input score 93
  • Program expense ratio: 86.3%; rating input score 86
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 60%; rating input score 60; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -7.6%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.09; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.75; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 48.9%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.8% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.4% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 16.3% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 92.9% of revenue deployed · 86.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 5 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $524K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $148K · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 22 of 23 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2017 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 5/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 7/100.