Interpreters for the Deaf

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
421610837
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2016–2019
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2019, Form 990-N 2007
Location
Missoula, MT, USA
Phone
9165957625
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Professional Societies, Associations

Reported finances

Revenue
$9,472
Expenses
$4,605
Assets
$22,849

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Katie Opp (President)
  • Sandy Sallee (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Shannon (Secretary)
  • Katie Opp (President)
  • Sandy Sallee (Vice President)

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 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

We are educating the Sign Language Interpreter of Montana, under our parent organization RID.

What it reported doing in 2019

Big Sky Interpreting Conference (BSIC) 2019 MRID brought in Sonja Smith to instruct on How to work on your skill development. Sonja taught how to self-assess to find strengths and weakness, how to incorporate feedback into daily practice, and setting SMART goals.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 97% 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 revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 46
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 75
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 33%; rating input score 33
  • Program expense ratio: 67.8%; rating input score 68

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 51.4%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.96; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.6% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -16.3% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.3% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 33% of revenue deployed · 67.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2016 to 2019
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 33/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.