Mission Mountain Enterprises

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
810346751
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2020
Forms available
Form 990 2020
Location
Ronan, MT, USA
Phone
4066762563
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Residential Care & Adult Day Programs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,284,503
Expenses
$4,271,487
Assets
$4,566,369
Liabilities
$474,360

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LAUREN OLIVER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • CHUCK WALL (PRESIDENT)
  • KARR BERGMANN (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • WHITNEY CANTLON (FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • LISA SKALSKY (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $73,660 total reported compensation
  • LAUREN OLIVER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $46,574 total reported compensation
  • WHITNEY CANTLON (FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $19,524 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide group home and work/day habilitation services to developmentally and intellectually disabled adults under contract with the state of Montana, department of health and human series, developmental disabilities division.

What it reported doing in 2020

Room and board (ssi): consumers residing in community homes receive supplemental social security income (ssi). A portion of these funds are reserved for rent paid to the organization for living in the community home.transportation: the organization provides transportation services between consumer residences and the adult habilitation program. In addition, transportation services are provided for community integration outings, medical appointments, social events, and shopping.community supports: community supports provides services to consumers who require limited assistance.other grants and vocational rehabilitation: this program is comprised of commodity foods donated by the state of Montana and services provided to individuals needing assistance in preparing to apply for jobs in the community.retail and miscellaneous: the organization operates thrift stores in polson and ronan.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 89% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 65
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 59
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 67.4%; rating input score 67
  • Program expense ratio: 83.2%; rating input score 83
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd 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: 87.5%; rating input score 88; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 19.2%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.07; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.3%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.7% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 67.4% of revenue deployed · 83.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 8 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $3.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $74K · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 31 of 32 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2013 to 2020
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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.

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

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 38/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.