Missions United Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Missions United is first and foremost a Christian community. Our mission is God's Mission; the work of healing a broken world, the work of healing the sick, and binding up the broken hearted. This mission is accomplished through serving Christ by creating abundant life opportunities and providing quality services to seniors. Continued on Schedule OMissions United, Inc. opened Mission Ridge, Montana's first state-of-the-art CCRC in Billings, on January 5, 1998. In October 2016, it opened its second community, WyndStone, in Billings Heights; and in February 2023, it acquired SkyRidge, also in Billings Heights. Missions United, Inc. is an expression and extension of the church's mission. In public worship and in private settings, the following events happen: God's saving word is proclaimed, the Sacraments are administered, prayers and devotions are offered, pastoral care and counseling are provided, and works of charity and benevolence are offered.The goal of the Mission Ridge, WyndStone, and SkyRidge communities is to provide housing, as well as health and financial security for our elders, while simultaneously preserving their privacy and self-sufficiency to the fullest extent possible. The Mission Ridge senior living community consists of 120 independent living apartments and 62 assisted living apartments, while WyndStone has 51 independent living and 32 assisted living apartments, and SkyRidge has 32 assisted living apartments. In conjunction with the existing long-term care facility, St. John's United, Missions United residents receive priority access to a full continuum of care.Missions United is providing for the physical, spiritual, social, and emotional wellbeing of its residents by offering housing in an environment designed specifically for their needs. Missions United residents are guided and nurtured through life's housing and healthcare transitions, lessening the hardship and crisis for themselves and their families. Financial security is being provided to the residents of the community by offering quality services to residents at the lowest possible cost. Missions United has adopted a policy, set forth in the Residency Agreement, providing financial assistance to residents who become unable to pay their monthly service fee or other charges. No residents have been, or ever will be, discharged because of an inability to pay. Existing resident deposits are available to assure such financial assistance will be available. The average deposit on a Missions United/WyndStone apartment on December 31, 2024 was about $123,000. That is just 31% of the 2024 median single family homes sale in Billings of $394,111 (Zillow). Missions United contracts for and provides access to a continuum of long-term care services available to elderly residents of middle class financial means. A long-term care benefit is offered to all independent living residents to assist in preserving financial security. The benefit provides $500 per month if transition occurs to assisted living and $750 per month if transition occurs to skilled nursing services (total maximum benefit of $18,000). During 2024, 35 residents who required either assisted living or skilled nursing care received $118,205 in long-term care benefits. From date of inception (1998), residents have received $2,524,120 in long-term care benefits. Missions United is not just an expression and extension of the church; it is the church at work in this place and in the world. In our 26th year, Missions United provided many community benefits. Included in our effort to promote benefits to our residents and provide service to others in the world were the following:1. Invest in a community benefit tracking software that will help better define, track, and store all of our efforts, costs, and people served as a benefit to the larger community. Missions United provided $394,522 of community benefit to 16,040 people in 2024.2. Missions United has intentionally not fully occupied its assisted livi

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 83.2%; rating input score 83
• Program expense ratio: 84.4%; rating input score 84
• 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 7 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • 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: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 10%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.65; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.83; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings