Montana Brave Hearts

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
884109964
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Polson, MT, USA
Phone
7193583611
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution

Reported finances

Revenue
$144,070
Expenses
$121,247
Assets
$189,451

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KALEE PLOWMAN (CO-PRESIDENT)
  • ASHLEAH HALL (CO-PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • DOUGLAS MCBRIDE (CHAIR)
  • HUGH BIGG (VICE CHAIR)
  • KALEE PLOWMAN (CO-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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Hope for the bravest hearts

What it reported doing in 2025

Montana brave hearts is dedicated to supporting Montana families, raising awareness, and fundraising for research in hopes of a brighter future for those living with a congenital heart defect (chd). Montana brave hearts is devoted to empowering families and raising awareness about congenital heart defects (chd). Through advocacy, education, and community support, we work to: give support to families with chd- support families: we offer a brave beginnings travel care package, bereavement support, connections to the Montana heart community, and one- on-one support from a Montana heart mom for families navigating a new chd diagnosis. Raise awareness: increase public understanding of chd through campaigns, events, and partnerships. Fund life-changing research- fund research: advocate for and contribute to groundbreaking medical research aimed at improving the lives of those with chd. Our mission is fueled by gratitude towards those who made the selfless choice to entrust their children to the hands of surgeons, propelling us forward in our quest to make a difference.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 77% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 82% 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. Revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Sustainability: 60
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 74.8%; rating input score 75
  • Program expense ratio: 88.9%; rating input score 89

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 15.8%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.56; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -40.8% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.8% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 74.8% of revenue deployed · 88.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $108K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.