Montana Contractors Association Education Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 203397974
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2011
- Location
- Helena, MT, USA
- Phone
- 4064424162
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Scholarships, Student Financial Aid Services, Awards
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $162,896
- Expenses
- $122,006
- Assets
- $150,126
- Liabilities
- $206
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DAVID SMITH (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- MICHELLE COHENS (PRESIDENT)
- STAN DUGDALE (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- DAVID SMITH (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- MICHELLE COHENS (PRESIDENT)
- STAN DUGDALE (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Promote and support careers in construction, stimulating growth of a diverse, skilled workforce for Montana contractors.
What it reported doing in 2024
The mca education foundation operates build Montana, a work-based learning program in 4 high school districts and 1 community college. Students are offered on-the-job training, jobsite tours, online training, osha10 and networking opportunities. Build Montana graduated 28 students in the 2024 school year.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 68% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 54% for direct work, and 46% for grants.
The verdict
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Liabilities are high compared with assets.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 80
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 70
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 70.5%; rating input score 71
- Program expense ratio: 93.9%; rating input score 94
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 25.1%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.23; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 11% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 13.5% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 22.9% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 70.5% of revenue deployed · 93.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $115K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 50/100.