Montana Police Protective Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 810447516
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Great Falls, MT, USA
- Phone
- 4067815965
- Rating confidence
- Limited
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $462,426
- Expenses
- $403,120
- Assets
- $1,178,513
- Liabilities
- $13,511
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MYLES CONNELLY (VICE PRESIDENT)
- ANDREW BARTON (PRIOR PRESIDENT)
- KALEB LARSON (PRESIDENT)
- ALEXIS BERGER (PRIOR PRESIDENT)
- DANIEL SMITH (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- DANIEL SMITH (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $81,742 total reported compensation
- MICHELLE KNOPP (TREASURER): $10,417 total reported compensation
- SCOTT CONRAD (PRIOR TREASURER): $2,083 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Montana police protective association serves and supports Montana law enforcement by advocating for officers, providing training, assisting police families, and giving back to the communities they protect.
What it reported doing in 2024
Fraternal activities - ongoing membership committees, meetings, and annual convention necessary to strengthen the common bond and fraternal nature of the organization in a state as diverse and sparsely populated as Montana.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Membership-supported. 93% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 93
- Accountability: 48
- Sustainability: 57
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 22
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 12.8%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.92; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 23.8%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: -2% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 6 of 9 board members independent · 2 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $336K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $82K · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 14 of 14 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes grants
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
- 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 8 not reported.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 16/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 44/100.