Montana Public Health Institute

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
851137954
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Bozeman, MT, USA
Phone
4062496357
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Research Institutes and/or Public Policy Analysis

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,828,814
Expenses
$2,412,491
Assets
$2,217,684
Liabilities
$217,202

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MATT KELLEY (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • MATT KELLEY (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $179,221 total reported compensation
  • HILLARY HANSON (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $134,368 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Montana public health institute optimizes the health and quality of life of montanans by strengthening the public health system through collaboration, leadership and the advancement of health equity.

What it reported doing in 2025

Other program services consisted of the following: elc: on an ongoing basis, mtphi staff work to provide mentorship, support, and encouragement to public health professionals in the state. Mtphi has continued to build and grow communities of practice that allow for public health professionals to network and exchange ideas. This project includes a community of practice for public health medical directors, infectious disease physicians, local health department epidemiologists and public health emergency preparedness staff. 988: provide evaluation services for the 988 suicide prevention hotline. Ppw: provide technical assistance and evaluation for the pregnant and postpartum women sites. The state opioid response (sor) project allows mtphi to serve as the technical assistant for six regional hubs focused on overdose prevention efforts at the local and tribal level. This pilot project is called the opioid education and naloxone distribution program (oendp). The goal of the oendp project is to reduce opioid overdose in Montana through a regional approach that focuses on opioid prevention, harm reduction strategies, increasing access to treatment and recovery services, and the distribution of naloxone.chronic disease: provide support and facilitation to the Montana statewide health equity task force.nnphi age friendly: work to support the adoption of age-friendly public health policiestrailhead: provided technical assistance to region 8 state health departments in their implementation of the public health infrastructure grant (cdc)web survey: provided survey and evaluation support to the Montana tobacco use prevention program (mtupp). Pathways: facilitate a cohort of health departments to help them prepare for pathways recognition and develop a library of resources for all local and tribal health departments in Montana to use to improve public health practice. Ambff: support the Montana institute's initiatives.naccho: develop performance management and quality improvement toolkit to be used by health departments. Um center: provide support on development of crisis curriculum.mhref: supported completion of the healthcare workforce assessment and strategic plan.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 78% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 93% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 66
  • Transparency & Controls: 68
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 49
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 70.4%; rating input score 70
  • Program expense ratio: 82.2%; rating input score 82
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 97.9%; rating input score 98; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 14.7%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.92; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 13%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 27% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 22.6% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 32.6% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 70.4% of revenue deployed · 82.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $179K · 11 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $493K reported
  • Consistency: 26 of 28 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 6 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 26/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 49/100.