Montana Snowmobile Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 237400043
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2025
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Black Eagle, MT, USA
- Phone
- 4063662686
- Rating
- 73
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $141,111
- Expenses
- $133,626
- Assets
- $300,112
- Liabilities
- $30,000
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CONNIE WALTER (PRESIDENT)
- ROWDY YATES (VICE-PRESIDENT)
- FRED BAILEY (PAST PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- CONNIE WALTER (PRESIDENT)
- ROWDY YATES (VICE-PRESIDENT)
- KRISTEN YATES (TREASURER)
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
The Montana Snowmobile Association is a membership of snowmobilers and outdoor enthusiasts who endeavor to educate the public about the sport of snowmobiling, enhance the riding experience in our area, promote safety, and provide opportunities for family recreation. MSA is the Montana Snowmobilers voice to the Federal and State government, fighting to keep public land open for snowmobiling.
What it reported doing in 2025
The Montana snowmobile association is a membership of snowmobilers and outdoor enthusiasts who endeavor to educate the public about the sport of snowmobiling, enhance the riding experience in our area, promote safety, and provide opportunities for family recreation.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 74% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 51
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 55
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 51.1%; rating input score 51
- Program expense ratio: 50.3%; rating input score 50
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: 5.3%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.25; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0.3% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9.2% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 51.1% of revenue deployed · 50.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $67K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 51/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 50/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 21/100.