Montana State University Alumni Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 810235631
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2011
- Forms available
- Form 990 2011
- Location
- Bozeman, MT, USA
- Phone
- 4069942401
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Alumni Associations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $486,485
- Expenses
- $3,309,512
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
17 people listed
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To advance Montana state university by developing and enhancing relationships among the university, its alumni, students and friends.
What it reported doing in 2011
Line 43: programs and activities conducted to develop alumni relations for the university in excess of 78,000 alumni.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 67% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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: 100
- Accountability: 96
- Sustainability: 9
- Growth: 0
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; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -580.3%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: -60.8% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -69.7% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 16 of 17 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $216K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 17 people listed
- Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes grants
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2009 to 2011
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 0/100.