Montana Trappers Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
810377945
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2007
Location
Black Eagle, MT, USA
Phone
4068682280
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$69,207
Expenses
$66,469
Assets
$256,356
Liabilities
$80

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MATT LUMLEY (PRESIDENT)
  • SEAN DAVIS (VICE PRESIDENT EAST-OUTGOING)
  • VALERIE ESCHE (VICE PRESIDENT EAST)
  • CHRIS MORGAN (VICE PRESIDENT WEST)
  • JIM BUELL (PAST PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MATT LUMLEY (PRESIDENT)
  • SEAN DAVIS (VICE PRESIDENT EAST-OUTGOING)
  • VALERIE ESCHE (VICE PRESIDENT EAST)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Organization of concerned and active conservationists who promote proper management of Montana's fur bearers, who develop proper predator control, maintain a positive public image and help perpetuate quality habitat.

What it reported doing in 2024

Impart knowledge to membership of the importance of conservation, ethics and acquiring skills & attitudes for fur bearer management and generate funds for education, promoting trapping, predator control, conservation & general operations.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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: 90
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 52
  • 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 4%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.86; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -5.6% per year; rating input score 0; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -3.5% per year; rating input score 0; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $66K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 17 people listed
  • Consistency: 12 of 12 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 44/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 36/100.