Montrose Search and Rescue Team

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 953311945
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2014–2025
Forms available: Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2025
Location: Montrose, CA, USA
Phone: 0000000000
Rating: 42
Verdict: MIXED
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Search and Rescue Squads

Reported finances

Revenue: $77,510
Expenses: $107,610
Assets: $217,629
Liabilities: $0

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

Leadership & pay

1 person listed

People named in this filing

Jessica Bolstad (TreasurerWays and Means)

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

Perform Search and Rescue Operations The Montrose Search and Rescue Team is one of 8 not for profit volunteer rescue teams affiliated with the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department Staffed entirely by a mixture of Los Angeles County Sheriff Reserves and Civilian Volunteer Specialists we have over 5700 search and rescue missions The men and women of the team are trained and ready to respond to virtually any wilderness emergency 24-hoursday 365 daysyear

What it reported doing in 2025

Operating model

Revenue model: Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model: No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 0
Transparency & Controls: 100
Sustainability: 41
Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

Operating margin: -38.8%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.02; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: -19.7% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 47th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
Schedules: 4 filed schedules
Filing history: 8 filing years from 2014 to 2025
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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.