MountainStar Family Relief Nursery

What it reported doing in 2024

Child abuse and neglect: we served 313 children and their families through our relief nursery in fye 2025. 97% of all children enrolled in our relief nursery services remained safe from confirmed reports of abuse and neglect during the fiscal year. In addition, 80% of children in the therapeutic early childhood program met or exceeded widely-held expectations for social emotional development. 72% of families with children enrolled in the tecp reported improvements in family functioning and resiliency. All children enrolled in our classrooms were offered dental and developmental screenings on-site. (continued on sch o)in fy2024-25, we began offering consistent resource support in the warm springs community via our mobile resource bus. Between january through june 2025 we connected 67 young children and their families to additional resources such as diapers, wipes, hygiene kits, clothing, toys and books. We now have a total of 28 staff members providing relief nursery services across 5 locations in the three counties of central Oregon.as always, we continue to be very concerned for the vulnerable children and families we serve. The challenges faced by mountainstar families - such as poverty, food and housing insecurity, domestic violence, and mental and physical illnesses - continue to be pressing issues and have been aggravated this year by multiple changes (and threats of changes) at the federal level. The therapeutic services, support, and safety infrastructure that we provide continue to be critical to keeping children safe and helping families succeed.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 68.1%; rating input score 68
• Program expense ratio: 80.4%; rating input score 80
• Fundraising efficiency: $9.54 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings

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: 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: 8 of 8 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: 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: 15.7%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.11; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.18; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 2.8%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 10.6% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 11.7% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 17.4% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings