Raise Montana

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
810508479
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Missoula, MT, USA
Phone
8287749739
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Foster Care

Reported finances

Revenue
$156,733
Expenses
$156,326
Assets
$64,495
Liabilities
$19,590

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LOUISA LIBERTELLI-DUNN (Vice President)
  • TORI SPROLES (President)

People named in this filing

  • MARY COLLINS (Secretary)
  • LYNN PIAZZOLA (Director)
  • LOUISA LIBERTELLI-DUNN (Vice President)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Unite Montana's child care resource and referral agencies and coordinate efforts to build a high quality, accessible early child care and education system that supports young children, parents, early childhood professionals, and member organizations.

What it reported doing in 2024

Support member organizations, advance the early childhood profession, and improve the quality, affordability and accessibility of child care.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 88.9%; rating input score 89
  • Program expense ratio: 89.2%; rating input score 89

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.3%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.41; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.3; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 45.1%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 16.6% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.9% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 88.9% of revenue deployed · 89.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $139K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 35/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 33/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 14/100.