Rural Resilience

What it reported doing in 2024

Rural communities are recognized for their resilience and grit. However, a long-standing stigma surrounding mental health coupled with a lack of access to support in these communities often negatively impacts an entire community's ability to thrive. Rural resilience is focused on designing long-term infastructure for mental and behavioral health catalysts customized to each community served. Rural resilience originated in park county, Montana thanks to grant support from amb west in july 2020. The organization seeks financial support and investment to continue to work towards long-term sustainability in order to provide accessible and consistent services throughout rural communities. Rural resilience currently provides mental and behavioral health services and support to students and their families across five different communities in rural Montana. Services are provided by a behavior analyst, licensed clinical professional counselors, as well as collaborative community networks that otherwise would not be accessible due to geographical, socioeconomic, and historically rooted barriers. These resources have been carefully crafted through relationship building and networking to meet the needs of five very unique rural communities over the last two years across park county, Montana and has spurred other rural communities' desire for our programming and services. Rural resilience has positively impacted entire communities by providing supportive and non-judgemental programs and liaisons to support individuals in need of mental and behavioral health services in isolated communities. The organization has successfully helped students and families overcome the stigma surrounding mental health in many rural communities. This has opened the door for additional community members to both seek and accept help. Rural resilience embodies the rural ideal by investing directly in local youth and leading with a boots on the ground philosophy to ensure the long-term growth and sustainability of the rural lifestyle and health of its communities.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 38%; rating input score 38
• Program expense ratio: 95.1%; rating input score 95
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 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: 61.9%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.61; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 86.9% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 61.7% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 49.4% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings