Russell Country Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
810432114
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Great Falls, MT, USA
Phone
4067615036
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$596,156
Expenses
$511,390
Assets
$209,991
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JAMES COOLER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR-OUTGOIN)
  • REBECCA ENGUM (TREASURER/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • JESSE ANDERSON (PRESIDENT)
  • SCOTT ARENSMEYER (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • REBECCA MILLER (INTERIM EXEC DIR/SECRETARY): $16,244 total reported compensation
  • JAMES COOLER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR-OUTGOIN): $10,719 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Russell country is the region designated by the Montana governor's tourism advisory council. The specific intent of russell country is to be an "umbrella organization to efficiently coordinate tourism promotion in the areas herein defined to be within its regional boundaries. Russell country shall consist of the following geographical boundaries: the thirteen counties of fergus, toole, liberty, hill, blaine, teton, wheatland, meagher, judith basin, pondera, chouteau, cascade, and petroleum as designated by the state of Montana.

What it reported doing in 2024

The organization promotes tourism in northcentral Montana through its website, travel planner publication, various advertising and marketing media, and press trips.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 99% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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: 92
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: 60

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: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 14.2%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.41; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.3%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 14 of 15 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $16K · 17 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $297K reported
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 19/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 52/100.