Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife Montana

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
272004259
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Missoula, MT, USA
Phone
4065440420
Rating
46
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Natural Resources Conservation and Protection

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$75,757
Expenses
$49,829
Assets
$105,098

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

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JR STRAND (PRESIDENT)
  • BILL MITCHELL (VICE-PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • JR STRAND (PRESIDENT)
  • BILL MITCHELL (VICE-PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR)
  • TAMI MITCHELL (TREASURER)

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

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What it reported doing in 2024

To reduce damage caused by coyotes to livestock in Montana.to manage wolf damage to livestock in a manner consistentwith the Montana wolf management & conservation plan.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 63% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. 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: 15
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 60
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 15.2%; rating input score 15
  • Program expense ratio: 15.1%; rating input score 15

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 34.2%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.11; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 26.5%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -17.6% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 15.2% of revenue deployed · 15.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $8K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 15/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 15/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.