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Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
384203249
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Missoula, MT, USA
Phone
4065463855
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose

Reported finances

Revenue
$70,927
Expenses
$77,091
Assets
$4,134
Liabilities
$5,361

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARC MOSS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • Rachel Bemis (Board Chair)
  • Katie Evans (Board Vice-Chair)
  • Taylor Burby (Director)

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

The Corporation is organized and shall be operated exclusively for purposes within the charitable and educational meaning of Sections 501(c)(3),2055 & 2522 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), includingbut not limited toconducting programs that include live storytelling events, live in person and online storytelling workshops, and online storytelling events & content using available technologies to further the Corporations charitable purposes.

What it reported doing in 2024

Produced 8 live-in person events for 1,129 attendees, taughtstorytelling & how to teach it in the classroom to educators. Produced 11 podcast episodes & 9 workshops.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 73% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program 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

SUPPORTED - 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: 66
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 19
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 68.2%; rating input score 68
  • Program expense ratio: 62.7%; rating input score 63

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -8.7%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.05; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.3; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 32.9%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -25.2% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 68.2% of revenue deployed · 62.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $48K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 32/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 4/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.