Western Montana Gay and Lesbian Community Center
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 810537207
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2023–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2022, Form 990-N 2016
- Location
- Missoula, MT, USA
- Phone
- 4065432224
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Neighborhood Centers
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $331,862
- Expenses
- $356,489
- Assets
- $142,022
- Liabilities
- $2,315
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
14 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ANDREW NELSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- ANDREW NELSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $63,906 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To serve the LGBTQ+ community in Western Montana by providing a safe, inclusive space, resources, and programs that promote health, wellness, and social connection.
What it reported doing in 2024
The center offers a variety of programs and services that support and empower members of the lgbtq+ community and allies in western Montana. Our programs are designed to meet the unique needs of individuals of all sexual orientations and gender identity expressions.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 84
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 69
- Sustainability: 26
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 96.8%; rating input score 97
- Program expense ratio: 90.1%; rating input score 90
- 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: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -7.4%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.4; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 17.9%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 83.6% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 24.3% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 11.6% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 96.8% of revenue deployed · 90.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $321K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $64K · 14 people listed
- Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 26/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 20/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 21/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 42/100.