Ywca Helena

What it reported doing in 2025

2025 wings - through the ywca helena's women initiating new growth and stability (wings), we aim to address housing insecurity, addiction, mental health, recidivism, and food insecurity, stemming from generational trauma and poverty. While our 117-year-old historic residence and services are in lewis & clark county, our wings program has statewide outreach in providing residential and intensive outpatient services for extremely low-income women, who are diagnosed with co-occuring mental health disorder, substance use disorder (sud) and are at immediate risk of homelessness. In 2025, we served 32 women, 17 children (in full time residency) and 7 children (in part time residency as part of their reunification process). Individuals came from 13 counties across Montana of which 31% are from rural communities and 41% are enrolled tribal members. One hundred percent of our intakes came from inpatient treatment and 81% of our residents are justice system involved; 100% of the women (19-67 years of age), live below the federal poverty level. Wings continues to be the only program in our community serving women of any age, any family status, where children of any age and any gender can live with their mothers. Once the mother is stabilized in her recovery, her children are welcome to join her in residence. Reunification with her child(ren) is supported with parenting classes and supervised visits. We have found reunification is vital to her recovery. Of the women served in 2025, 37% of women living in the home having children with them at least part time. Three women were pregnant or postpartum.women are required to attend mental health and substance use treatment five days a week. In 2025, all clients received an average of 256 therapy encounters per month. Successful graduates stay an average of 657 days before moving into community housing with sustained sobriety. Six women graduated the wings program and transitioned into community housing in 2025.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 30.7%; rating input score 31
• Program expense ratio: 53.7%; rating input score 54
• Fundraising efficiency: $11.35 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings

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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • 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: 42.8%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.89; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 6.6%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 12.2% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 11.2% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 10.8% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings