Brady County Water District

Tax-deductible

Brady, MT501(c)(3)Public & Societal BenefitEIN 36-1269012

Providing water & sewer service to approximately 140 people in the Town of Brady

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
100¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 4 volunteers and 3 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
0 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $152K a year · 91% of revenue · last 6 filings
Concern: a surplus in 0 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
100%
of spending
Looks good: 100% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$22K
to officers and key staff · 7% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 90% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 7% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
6 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 6.0 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$727K
18% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 18% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 5 voting members
Looks good: 5 of 5 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$170K
+5% vs prior year
Spent
$334K
To programs
100%
Net assets
$3.3M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$170K
FY2025▲ +5%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$164K
FY2021$166K
FY2022$169K
FY2023$167K
FY2024$162K
FY2025$170K
Expenses
$334K
FY2025▼ -23%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$270K
FY2021$284K
FY2022$281K
FY2023$303K
FY2024$436K
FY2025$334K
Net assets
$3.3M
FY2025▼ -5%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$4.1M
FY2021$4.0M
FY2022$3.9M
FY2023$3.8M
FY2024$3.5M
FY2025$3.3M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending October 2025) · see the original

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in May 1996.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

100 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 100% · $334K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25. Every line is in By the numbers.

Who runs it and what they're paid

8 people listed on the 990; $22K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Secertary / Treasurer
$10,659Pt VII · Sec A
Water / Sewer Operator
$7,056Pt VII · Sec A
Water / Sewer Operator
$4,751Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Nicole Cattin’s $11K as Secertary / Treasurer is at the 10th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1043 $100K–1M public & societal benefit nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
John Fabor—$3,733$15,235$9,969——
Nicole Cattin$10,659$12,003$1,836———
John Faber————$11,575$11,475
Julie Orcutt——$8,487$9,459$3,697—
Amy McNabb$7,056$9,192————
Audrey Rouns———$580$7,730$6,935
Tage Valone$4,751—————
Tim Carse——$1,050$260$49$274

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Supplies water and sewer services to about 140 residents in Brady.

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3 program services account for $334K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2024.
01

Providing fresh Water to the town and to out of town residents via the towns 2013 installed water pipes or via the fresh potable water fill station.

$216Kprogram expense
02

To provide sewer to the town of brady

$118Kprogram expense
03

To up grade lines both water and sewer. We had lines inspected and they will be fine for a bit longer

Pt IX · col B

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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$170K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$168K
Investment incomeLn 3$2K
Money outPt IX
$334K
Ln 25
Programscol B$334K
Owns and owesPt X
$3.3M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$167K
Total assetsLn 16$4.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$727K
PeoplePt VI, VII
8
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Fees for servicesLn 2g$168K
Investment incomeLn 3$2K
Total revenueLn 12$170K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$13K
SavingsLn 2$155K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$167K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3.9M
Total assetsLn 16$4.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$727K
Net assetsLn 32$3.3M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 53
VolunteersI 64
Fiscal year endsHeaderOctober
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$203K$167K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$4.0M$3.9M
Total assetsLn 16$4.2M$4.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$753K$727K
Net assetsLn 32$3.5M$3.3M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$23K$23K$0$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$0$0$0$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0$0$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$3K$3K$0$0
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0$0$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0$0$0$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$46K$46K$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$26$26$0$0
Office expensesLn 13$5K$5K$0$0
Information technologyLn 14$0$0$0$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$2K$2K$0$0
TravelLn 17$0$0$0$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$1K$1K$0$0
InterestLn 20$29K$29K$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$152K$152K$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$9K$9K$0$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$64K$64K$0$0
All other expensesLn 24e$0$0$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$334K$334K$0$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $170K$334K−$164K$3.3M 990 PDF
FY2024 $162K$436K−$273K$3.5M 990 PDF
FY2023 $167K$303K−$136K$3.8M 990 PDF
FY2022 $169K$281K−$112K$3.9M 990 PDF
FY2021 $166K$284K−$118K$4.0M 990 PDF
FY2020 $164K$270K−$106K$4.1M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (4 parts)
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $169,998 across 5 lines filed
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$0
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $167,523 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$167,523
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $2,475 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$2,475
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $169,998 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$169,998
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $333,956 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $22,751 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$22,751
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $3,309 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$3,309
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $45,880 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$45,880
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $26 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$26
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $5,010 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$5,010
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $1,800 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$1,800
IX-17 TravelPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $1,193 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$1,193
IX-20 InterestPrograms $29,310 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$29,310
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $151,716 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$151,716
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $8,863 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$8,863
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $64,098 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$64,098
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $333,956 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$333,956
Part X · Balance sheet $4,045,149 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $17,111$12,730
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $185,544$154,618
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year −$1,220−$5,392
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $0$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $4,032,057$3,883,193
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $4,234,603$4,045,149
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $0$0
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payable$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $752,790$727,294
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $3,481,813$3,317,855
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $4,234,603$4,045,149
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $3,317,855 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$169,998
XI-2 Total expenses$333,956
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$163,958
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$3,481,813
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$3,317,855

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