Develops community solutions to help people escape poverty in six Montana counties.
For fiscal year 2020 it reported $5.5M in revenue, $5.8M in expenses, and $-183K in net assets.Pt I
Where the money goes · FY2020
Total revenue
$5.5M
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$5.8M
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$-183K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expenses (Pt I · Ln 19): −$292K
Where spending went · Part IX cols B–D
84%
16%
Program services $0.84 Management & general $0.16
Program efficiency
84%
of spending reaches programs
Operating runway
1.0mo
months of highly liquid reserves at operating expense rate
Surplus margin
-5%
revenue over expenses, this year
Summary of the Filing
Part I · fiscal year 2020 · Form 990
Revenue
$5.5M
FY2020
$7.3M$3.6M$0
FY2020FY2024
Expenses
$5.8M
FY2020
$7.6M$3.8M$0
FY2020FY2024
Total assets
$5.4M
FY2020
$5.7M$2.9M$0
FY2020FY2024
Total liabilities
$5.6M
FY2020
$6.4M$3.2M$0
FY2020FY2024
Total revenue
$5.5M
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$5.8M
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$-183K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expensesPt I · Ln 19−$292K
Total assetsPt X · Ln 16$5.4M
Program-expense ratioPt IX · col B84%
Voting members of governing bodyPt I · Ln 317
Independent voting membersPt I · Ln 417
Mission & Programs · Part III
Where the work happens
3 program services account for $3.6M of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2019.
01
Head Start
Action inc. Offers quality preschool education for young children in butte. The program is designed to give young children, ages 3-5, the skills they need to be successful in school by providing educational activities with qualified teachers, early childhood development, transportation, meals, and medical, dental and mental health…
$2.0Mprogram expense
02
Weatherization
Action inc. Provides services to make homes safer and more energy efficient for low-income households. The program performs energy audits to help locate efficiency problems. Once an audit is complete, the program can help by insulating, replacing broken glass, and testing, repairing or replacing combustion appliances.
$1.2Mprogram expense
03
Housing Choice Vouchers
Action inc. Provides affordable housing and housing choice vouchers to low-income families and individuals to help with monthly rent.
Don Foley’s $96K as CFO
is at the 32nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 3864 $1–10M human services 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 · 6 named individuals · Part VII
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.
Individual Margie Seccomb · Reported title EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/CEO · Highest reported compensation $81K · Total expenses $5.8M
1%
Personnel share
Salaries, benefits & payroll (Pt IX 5-10) $3.7M · Total expenses $5.8M
63%
Peer comparison
Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.
Metric
This org
Peer median
Percentile
Program ratio
84%
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Overhead ratio
16%
—
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Fundraising cost ratio
0%
—
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Accounting fee ratio
0%
—
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Straight from the Form 990 — descriptive, not an evaluation. A ratio is hidden when its base is zero or too small to be meaningful; the dollars are always shown.
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Sources
Every figure above is drawn from these filings
Form 990 e-file (XML) · FY2020IRS
Classification, formation year, addressIRS Business Master File
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