Montana Economic Developers Association

Tax-deductible

Butte, MT501(c)(3)Since 1994Community DevelopmentEIN 81-0488036Revenue $201K in FY2025

On file with the IRSmedamembers.org11 E Park St, 59701-1711 · Butte, MTTax-exempt since Jun 1994Publicly supported — 509(a)(2)

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Montana Economic Developers Association (meda) is an Association of Economic development professionals. We are professional "lead" Developers, business specialists, government employees, and staff members of affiliated non-profit organizations which promote and foster Economic development in Montana.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
54¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 31 volunteers.
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
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $14K a year · 7% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
54%
of spending
Worth a look: 54% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Cash reserves
8 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 7.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $25K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$44K
24% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 24% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
22
of 22 voting members
Looks good: 22 of 22 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$201K
-16% vs prior year
Spent
$215K
To programs
54%
Net assets
$142K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$201K
FY2025▼ -16%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$214K
FY2021$157K
FY2022$163K
FY2023$159K
FY2024$241K
FY2025$201K
Expenses
$215K
FY2025▲ +10%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$230K
FY2021$136K
FY2022$139K
FY2023$135K
FY2024$196K
FY2025$215K
Net assets
$142K
FY2025▼ -9%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$95K
FY2021$117K
FY2022$144K
FY2023$167K
FY2024$156K
FY2025$142K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jun 1994.

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

Where the money goes

54 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 54% · $116K Management & general 46% · $99K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

31 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Past President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Rebecca Meyers’s $83K as Executive Dir. is at the 59th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1709 $100K–1M community development 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 · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2022FY2021FY2020
Gloria O'Rourke——$83,782
Rebecca Meyers$83,333——
Michael O'Rourke—$82,782—

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

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1 program · $116K · in their own filed words · FY2025
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Economic development conferences, education, and administration

$116Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2019
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$25K
Grants paid · 2 grants · $17K · 2020–2020
Unitemized GrantFY2020$5,408

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$201K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$102K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$96K
Investment incomeLn 3$4K
Money outPt IX
$215K
Ln 25
Programscol B$116K
Managementcol C$99K
Owns and owesPt X
$142K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$141K
Total assetsLn 16$186K
LiabilitiesLn 26$44K
PeoplePt VI, VII
31
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a22
IndependentVI 1b22
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$96K
Government grantsLn 1e$48K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$102K
Investment incomeLn 3$4K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$201K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$21K
SavingsLn 2$120K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$141K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$186K
LiabilitiesLn 26$44K
Net assetsLn 32$142K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 631
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$198K$141K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Total assetsLn 16$204K$186K
LiabilitiesLn 26$49K$44K
Net assetsLn 32$156K$142K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$0
Management feesLn 11a$98K$98K
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$675$675
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$7K$7K
Office expensesLn 13$583$583
Information technologyLn 14$3K$3K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$0
TravelLn 17$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$47K$47K
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0
InsuranceLn 23$3K$3K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$56K$56K
All other expensesLn 24e$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$215K$116K$99K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $201K$215K−$14K$142K 990 PDF
FY2024 $241K$196K$45K$156K 990 PDF
FY2023 $159K$135K$23K$167K 990 PDF
FY2022 $163K$139K$24K$144K 990 PDF
FY2021 $157K$136K$21K$117K 990 PDF
FY2020 $214K$230K−$16K$95K 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 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $201,302 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $133,941$95,500
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $104,552$101,992
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $2,476$3,810
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $240,969$201,302
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefits$0
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $196,124$214,911
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $196,124$214,911
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $44,845−$13,609
Part VI · Governance 22 of 22 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body22
VI-1b Independent voting members22
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $201,302 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$48,000
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$47,500
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$95,500
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $101,992$101,992
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $3,810$3,810
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $105,802$201,302
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $214,911 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staff$0
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wages$0
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefits$0
IX-10 Payroll taxes$0
IX-11a Management feesManagement $98,000$98,000
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $675$675
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for services$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $6,664$6,664
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $583$583
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $3,419$3,419
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 Occupancy$0
IX-17 Travel$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $47,104$47,104
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $2,537$2,537
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $55,929$55,929
IX-24e All other expenses$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $116,236 · Management $98,675 · Fundraising $0$214,911
Part X · Balance sheet $185,860 assets, 19 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $82,583$20,722
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $115,314$120,125
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivable$40,200
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $6,551$4,813
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, net$0
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assets$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $204,448$185,860
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $7,810$11,831
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $41,000$32,000
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $48,810$43,831
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $155,638$142,029
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $155,638$142,029
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $204,448$185,860
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $142,029 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$201,302
XI-2 Total expenses$214,911
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$13,609
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$155,638
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$142,029

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