Mountain Time Arts (MTA) drives change through the cultivation of bold and engaging public art projects and programs that explore the history, culture and environment of the Rocky Mountain West and its Sovereign Nations.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
87¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 20 volunteers and 2 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 990-EZIndependent: 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-EZ
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $3K a year · under 1% of revenue · last 5 filings
Concern: a surplus in 2 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
87%
of spending
Looks good: 87% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Named funders
4
named funders · $120K
Looks good: 4 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$1K
2% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 2% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$158K
-30% vs prior year
Spent
$175K
To programs
87%
Net assets
$62K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$158K
FY2025▼ -30%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$156K
FY2021$539K
FY2022$691K
FY2023$267K
FY2024$226K
FY2025$158K
Expenses
$175K
FY2025▲ +41%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020Not on file
FY2021$343K
FY2022$788K
FY2023$467K
FY2024$124K
FY2025$175K
Net assets
$62K
FY2025▼ -22%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$78K
FY2021$274K
FY2022$178K
FY2023−$23K
FY2024$79K
FY2025$62K

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 Mar 2018.

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

Where the money goes

87 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 87% · $152K

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

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Who runs it and what they're paid

6 people listed on the 990-EZ.

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

Francesca Small-Rodriguez’s $30K as Past Exec. Dir. is at the 24th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2216 $100K–1M arts & culture 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 · 7 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Francesca Pine Rodriguez——$89,865——
Francesca Small-Rodriguez$29,640$86,068—$23,333—
Marybeth Morand———$57,178—
Hailey Sinoff—$14,648———
Mary Ellen Strom————$2,000
Benjamin Lloyd————$1,000
Jodee Palin————$100

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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Programs and updates

Creates public art exploring Rocky Mountain West history, culture, and environment.

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1 program · $88K · in their own filed words · FY2024
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A. Completed and installed a public artwork, SeeBozemanCreek, in collaboration with the City of Bozeman. Mountain Time Arts selected 5 regional artists to create banners celebrating water resources and displayed them in a city park over the three day Sweet Pea Arts Festival where they were experienced by hundreds of visitors daily.B.

$88Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990-EZ, line by line.

1The main four
Money in
$158K
Other income$158K
Money out
$175K
Programs$152K
Owns and owes
$62K
net assets
Total assets$63K
Liabilities$1K
People
6
listed
Paid0
2In more detail
Revenue in detail
Other income$158K
Total revenue$158K
Assets in detailEnd of year
Total assets$63K
Liabilities$1K
Net assets$62K
Operations
Employees2
Volunteers20
Fiscal year endsDecember

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Apr 30, 2026 $158K$175K−$18K$62K 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS May 15, 2025 $226K$124K$102K$79K 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Sep 4, 2024 $267K$467K−$201K−$23K 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2023 $691K$788K−$97K$178K 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS May 12, 2022 $539K$343K$197K$274K 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Mar 30, 2021 $156K$78K 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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