Citizens for a Better Flathead

Analysis

Citizens for a Better Flathead is a registered charity in United States, based in Kalispell, MT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Citizens for a Better Flathead reported income of $181k and spending of $139k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $128k to $181k (+41%), an average of +9.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Citizens for a Better Flathead sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile, and in the 50th percentile within MT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sheriffs Employee Assistance Team Inc ($181k), Beaver County Stockmans Club Incorporated ($181k) and Mercy Missions Inc ($181k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 67% and program service revenue 23% of the total. At year end it held assets of $174k against liabilities of $4,345, net assets of $169k.