Big Sky Community Housing Trust

Analysis

Big Sky Community Housing Trust is a registered charity in United States, based in Big Sky, MT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover housing and shelter, which this site groups under housing and shelter. 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, Big Sky Community Housing Trust reported income of $2.5m and spending of $1.2m, leaving 51% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $329k to $2.5m (+652%), an average of +96% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 482%. Over the whole period it spent 37% of the income it received.

Among 15,864 United States charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Big Sky Community Housing Trust sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile, and in the 89th percentile within MT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Family Extended Care of Spring Hill NW Inc ($2.5m), Fuller Center Disaster Rebuilders Inc ($2.5m) and Center Interfaith Housing ($2.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 90% and program service revenue 9.1% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $124k (10% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $104k. At year end it held assets of $6.8m against liabilities of $145k, net assets of $6.6m. It reported 6 employees.