Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$537,754

Total expenses

$489,571

Contributions and grants received

$533,008

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$4,746

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$225,200

Total liabilities, end of year

$1,493

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$223,707

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$436,173

Management and general expenses

$30,614

Fundraising expenses

$22,784

Program service expenses (Part III)

$436,173

Program services were 89.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2024

• CLIMATE ACTION PLAN (CAP) IMPLEMENTATIONOBJECTIVE: TO IMPLEMENT BIG SKY'S COMMUNITY CLIMATE ACTION PLAN (CAP) TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS (GHG) ON THE WAY TO NET ZERO EMISSIONS BY 2050, INCREASE COMMUNITY RESILIENCE, AND TRANSITION TO A MORE SUSTAINABLE AND LOW-CARBON FUTURE.DURING THE YEAR WE IMPLEMENTED OR ADVANCED 15 PROJECTS ACROSS OUR CAP TARGETED IMPROVEMENT PRIORITIES (TIPS): ENERGY & BUILDINGS, TRANSPORTATION, CONSUMPTION & WASTE, AND NATURAL SYSTEMS, INCLUDING:-DEVELOPED AND PUBLISHED 2 WEBSITES: BUILD BETTER BIG SKY (BUILDBETTERBIGSKY.COM) AND ALPENSCAPES (ALPENSCAPES.ORG) TO INSPIRE COMMUNITY-WIDE ADOPTION OF RESILIENT, ENERGY EFFICIENT DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION AND LANDSCAPE PRACTICES.-INSTALLED WORKFORCE HOUSING ROOFTOP SOLAR ARRAY ON 2 BUILDINGS (RIVERVIEW APARTMENTS) WITH A TOTAL OF 25 AFFORDABLE UNITS, SAVING EACH UNIT APPROXIMATELY $600 A YEAR IN UTILITIES AND REDUCING GHG. -KEPT KEY STAKEHOLDERS AWARE OF PROGRESS WITH THE GREEN POWER PROGRAM BEING NEGOTIATED BY THE CITIES OF BOZEMAN AND MISSOULA, MISSOULA COUNTY AND NORTHWESTERN ENERGY (UTILITY PROVIDER).-SUPPORTED MADISON COUNTY IN ESTABLISHING A C-PACE DISTRICT AND INITIATED BUILDING ELECTRIFICATION OUTREACH ACROSS 85 HOA'S AND HUNDREDS OF COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES. -SUPPORTED THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN APPLYING FOR FEDERAL FUNDING FOR AN ELECTRIC BUS AND INITIATED EV INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING.-EXPANDED FOOD RECOVERY PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BIG SKY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK AND EVENT SPACES IN THE COMMUNITY, DIVERTING APPROXIMATELY 14,720 LBS. OF FOOD FROM LANDFILLS (ESTIMATED).-COLLABORATED WITH EVENT HOSTS TO MAKE 64 ZERO WASTE EDUCATING AND SERVING AN ESTIMATED 85,000.-PUBLISHED COMMUNITY WIDE PROCUREMENT GUIDELINES FOR BUSINESS SECTORS TO BEGIN TO REDUCE THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT THROUGH B2B ACTIVITY.-HOSTED 4 SPECIALTY WASTE EVENTS, DIVERTING 10,000 POUNDS OF WASTE FROM THE LANDFILL TO APPROPRIATE RECYCLING/COMPOSTING/REUSE STREAMS.LONG-TERM GOAL: TO ACHIEVE MEASURABLE EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS ALIGNED WITH THE CAP TARGETS OF NET ZERO EMISSIONS BY 2050 AND PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE LAND AND WATER USE.

  Expenses $174,468

• OUTREACH & EDUCATIONOBJECTIVE: TO INCREASE SUSTAINABILITY AWARENESS, BUILD CROSS-SECTOR COLLABORATION, AND EMPOWER COMMUNITY MEMBERS, STUDENTS, AND BUSINESSES TO ADOPT MORE SUSTAINABLE BEHAVIORS.DURING THE YEAR WE:-HOSTED OR CO-HOSTED 12 PUBLIC SUSTAINABILITY EVENTS AND WORKSHOPS (E.G., CAP SPEAKER SERIES, WILDFIRE RESILIENCE WORKSHOPS), REACHING OVER 700 ATTENDEES.-ENGAGED 103 LOCAL BUSINESSES AND HOA'S IN SUSTAINABLE OPERATIONS GUIDANCE THROUGH TAILORED OUTREACH AND WORKSHOPS. -DISTRIBUTED COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH 12 NEWSLETTERS, 107 SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS, AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH PLATFORMS PROMOTING KEY PROGRAMS AND SUSTAINABILITY BEHAVIORS.-PARTICIPATED IN 3 REGIONAL AND STATEWIDE COALITIONS, INCLUDING MT2030 AND ELECTRIFY MONTANA, TO SHARE RESOURCES AND INFLUENCE BROADER POLICY AND FUNDING EFFORTS. -HOSTED AND FACILITATED 32 MONTHLY COALITION MEETINGS TO ENGAGE INFLUENTIAL STAKEHOLDERS AND EXPERTS TO CONTINUE TO ASSESS COMMUNITY NEED AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ADVANCING INITIATIVES.LONG-TERM GOAL: FOSTER COLLECTIVE IMPACT THROUGH A COMMUNITY CULTURE OF SUSTAINABILITY, INCREASE PARTICIPATION IN EMISSIONS-REDUCING ACTIONS, AND POSITION BIG SKY AS A STATEWIDE LEADER IN CLIMATE-SMART EDUCATION AND BEHAVIOR CHANGE.

  Expenses $174,468

• DATA & REPORTINGOBJECTIVE: TO COLLECT, MANAGE, AND REPORT ON DATA RELATED TO GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, PROGRAM PARTICIPATION, AND COMMUNITY PROGRESS TOWARD CLIMATE GOALS. DURING THE YEAR WE:-CONDUCTED & PUBLISHED COMMUNITY-WIDE GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY (GHGI) UPDATES FOR 2022. THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH SNO'S GHGI TRACKING EVERY 3 YEARS.-CREATED AN INCREASINGLY CONSISTENT SYSTEM FOR RECORDING EMISSIONS-RELATED DATA ACROSS BUILDINGS, TRANSPORTATION, AND WASTE.-INTEGRATED DATA TRACKING INTO TOOLS SUCH AS THE BUILD BETTER BIG SKY WEBSITE TO SUPPORT ENERGY EFFICIENCY ADOPTION AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT.LONG-TERM GOAL: TO ESTABLISH A ROBUST, TRANSPARENT SYSTEM FOR TRACKING EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS AND A COMMUNITY-FACING DASHBOARD TO INFORM DECISIONS BY LOCAL LEADERS, FUNDERS, AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS.

  Expenses $87,237

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

12 May 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.1

Source object

202541339349307614

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