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← BIG SKY CARE CONNECT

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by BIG SKY CARE CONNECT.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,360,824
Total expenses
$7,493,033
Contributions and grants received
$5,082,309
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,278,515
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,808,877
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,105,969
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$297,092
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$6,152,251
Management and general expenses
$1,340,782
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$6,152,251

Program services were 82.1% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $4,693,630

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $388,679

  • 2a · Program service revenue: NETWORK PARTICIPATION

    total $1,278,515 · related or exempt $1,278,515

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $584,062 · program services $318,365 · management and general $265,697

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,250,013 · program services $704,820 · management and general $545,193

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $115,060 · program services $28,328 · management and general $86,732

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $96,965 · program services $55,169 · management and general $41,796

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $128,470 · program services $78,649 · management and general $49,821

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $55,347 · program services $54,698 · management and general $649

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $26,100 · management and general $26,100

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,059,464 · program services $947,931 · management and general $111,533

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $11,579 · program services $11,579

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $67,672 · program services $4,281 · management and general $63,391

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,551,011 · program services $2,518,891 · management and general $32,120

  • 17 · Travel

    total $74,807 · program services $23,976 · management and general $50,831

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,311,239 · program services $1,311,239

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $70,469 · program services $36,063 · management and general $34,406

  • 24a · Other expenses: CREDIT LOSS EXPENSE

    total $44,418 · program services $44,418

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES

    total $38,506 · program services $13,844 · management and general $24,662

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK AND CREDIT CARD FE

    total $7,851 · management and general $7,851

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $120,200 · end of year $9,464

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $936,670 · end of year $513,586

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $226,258 · end of year $753,347

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $380,960 · end of year $257,601

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $1,586,117 · end of year $274,879

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,658,552 · end of year $1,332,380

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $756,536 · end of year $773,589

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $835,117 · end of year -$297,092

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE PURPOSES OF THE CORPORATION SHALL BE SPECIFICALLY TO OPERATE A STATEWIDE COORDINATED HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE AND RELATED SERVICES TO ENHANCE CLINICAL CARE IN THE COMMUNITY AND TO IMPROVE AND PROMOTE PUBLIC HEALTH CARE IN THE MONTANA GENERAL HEALTHCARE COMMUNITY BY (1) FACILITATING TIMELY AND SECURE ACCESS BY HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS TO CLINICAL INFORMATION BETWEEN THE VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE SUCH INFORMATION, AND (2) ENGAGING IN SUCH OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT HELP TO IMPROVE AND PROMOTE THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE IN THE COMMUNITY, ALL IN A COST EFFECTIVE MANNER.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ENHANCE CLINICAL CARE IN THE COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT MONTANA.

  • THE PROGRAM FOCUSES ON NEW SERVICE AND PAYMENT MODELS THAT ENCOURAGE GREATER COORDINATION OF CARE AND IMPROVED QUALITY. ACTIVITIES WILL BE CONSISTENT WITH THE INSTITUE FOR HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT'S "TRIPLE AIM INITIATIVE" FOR OPTIMIZING HEALTH SYSTEM PERFORMANCE BY (1) IMPROVING THE PATIENT EXPERIENCE (INCLUDING QUALITY AND SATISFACTION); (2) IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF POPULATIONS; AND (3) REDUCING THE PER CAPITA COST OF HEALTH CARE.

    Expenses $6,152,251 · Revenue $1,278,515

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Jean Branscum

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Randy Thompson MD

    CHAIR ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Debrah Anderson

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Emily Coyle

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carrie Albro

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Mark MD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kailyn Mock

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cindy Stergar

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eric Wood

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jason Cohen MD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jill Alessi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eric Arzubi MD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jon Forte

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard Miltenberger

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Benjamin Tyrrell

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $303,559
    From this org
    $289,130
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,429
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $252,667
    Bonus
    $36,463
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,429
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $303,559
  • Tara Preston

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $124,235
    From this org
    $109,014
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,221
    Hours/week
    40
  • Andrew Hensel

    CIO

    Total calculated
    $132,036
    From this org
    $121,602
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,434
    Hours/week
    40

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202502899349300145

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