Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by CHILDRENS ALLIANCE OF MONTANA INC.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $402,905
- Total expenses
- $366,774
- Contributions and grants received
- $402,905
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $101,523
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $35,330
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $66,193
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $284,566
- Management and general expenses
- $82,208
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $284,566
Program services were 77.6% 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.
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$204,131
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$198,774
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3 · Investment income
total $0
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
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11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $93,736 · program services $74,989 · management and general $18,747
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $51,976 · program services $41,581 · management and general $10,395
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $11,175 · program services $8,940 · management and general $2,235
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $11,288 · program services $9,030 · management and general $2,258
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $0
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $0
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $1,138 · management and general $1,138
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $0
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13 · Office expenses
total $6,765 · program services $1,080 · management and general $5,685
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14 · Information technology
total $0
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15 · Royalties
total $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $0
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17 · Travel
total $0
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
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20 · Interest
total $0
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $0
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23 · Insurance
total $3,881 · program services $1,941 · management and general $1,940
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24a · Other expenses: CONTRACT SERVICES
total $63,989 · program services $54,391 · management and general $9,598
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24b · Other expenses: BOARD MEETINGS
total $57,021 · program services $45,617 · management and general $11,404
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24c · Other expenses: DUES
total $38,456 · program services $25,118 · management and general $13,338
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24d · Other expenses: SUPPLIES
total $27,349 · program services $21,879 · management and general $5,470
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24e · All other expenses
total $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $25,690 · end of year $34,217
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $0
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $0
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $22,486 · end of year $67,306
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
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6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
end of year $0
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
end of year $0
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
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12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
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13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
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14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
end of year $0
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $18,114 · end of year $35,330
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $30,062 · end of year $66,193
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
The Children's Alliance of Montana is a non-profit, membership organization of Children's Advocacy Centers, Multidisciplinary Teams (MDTs) and partner agencies whose purpose is to provide support, training and technical assistance to professionals working to strengthen their response to crimes against children -- physical, sexual abuse, drug endangered, internet crimes, child trafficking. CAM promotes best practices in investigation, prosecution of crimes against children as well as promoting heath and healing through advocacy, mental health and medical services. CAM's mission is that every child in Montana will have access to a Children's Advocacy Center and the expertise of professionals that make up a multidisciplinary team -- law enforcement, child protection, therapists, medical providers, prosecutors, victim advocates and CAC employees -- forensic interviewers.
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Member and professionals training attendees and scholarships: Child Forensic Interview Trainings, Summer and Spring (73 participants), Statewide Peer Review (197 participants), CAM provided 14 Statewide Trainings - 6 on-site trainings and 7 webinars and trained 620 professionals in 2024. In person Trainings included: Forensic Interview Trainings, Advanced Forensic Interview Training, Childrens Justice Conference (149 participants) &, NCA Leadership Conference (1), TF-CBT, CAC Rendezvous. Virtual training topics included: Advanced Medical and Advanced Victim Advocacy Trainings, Teleforensic Interview Training, New CPS Worker MDT/CAC Training, Rural Telemental Health, Cognitive Processing, Advanced FI Training, E3 - Early Engagement NCA, PSB Training - SafetyPlans, Cultural Humility - National Native Child Advocacy Center, and Ethical Considerations.
Expenses $119,516
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CAM provided technical assistance training and outreach to professionals working with communities, CACs, and MDTs including Tribal to develop and sustain an MDT or CAC or to achieve accreditation or re-accreditation with NCA. CAM completed 1397 technical assistance activities to 36 counties last year. CAM distributed numerous TA manuals via email, at meetings and at statewide partner training and conference booths.
Expenses $76,833
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The CAM ED administers five grants that support the organization. She completes all grant applications, narrative and fiscal reports. CAM Staff administer the Outcome Measurement System Project for Montana CACs to gather on the quality of services provided to Montana children and their families and evaluates the MDT professionals satisfaction of the team process and CAC services. The CAM ED is responsible for furthering the Strategic Plan as adopted by the Board of Directors in 2021. The ED represents CAM at conferences and trainings throughout the year which includes participating on national and regional collaborative work groups. CAM ensures the outreach and awareness aspects of the Organization and the Strategic Plan through news releases, email notifications, presentations and publishing a quarterly newsletter and staffing booths at partner agency conferences. CAM staff conducted 1397 technical assistance activities.
Expenses $54,068
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Member peer review and peer support subscriptions and calls provided by and/or hosted by CAM: MCFIC Montana Child Forensic Interview Collaboration (91 participants), FI Peer Review (27); Mental Health Consultation/Peer Support Calls (25 participants), TF-CBT (0); CAC Director/MDT Coordinator (12), and Medical MyCaseReview Subscriptions (17).
Expenses $11,383
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CAM ATTENDS STATE, REGIONAL, AND NATIONAL COLLABORATIVE WORK GROUPS (NCA, WRCAC, MBCC).
Expenses $11,383
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Providing forensic interview, teleforensic, and portable forensic interview equipment.
Expenses $11,383
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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BRENDA GEORGE
Executive Dir.
- Total calculated
- $93,736
- From this org
- $85,074
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $8,662
- Hours/week
- 40
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CHRISTINA POWELL
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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MARY BARRY
PAST CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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LYNELLE AMEN
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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TRACY HEMRY
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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TARA HARRIS
ADVISORY BOARD
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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KIPP TKACHYK
Chairman
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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JAMIE VANDERLINDEN
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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MARY PAT HANSEN
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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SUSAN PARKER
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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DANA TOOLE
ADVISORY BOARD
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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ERIC BARNOSKY
ADVISORY BOARD
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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
- 28 October 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202503019349303050
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