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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CATALYST MONTANA.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 17 November 2025. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue
$0 changed to $1,433,750
Total expenses
$0 changed to $1,246,266
Contributions and grants received
$0 changed to $1,424,492
Grants paid
$0 changed to $120,000
Program service revenue
$0 changed to $3,615
Investment income
$0 changed to $5,643
Total assets, end of year
$1,865,125 changed to $1,703,872
Total liabilities, end of year
$38,427 changed to $139,616
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,826,698 changed to $1,564,256
Program services expenses
$0 changed to $841,531
Management and general expenses
$0 changed to $320,492
Fundraising expenses
$0 changed to $84,243
Program service expenses (Part III)
not reported changed to $841,531

Listed only on the earlier return

  • Angelina Gonzalez-Aller
  • Carolyn Pease-Lopez
  • Chelsia Rice
  • David Chadwick
  • Kelly McQuire
  • Layna George
  • Tammy Miller

Listed only on the later return

  • Amber Shaffer
  • Elizabeth Weaver
  • Mona Schwartz
  • Rebecca Johnson
  • Sj Howell

Listed under a different title

  • Laurie Franklin: Chairman then BOARD MEMBER

Totals

Total revenue
$1,433,750
Total expenses
$1,246,266
Contributions and grants received
$1,424,492
Grants paid
$120,000
Program service revenue
$3,615
Investment income
$5,643
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,703,872
Total liabilities, end of year
$139,616
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,564,256
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$841,531
Management and general expenses
$320,492
Fundraising expenses
$84,243
Program service expenses (Part III)
$841,531

Program services were 67.5% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,424,492

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM

    total $3,615 · related or exempt $3,615

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $5,643 · excluded $5,643

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $120,000 · program services $120,000

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $83,613 · program services $62,710 · management and general $8,361 · fundraising $12,542

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $438,952 · program services $337,325 · management and general $34,162 · fundraising $67,465

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $2,623 · management and general $2,623

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $53,076 · management and general $53,076

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $28,238 · program services $21,178 · management and general $2,824 · fundraising $4,236

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $24,590 · management and general $24,590

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $3,885 · management and general $3,885

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $50,734 · program services $29,937 · management and general $20,797

  • 17 · Travel

    total $20,543 · program services $17,462 · management and general $3,081

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $10,975 · program services $10,975

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,692 · management and general $2,692

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONTRACTS

    total $182,806 · program services $91,403 · management and general $91,403

  • 24b · Other expenses: Supplies

    total $140,024 · program services $84,014 · management and general $56,010

  • 24c · Other expenses: Events

    total $36,253 · program services $36,253

  • 24d · Other expenses: Printing and Publications

    total $25,104 · program services $13,807 · management and general $11,297

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $22,158 · program services $16,467 · management and general $5,691

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,367,832 · end of year $1,463,991

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $3,541 · end of year $2,233

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $0

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $18,902

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $17,798

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $12,079 · end of year $1,104

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $25,985 · end of year $188,873

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $47,671

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $34,343 · end of year $91,578

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    end of year $48,038

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,375,094 · end of year $1,564,256

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

CATALYST MONTANA UPLIFTS LOW-INCOME AND MARGINALIZED MONTANANS THROUGH COMMUNITY ORGANIZING, POLICY ADVOCACY, RESEARCH, AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT. WE WORK TO BUILD COLLECTIVE POWER AND CREATE MEANINGFUL CHANGE ON ISSUES THAT IMPACT OUR COMMUNITIES.

  • MONTANA WOMEN VOTE WORKS STATEWIDE TO EDUCATE AND MOBILIZE LOW-INCOME WOMEN AND THEIR ALLIES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS.

    Expenses $471,257 · Grants $120,000 · Revenue $3,615

  • EDUCATE, ACTIVATE AND TRAIN MONTANANS TO SUPPORT HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES, INCLUDING LGBTQ RIGHTS AND RACIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE THROUGH LOCAL ORGANIZING, MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS, GRANTING AND ACTIVISM. PUBLISH RESEARCH GATHERED THROUGH LOCAL ORGANIZING AND PUBLIC MEDIA, UPDATE MEMBERS ON MHRN ACTIVITIES, AND PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THE MEDIA ON BOTH FAR RIGHT ACTIVITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS EFFORTS.

    Expenses $370,274

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Sj Howell

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $83,613
    From this org
    $83,613
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Amber Shaffer

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mona Schwartz

    VICE CHAIR/SEC.

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Niki Zupanic

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Laurie Franklin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rebecca Johnson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elizabeth Weaver

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • CATALYST IMPACT MONTANA

    501(C)(4) · EDUCATION · MT

    Directly controlled by CATALYST MONTANA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
9 September 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202622529349300027

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