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YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSN

EIN 81-0235416 HELENA, MT

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Revenue 2025
$2,263,035
Expenses 2025
$1,295,312

Program services were 53.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P27Z
Classification
1200
Street
501 N PARK AVE

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

YWCA HELENA PREVENTS HOMELESSNESS, PROVIDES SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, AND PROVIDES SERVICES THAT RESTORES HOPE, SELF-SUFFICIENCY, AND HAPPY AND HEALTHY LIVES. TOGETHER WITH YWCA USA AND YWCAS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WE ARE DEDICATED TO ELIMINATING RACISM, EMPOWERING WOMEN, AND PROMOTING PEACE, JUSTICE, FREEDOM, AND DIGNITY FOR ALL.

  • 2025 WINGS - THROUGH THE YWCA HELENA'S WOMEN INITIATING NEW GROWTH AND STABILITY (WINGS), WE AIM TO ADDRESS HOUSING INSECURITY, ADDICTION, MENTAL HEALTH, RECIDIVISM, AND FOOD INSECURITY, STEMMING FROM GENERATIONAL TRAUMA AND POVERTY. WHILE OUR 117-YEAR-OLD HISTORIC RESIDENCE AND SERVICES ARE IN LEWIS & CLARK COUNTY, OUR WINGS PROGRAM HAS STATEWIDE OUTREACH IN PROVIDING RESIDENTIAL AND INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT SERVICES FOR EXTREMELY LOW-INCOME WOMEN, WHO ARE DIAGNOSED WITH CO-OCCURING MENTAL HEALTH DISORDER, SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER (SUD) AND ARE AT IMMEDIATE RISK OF HOMELESSNESS. IN 2025, WE SERVED 32 WOMEN, 17 CHILDREN (IN FULL TIME RESIDENCY) AND 7 CHILDREN (IN PART TIME RESIDENCY AS PART OF THEIR REUNIFICATION PROCESS). INDIVIDUALS CAME FROM 13 COUNTIES ACROSS MONTANA OF WHICH 31% ARE FROM RURAL COMMUNITIES AND 41% ARE ENROLLED TRIBAL MEMBERS. ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF OUR INTAKES CAME FROM INPATIENT TREATMENT AND 81% OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE JUSTICE SYSTEM INVOLVED; 100% OF THE WOMEN (19-67 YEARS OF AGE), LIVE BELOW THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL. WINGS CONTINUES TO BE THE ONLY PROGRAM IN OUR COMMUNITY SERVING WOMEN OF ANY AGE, ANY FAMILY STATUS, WHERE CHILDREN OF ANY AGE AND ANY GENDER CAN LIVE WITH THEIR MOTHERS. ONCE THE MOTHER IS STABILIZED IN HER RECOVERY, HER CHILDREN ARE WELCOME TO JOIN HER IN RESIDENCE. REUNIFICATION WITH HER CHILD(REN) IS SUPPORTED WITH PARENTING CLASSES AND SUPERVISED VISITS. WE HAVE FOUND REUNIFICATION IS VITAL TO HER RECOVERY. OF THE WOMEN SERVED IN 2025, 37% OF WOMEN LIVING IN THE HOME HAVING CHILDREN WITH THEM AT LEAST PART TIME. THREE WOMEN WERE PREGNANT OR POSTPARTUM.WOMEN ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT FIVE DAYS A WEEK. IN 2025, ALL CLIENTS RECEIVED AN AVERAGE OF 256 THERAPY ENCOUNTERS PER MONTH. SUCCESSFUL GRADUATES STAY AN AVERAGE OF 657 DAYS BEFORE MOVING INTO COMMUNITY HOUSING WITH SUSTAINED SOBRIETY. SIX WOMEN GRADUATED THE WINGS PROGRAM AND TRANSITIONED INTO COMMUNITY HOUSING IN 2025.

    Expenses $437,777 · Revenue $541,151

  • 2025 CATERPILLARS - THE CATERPILLARS PROGRAM OFFERS A SERVICE FOR CHILDREN AND PARENTS WHO LIVE AT YWCA HELENA OR THOSE WHO LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY: THE CATERPILLARS PARENTING CENTER OFFERS SUPERVISED PARENTING, SAFE EXCHANGE, EVIDENCE-BASED PARENTING CLASSES, AND ONE-ON-ONE PARENTING COACHING. IN ADDITION TO OFFERING SUPPORT TO THE MOTHERS OF WINGS, ALL SERVICES ARE OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY AND OFTEN REFERRED TO BY PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY SUCH AS THE DISTRICT COURTS, OUR LOCAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER, OTHER CLINICAL PROVIDERS, AND CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES. 90% OF THE WOMEN IN THE WINGS PROGRAM HAVE COMPLETED CIRCLE OF SECURITY A RELATIONSHIP-BASED PARENTING PROGRAM. IN 2025, CATERPILLARS STAFF PROVIDED 397 SUPERVISED VISITS AND SAFE EXCHANGES TO 126 CHILDREN OF WHICH 100% ARE 0-12 YEARS OF AGE. ON AVERAGE, FAMILIES RECEIVE SERVICES TWICE A WEEK, FOR A MINIMUM OF SIX MONTHS UP TO TWO YEARS.

    Expenses $105,632

  • YWCA HELENA PROVIDES SAFE, AFFORDABLE, WRAP-AROUND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN. WE ACTIVELY PREVENT HOMELESSNESS AND SEEK TO DISRUPT GENERATIONAL CYCLES OF POVERTY, ABUSE, AND SUBSTANCE USE.

    Expenses $151,780

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Becky Lawson

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Abigail Brown

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Arielle Cowser

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Melissa Schlichting

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Emily Smith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anna Kazmeirowski

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bobbi Perkins

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Meghan F Scott

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Beki Brandborg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joelle Johnson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Denise King

    INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $85,981
    From this org
    $85,981
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $2,263,035
    Expenses
    $1,295,312
    Contributions
    $1,759,488
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,573,925
    Expenses
    $1,796,941
    Contributions
    $1,176,148
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,689,440
    Expenses
    $1,461,844
    Contributions
    $1,300,433
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,173,280
    Expenses
    $1,134,486
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,968,156
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $900,277
    Expenses
    $820,998
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,984,670
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $453,603
    Expenses
    $533,223
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,807,712
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $481,666
    Expenses
    $491,482
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,870,653
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $551,457
    Expenses
    $465,241
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,886,192
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $352,489
    Expenses
    $324,268
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,746,321
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,450,721
    Expenses
    $335,042
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,663,193
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $272,532
    Expenses
    $369,454
    Assets (EOY)
    $564,621
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $687,182
    Expenses
    $333,949
    Assets (EOY)
    $662,556
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $308,570
    Assets (EOY)
    $305,963

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Related partnerships on its 2023 return

  • YWCA LANDLORD LLC

    RELATED · RENTAL REAL ESTATE · MT · 1% owned · share of income $993 · share of assets $24,347

Related corporations and trusts on its 2023 return

  • YWCA MANAGER LLC

    C · INVESTED IN YWCA LANDLORD, LLC: EIN 36-4823386 · MT · 100% owned · share of assets $2,040,719 · controlled entity

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.