- 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.
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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
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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
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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.
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Becky LawsonBECKY LAWSON
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Abigail BrownABIGAIL BROWN
VICE PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Arielle CowserARIELLE COWSER
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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Melissa SchlichtingMELISSA SCHLICHTING
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Emily SmithEMILY SMITH
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Anna KazmeirowskiANNA KAZMEIROWSKI
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Bobbi PerkinsBOBBI PERKINS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Meghan F ScottMEGHAN F SCOTT
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Beki BrandborgBEKI BRANDBORG
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Joelle JohnsonJOELLE JOHNSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Denise KingDENISE 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
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2025
- Revenue
- $2,263,035
- Expenses
- $1,295,312
- Contributions
- $1,759,488
- Grants paid
- $0
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2023
- Revenue
- $1,573,925
- Expenses
- $1,796,941
- Contributions
- $1,176,148
- Grants paid
- $0
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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
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,173,280
- Expenses
- $1,134,486
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,968,156
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $900,277
- Expenses
- $820,998
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,984,670
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $453,603
- Expenses
- $533,223
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,807,712
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $481,666
- Expenses
- $491,482
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,870,653
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $551,457
- Expenses
- $465,241
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,886,192
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $352,489
- Expenses
- $324,268
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,746,321
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,450,721
- Expenses
- $335,042
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,663,193
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $272,532
- Expenses
- $369,454
- Assets (EOY)
- $564,621
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2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $687,182
- Expenses
- $333,949
- Assets (EOY)
- $662,556
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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
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$167,000
2022 DONOR-RECOMMENDED, HUMAN SERVICES
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$125,000
2023 DONOR-ADVISED, HUMAN SERVICES
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$100,000
2024 DONOR ADVISED, HUMAN SERVICES
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$59,989
2023 HUMAN SERVICE
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MONTANA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC
$33,596
2024 RESIDENT PROGRAM EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES; GENERAL SUPPORT
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MONTANA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC
$23,891
2023 GENERAL SUPPORT
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$15,709
2024 HUMAN SERVICE
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HELENA AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
$14,000
2022 TO HELP NONPROFITS RECOVER FINANCIALLY FROM THE COVID PANDEMIC
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$12,909
2022 HUMAN SERVICE
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2023 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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
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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
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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.