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EMMAS HOUSE - BITTERROOT VALLEYCHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER INC

EIN 20-5484868 HAMILTON, MT

Revenue 2024
$492,525
Expenses 2024
$491,980

Program services were 80.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
I72
Classification
1000
Street
310 N 4TH ST

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 · 2024

Mission

A FACILITY-BASED PROGRAM WHERE CHILDREN BEGIN HEALING FROM THE TRAUMA OF ABUSE AND NEGLECT.

  • EMMA'S HOUSE PROVIDES A SAFE, CHILD-FRIENDLY FACILITY FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES TO TALK TO PROFESSIONALS ABOUT CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT. EMMA'S HOUSE COORDINATES WITH MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS, SOCIAL WORKERS, AND PROSECUTORS TO STREAMLINE THE INVESTIGATIVE PROCESS AND REDUCE TRAUMA BY OFFERING SPECIALIZED CARE IN TRAUMA TREATMENT. IN ADDITION, EMMA'S HOUSE PROVIDES OUTREACH AND PREVENTION EDUCATION TO PROMOTE AWARENESS ABOUT THE IMPACT OF TRAUMA ON CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY.WE SERVE ALL OF RAVALLI COUNTY AND HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES, THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, RAVALLI COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND ALL OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN THE COUNTY. WE ALSO DO COURTESY INTERVIEWS FOR OTHER STATES AND COUNTIES. THERE ARE 750 CACS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES ACCREDITED BY THE NATIONAL CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE. EMMA'S HOUSE IS ONE OF SIX CACS IN MONTANA AND IS THE ONLY ONE IN MONTANA THAT IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH A HOSPITAL OR ANY OTHER AGENCY.TO UNDERSTAND WHAT A CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER (CAC) IS, YOU MUST UNDERSTAND WHAT CHILDREN FACE WITHOUT ONE. WITHOUT A CAC, THE CHILD MAY END UP HAVING TO TELL THE WORST STORY OF HIS OR HER LIFE OVER AND OVER AGAIN, TO DOCTORS, COPS, LAWYERS, THERAPISTS, INVESTIGATORS, JUDGES, AND OTHERS. THEY MAY HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THAT TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE IN A POLICE STATION WHERE THEY THINK THEY MIGHT BE IN TROUBLE, OR MAY BE ASKED THE WRONG QUESTIONS BY A WELL-MEANING TEACHER OR OTHER ADULT THAT COULD HURT THE CASE AGAINST THE ABUSER.WHEN POLICE OR CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES BELIEVE A CHILD IS BEING ABUSED, THE CHILD IS BROUGHT TO THE CAC--A SAFE, CHILD-FOCUSED ENVIRONMENT--BY A CAREGIVER OR OTHER "SAFE" ADULT. AT THE CAC, THE CHILD TELLS THEIR STORY ONCE TO A TRAINED INTERVIEWER WHO KNOWS THE RIGHT QUESTIONS TO ASK IN A WAY THAT DOES NOT NOT RETRAUMATIZE THE CHILD. THEN, A TEAM THAT INCLUDES MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, MENTAL HEALTH, PROSECUTION, CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES, VICTIM ADVOCACY, AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS MAKE DECISIONS TOGETHER ABOUT HOW TO HELP THE CHILD BASED ON THE INTERVIEW. CACS OFFER THERAPY AND MEDICAL EXAMS, PLUS COURTROOM PREPARATION, VICTIM ADVOCACY, CASE MANAGEMENT, AND OTHER SERVICES. THIS IS CALLED THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM (MDT) RESPONSE AND IS A CORE PART OF THE WORK OF CACS.SPECIFIC SERVICES PROVIDED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FORENSIC INTERVIEWS, MEDICAL EXAMS SPECIFIC TO CHILD ABUSE ALLEGATIONS, CRISIS INTERVENTION AND COUNSELING FOR CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES, VICTIM ADVOCACY IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, ASSISTANCE IN FILING CLAIMS WITH THE MONTANA CRIME VICTIMS COMPENSATION PROGRAM, COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND EDUCATION, AND REFERRALS TO COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND SOCIAL SERVICE. EMMA'S HOUSE ADDED ACUTE MEDICAL SERVICES IN JULY 2024.

    Expenses $397,770

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • VALERIE WIDMER

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $108,097
    From this org
    $89,719
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,378
    Hours/week
    40

  • CHRISTIAN PRUITT

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KELLY HANLEY

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KELLY MCKEE

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • DREW HULS

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • TINA COLEMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • DEANNA CRAWFORD LEWIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • ANGELA DONDERO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • AIMEE ROSCOE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • LEE STARCK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • NEELTJE VAN DOREMALEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • NICOLETT WESTON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $492,525
    Expenses
    $491,980
    Contributions
    $538,443
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $314,213
    Expenses
    $445,093
    Contributions
    $334,337
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $423,808
    Expenses
    $319,037
    Contributions
    $280,543
    Grants paid
    $1,199

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
    $317,678
    Expenses
    $322,230
    Assets (EOY)
    $928,312

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $217,783
    Expenses
    $247,825
    Assets (EOY)
    $938,931

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $295,431
    Expenses
    $292,291
    Assets (EOY)
    $943,197

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $436,302
    Expenses
    $343,009
    Assets (EOY)
    $947,329

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $498,064
    Expenses
    $256,504
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,132,807

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $293,438
    Expenses
    $232,664
    Assets (EOY)
    $561,223

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $218,424
    Expenses
    $184,429
    Assets (EOY)
    $350,598

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $250,320
    Expenses
    $192,124
    Assets (EOY)
    $373,616

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $201,210
    Expenses
    $179,257
    Assets (EOY)
    $314,615

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $139,612
    Expenses
    $112,634
    Assets (EOY)
    $292,465

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

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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.