Nonprofit · EIN 81-0372577
DISABILITY RIGHTS MONTANA
Tax-exempt · HELENA, MT 59601
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 30, 2025 | 990 | $1,731,680 | $1,649,648 | $82,032 | $1,050,698 | $321,615 | $729,083 |
| September 30, 2024 | 990 (amended) | $1,930,025 | $1,832,861 | $97,164 | $1,037,397 | $390,390 | $647,007 |
| September 30, 2023 | 990 | $1,775,604 | $1,784,803 | -$9,199 | $1,068,815 | $519,016 | $549,799 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $1,724,734
- of which government grants
- $1,717,775
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $1,448
- Other revenue
- $5,498
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $388,988
- Other salaries and wages
- $637,027
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $1,346,596
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $1,556
- Accounting fees
- $31,890
- Occupancy
- $28,424
- Travel
- $21,026
- Depreciation
- $32,199
- Program services (functional)
- $1,297,385
- Management and general (functional)
- $352,263
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $1,037,397
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,050,698
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $321,615
- Net assets, end of year
- $729,083
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $609,949
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $475,009
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $254,074
- Gross receipts
- $1,731,680
- Employees
- 19
- Year formed
- 1977
- State of legal domicile
- MT
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAVID CARLSON | Executive Dir. Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $123,890 | $20,636 |
| KATHERINE MURFITT | DIR. OF FINANCE | 40 | $105,615 | $21,519 |
| TAL GOLDIN | DIR. OF ADVOCACY | 40 | $102,376 | $14,952 |
| JEN GARBER | President Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| GABRIELLE BROERE | Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| ELDEN REDDIG | TREAS./SECY. Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| CASSIE DELLWO | PAC CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| AMY SINGER | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| CONNIE ORR | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| JAQUELYN STEWART | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| JIM MARKS | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| MARCUS STRANGE | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| MEG TRACI | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| MIRJAM HARRISON | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended September 30, 2024: 14 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAVID CARLSON | Executive Dir. Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $133,554 | $20,551 |
| KATHERINE MURFITT | Director of Finance | 40 | $108,725 | $21,946 |
| TAL GOLDIN | DIRECTOR OF ADVOCACY | 40 | $108,450 | $14,887 |
| DONNA GLEAVES | President Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| JEN GARBER | Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| ELDEN REDDIG | SECY./TREAS. Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| GABRIELLE BROERE | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| PAULA MCMAHON | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| JACKIE STEWART | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| MEG TRACI | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| CASSIE DELLWO | Director Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| JIM MARKS | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| SHEILA VOSEN-SHORTEN | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| JACKIE MOHLER | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended September 30, 2023: 12 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BERNADETTE FRANKS-ONGOY | Executive Dir. Officer | 40 | $129,238 | $23,841 |
| KATHERINE MURFITT | Director of Finance | 40 | $105,593 | $21,098 |
| DONNA GLEAVES | President Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| JOEL PEDEN | Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| ELDEN REDDIG | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| GABRIELLE BROERE | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| JEN GARBER | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| PAULA MCMAHON | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| JACKIE MOHLER | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| JACQUELYN STEWART | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| MEG TRACI | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| KATHIE WATERS | Director Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 1022 CHESTNUT ST, HELENA, MT 59601-0820
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- David Carlson
- Signed the 990
- David Carlson, Executive Director
- Phone
- (406) 449-2344
- Website
- disabilityrightsmt.org
- Return prepared by
- Linked Accounting LLP
Mission
Disability Rights Montana envisions a society where people with disabilities have equality of opportunity and are able to participate fully in community life by exercising choice and self-determination. Because of this vision, the mission of Disability Rights Montana is to protect and advocate for the human, legal, and civil rights of Montanans with disabilities while advancing dignity, equality, and self-determination.
Program accomplishments
- Protection and advocacy for beneficiaries of social security, protection and advocacy for beneficiaries with representative payees, protection and advocacy for voting access, protection and advocacy for individuals with traumatic brain injury, protection and advocacy for assistant technology, enforcement of access to vocational services.Expenses $450,653
- PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY OF INDIVIDUAL WITH MENTAL ILLNESS (PAIMI): PROTECT THE LEGAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH SIGNIFICANT MENTAL ILLNESS THROUGH THE MONITORING OF THE STATE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL AS WELL AS PRIVATE SETTINGS SERVING ADULTS AND CHILDREN WITH PSYCHIATRIC NEEDS, INVESTIGATIONS OF POSSIBLE ABUSE AND NEGLECT OF THEM IN THESE SETTINGS, INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP ADVOCACY TO ADDRESS RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, AND EDUCATION OF PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS AND POLICY MAKERS ABOUT THE RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS.Expenses $317,204
- Protect the legal and human rights of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities through the monitoring the various community and institutional locations in which they receive support, investigations of possible abuse and neglect of them in these settings, individual and group advocacy to address rights violations, and education of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and policy makers about the rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (PADD).Expenses $290,192
- Protection and Advocacy for Individual Rights (PAIR):Protect the legal and human rights of individuals with disabilities. Including sensory disabilities like blindness and deafness to neurophysiology including autism, dyslexia, and ADHD to mobility disabilities and chronic health care conditions like cancer and diabetes. Through the monitoring of setting and providing them services, investigations of possible abuse and neglect of disabled people, individual and group advocacy to address rights violations, and education of people with disabilities and policy makers about the rights of people with disabilities.Expenses $239,336
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in September, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | September 30, 2026 | February 16, 2027 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | September 30, 2025 | February 17, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | September 30, 2024 | February 18, 2025 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 81-0372577
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1978
- Accounting year ends
- September
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Civil rights, social action and advocacy (R13Z)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $1,050,698
- Income (IRS master file)
- $1,731,680
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | September 2025 | $1,731,680 | $1,649,648 | $1,050,698 | IRS |
| 990 | September 2024 | $1,930,025 | $1,832,861 | $1,037,397 | IRS |
| 990 | September 2023 | $1,775,604 | $1,784,803 | $1,068,815 | XML |
| 990 | September 2022 | $1,790,060 | $1,775,072 | $1,078,777 | IRS |
| 990 | September 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | September 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | September 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | September 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 81-0372577).
Questions about DISABILITY RIGHTS MONTANA
- What is the EIN of DISABILITY RIGHTS MONTANA?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of DISABILITY RIGHTS MONTANA is 81-0372577.
- Is DISABILITY RIGHTS MONTANA tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1978.
- Are donations to DISABILITY RIGHTS MONTANA tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does DISABILITY RIGHTS MONTANA file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of DISABILITY RIGHTS MONTANA due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending September 30, 2026) is due February 16, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did DISABILITY RIGHTS MONTANA last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended September 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of DISABILITY RIGHTS MONTANA?
- The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 names David Carlson.
- Who are the officers and directors of DISABILITY RIGHTS MONTANA?
- The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 lists 14 people; 3 received compensation from the organization, the highest $123,890 (DAVID CARLSON, Executive Dir.).
- How much revenue does DISABILITY RIGHTS MONTANA have?
- On its 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,731,680, expenses of $1,649,648 and total assets of $1,050,698 at year end.
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