Missions United Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
To serve Christ by creating abundant life opportunities and providing quality service for seniors.
- Income
- $17.5 million
- Spending
- $15.7 million
- Spent on programs
- 84%
- Reserves
- -14.8 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 84%
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 81
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Weak: 47 out of 100. Higher than 20% of charities in its peer group (human services, $10m to $100m).
Reserves
0 of 35Spendable reserves are negative: it owes or has committed more than it holds.
Debt
2 of 20It owes 83% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 10% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 21% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1584% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 35% of charities in its peer group (human services, $10m to $100m).
Independent board
25 of 258 of 8 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $13.3 million spent. Missions United is first and foremost a Christian community. Our mission is God's Mission; the work of healing a broken world, the work of healing the sick, and binding up the broken hearted. This mission is accomplished through serving Christ by creating abundant life opportunities and providing quality services to seniors. Continued on Schedule OMissions United, Inc. opened Mission Ridge, Montana's first state-of-the-art CCRC in Billings, on January 5, 1998. In October 2016, it opened its second community, WyndStone, in Billings Heights; and in February 2023, it acquired SkyRidge, also in Billings Heights. Missions United, Inc. is an expression and extension of the church's mission. In public worship and in private settings, the following events happen: God's saving word is proclaimed, the Sacraments are administered, prayers and devotions are offered, pastoral care and counseling are provided, and works of charity and benevolence are offered.The goal of the Mission Ridge, WyndStone, and SkyRidge communities is to provide housing, as well as health and financial security for our elders, while simultaneously preserving their privacy and self-sufficiency to the fullest extent possible. The Mission Ridge senior living community consists of 120 independent living apartments and 62 assisted living apartments, while WyndStone has 51 independent living and 32 assisted living apartments, and SkyRidge has 32 assisted living apartments. In conjunction with the existing long-term care facility, St. John's United, Missions United residents receive priority access to a full continuum of care.Missions United is providing for the physical, spiritual, social, and emotional wellbeing of its residents by offering housing in an environment designed specifically for their needs. Missions United residents are guided and nurtured through life's housing and healthcare transitions, lessening the hardship and crisis for themselves and their families. Financial security is being provided to the residents of the community by offering quality services to residents at the lowest possible cost. Missions United has adopted a policy, set forth in the Residency Agreement, providing financial assistance to residents who become unable to pay their monthly service fee or other charges. No residents have been, or ever will be, discharged because of an inability to pay. Existing resident deposits are available to assure such financial assistance will be available. The average deposit on a Missions United/WyndStone apartment on December 31, 2024 was about $123,000. That is just 31% of the 2024 median single family homes sale in Billings of $394,111 (Zillow). Missions United contracts for and provides access to a continuum of long-term care services available to elderly residents of middle class financial means. A long-term care benefit is offered to all independent living residents to assist in preserving financial security. The benefit provides $500 per month if transition occurs to assisted living and $750 per month if transition occurs to skilled nursing services (total maximum benefit of $18,000). During 2024, 35 residents who required either assisted living or skilled nursing care received $118,205 in long-term care benefits. From date of inception (1998), residents have received $2,524,120 in long-term care benefits. Missions United is not just an expression and extension of the church; it is the church at work in this place and in the world. In our 26th year, Missions United provided many community benefits. Included in our effort to promote benefits to our residents and provide service to others in the world were the following:1. Invest in a community benefit tracking software that will help better define, track, and store all of our efforts, costs, and people served as a benefit to the larger community. Missions United provided $394,522 of community benefit to 16,040 people in 2024.2. Missions United has intentionally not fully occupied its assisted living apartments to keep two respite rooms available to serve area seniors for short periods of time while long-term decisions can be made. Mission Ridge and WyndStone provided respite care for about 478 days in 2023, resulting in a loss of revenue of about $38,000 for the days the respite rooms remained unoccupied. Missions United pays bed hold fees totaling $36,500 annually to maintain availability to other levels of care via the St. John's Continuum of Care. In addition, Missions United committed $250,000 in 2024 to assure that those who have run out of resources and rely on Medicaid will have a place in the St. John's continuum of care should they need memory or skilled nursing care.3. Staff encourage and facilitates the residents to volunteer in the community via formal programs, sponsorship, and transportation.4. The 2024 Summer Concert held its 26th season on the Missions United/St. John's campus. We hosted over 12,000 people as we provided six community events at three campus locations at no charge to our residents, friends, and neighbors! 5. Provided space to other organizations as needed in 2024 groups such as Big Sky Senior Services, retired teachers, non-denominational worship and bible studies, Billings Public Library, Arrowhead school events, recitals, Billings Public Schools, MSU Art/Music Departments.6. In 2024, Missions United provided free health assessments, education, and/or guidance to approximately 1,500 seniors and their families including information about our services beyond that of Missions United. This guidance helps their understanding and preparation for senior living and their understanding of other benefits available to them such as Veterans Aid and Attendance, Medicaid Waiver, Medicare A, B, and D, and/or improving their current situation by identifying opportunities and health needs while still living at home. Once residents, they find additional comfort in the fact that they have a plan for their future when their medical needs change.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since December 1995.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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