Skip to content
ProPublica Donate
ProPublica Donate

Mountain State Spotlight Inc

Organization summary

Type of Nonprofit

Designated as a Organizations for any of the following purposes: religious, educational, charitable, scientific, literary, testing for public safety, fostering national or international amateur sports competition (as long as it doesn't provide athletic facilities or equipment), or the prevention of cruelty to children or animals.

Category: Arts, Culture and Humanities / Media, Communications Organizations (NTEE)

Donations to this organization are tax deductible.

Summary charts: organization finances over time

Revenue
$974k (2023)

Expenses
$1.08M (2023)

Total Assets
$877k (2023)

Total Liabilities
$139k (2023)

Source: Form 990 tax filings from 2020 to 2023

Tax Filings by Year

Form 990 is an information return that most organizations claiming federal tax-exempt status must file yearly with the IRS. Nonprofit Explorer has IRS digitized Form 990 data for filings processed in 2012 and later. If this organization filed an amended return, it may not be reflected below. Duplicate download links may indicate a resubmission or amendment to this organization's original return. Form 990 data is from the IRS.

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2023

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$973,619
Expenses
$1,080,972
Net Income
-$107,353
Net Assets
$738,398
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $973,619
100%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $0
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $181,789
16.8%
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $497,109
46.0%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $877,429
Total Liabilities $139,031
Net Assets $738,398
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Ken Ward Jr (President) $99,573 $0 $723
Ellen Allen End 7 2023 (Executive Dir.) $53,697 $0 $7,566
Sara Crickenberger Beg 11 2023 (Executive Dir.) $19,127 $0 $1,103
Benjamin L Bailey (Chairman) $0 $0 $0
Suzanne M Weise (Secretary) $0 $0 $0
Steven D Canterbury (Director) $0 $0 $0
Amar Rajwani (Treasurer) $0 $0 $0
Elizabeth Mobley (Director) $0 $0 $0

Document Links

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2022

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$1,123,213
Expenses
$955,903
Net Income
$167,310
Net Assets
$845,751
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $1,123,213
100%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $0
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $168,452
17.6%
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $410,128
42.9%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $1,039,145
Total Liabilities $193,394
Net Assets $845,751
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Ellen Allen (Executive Dir.) $79,447 $0 $15,385
Ken Ward Jr (President) $70,576 $0 $3,044
Benjamin L Bailey (Chairman) $0 $0 $0
Suzanne M Weise (Secretary) $0 $0 $0
Steven D Canterbury (Director) $0 $0 $0
Amar Rajwani (Treasurer) $0 $0 $0

Document Links

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2021

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$1,166,792
Expenses
$591,695
Net Income
$575,097
Net Assets
$678,441
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $1,166,792
100%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $0
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $70,359
11.9%
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $324,915
54.9%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $714,001
Total Liabilities $35,560
Net Assets $678,441
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Ken Ward Jr (President) $70,359 $0 $0
Benjamin L Baily (Chairman) $0 $0 $0
Suzanne M Weise (Secretary) $0 $0 $0
Steven D Canterbury (Treasurer) $0 $0 $0

Document Links

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2020

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$325,091
Expenses
$216,876
Net Income
$108,215
Net Assets
$108,215
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $325,091
100%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $0
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $40,688
18.8%
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $79,313
36.6%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $108,215
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $108,215
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Greg Moore (Director) $26,992 $0 $0
Ken Ward Jr (President) $9,479 $0 $0
Benjamin Baily (Chairman) $0 $0 $0
Suzanne Weise (Director) $0 $0 $0
Steven Canterbury (Director) $0 $0 $0

Document Links

About This Data

Nonprofit Explorer includes summary data for nonprofit tax returns and full Form 990 documents, in both PDF and digital formats.

The summary data contains information processed by the IRS during the 2012-2019 calendar years; this generally consists of filings for the 2011-2018 fiscal years, but may include older records. This data release includes only a subset of what can be found in the full Form 990s.

In addition to the raw summary data, we link to PDFs and digital copies of full Form 990 documents wherever possible. This consists of separate releases by the IRS of Form 990 documents processed by the agency, which we update regularly.

We also link to copies of audits nonprofit organizations that spent $750,000 or more in Federal grant money in a single fiscal year since 2016. These audits are copied from the Federal Audit Clearinghouse.

Which Organizations Are Here?

Every organization that has been recognized as tax exempt by the IRS has to file Form 990 every year, unless they make less than $200,000 in revenue and have less than $500,000 in assets, in which case they have to file form 990-EZ. Organizations making less than $50,000 don’t have to file either form but do have to let the IRS they’re still in business via a Form 990N "e-Postcard."

Nonprofit Explorer has organizations claiming tax exemption in each of the 27 subsections of the 501(c) section of the tax code, and which have filed a Form 990, Form 990EZ or Form 990PF. Taxable trusts and private foundations that are required to file a form 990PF are also included. Small organizations filing a Form 990N "e-Postcard" are not included in this data.

Types of Nonprofits

There are 27 nonprofit designations based on the numbered subsections of section 501(c) of the tax code. See the list »

Get the Data

For those interested in acquiring the original data from the source, here’s where our data comes from:

  • Raw filing data. Includes EINs and summary financials as structured data.
  • Exempt Organization profiles. Includes organization names, addresses, etc. You can merge this with the raw filing data using EIN numbers.
  • Form 990 documents. Prior to 2017, these documents were obtained and processed by Public.Resource.org and ProPublica. Bulk PDF downloads since 2017 are available from the IRS.
  • Form 990 documents as XML files. Includes complete filing data (financial details, names of officers, tax schedules, etc.) in machine-readable format. Only available for electronically filed documents. Electronic data released prior to October 2021 is also available through Amazon Web Services.
  • Audits. PDFs of single or program-specific audits for nonprofit organizations that spent $750,000 or more in Federal grant money in a single fiscal year. Available for fiscal year 2015 and later.

API

The data powering this website is available programmatically, via an API. Read the API documentation »