· Private foundation
5 Springs Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k3 grants · $16k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $75k
- $50k–250k4 grants · $292k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Tinwork Art | $108,500 |
| University of Montana Western | $83,333 |
| The Station Foundation | $50,000 |
| Twin Bridges School and Community Foundation | $50,000 |
| University of Montana | $25,000 |
| Montana State University | $20,000 |
| Montana Land Reliance | $10,000 |
| Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation | $10,000 |
| Bienvenidos | $10,000 |
| Bridger Ski Foundation | $6,300 |
| Trout Unlimited | $5,000 |
| Gallatin Valley Land Trust | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
7 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 7 of the 12 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Morton H Meyerson Family Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization 5 Springs Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from 5 Springs Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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