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Baracker Flynn Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$384k
Granted FY2024still arriving
25
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$51k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.

Religion$110kEducation$106kHousing & Shelter$82kFood & Nutrition$75kRecreation & Sports$30kYouth Development$30kHuman Services$17kHealth$15kOther$0
02FY2024 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k11 grants · $59k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $175k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $151k
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$32M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$50,550
HOUSING WHITEFISH INC$50,000
ASSEMBLY OF GOD$50,000
WHITEFISH CHRISTIAN ACADEMY$30,000
SPECIAL OLYMPICS MONTANA INC$30,000
MONTANA FOOD BANK NETWORK INC$20,000
WHITEFISH CHRISTIAN ACADEMY$20,000
YOUNG LIFE$15,000
COATS FOR KIDS INC$10,000
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC$10,000
FLATHEAD WARMING CENTER INC$10,000
SAMARITANS PURSE$10,000
NORTH WEST MONTANA VETERANS STAND DOWN$10,000
FRESH LIFE CHURCH$10,000
SAMARITAN HOUSE INC$7,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY23–24, $47k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, 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.

area typical 8%PROMISE 686 INC: $7k → 9%NORTH WEST MONTANA VETERANS STAND DOWN: $20k → 11%NORTH WEST MONTANA VETERANS STAND DOWN: $10k → 11%CENTER FOR RESTORATIVE YOUTH JUSTICE: $5k → 11%LIGHTHOUSE CHRISTIAN HOME AND SERVICES INC: $5k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

31%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$150k · 4 repeat orgs$334k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +2% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 19 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
19

Total granted

$150k
$334k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+2%
0%

Still filing today

75%
89%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 13% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $334k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’23’24
Human ServicesHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionEducationHealthOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • FL
    FRESH LIFE CHURCH
    2× · 2023–2024 · $60k
  • MF
    MONTANA FOOD BANK NETWORK INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $40k · revenue +2%
  • NM
    NORTHWEST MONTANA VETERANS STAND DOWN
    2× · 2023–2024 · $30k · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • WC
    WHITEFISH CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
    one grant, 2024 · $55k · revenue +13%
  • STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $51k · revenue 0%
  • AO
    ASSEMBLY OF GOD
    one grant, 2024 · $50k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Family Housing Network of Fort Collins Inc

Faith Family Hospitality's mission is to support families experiencing homelessness to achieve sustainable self-sufficiency in a timely and dignified manner. This interfaith volunteer effort coordinates the work of 30 diverse Fort Collins…

Human Services
2
Mountain Home Montana Inc

To provide a safe, stable , and nurturing home where young mothers can discover their strengths, and their children can experience the joys of childhood.

Human Services
3
Watson Children's Shelter Inc

Watson children's shelter is dedicated to providing a safe, nurturing, environment for children who have experienced abuse, neglect, abandonment or family crisis.

Human Services
4
Family Safety Network Inc

Mission: advocating healthy relationships while empowering survivors of domestic and sexual violence in teton valley. vision: a world where individuals, families, and communities thrive in collective safety and wholeness.

Crime & Legal
5
Haven

For more than four decades, haven has been bozemans trusted community partner in providing safe shelter, support (including a 24-hour support line and legal advocacy), and counseling for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, sex…

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6
Light of Life Ministries Inc

Light of life transforms lives through the love of christ by providing food, shelter, and hope to men, women, and children experiencing homelessness, poverty, or addiction to restore them as healthy members of our community.

Human Services
7
Covenant House Alaska

Covenant house alaska is part of covenant house, inc. the largest privately funded agency in the americas providing shelter and other services to homeless, runaway, and at-risk youth.

Human Services
8
Shelter House Community Shelter and Transition Services

Through shelter and housing, advocacy and supportive services, our mission is to prevent and end homelessness in our community.

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9
Valkyrie Ranch Inc

Our mission at valkyrie ranch is to support special operations veterans and their families with healing, connection, and lifelong care while also giving back to the ranching community around us. through outdoor retreats, recovery programs,…

Human Services
10
Safe Nesttemporary Assistance for

Safe nest's mission is to provide comprehensive, collaborative, and innovative services for everyone affected by domestic and sexual violence while passionatley working to end this shared epidemic.

Human Services
11
Family Promise of Gallatin Valley Inc

Family promise of gallatin valley in montana is a non-profit organization working with our community to develop comprehensive, holistic solutions for families facing homelessness. we provide prevention services before families reach a…

Human Services
12
Montana Rescue Mission

Montana rescue mission began in 1948 and was incorporated in 1957 to serve the homeless population in billings, mt and the surrounding area. our core values are to treat all people with dignity, compassion, and respect. our programs and…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Montana Land to Hand; the most unlike its peers is Code Girls United. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

20 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. 20 of the 23 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
7/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FRESH LIFE CHURCH: $60,000 · OtherFRESH LIFE CHURCHASSEMBLY OF GOD: $50,000 · OtherASSEMBLY OF GODMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $5,000 · OtherAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $10,000 · OtherAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INCWHITEFISH VETERANS SUPPORT TEAM: $5,000 · OtherSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $10,000 · OtherSAMARITAN'S PURSEWHITEFISH CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $55,000 · EducationWHITEFISH CHRISTIAN ACAD…STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $50,550 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO…HOUSING WHITEFISH INC: $50,000 · Housing & ShelterHOUSING WHITEFISH …FLATHEAD WARMING CENTER INC: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterFLATHEAD WARMING C…Samaritan House Inc: $7,000 · Housing & ShelterSamaritan House In…NORTHWEST MONTANA VETERANS STAND DOWN: $30,000 · Human ServicesNORTHWEST MON…Promise686 Inc: $6,800 · Human ServicesPromise686 In…CENTER FOR RESTORATIVE YOUTH JUSTICE: $5,000 · Human ServicesCENTER FOR RE…LIGHTHOUSE CHRISTIAN HOME AND SERVICES INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesLIGHTHOUSE CH…VIOLENCE FREE CRISIS LINE: $5,000 · Human ServicesVIOLENCE FREE…SPARROW'S NEST OF NW MT: $5,000 · Human ServicesSPARROW'S NES…MONTANA FOOD BANK NETWORK INC: $40,000 · Food & NutritionMONTANA FO…MONTANA LAND TO HAND: $5,000 · Food & NutritionMONTANA LA…SPECIAL OLYMPICS MONTANA INC: $30,000 · Recreation & SportsYOUNG LIFE: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentCOATS FOR KIDS INC: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentCODE GIRLS UNITED: $5,000 · Youth Development
Other$140,000Education$105,550Housing & Shelter$77,000Human Services$56,800Food & Nutrition$45,000Recreation & Sports$30,000Youth Development$30,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWHITEFISH CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $55,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $50,550 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOUSING WHITEFISH INC: $50,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetMONTANA FOOD BANK NETWORK INC: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHWEST MONTANA VETERANS STAND DOWN: $30,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS MONTANA INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFLATHEAD WARMING CENTER INC: $20,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOATS FOR KIDS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSamaritan House Inc: $7,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPromise686 Inc: $6,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWHITEFISH VETERANS SUPPORT TEAM: $5,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetCODE GIRLS UNITED: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMONTANA LAND TO HAND: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCENTER FOR RESTORATIVE YOUTH JUSTICE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE CHRISTIAN HOME AND SERVICES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetVIOLENCE FREE CRISIS LINE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSPARROW'S NEST OF NW MT: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budget
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.

Whitefish Community F…First Interstate Banc…Gianforte Family Char…Oro y Plata FoundationTown Pump Charitable …Headwaters Health Fou…Montana Community Fou…Dennis & Phyllis Wash…The Angora Ridge Foun…Roundup for Safety IncBayne Foundation IncCobb Foundation
Whitefish Community Foundation IncMT34.6× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Whitefish Community Foundation Inc · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Gianforte Family Charitable Trust · Oro y Plata Foundation · Town Pump Charitable Foundation · Headwaters Health Foundation of Western Montana · Montana Community Foundation Inc · Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation · The Angora Ridge Foundation · Roundup for Safety Inc · Bayne Foundation Inc · Cobb Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Baracker Flynn Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Baracker Flynn Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Baracker Flynn Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Baracker Flynn Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 23 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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