Montana · Public charity
Blackfoot Challenge Inc
The mission of The Blackfoot Challenge is to coordinate efforts that will conserve and enhance the natural resources and rural way of life in the Blackfoot Watershed for present and future generations.
- $30k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2020
- Itemized, FY2024
- $22k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $22,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $22,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 9
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $6.6M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 11% of the organizations Blackfoot Challenge Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 1 | $22k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $88k | 11% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $60k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $110k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $104k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Blackfoot Chapter of Trout Unlimited Inc | $78,963 | 1 | 12% |
| Swan Valley Connections | $35,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Big Hole Watershed Committee Inc | $34,450 | 3 | 3% |
| Madison Valley Ranchlands Group | $33,150 | 3 | 7% |
| Centennial Valley Association Inc | $33,000 | 3 | 8% |
| Watershed Restoration Coalition for The | $30,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Granite Conservation District | $28,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Lincoln Heritage Alliance | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Greater Yellowstone Coalition | $22,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Heart of the Rockies Initiative | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($54k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Blackfoot Challenge Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Heart of the Rockies Initiative · Patagoniaorg · The Vital Ground Foundation Inc · The Nature Conservancy · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Blackfoot Challenge Inc
- How much does Blackfoot Challenge Inc give?
- Blackfoot Challenge Inc reported 1 itemized grants totaling $22,000, out of $30,100 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does Blackfoot Challenge Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (88%), Community Improvement (6%), Recreation & Sports (5%).
- Who are Blackfoot Challenge Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Big Blackfoot Chapter of Trout Unlimited Inc ($79k), Swan Valley Connections ($35k), Big Hole Watershed Committee Inc ($34k).
- Does Blackfoot Challenge Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Blackfoot Challenge Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Heart of the Rockies Initiative, Patagoniaorg, The Vital Ground Foundation Inc.
- Where is Blackfoot Challenge Inc based?
- Blackfoot Challenge Inc is based in MT.
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