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Cadeau Foundation

Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$7.9M
Granted FY2022
52
Grants FY2022
5
States reached
$339k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2022.

Environment$2.9MAnimals$2.8MHuman Services$1.5MArts & Culture$581kFood & Nutrition$406kInternational$239kCivil Rights$145kHealth$10k
02FY2022 · 52 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2022

  • $50k–250k51 grants · $7.6M
  • $250k+1 grant · $339k
$146,232
Median grant
5
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FRIENDS OF THE SHELTER INC$338,770
THE MONTANA LAND RELIANCE$227,472
BITTER ROOT LAND TRUST$227,471
SPAY MONTANA$216,910
THOMPSON RIVER ANIMAL CARE$212,036
PEOPLE & CARNIVORES$203,912
FLATHEAD SPAY & NEUTER TASK FORCE$203,912
ANIMAL ARK$203,912
LEMHI COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY$203,231
KANIKSU LAND TRUST$189,289
MONTANA WILD WINGS RECOVERY CENTER$176,290
SECOND CHANCE PET RESCUE$176,290
SUPPORTERS OF ABUSE FREE ENVIRONMENTS$162,480
SANDERS COUNTY COALITION FOR FAMILIES$162,480
YWCA OF LEWISTON-CLARKSTON$155,981
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–22, $1.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 66% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%YWCA OF LEWISTON-CLARKSTON: $156k → 11%WOMENS CENTER INC: $95k → 14%MOUNTAIN HOME MONTANA: $136k → 9%SAFE HARBOR: $136k → 18%YWCA OF LEWISTON-CLARKSTON: $6k → 11%BONNER COMMUNITY FOOD CENTER: $136k → 12%WOMENS CENTER INC: $4k → 14%MOUNTAIN HOME MONTANA: $5k → 9%SANDERS COUNTY COALITION FOR FAMILIES: $162k → 17%SAFE HARBOR: $5k → 18%YWCA OF LEWISTON-CLARKSTON: $5k → 11%WOMENS CENTER INC: $3k → 14%MOUNTAIN HOME MONTANA: $5k → 9%SAFE HARBOR: $5k → 18%SANDERS COUNTY COALITION FOR FAMILIES: $6k → 17%BONNER COMMUNITY FOOD CENTER: $5k → 12%SANDERS COUNTY COALITION FOR FAMILIES: $5k → 17%BONNER COMMUNITY FOOD CENTER: $5k → 12%CASA FOR KIDS: $108k → 11%CITIZENS FOR A BETTER FLATHEAD: $5k → 11%EMPOWER MT: $136k → 9%CASA FOR KIDS: $4k → 11%YWCA MISSOULA: $136k → 9%CASA FOR KIDS: $4k → 11%YWCA MISSOULA: $5k → 9%EMPOWER MT: $5k → 9%YWCA MISSOULA: $5k → 9%EMPOWER MT: $5k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$8.5M · 54 repeat orgs$27k to everyone else

54 repeat relationships — 52 still active in FY2022, 2 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

54
4

Total granted

$8.5M
$27k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+55%

Still filing today

85%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22
EnvironmentAnimalsHuman ServicesHealthRecreation & SportsArts & CultureOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • BR
    BITTER ROOT LAND TRUST
    3× · 2020–2022 · $244k · revenue +61%
  • TM
    THE MONTANA LAND RELIANCE
    3× · 2020–2022 · $243k · revenue +248%
  • SM
    Spay Montana
    3× · 2020–2022 · $232k · revenue +70% · 58% of their budget

Funded once

  • FO
    Friends of the Shelter Inc dba Better Together Animal Alliancegraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $13k · revenue +55%
  • FM
    Footloose Montana
    one grant, 2020 · $7k · revenue +25%
  • CF
    CITIZENS FOR A BETTER FLATHEADgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +425%

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

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Gallatin Wildlife Association

Promote research and actions to save wildlife.

Animals
2
Beaverhead Animal Shelter

The mission is to protect and care for homeless animals in the Dillon and Beaverhead county area.

Animals
3
Scenic Montana Trails
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4
Swan Valley Connections

Maintain the swan valley's unique natural resources and ensure that a vibrant human community can sustain itself through stewardship, education, economic viability, and conservation on public and private lands.

Environment
5
Native Ecosystems Council

Promote wildlife habitat

Environment
6
Wyoming Wildlife Advocates

To promote science-based wildlife management that fosters ecosystem health and dynamic equilibrium between species throughout the state of wyoming.

Animals
7
Public Land Water Access Association

The organization's mission is to maintain, restore, and perpetuate public access to the boundaries of all Montana's public lands and waters.

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8
Idaho Forest Restoration Partnership
Environment
9
Montana Wildlife Federation

The montana wildlife federation is a statewide conservation organization dedicated to protecting wildlife, wildlife habitat, and public access for outdoor recreation.

Animals
10
Montana Conservation Elders
Environment
11
Montana Trout Unlimited

To conserve, protect and restore montana's coldwater fisheries and watersheds.

Recreation & Sports
12
Upper Missouri Waterkeeper Inc

Upper missouri waterkeeper protects fishable, swimmable, drinkable water throughout the 25,000 square miles of montana's upper missouri river basin of montana. to accomplish this mission we actively engage with citizens, stakeholders and…

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lemhi Regional Land Trust and the most unlike its peers is Second Chance Pet Rescue Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 29 years old; the field is 15. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number21%2%<5yr14%2%5–10yr20%14%10–20yr16%50%20–35yr16%21%35–55yr13%10%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value21%2%<5yr14%4%5–10yr20%16%10–20yr16%53%20–35yr16%18%35–55yr13%8%55yr+

The field is 21% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 2% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 2% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%1/52
the rest of the field
11%
490/4,384

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

52 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 52 of the 58 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

18
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
20
Early backer (in before they grew)
50/52
Grantees still filing
37/52
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

BITTER ROOT LAND TRUST — $243,531 · EnvironmentBITTER ROOT LAND TRUSTTHE MONTANA LAND RELIANCE — $243,432 · EnvironmentTHE MONTANA LAND RELIANCEPEOPLE AND CARNIVORES INC — $218,214 · EnvironmentPEOPLE AND CARNIVORES INCKaniksu Land Trust Inc — $202,580 · EnvironmentKaniksu Land Trust IncLEMHI REGIONAL LAND TRUST — $162,046 · EnvironmentLEMHI REGIONAL LAND TRUSTPALOUSE LAND TRUST INC — $156,492 · EnvironmentPALOUSE LAND TRUST INCWHITEFISH LAKE INSTITUTE — $156,492 · EnvironmentWHITEFISH LAKE INSTITUTEFLATHEAD LAND TRUST — $156,492 · EnvironmentFLATHEAD LAND TRUSTGREAT BURN STUDY GROUP dba Great Burn Conservation Alliance — $156,492 · EnvironmentGREAT BURN STUDY GROUP dba Great Burn …BITTERROOT WATER PARTNERSHIP — $156,492 · EnvironmentBITTERROOT WATER PARTNERSHIPMONTANAS OUTDOOR LEGACY FOUNDATION — $156,492 · EnvironmentMONTANAS OUTDOOR LEGACY FOUNDATIONINLAND NORTHWEST LAND TRUST — $156,492 · EnvironmentINLAND NORTHWEST LAND TRUSTSWAN VIEW COALITION INC — $141,722 · EnvironmentBLACKFOOT CHALLENGE INC — $127,791 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF SCOTCHMAN PEAKS WILDERNESS INC — $127,791 · EnvironmentKOOTENAI ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE — $126,063 · EnvironmentCLEARWATER RESOURCE COUNCIL — $113,022 · EnvironmentYAAK VALLEY FOREST COUNCIL — $106,082 · Environment+1 more — $9,534 · EnvironmentSpay Montana — $232,144 · AnimalsSpay MontanaAnimal Ark Incorporated — $218,214 · AnimalsAnimal Ark IncorporatedFLATHEAD SPAY AND NEUTER TASK FORCE INC — $218,214 · AnimalsFLATHEAD SPAY AND NEUTER…LEMHI COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY — $217,895 · AnimalsLEMHI COUNTY HUMANE SOCI…SECOND CHANCE PET RESCUE INC — $188,674 · AnimalsSECOND CHANCE PET RESCUE…Montana Wild Wings Recovery Center — $188,674 · AnimalsMontana Wild Wings Recov…Safe Haven Llama & Alpaca Sanctuary Inc — $159,974 · AnimalsSafe Haven Llama & Alpac…FOUNDATION FOR ANIMALS — $159,974 · AnimalsFOUNDATION FOR ANIMALSHUMANE SOCIETY OF NW MONTANA — $131,274 · AnimalsHUMANE SOCIETY OF NW MON…LEWIS AND CLARK HUMANE SOCIETY — $101,735 · AnimalsLEWIS AND CLARK HUMANE S…+2 more — $19,050 · AnimalsFRIENDS OF THE SHELTER INC — $350,029 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE SHELTER INCTHOMPSON RIVER ANIMAL CARE — $226,908 · OtherTHOMPSON RIVER ANIMAL CARESUPPORTERS OF ABUSE FREE ENVIRONMENTS INC — $173,880 · OtherSUPPORTERS OF ABUSE FREE E…SELWAY BITTERROOT FRANK CHURCH FOUNDATION — $166,914 · OtherSELWAY BITTERROOT FRANK CH…CENTER FOR MUSIC — $145,179 · OtherCENTER FOR MUSICMISSOULA BUTTERFLY HOUSE — $145,179 · OtherMISSOULA BUTTERFLY HOUSEGLACIER SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND CHORALE — $145,179 · OtherGLACIER SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA…LIBBY FOOD PANTRY INC — $115,640 · OtherLIBBY FOOD PANTRY INCRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF SPOKANE — $72,170 · OtherGARDEN CITY HARVEST INC — $145,179 · OtherGARDEN CITY HARVEST INCCATALYST MONTANA — $145,179 · OtherCATALYST MONTANANORTH VALLEY MUSIC SCHOOL — $145,179 · OtherNORTH VALLEY MUSIC SCHOOLSanders Co Coalition For Families — $173,880 · Human ServicesSanders Co Coalit…YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF LEWISTON-CLARKSTON INC — $166,915 · Human ServicesYOUNG WOMENS CHRI…YWCA MISSOULA — $145,179 · Human ServicesYWCA MISSOULAMOUNTAIN HOME MONTANA INC — $145,179 · Human ServicesMOUNTAIN HOME MON…SAFE HARBOR INC — $145,179 · Human ServicesSAFE HARBOR INCBONNER COMMUNITY FOOD CENTER INC — $145,179 · Human ServicesBONNER COMMUNITY …EMPOWER MT — $145,179 · Human ServicesEMPOWER MTCASA FOR KIDS INC — $115,640 · Human ServicesCASA FOR KIDS INCWOMEN'S CENTER INC — $101,710 · Human ServicesWOMEN'S CENTER IN…+1 more — $5,400 · Human ServicesBOB MARSHALL WILDERNESS FOUNDATION — $159,110 · Recreation & SportsTAMARACK GRIEF RESOURCE CENTER INC — $145,179 · HealthST PATRICK HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $6,659 · Health+1 more — $3,000 · HealthHOCKADAY MUSEUM OF ART — $145,179 · Arts & Culture
Environment$2,917,252Animals$1,835,822Other$1,976,615Human Services$1,289,440Recreation & Sports$159,110Health$154,838Arts & Culture$145,179

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetBITTER ROOT LAND TRUST — $243,531 over 3y, 15% of budgetTHE MONTANA LAND RELIANCE — $243,432 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetSpay Montana — $232,144 over 3y, 58% of budgetAnimal Ark Incorporated — $218,214 over 3y, 14% of budgetFLATHEAD SPAY AND NEUTER TASK FORCE INC — $218,214 over 3y, 62% of budgetPEOPLE AND CARNIVORES INC — $218,214 over 3y, 29% of budgetLEMHI COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY — $217,895 over 3y, 31% of budgetKaniksu Land Trust Inc — $202,580 over 3y, 7.6% of budgetMontana Wild Wings Recovery Center — $188,674 over 3y, 81% of budgetSanders Co Coalition For Families — $173,880 over 3y, 18% of budgetSUPPORTERS OF ABUSE FREE ENVIRONMENTS INC — $173,880 over 3y, 13% of budgetYOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF LEWISTON-CLARKSTON INC — $166,915 over 3y, 8.3% of budgetLEMHI REGIONAL LAND TRUST — $162,046 over 3y, 27% of budgetSafe Haven Llama & Alpaca Sanctuary Inc — $159,974 over 3y, 83% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR ANIMALS — $159,974 over 3y, 75% of budgetBOB MARSHALL WILDERNESS FOUNDATION — $159,110 over 3y, 20% of budgetPALOUSE LAND TRUST INC — $156,492 over 3y, 30% of budgetWHITEFISH LAKE INSTITUTE — $156,492 over 3y, 30% of budgetFLATHEAD LAND TRUST — $156,492 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetGREAT BURN STUDY GROUP dba Great Burn Conservation Alliance — $156,492 over 3y, 28% of budgetBITTERROOT WATER PARTNERSHIP — $156,492 over 3y, 41% of budgetMONTANAS OUTDOOR LEGACY FOUNDATION — $156,492 over 3y, 20% of budgetINLAND NORTHWEST LAND TRUST — $156,492 over 3y, 6.1% of budgetYWCA MISSOULA — $145,179 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetMOUNTAIN HOME MONTANA INC — $145,179 over 3y, 5.1% of budgetSAFE HARBOR INC — $145,179 over 3y, 10% of budgetHOCKADAY MUSEUM OF ART — $145,179 over 3y, 32% of budgetBONNER COMMUNITY FOOD CENTER INC — $145,179 over 3y, 6.6% of budgetTAMARACK GRIEF RESOURCE CENTER INC — $145,179 over 3y, 17% of budgetGARDEN CITY HARVEST INC — $145,179 over 3y, 12% of budgetCATALYST MONTANA — $145,179 over 3y, 13% of budgetEMPOWER MT — $145,179 over 3y, 25% of budgetNORTH VALLEY MUSIC SCHOOL — $145,179 over 3y, 11% of budgetGLACIER SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND CHORALE — $145,179 over 3y, 12% of budgetSWAN VIEW COALITION INC — $141,722 over 3y, 77% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF NW MONTANA — $131,274 over 3y, 24% of budgetBLACKFOOT CHALLENGE INC — $127,791 over 3y, 5.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF SCOTCHMAN PEAKS WILDERNESS INC — $127,791 over 3y, 32% of budgetKOOTENAI ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE — $126,063 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetCASA FOR KIDS INC — $115,640 over 3y, 17% of budgetLIBBY FOOD PANTRY INC — $115,640 over 3y, 34% of budgetCLEARWATER RESOURCE COUNCIL — $113,022 over 3y, 27% of budgetYAAK VALLEY FOREST COUNCIL — $106,082 over 3y, 25% of budgetLEWIS AND CLARK HUMANE SOCIETY — $101,735 over 3y, 8.2% of budgetWOMEN'S CENTER INC — $101,710 over 3y, 6.3% of budgetFriends of the Shelter Inc dba Better Together Animal Alliance — $12,525 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMONTANA AUDUBON — $9,534 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetST PATRICK HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $6,659 over 2y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Montana Community Fou…Whitefish Community F…The High Stakes Found…First Interstate Banc…Dennis & Phyllis Wash…Cross Charitable Foun…Headwaters Health Fou…The Steele-Reese Foun…Town Pump Charitable …The Angora Ridge Foun…Innovia FoundationPatagoniaorg
Montana Community Foundation IncMT42.5× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Montana Community Foundation Inc · Whitefish Community Foundation Inc · The High Stakes Foundation · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation · Cross Charitable Foundation Attn John R Clark · Headwaters Health Foundation of Western Montana · The Steele-Reese Foundation Xxxxx1004 · Town Pump Charitable Foundation · The Angora Ridge Foundation · Innovia Foundation · Patagoniaorg

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Cadeau Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    17report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Cadeau Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Cadeau 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 58 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Source object · view filing

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