Montana · Public charity
Charlie Russell Riders Foundation Inc
Support of cultural programs, historic preservation programs, animal research/preservation programs
- $197k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $70k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $548k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 40% of the organizations Charlie Russell Riders Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 2 | $70k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $195k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $115k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $55k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $13k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $25k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $60k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $75k | 100% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montana State University Foundation Inc | $175,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Trigg - C M Russell Foundation Inc | $125,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Charles Humphrey Keating IV Foundation | $100,000 | 3 | 1% |
| National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Scottsdale Museum of the West Inc | $45,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Cowboy Arts & Gear Museum | $40,000 | 1 | 39% |
| The Couse Foundation | $37,500 | 2 | 3% |
| The New Museum at the Bradford Brinton Ranch | $25,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Montana History Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Buffalo Bill Memorial Association | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montana State University Foundation Inc | $175,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Trigg - C M Russell Foundation Inc | $125,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Charles Humphrey Keating IV Foundation | $100,000 | 3 | 1% |
| National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Scottsdale Museum of the West Inc | $45,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Cowboy Arts & Gear Museum | $40,000 | 1 | 39% |
| The Couse Foundation | $37,500 | 2 | 3% |
| The New Museum at the Bradford Brinton Ranch | $25,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Montana History Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Buffalo Bill Memorial Association | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Upstate Warrior Solution Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nebraska Independent Film Projects Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Charlie Russell Riders Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About Charlie Russell Riders Foundation Inc
- How much does Charlie Russell Riders Foundation Inc give?
- Charlie Russell Riders Foundation Inc reported 2 itemized grants totaling $70,000, out of $197,250 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Charlie Russell Riders Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (56%), Recreation & Sports (15%), Public Benefit (11%).
- Who are Charlie Russell Riders Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Montana State University Foundation Inc ($175k), Trigg - C M Russell Foundation Inc ($125k), Charles Humphrey Keating IV Foundation ($100k).
- Does Charlie Russell Riders Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Charlie Russell Riders Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, National Philanthropic Trust, American Endowment Foundation.
- Where is Charlie Russell Riders Foundation Inc based?
- Charlie Russell Riders Foundation Inc is based in MT.
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