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Charlie Russell Riders Foundation Inc

Support of cultural programs, historic preservation programs, animal research/preservation programs

$197k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$368kRecreation & Sports$100kPublic Benefit$75kFood & Nutrition$50kHuman Services$40kEducation$25k
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 2 grants below total $70,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $197,250 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $127,250 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$50,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$548k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
C4 FOUNDATION$50,000
WESTERN SPIRIT SCOTTSDALE'S MUSEUM OF THE WEST$20,000
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 78% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WESTERN SPIRIT SCOTTSDALE'S MUSEUM OF THE WEST: $25k → 11%NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT FILM PROJECT: $10k → 13%THE FOUNDATION FOR MONTANA HISTORY: $20k → 9%NORTH VALLEY MUSIC SCHOOL: $25k → 11%CM RUSSELL MUSEUM: $50k → 14%THE COUSE-SHARP HISTORIC SITE: $25k → 18%NATIONAL COWBOY & HERITAGE MUSEUM: $25k → 16%THE BRINTON MUSEUM: $15k → 10%BUFFALO BILL CENTER OF THE WEST: $15k → 11%COWBOY ARTS AND GEAR MUSEUM: $40k → 9%WESTERN SPIRIT SCOTTSDALE'S MUSEUM OF THE WEST: $20k → 11%CM RUSSELL MUSEUM: $50k → 14%THE COUSE-SHARP HISTORIC SITE: $13k → 18%NATIONAL COWBOY & WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM: $25k → 16%THE BRINTON MUSEUM: $10k → 10%CM RUSSELL MUSEUM: $25k → 14%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.

Which US states its grants reach

MT
NV
WY
CA
NE
AZ
NM
SC
OK
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 19% of Charlie Russell Riders Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 49% of the giving stays in MT; by stated purpose, 37%.

Charlie Russell Riders Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 11% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$558k · 7 repeat orgs$100k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against -9% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
5

Total granted

$558k
$100k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
-9%

Still filing today

100%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationPublic BenefitHuman ServicesOther
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

  • MS
    Montana State University Foundation Inc
    3× · 2018–2024 · $175k · revenue +384%
  • TC
    TRIGG - C M RUSSELL FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2018–2025 · $125k · revenue +46%
  • CH
    CHARLES HUMPHREY KEATING IV FOUNDATION
    3× · 2023–2025 · $100k · revenue +3%

Funded once

  • CA
    COWBOY ARTS & GEAR MUSEUM
    one grant, 2023 · $40k · revenue +4% · 39% of their budget
  • MH
    MONTANA HISTORY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $20k · revenue -37%
  • BB
    Buffalo Bill Memorial Association
    one grant, 2017 · $15k · revenue -48%
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
Sigler Western Museum

The sigler western museum's mission is to share the diverse stories, cultures and experiences of the west.

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2
The Michael Murphey Western Institute in
Arts & Culture
3
Museum of the Old West

Museum of the old west exists to conserve artifacts and buildings which represent the story of wyoming during our country's westward expansion from the fur trade era to the early 1900s. we educate the nearly 25,000 visitors per season on…

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4
Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum

The cheyenne frontier days old west museum mission is to preserve and share the heritage of the american west as experienced through the celebration of cheyenne frontier day.

Arts & Culture
5
Chase Ranch Foundation
Human Services
6
Museum of Western Colorado Inc

The museum of western colorado is an educational institution that collects, preserves, and interprets artifacts, specimens, and information concerning the cultural and natural history of western colorado and the contiguous area. we enhance…

Arts & Culture
7
National Western Art Foundation Briscoe Western Art Museum

Briscoe Western Art Museum is a welcoming institution dedicated to celebrating the art, history and culture of the American West. Its gallery of paintings, sculptures, photographs and meticulously crafted artifacts are open to the public…

Arts & Culture
8
Museum of the Great Plains Authority

The museum of the great plains collects, preserves, interprets, and exhibits historical material relevant to the great plains of north america, fostering research into the region in order to increase knowledge of its history and to make…

Arts & Culture
9
Museum of the American West

Museum development and operation to preserve and protect the cultural and natural history of wind river, sweetwater and south pass areas with historical exhibits and a variety of programs.

Arts & Culture
10
World Museum of Mining

None

Arts & Culture
11
Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture Foundation

The mission of the northwest museum of arts & culture foundation is to financially support the eastern washington state historical society dba northwest museum of arts & culture as it actively engages all people in appreciation of arts and…

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12
The Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian

To respect and support the traditions and creative expressions of the native american peoples, and to present exhibitions and other public programs relating to them; to collect and document contemporary expressions of the navajo people…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum; the most unlike its peers is Upstate Warrior Solution Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

11 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. 11 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
8/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TRIGG - C M RUSSELL FOUNDATION INC: $125,000 · Arts & CultureTRIGG - C M RUSSELL FOUNDATION INCSCOTTSDALE MUSEUM OF THE WEST INC: $45,000 · Arts & CultureSCOTTSDALE MUSEUM OF THE WEST INCCOWBOY ARTS & GEAR MUSEUM: $40,000 · Arts & CultureCOWBOY ARTS & GEAR MUSEUMTHE COUSE FOUNDATION: $37,500 · Arts & CultureTHE COUSE FOUNDATIONTHE NEW MUSEUM AT THE BRADFORD BRINTON RANCH: $25,000 · Arts & CultureTHE NEW MUSEUM AT THE BRADFORD BRINTON RANCHMONTANA HISTORY FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Arts & CultureMONTANA HISTORY FOUNDATIONBuffalo Bill Memorial Association: $15,000 · Arts & CultureMontana State University Foundation Inc: $175,000 · EducationMontana State University Found…CHARLES HUMPHREY KEATING IV FOUNDATION: $100,000 · Public BenefitCHARLES HUMPHREY …NATIONAL COWBOY AND WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM: $50,000 · OtherNATIONAL C…NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT FILM PROJECTS INC: $10,000 · OtherNEBRASKA I…UPSTATE WARRIOR SOLUTION INC: $15,000 · Human Services
Arts & Culture$307,500Education$175,000Public Benefit$100,000Other$60,000Human Services$15,000

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 budgetMontana State University Foundation Inc: $175,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTRIGG - C M RUSSELL FOUNDATION INC: $125,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetCHARLES HUMPHREY KEATING IV FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetNATIONAL COWBOY AND WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM: $50,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSCOTTSDALE MUSEUM OF THE WEST INC: $45,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCOWBOY ARTS & GEAR MUSEUM: $40,000 over 1y, 39% of budgetTHE COUSE FOUNDATION: $37,500 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetTHE NEW MUSEUM AT THE BRADFORD BRINTON RANCH: $25,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetMONTANA HISTORY FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetBuffalo Bill Memorial Association: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUPSTATE WARRIOR SOLUTION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

Gs Donor Advised Phil…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Natl Christian Charit…Donor Advised Charita…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management IncNY10.7× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Charlie Russell Riders Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Charlie Russell Riders Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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.
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    How do I get to Charlie Russell Riders Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Charlie Russell Riders Foundation Inc 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 12 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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