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Dan & Jeanne Scott Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.3M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
84
Grants FY2025
78
Organizations funded FY2024
27%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$260,000
Organizations funded a year
60 to 78
FY2019 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
7
Total assets, FY2025
$27M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 27% of the organizations Dan & Jeanne Scott Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 32% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $396k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationAnimalsYouth DevelopmentReligionCrime & LegalOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving82$1.3M23%
FY202478$1.2M27%
FY202378$1.1M19%
FY202270$834k21%
FY202160$584k20%
FY202062$480k29%
FY201964$445kn/a
95% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Human Services$1.1MPhilanthropy$680kEducation$584kYouth Development$412kFood & Nutrition$340kRecreation & Sports$324kHealth$254kHousing & Shelter$243kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
WA
MT
MN
WI
WY
SD
IN
CA
CO
AZ
NM
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 106 grantees
All grantees of Dan & Jeanne Scott Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Tongue River Valley Community Center$377,750618%
Thrive Inc$352,60073%
Yellowstone Valley Animal Shelter$261,00053%
Senior Citizen Council$218,40072%
Antelope Butte Foundation Inc$179,00078%
Rocky Mountain College$157,00070%
Tongue River Valley Scholarship Fund$103,500225%
The Food Group Inc$102,75065%
Sheridan Community Land Trust$102,25074%
Montana Rescue Mission$100,00021%
Volunteers of America Northern Rockies$100,00010%
Tongue River Childs Place$96,25076%
Habitat for Humanity of the Eastern Bighorns Inc$90,00062%
Family Service$88,25060%
Special Olympics Montana Inc$86,50070%
Northern Wyoming Community College Foundation$70,00071%
Family Promise of Gallatin Valley Inc$50,25021%
The Montana Stockgrowers Association Incorporated$50,00015%
Rimrock Foundation$50,00010%
Wyoming Stock Growers Endowment Trust$50,000122%
Help Center Inc$50,00011%
Child Development Center Inc$50,00011%
Sheridan County Library Foundation$50,0001n/a
Sheridan Kids Life$50,00054%
Tumbleweed Runaway Program Inc$47,10042%
Compass Center for Families$42,70071%
Yellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch Foundat$40,00010%
Dog & Cat Shelter Inc$38,00074%
Billings Family YMCA Inc$31,00060%
Sheridan on Skates$28,00063%
Frost Fund Inc$25,750120%
Sheridan High School Booster Club$25,650212%
Big Sky Youth Empowerment Project Inc$25,50022%
Story Community Library Inc$25,000131%
Friendship House of Christian Service Inc$25,00011%
Billings Exchange Clubs Child Abuse$25,00014%
Wyoming Agricultural Leadership Council$25,000116%
Wyoming Agriculture in the Classroom$24,00061%
Joey's Foundation Inc$20,00034%
Community Leadership & Development Inc$20,00020%
Camp Bethel Inc$16,00060%
Friends of Montana Shakespeare in the Parks$15,00012%
Rose Park PTA$15,00017%
Wyoming Stock Growers Land Trust$12,00040%
Patriots and Paws$11,25020%
Evelyn Cameron Heritage Inc Evelyn Cameron Foundation$10,000120%
Rooted in Wyoming$10,00023%
Safe Passage$9,25050%
Wyoming Natural Resource Foundation$9,00039%
Ramsey Keller Memorial$9,00071%
Dayton School Benefit Club Inc$8,7007n/a
Huntley Project Schools$7,5003n/a
Montana State University Foundation Inc$5,86330%
Monforton School Foundation$5,25053%
Second Chance Sheridan Cat Rescue$5,10060%
Pack the Place in Pink$5,05061%
Billings Aquatic Club$5,00012%
Lovebugs Rescue$5,00071%
Haven$4,50050%
Waymakers$4,25020%
Billings Studio Theatre Inc$4,00040%
Poochz B & B Bell$4,00041%
For the Brand Foundation$3,5503n/a
Chila Inc$3,50026%
Montana State University Billings Foundation & Alumni$3,00010%
United Way of King County$3,00010%
Landons Legacy Foundation$3,00030%
Wiseplace$3,00040%
Future Farmers of America and Its State Associations & Local Chapters$3,0006n/a
Sheridan County Historical Society$2,75053%
Sheridan Foster Parent Exchange$2,75061%
Avivara$2,7501n/a
St Francis Animal Shelter Inc$2,50070%
Wyoming CARES Inc$2,20041%
Time of Grace Ministry$2,00020%
Yellowstone River Parks Association$2,0001n/a
Kherut$1,75020%
Big Sky Bravery Foundation$1,75020%
St Josephs Indian School$1,6007n/a
Delaney Doherty Memorial Scholarship$1,50011%
Noah's Ark Christian Preschool Inc$1,50021%
Rimrock Humane Society$1,50012%
Marys Kitchen$1,50010%
Friendly Center Inc$1,50020%
Ocean Defenders Alliance$1,40030%
Help for Homeless Pets$1,00010%
Ark Regional Services Inc$1,00010%
The LifeGuard Group Inc$1,0001n/a
Orange Home Grown Inc$1,0002n/a
One Montana$75010%
Russell Wilson Foundation$75010%
Honeylove$7501n/a
Humane Society of Wickenburg$50020%
Arapahoe Community College Foundation Inc$50010%
Villa Park Community Services Foundation$50011%
Integrated Solutions 360$50010%
Eagle Mount$50010%
Hope for Paws$50020%
Culver Educational Foundation$45010%
Big Horn Education Fund Inc$25010%
Sheridan Lacrosse Club$2501n/a
Big Horn Equestrian Center Inc$25010%
Gallatin Valley Young Mens Christian Association Inc$2501n/a
Pathways Hospice$20010%
Special Olympics Wyoming Inc$10010%
Court Appointed Special Advocate of Orange County$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 58 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.4M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Dan & Jeanne Scott Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 93 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTongue River Valley Community Center: $377,750 over 6y, 18% of budgetThrive Inc: $352,600 over 7y, 2.6% of budgetYellowstone Valley Animal Shelter: $261,000 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetSenior Citizen Council: $218,400 over 7y, 2.2% of budgetAntelope Butte Foundation Inc: $179,000 over 7y, 8.1% of budgetRocky Mountain College: $157,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTongue River Valley Scholarship Fund: $103,500 over 2y, 25% of budgetThe Food Group Inc: $102,750 over 6y, 5.0% of budgetSheridan Community Land Trust: $102,250 over 7y, 4.4% of budgetMontana Rescue Mission: $100,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetVolunteers of America Northern Rockies: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTongue River Childs Place: $96,250 over 7y, 6.3% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of the Eastern Bighorns Inc: $90,000 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetFamily Service: $88,250 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetSpecial Olympics Montana Inc: $86,500 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetNorthern Wyoming Community College Foundation: $70,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetFamily Promise of Gallatin Valley Inc: $50,250 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetThe Montana Stockgrowers Association Incorporated: $50,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetRimrock Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWyoming Stock Growers Endowment Trust: $50,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetHelp Center Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetChild Development Center Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetSheridan Kids Life: $50,000 over 5y, 4.2% of budgetTumbleweed Runaway Program Inc: $47,100 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetCompass Center for Families: $42,700 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetYellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch Foundat: $40,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDog & Cat Shelter Inc: $38,000 over 7y, 3.5% of budgetBillings Family YMCA Inc: $31,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetSheridan on Skates: $28,000 over 6y, 3.3% of budgetFrost Fund Inc: $25,750 over 1y, 20% of budgetSheridan High School Booster Club: $25,650 over 2y, 12% of budgetBig Sky Youth Empowerment Project Inc: $25,500 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetStory Community Library Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 31% of budgetFriendship House of Christian Service Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetBillings Exchange Clubs Child Abuse: $25,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetWyoming Agricultural Leadership Council: $25,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetWyoming Agriculture in the Classroom: $24,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetJoey's Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 3y, 4.2% of budgetCommunity Leadership & Development Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCamp Bethel Inc: $16,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetFriends of Montana Shakespeare in the Parks: $15,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetRose Park PTA: $15,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetWyoming Stock Growers Land Trust: $12,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetPatriots and Paws: $11,250 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetEvelyn Cameron Heritage Inc Evelyn Cameron Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetRooted in Wyoming: $10,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetSafe Passage: $9,250 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetWyoming Natural Resource Foundation: $9,000 over 3y, 9.3% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 93.

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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.

First Interstate BancSystem Foundation IncMT73.5× affinity49 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Homer A Scott & Mildred S Scott Foundation · Montana Community Foundation Inc · Wyoming Community Foundation · Homer A Jr & Janet Scott Family Foundation · Joe and Arlene Watt Foundation Inc · Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation · Bf & Rose H Perkins Foundation · The Seidler Foundation · Gianforte Family Charitable Trust · Chandler H Kibbee and Mercedes K Kibbee Foundation for Children · Charles M Bair Family Trust

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.

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About Dan & Jeanne Scott Family Foundation

How much does Dan & Jeanne Scott Family Foundation give?
Dan & Jeanne Scott Family Foundation reported 84 grants totaling $1,327,826 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 60 and 78 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
What does Dan & Jeanne Scott Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (23%), Philanthropy (14%), Education (12%).
Who are Dan & Jeanne Scott Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Tongue River Valley Community Center ($378k), Thrive Inc ($353k), Yellowstone Valley Animal Shelter ($261k).
Does Dan & Jeanne Scott Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Dan & Jeanne Scott Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Dan & Jeanne Scott Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc, Homer A Scott & Mildred S Scott Foundation, Montana Community Foundation Inc.
Where is Dan & Jeanne Scott Family Foundation based?
Dan & Jeanne Scott Family Foundation is based in MT.

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 167 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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