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First Interstate Bank Centennial Youth Foundation at a glance

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First Interstate Bank Centennial Youth Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$25k
Granted FY2023
14
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2023.

Human Services$37kCrime & Legal$18kPhilanthropy$15kHealth$14kEducation$10kHousing & Shelter$8kArts & Culture$8kYouth Development$6kOther$0
02FY2023 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CASA of Yellowstone County$5,000
Eagle Mount$5,000
Love and Sonshine Ministries$2,500
Tumbleweed$2,500
Billings Crisis Pregnancy Center$1,500
CLDI$1,500
Education Foundation$1,000
Billings Family YMCA$1,000
Billings Symphony Orchestra and Chorale$1,000
Yellowstone Art Museum$1,000
Alberta Bair Theatre$1,000
Better Billings Foundation$1,000
United Way of Yellowstone County$500
YWCA Billings$500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–23, $19k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Family Service: $3k → 9%Tumbleweed: $3k → 9%Tumbleweed: $3k → 9%Family Service: $2k → 9%Family Service: $2k → 9%Community Leadership and Development: $2k → 9%Tumbleweed: $2k → 9%Community Leadership & Development Inc: $2k → 9%Billings Family YMCA: $1k → 9%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.
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$98k · 17 repeat orgs$27k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2023, 8 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
14

Total granted

$98k
$21k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+19%

Still filing today

59%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesPhilanthropyHealthArts & CultureReligionEducationOther
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

  • EM
    Eagle Mount
    4× · 2019–2023 · $12k · revenue +350%
  • MR
    MONTANA RESCUE MISSION
    3× · 2019–2022 · $6k · revenue +113%
  • FH
    FRIENDSHIP HOUSE OF CHRISTIAN SERVICE INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $5k · revenue +69%

Funded once

  • BC
    Billings Crisis Pregnancy Center dba LaVie
    one grant, 2021 · $4k
  • CH
    CHINOOK HORSESgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $2k · revenue +102%
  • FP
    Family Promise
    one grant, 2019 · $2k
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
Yellowstone Boys & Girls Ranch

Caring people, preparing youth for life.

Health
2
Mountain Home Montana Inc

To provide a safe, stable , and nurturing home where young mothers can discover their strengths, and their children can experience the joys of childhood.

Human Services
3
Yellowstone Valley Animal Shelter

Yellowstone valley animal shelter is dedicated to strengthening the human-animal bond by providing compassionate and high-quality care, education, and resources to the community.

Animals
4
Billings Community Foundation

To enhance the capacity of donors and charitable organizations to meet the needs of the greater billings community. we manage endowment funds for community 501 (c)(3) organizations in the greater billings, mt area. billings community…

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5
Yellowstone Behavioral Health

Provide quality mental health services to residents of park county

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6
Youth & Family Connections Co Trestle Inc

Youth and Family Connections provides youth and families resources and alternatives that lead to a successful life.

Human Services
7
Youth Crisis Center

Crisis mission: to provide temporary care and shelter for abused, abandoned or neglected children long term mission: to provide a residency program for children without a stable home.

Housing & Shelter
8
Scenic Montana Trails
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9
Child Care Resources

Child care resources' mission is to help kids grow into successful adults by enriching the learning environment of their crucial early years.

Human Services
10
Yavapai Big Brothers Big Sisters Foundation
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11
Billings Chamber of Commerce

Our mission is to develop a strong business climate and vibrant economy by serving the community in a leadership role therapy enhancing the quality of life.

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12
Big Sky Youth Education Foundation

Ensuring that christian education can thrive in montana by supporting billings christian school and montana bible college

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Yellowstone County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Blankets & Bears Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

22 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. 22 of the 36 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
15/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CASA of Yellowstone County: $17,500 · OtherCASA of Yellowstone CountyThe Family Tree Center: $12,500 · OtherThe Family Tree CenterMONTANA RESCUE MISSION: $5,500 · OtherMONTANA RESCUE MISSIONBillings Symphony Orchestra and Chorale: $4,500 · OtherBillings Symphony Orchestra and ChoraleEducation Foundation: $4,000 · OtherEducation FoundationBillings Crisis Pregnancy Center dba LaVie: $3,500 · OtherYWCA Billings: $3,000 · OtherYOUTH DYNAMICS INC: $3,000 · OtherCLDI: $3,000 · OtherMontana Audubon Center: $2,500 · Other+8 more: $9,500 · Other+8 moreTUMBLEWEED RUNAWAY PROGRAM INC: $7,000 · Human ServicesTUMBLEWEED RUNAWA…FAMILY SERVICE: $7,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY SERVICECOMMUNITY LEADERSHIP & DEVELOPMENT INC: $3,800 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY LEADERS…BILLINGS FAMILY YMCA INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesEagle Mount: $11,500 · PhilanthropyEagle MountBLANKETS & BEARS INC: $2,500 · PhilanthropyBLANKETS & BEAR…BETTER BILLINGS FOUNDATION: $2,500 · PhilanthropyBETTER BILLINGS…+1 more: $500 · PhilanthropyFRIENDSHIP HOUSE OF CHRISTIAN SERVICE INC: $5,000 · ReligionLOVE AND SONSHINE MINISTRIES: $2,500 · ReligionBILLINGS CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTER INC: $3,000 · HealthCHINOOK HORSES: $2,000 · HealthEugene F Herman Scottish Rite Childhood Language Clinic: $2,000 · HealthWISE WONDERS CHILDRENS MUSEUM INC: $1,200 · Arts & CultureALBERTA BAIR THEATER CORPORATION: $1,000 · Arts & CultureYELLOWSTONE ART MUSEUM: $1,000 · Arts & CultureMONTANA AUDUBON: $1,500 · EnvironmentYOUNG FAMILIES EARLY HEAD START: $1,500 · Education
Other$68,500Human Services$18,800Philanthropy$17,000Religion$7,500Health$7,000Arts & Culture$3,200Environment$1,500Education$1,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEagle Mount: $11,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTUMBLEWEED RUNAWAY PROGRAM INC: $7,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFAMILY SERVICE: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMONTANA RESCUE MISSION: $5,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDSHIP HOUSE OF CHRISTIAN SERVICE INC: $5,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY LEADERSHIP & DEVELOPMENT INC: $3,800 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetYOUTH DYNAMICS INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBILLINGS CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTER INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBLANKETS & BEARS INC: $2,500 over 2y, 17% of budgetLOVE AND SONSHINE MINISTRIES: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBETTER BILLINGS FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCHINOOK HORSES: $2,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetEDUCATION FOUNDATION FOR BILLINGS PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEugene F Herman Scottish Rite Childhood Language Clinic: $2,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetMONTANA AUDUBON: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG FAMILIES EARLY HEAD START: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALBERTA BAIR THEATER CORPORATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYELLOWSTONE ART MUSEUM: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBILLINGS PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBILLINGS FAMILY YMCA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF YELLOWSTONE COUNTY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

First Interstate Banc…Dennis & Phyllis Wash…Montana Community Fou…Charles M Bair Family…The Mary Alice Fortin…Gianforte Family Char…Billings Community Fo…Donald & Carol Robert…Scl Health - MontanaTown Pump Charitable …Sample Foundation IncM J Murdock Charitabl…
First Interstate BancSystem Foundation IncMT43× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation · Montana Community Foundation Inc · Charles M Bair Family Trust · The Mary Alice Fortin Foundation · Gianforte Family Charitable Trust · Billings Community Foundation · Donald & Carol Roberts Foundation in Memory of Virginia K Weston Inc · Scl Health - Montana · Town Pump Charitable Foundation · Sample Foundation Inc · M J Murdock Charitable 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization First Interstate Bank Centennial Youth Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from First Interstate Bank Centennial Youth Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to First Interstate Bank Centennial Youth Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to First Interstate Bank Centennial Youth 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 36 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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