Montana · Community foundation
Flathead Community Foundation Inc
Mission: to enrich the lives of present and future generations by supporting philanthropy in the communities we serve by gathering donors' gifts in permanent endowments or pass-through funds; growing individual funds through wise investment management; and distributing fund proceeds according to donor wishes through grants to local…
- $100k
- Granted FY2020
- 8
- Itemized grants FY2020
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 63%
- First-time grantees FY2020
- Itemized, FY2020
- $66k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2020
- $6,500
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 8
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 1
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 63% of the organizations Flathead Community Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 49% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 8 | $66k | 63% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $100k | 63% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $86k | 40% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $124k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glacier Symphony Orchestra and Chorale | $89,100 | 4 | 5% |
| Flathead Land Trust | $52,600 | 3 | 7% |
| United Way | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Crown of the Continent Choir | $7,125 | 1 | n/a |
| Ravenwood Outdoor Learning Center | $7,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Flathead Food Bank Inc | $6,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Casa for Kids Inc | $6,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Samaritan House Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Swan View Coalition Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tamarack Grief Resource Center Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glacier Symphony Orchestra and Chorale | $89,100 | 4 | 5% |
| Flathead Land Trust | $52,600 | 3 | 7% |
| United Way | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Crown of the Continent Choir | $7,125 | 1 | n/a |
| Ravenwood Outdoor Learning Center | $7,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Flathead Food Bank Inc | $6,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Casa for Kids Inc | $6,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Samaritan House Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Swan View Coalition Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tamarack Grief Resource Center Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Friends of the Wild Swan | $5,500 | 1 | 9% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($174k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Flathead Community Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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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 Flathead Community Foundation Inc
- How much does Flathead Community Foundation Inc give?
- Flathead Community Foundation Inc reported 8 itemized grants totaling $65,500, out of $100,240 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does Flathead Community Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Environment (35%), Arts & Culture (26%), Human Services (9%).
- Who are Flathead Community Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: Glacier Symphony Orchestra and Chorale ($89k), Flathead Land Trust ($53k), United Way ($10k).
- Does Flathead Community Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 63% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Flathead Community Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Whitefish Community Foundation Inc, Cadeau Foundation, The Applied Materials Foundation.
- Where is Flathead Community Foundation Inc based?
- Flathead Community Foundation Inc is based in MT.
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