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Folkvord Family Foundation at a glance

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Folkvord Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$58k
Granted FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$58k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0181% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$105kHealth$16kRecreation & Sports$11kCommunity Improvement$11kYouth Development$8kAnimals$3kFood & Nutrition$3kPhilanthropy$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$57,949
Median grant
1
States reached
$3k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MSU Foundation$57,949
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 (FY23–23, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Loving Loic Foundation: $1k → 10%Heroes and Horses: $1k → 10%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.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$125k · 11 repeat orgs$50k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +257% since the first grant, against +46% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
22

Total granted

$125k
$50k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+257%
+46%

Still filing today

27%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationPublic BenefitHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureOther
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
    5× · 2019–2024 · $79k · revenue +257%
  • MC
    MONTANA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
    2× · 2020–2021 · $6k · revenue +116%
  • BS
    BIG SKY BRAVERY FOUNDATION
    2× · 2019–2023 · $2k · revenue ×11

Funded once

  • AC
    Arizona Cancer Foundation for Children Incgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $15k · revenue +102%
  • BC
    Bobcat Club Annual Scholarship Fund
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
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.

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Scenic Montana Trails
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2
Montana Pediatric Cancer Foundation
Philanthropy
3
Montana Healthcare Foundation
Philanthropy
4
Montana State Parks Foundation

The montana state parks foundation raises private support to enhance the visitors experience and build advocates for montanas state parks and recreation heritage.

Recreation & Sports
5
The Univ of Montana-Western Foundation

To support the university of montana - western

Education
6
Colt Family Foundation Montana
Philanthropy
7
Montana Contractors Association Inc

Promotion and development of montana's construction industry.

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8
Montana Pro Rodeo Hall and Wall of Fame

To honor montana professional rodeo cowboys and cowgirls who exemplify montana western heritage.

Arts & Culture
9
University of Montana Alumni Association

The university of montana alumni association nurtures lifelong relationships between alumni and the university, the university with alumni and alumni with each other. the association serves alumni worldwide, and all alumni are members.

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10
Montana Ffa Foundation Inc

Raise resources to provide life-changing leadership opportunities in agriculture to montana ffa members.

Youth Development
11
Montanas Outdoor Legacy Foundation

To collectively serve as a catalyst for engagement and bonding of people to our wildlife and public lands in montana through a sense of place, education, access, research and stewardship.

Environment
12
Montana Preservation Alliance Inc

The montana preservation alliance (mpa) saves and protects montana's historic places, traditional landscapes, and cultural heritage. we are the only statewide, not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing montanans with the resources…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Red Ants Pants Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Compassion Project. 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

12 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. 12 of the 34 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
10/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Montana State University Foundation Inc: $79,393 · EducationMontana State University Foundation Inc+1 more: $2,500 · Educationmontana state university: $18,000 · Othermontana state universityMONTANA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $6,000 · OtherMONTANA CHAMBER OF COMMERCEBoy Scouts of America: $6,000 · OtherBoy Scouts of AmericaBobcat Club Annual Scholarship Fund: $5,000 · OtherBobcat Club Annual Scholarship FundIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCF March Madness Calcutta: $4,500 · OtherCF March Madness CalcuttaMSU Chute Boss Club: $4,500 · OtherMSU Chute Boss ClubIndividual grant recipient: $3,000 · Other+17 more: $18,805 · Other+17 moreArizona Cancer Foundation for Children Inc: $14,500 · Public BenefitArizona Ca…BIG SKY BRAVERY FOUNDATION: $2,000 · Public BenefitBIG SKY BR…RED ANTS PANTS FOUNDATION: $3,000 · Community ImprovementONE VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $2,126 · PhilanthropyHEROES AND HORSES INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesLOVING LOIC FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Human ServicesCOMPASSION PROJECT: $1,000 · Arts & Culture
Education$81,893Other$70,805Public Benefit$16,500Community Improvement$3,000Philanthropy$2,126Human Services$2,000Arts & Culture$1,000

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: $79,393 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetArizona Cancer Foundation for Children Inc: $14,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMONTANA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $6,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetRED ANTS PANTS FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCat Rodeo Scholarship Association: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetONE VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $2,126 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBIG SKY BRAVERY FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGALLATIN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION DBA PROSPERA: $1,600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHEROES AND HORSES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOVING LOIC FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMUSEUM OF THE ROCKIES 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.

  • Who funds Montana State University Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds Arizona Cancer Foundation for Children Inc ↗
  • Who funds MONTANA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ↗
  • Who funds RED ANTS PANTS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Cat Rodeo Scholarship Association ↗
  • Who funds ONE VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BIG SKY BRAVERY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GALLATIN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION DBA PROSPERA ↗
  • Who funds HEROES AND HORSES INC ↗
  • Who funds COMPASSION PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds LOVING LOIC FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM OF THE ROCKIES INC ↗

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.

Dennis & Phyllis Wash…Gianforte Family Char…Montana Community Fou…Enterprise Holdings F…Morgan Stanley Global…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …
Dennis & Phyllis Washington FoundationMT15.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation · Gianforte Family Charitable Trust · Montana Community Foundation Inc · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Folkvord Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Folkvord Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    typical government reliance, FY20–24
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Folkvord Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Folkvord Family 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 34 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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