· Private foundation
Galen and Karla Zerbe 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k12 grants · $60k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $45k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF NORTHEAST MONTANA | $15,000 |
| VALLEY COUNTY HOPE PROJECT | $10,000 |
| VALLEY COMMUNITY EMERGENCY FOOD BANK | $10,000 |
| GLASGOW PUBLIC SCHOOLS | $10,000 |
| VALLEY COUNTY 4-H COUNCIL | $6,000 |
| FORT PECK FINE ARTS COUNCIL | $6,000 |
| LIVE LIKE JACE FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| WOLF POINT POUND PUPPIES | $5,000 |
| MILK RIVER INC | $5,000 |
| CHASE HAWKS MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION | $5,000 |
| KINGDOM OVERFLOW MINITRIES | $5,000 |
| LOVE & SONSHINE MINISTRIES | $5,000 |
| BIG SKY BRAVERY | $5,000 |
| PORCUPINE BOOSTER CLUB | $5,000 |
| TWO RIVERS ECONOMIC GROWTH | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 6%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +21% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.
15 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TCTHE CHILDRENS MUSEUM OF NORTHEAST MT4× · 2021–2024 · $35k · revenue +51%
- FOFRIENDS OF CASA BERNABE2× · 2021–2022 · $16k · revenue +21%
- PIPROVISION INTERNATIONAL INC2× · 2022–2023 · $10k · revenue +8%
Funded once
- VCVALLEY COUNTY FOOD BANKone grant, 2022 · $8k
- LCLUSTRE CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOLone grant, 2023 · $8k
- VVVALLEY VIEW HOMEone grant, 2021 · $6k · revenue +14%
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.
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.
To provide a safe, stable , and nurturing home where young mothers can discover their strengths, and their children can experience the joys of childhood.
Valley Mission currently operates a Food Pantry. New services offered in the new facility will inlcude an 18-bed emergency shelter, commercial kitchen/dining area, office space, medical clinic, 16-bed transformational living program (6…
Our mission at valkyrie ranch is to support special operations veterans and their families with healing, connection, and lifelong care while also giving back to the ranching community around us. through outdoor retreats, recovery programs,…
The montana veterans foundation is designed to assist homeless veterans (or veterans at risk of homelessness) by improving their quality of life and by providing comprehensive support which enables veterans to achieve greater…
To provide an environment for women to find their full potential through jesus christ, and to become role models through their faith that will continue on in their homes, churches, and community
Montana on a Mission exists to encourage people to live out the love of jesus christ.
The center for restorative youth justice (cryj) works to actively engage youth, victimes, families, communities in restorative programming that interrupts cycles of harm. our programs create opportunities for at-risk youth to deepen…
Montana rescue mission began in 1948 and was incorporated in 1957 to serve the homeless population in billings, mt and the surrounding area. our core values are to treat all people with dignity, compassion, and respect. our programs and…
The mission of the organization is to provide life-sustaining services and programsfocusing on dignity, empowerment and self-sufficiency. the organization provides the onlyyear-round overnight service center for the homeless community in…
Our mission is to help the less fortunate people in our community.
How this is measured
17 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. 17 of the 33 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 THE CHILDRENS MUSEUM OF NORTHEAST MT ↗
- Who funds VALLEY COMMUNITY EMERGENCY FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF CASA BERNABE ↗
- Who funds KINGDOM OVERFLOW MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds LOVE AND SONSHINE MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds PROVISION INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
- Who funds MILK RIVER INC ↗
- Who funds VALLEY COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FORT PECK FINE ARTS COUNCIL ↗
- Who funds VALLEY VIEW HOME ↗
- Who funds DOG TAG BUDDIES INC ↗
- Who funds BIG SKY BRAVERY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HORSES SPIRITS HEALING INC ↗
- Who funds Caring Hands Inc ↗
- Who funds LIVE LIKE JACE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CHASE HAWKS MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds ALLIANCE FOR YOUTH 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.
Open a dossier: Montana Community Foundation Inc · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Live Heregive Here-A Valley County Foundation · Harnish Foundation · Gianforte Family Charitable Trust · Edward Jones Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Galen and Karla Zerbe Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Galen and Karla Zerbe Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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