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Gianforte Family Charitable Trust

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.

$12M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
256
Grants FY2024
234
Organizations funded FY2023
44%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$1,014,059
Organizations funded a year
149 to 266
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
18
Total assets, FY2024
$231M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 44% of the organizations Gianforte Family Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 38% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4.2M went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesEducationFood & NutritionHealthYouth DevelopmentArts & 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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving254$12M31%
FY2023234$11M44%
FY2022192$11M31%
FY2021178$9.5M21%
FY2020266$10.0M50%
FY2019167$9.1M31%
FY2018149$9.0M32%
FY2017152$8.2Mn/a
96% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$25MReligion$14MHuman Services$9.9MHousing & Shelter$6.0MHealth$4.6MYouth Development$4.4MCommunity Improvement$2.8MSocial Science$2.7MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
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IL
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MI
NY
MA
OR
WY
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IN
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AR
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Alliance for Choice in Education$7,308,49977%
Montana State University Foundation Inc$6,098,28185%
Grace Bible Church$3,058,1588n/a
Child Bridge Inc$2,844,250724%
Montana Rescue Mission$2,520,000522%
Montana Family Institute Inc$2,302,522870%
Rafiki Foundation Inc$2,273,00077%
Youth Entrepreneurs Inc$1,418,250413%
Communio Foundation Inc$1,409,879318%
Mission Valley Christian Academy In$1,299,467326%
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All grantees of Gianforte Family Charitable Trust by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Alliance for Choice in Education$7,308,49977%
Montana State University Foundation Inc$6,098,28185%
Grace Bible Church$3,058,1588n/a
Child Bridge Inc$2,844,250724%
Montana Rescue Mission$2,520,000522%
Montana Family Institute Inc$2,302,522870%
Rafiki Foundation Inc$2,273,00077%
Youth Entrepreneurs Inc$1,418,250413%
Communio Foundation Inc$1,409,879318%
Mission Valley Christian Academy In$1,299,467326%
Greater Impact Inc$1,265,824561%
Chesterton House Inc$1,263,161819%
Community Leadership & Development Inc$1,130,000236%
Montana Meth Project$1,048,581761%
Family Promise of Gallatin Valley Inc$916,321614%
The Veritas Forum Inc$770,00074%
St Andrew School Inc$735,16022%
The University of Montana Foundation$721,62270%
Edify$700,00072%
Pregnancy Resource Center of Helena Dba Options Womens Clinic$651,835838%
Family Promise of Yellowstone Valley$643,228634%
Butte Rescue Mission$602,50068%
The Her Campaign$600,453545%
The LifeGuard Group Inc$591,000534%
Fathers in the Field$452,000415%
Alliance Defending Freedom$450,00080%
International Students Inc$430,5008n/a
Focus on the Family$425,0008n/a
Union Gospel Mission of Missoula$395,000611%
The Philanthropy Roundtable$350,00081%
Family Research Council$350,00080%
Montana Food Bank Network Inc$307,69421%
Watson Children's Shelter Inc$300,00063%
Great Falls Rescue Mission$295,00081%
One Heart Warriors$275,063247%
Friendship House of Christian Service Inc$275,00076%
Montana Chamber Foundation$246,540521%
Collective Chicago$240,000552%
Montana Technological University Foundation$239,34332%
Code Girls United$222,816726%
Alpha USA$220,00051%
Flathead Warming Center Inc$210,000518%
Association of Classical & Christian Schools Inc$205,00083%
Mountain Shadow Association$202,475377%
EdChoice Inc$200,00080%
Jackson Hole Classical Academy Inc$199,21421%
Young Life$195,00060%
Hope Pregnancy Ministries of Kalispell Montana Inc$177,500521%
Yellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch Foundat$174,50071%
Whitefish Christian Academy$165,703310%
Special Olympics Montana Inc$160,00081%
Communio$158,2221n/a
Tikkun Olam Ministries Inc$157,500546%
Great Plains Gathering$155,9053n/a
Petra Academy Inc$154,73543%
Adaptive Performance Center$153,000519%
Billings Catholic Schools Foundation$150,00032%
Greater Missoula Youth for Christ$145,59565%
Alliance for Youth Inc$137,90253%
Echoz$137,50085%
Florence Crittenton Home and Services$135,00071%
Roc Wheels$130,000513%
A Ray of Hope$130,000514%
Hopa Mountain Inc$125,00072%
Mission Aviation Fellowship$125,0005n/a
The Rock Youth Center$117,900727%
Heart of Montana Love Inc$111,670717%
Yellowstone Alliance Adventures$104,1722n/a
Crown Financial Ministries Inc$100,00021%
Carroll College$100,00020%
Stillwater Christian School$100,0001n/a
Turning Point USA Inc$100,00020%
Flathead Valley Community College$100,0001n/a
Montana History Foundation$100,00016%
Fii - National$100,00010%
Missoula Interfaith Collaborative$93,00074%
Cornerstone Faith Center$91,5006n/a
Butte Spirit Center$86,000431%
Yes Youth Empowerment Services$85,000532%
Mountain Home Montana Inc$85,00051%
Outfitters for Christ$82,000728%
InterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA$80,50060%
Montana FFA Foundation Inc$80,00073%
The Commit Foundation$80,00032%
Fight the New Drug Inc$80,00045%
Love Inc Yellowstone County$78,859611%
Mighty Oaks Foundation$76,00041%
Helena Area Habitat for Humanity$75,00022%
Heritage Academy Incorporated$75,000111%
Valley Felon-Aid$75,0004n/a
Stillwater Youth Center Inc$71,426527%
Sunrise Pregnancy Resource Center$70,850115%
Family Promise of Great Falls$70,000523%
Intermountain Childrens Home$70,00060%
Susan B Anthony List Education Fund$70,00011%
Gallatin Valley Young Mens Christian Association Inc$70,00073%
Reboot Recovery Inc$64,00052%
Love and Sonshine Ministries$63,00026%
New Hope Pregnancy Support Center of Dillon$62,5007n/a
Lighthouse Community Partners$62,0005n/a
Life Net of Missoula$61,25048%
Education Design Lab$60,00010%
Bozeman Sunrise Rotary Club$60,000315%
Rocky Mountain College$59,50030%
American Computer Museum LTD$57,50083%
Dillon Area Love Inc$56,000427%
Christian Media Ministries Inc$55,00056%
Relational Wisdom 360$52,00037%
Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship$50,5001n/a
Promise686 Inc$50,00022%
Winnett Aces Inc$50,00028%
Great Falls Central Catholic High School$50,0001n/a
Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship$50,0001n/a
Family Life Ministries Inc$50,00011%
Impact Montana Incorporated$50,000410%
Provision International Inc$50,00014%
Campus Crusade for Christ Inc$50,0001n/a
Rocky Mountain Ballet Theatre$50,00054%
Divine Mercy Academy Inc$50,000113%
Plenty Doors Community Development Corporation$47,50031%
St Patrick Hospital Foundation$46,47521%
Gallatin County Public Safety Foundation$46,0352n/a
Great Falls School District No 1 & A$45,0006n/a
Bozeman Symphony Society$45,00051%
The Peoples Partners for Community Development$45,00023%
Love Thy Neighbor$45,00083%
Great Falls Children's Receiving Home$44,00071%
Arlee Community Development Corporation$42,50036%
Grace Montessori Academy Inc$40,00022%
Eagle Mount$40,00040%
Butte Literacy Program Inc$40,0006n/a
Neighbors in Need$40,0001n/a
Children and Parent Resource Group Inc$40,0001n/a
DeliverFund$40,00041%
True North 406 Ministries Inc$40,000426%
Youth Homes$40,00020%
Hi-Line Pregnancy Resource Center$40,000412%
Heroes and Horses Inc$40,00013%
Braveheart Chaplain Ministry$38,00067%
Mindspark Learning$37,52512%
NACDC Financial Services Inc$37,00040%
Ripe for Harvest World Outreach$35,0008n/a
The Shane Lalani Center for the Arts$35,00022%
Crosswinds Recovery$35,00033%
1557 Ministries$35,00076%
Bozeman Art Museum$35,00054%
Family Policy Alliance Foundation$35,00023%
Sparrows Vine$33,000316%
Fellowship of Catholic University Students$31,5001n/a
Indian Youth Camp Inc$30,000214%
Tumbleweed Runaway Program Inc$30,00031%
Opportunity Link Inc$30,00023%
North Yellowstone Education Foundation$30,00015%
Greater Missoula Family YMCA$30,00010%
The Faith and Law Project$30,00034%
Pregnancy Outreach Clinic of Miles City Inc$30,00028%
Gallatin Valley Land Trust$30,00050%
American Jobs for Americas Youth Montana$30,000317%
Catalyst for Change$29,00023%
The Gateway of Hope Inc$28,000214%
Catalyst for Kids$27,70047%
Great Plains Veterans Services Ctr$27,50021%
Missoula Boxing Club Inc$26,875231%
Belgrade Community Library Foundation$26,50022%
Fellowship of Christian Cowboys Inc$26,5008n/a
Life Source Church$26,2001n/a
Paoli Presbyterian Church$25,0001n/a
Samaritan House Inc$25,00042%
Island Mountain Community Development Financial Institution Inc$25,000110%
Advance Hope Ministries$25,000213%
Rotary District 5390 Foundation$25,000116%
Boys & Girls Club of Richland County$25,00021%
Northern Cheyenne Ministerial Assoc$25,0001n/a
YWCA Missoula$25,00011%
Family Promise of Greater Helena Inc$24,70036%
VetJobs Inc$24,28441%
Omf International Inc$24,0007n/a
Girl Scouts of Montana and Wyoming$23,60020%
Valley Christian School$22,42721%
Arise Native Americans$22,000120%
Life Houses Inc$20,000211%
Greater Gallatin United Way Inc$20,00020%
Trigg - C M Russell Foundation Inc$20,00020%
The Children's Shakespeare Society$20,000414%
Special K Ranch$20,00011%
Phoenix Multisport Inc$20,00020%
Fortis School$20,0001n/a
Veterans Navigation Network$20,00035%
Chabad Lubavitch of Montana$19,5003n/a
Baker Assembly of God$19,0003n/a
Lighthouse Christian Home and Services Inc$18,90041%
End Exploitation Montana$18,500133%
Fry Bread Fellowship Ministries$18,0002n/a
Chief Cornerstone Fellowship$16,1991n/a
Catering to Africans in Need$16,0002n/a
Warriors & Quiet Waters Foundation Inc$16,00060%
The Discovery Foundation Inc$16,000179%
Worthy Ranch$15,2502n/a
Harvest Springs Community Church$15,1502n/a
Young Families Early Head Start$15,00012%
Emerson Center for the Arts and Culture$15,00030%
Family Service$15,00020%
Helena Food Share Inc$15,00020%
Gallatin Valley Foundation for Economic Development Inc Dba Prospera Foundation$15,00063%
Flathead Industries$15,00010%
Never Alone Recovery Support Services$15,00016%
Salish and Kootenai Housing Authority$15,0002n/a
Better Billings Foundation$15,00021%
Wise Wonders Childrens Museum Inc$15,00022%
Elevate USA$15,00011%
Serious Ju Ju Skate Works Inc$15,000224%
Confession Closet$15,0001n/a
Camp Bighorn Inc$14,80031%
Mission Valley Senior Center Inc$13,37524%
Boys and Girls Club of Missoula County$13,14521%
Livingston Food Pantry of Park County$12,50021%
Sagebrush Food Pantry$12,200214%
Center for Restorative Youth Justice$12,00015%
Missoula County Public Schools$12,0002n/a
Faith Covenant Church$11,7002n/a
Way Christian School$11,221116%
The Montana Learning Center At Canyon Ferry Lake$11,00021%
Summit Academy Inc$10,500211%
Compassion International Incorporated$10,46280%
Fellowship Baptist Church$10,0002n/a
Uss Montana Committee Inc$10,000111%
Yellowstone Classical Christian Academy$10,0001n/a
Billings Food Bank Inc$10,00010%
Alano Club of Kalispell Inc$10,00019%
Youth With a Mission-Tribal Waves a Corporation$10,0001n/a
Brightways Learning$10,00011%
The Heritage Foundation$10,00010%
Opera Montana$10,00011%
Montana Firefighter Fund$10,00015%
Professionals in Christian Philanthropy$10,00014%
Uganda Orphans Fund$10,00021%
Peace Place$10,00014%
Bridger Ski Foundation$10,00020%
Great Falls Community Food Bank Inc$10,00011%
Dadcamp Inc$10,00011%
Montana History Center$10,0001n/a
Reese Creek Community Center$10,000121%
Phillips County Coalition for Healthy Choices$10,00014%
Thrive Inc$10,00011%
Missoula Food Bank & Community Center$10,00010%
St Vincent Healthcare Foundation Inc$10,00020%
Billings Exchange Clubs Child Abuse$10,00021%
Libertas Network$10,00010%
Montana Youth Symphony$10,000213%
Church of the Move$10,0002n/a
Good Samaritan Ministries & Thrift Store$10,00010%
Butte Emergency Food Bank$10,00011%
Gallatin Ice Foundation Inc$10,00011%
Central Missionary Clearinghouse Inc$10,00020%
Flathead Food Bank Inc$10,00010%
Biblical Counseling Foundation$9,9001n/a
Splashes of Joy Inc$9,9003n/a
Region IV Family Outreach Inc$9,75010%
River of Life Ministries Inc$9,2853n/a
Montana Council of Economic Education$9,00084%
Bitterroot Heritage Academy$9,00015%
Montana Association for the Blind Inc$8,61012%
Belgrade Senior Center$8,00022%
Faith Christian Fellowship International$8,0003n/a
One Montana$8,00012%
Bozeman Library Friends and Foundation$8,00080%
The Fellowship Hall Inc$8,00018%
Chaplains of Central Montana Inc$7,8002n/a
The@Connection Youth Center$7,7201n/a
Homeward for Heroes$7,5001n/a
Soul Life Inc$7,500125%
Childhelp Inc$7,12510%
Atlas Cultural Foundation$7,00072%
Meagher County Senior Center$7,00012%
Montana Robotics Alliance$6,5002n/a
Cat Rodeo Scholarship Association$6,50052%
Gates of Hope Ministries$6,0001n/a
Montana Chamber Music Society$6,0003n/a
The Navigators$6,0002n/a
Cut Bank Community Bible Church Inc$6,0001n/a
Trinity Lutheran Church$5,7593n/a
Venture Church$5,4502n/a
Montana Hope Project Inc$5,00011%
Opportunity Community Club$5,0001n/a
Hoodies for Heroes$5,00012%
Richland County Food Bank Inc$5,00014%
Samaritans Pantry$5,0001n/a
Chapel of Hope Assembly of God$5,0001n/a
Butte-Silverbow Council on Aging$5,00011%
Education Foundation for Billings Public Schools$5,00010%
Deer Lodge Food Pantry$5,00015%
Fast Blackfeet$5,00011%
Chinook Food Pantry Inc$5,0001n/a
Helping Hands in Hardin Inc$5,0001n/a
Meagher County Nutrition Coalition$5,0001n/a
Anaconda Ministerial Project Care$5,00014%
Liberty Place Inc$5,00010%
Kids Hope USA$5,00010%
Wide Awake International Inc$5,00011%
Montana Veterans Foundation Inc$5,0001n/a
Beaverhead Community Food Pantry Inc$5,00013%
Project Hope$5,00018%
Harvest Food Pantry Inc$5,0001n/a
Milk River Inc$5,00010%
Feed My Sheep Kitchen Inc$5,0001n/a
Red Paint Creek Cooperative Inc$5,00012%
Madison Valley Caring and Sharing Inc$5,00015%
Lonas Inc$5,0001n/a
Re Family Services Inc$5,0001n/a
St Ignatius Senior Center$5,0001n/a
Haven House$5,00012%
Jeffco Food Share Incorporated$5,0001n/a
Eagle Plume Ministries$5,0001n/a
Broadwater Food Pantry$5,0001n/a
Pondera Food Pantry Inc$5,0001n/a
Crow Community Baptist Church$5,0001n/a
Bread Basket Incorporated$5,0001n/a
Montana On A Mission$4,75021%
Alpha Omega Ministries$4,50012%
Foothills Community Christian School Inc$4,03310%
Greenhouse Movement of Missional Churches Inc$4,0002n/a
Holter Museum of Art$4,00040%
Bozeman Prison Ministries$4,00025%
Emmanuel Baptist Church$3,9501n/a
Ennis Assembly of God$3,7001n/a
Powder River First Responders Ltd$3,60015%
Catholic Social Services of Montana$3,50020%
Friends in Fellowship Great Falls Inc$3,5001n/a
Teenpact Leadership Schools Inc$3,30010%
Troy Community Baptist Church$3,3001n/a
Arrow Creek International Ministrie Stands Over Bull$3,30017%
Central Baptist Church$3,3001n/a
Butte Cares Inc$3,19010%
Raising Arrows Ministries$3,00011%
Free Roots$3,00014%
Bunker Labs Nfp Inc$3,00010%
Pca Reformed University Ministries$3,0001n/a
T E A M Mentoring$3,00015%
Doulos Global Ministries$3,00012%
Habitat for Humanity Missoula Inc$3,00010%
Elizabeth Smart Foundation$3,00011%
Cancer Support Community of Montana$2,70020%
Cornerstone Ministries Inc$2,7002n/a
Stronger Co Inc$2,7001n/a
Cornerstone Community Church$2,6001n/a
Polson Loaves and Fish Pantry Inc$2,50011%
Shepherd Area Food Pantry Inc$2,500120%
Carter County Food Bank$2,5001n/a
Montana Stockgrowers Foundation$2,50011%
The Aj Blain Foundation$2,50018%
Harlowton Faith Chapel$2,5001n/a
Community Harvest Inc$2,50014%
The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology$2,50010%
The Bridge$2,5001n/a
Malta Food Bank Inc$2,5001n/a
Bitterroot Valley Calvary Chapel$2,5001n/a
Alberton Community Food Bank$2,5001n/a
Darby Bread Box$2,50014%
Hope Church$2,5001n/a
Musselshell County Food Bank Inc$2,5001n/a
Absarokee Area Food Bank$2,5001n/a
Judith Basin Food Pantry$2,5001n/a
New Life Fellowship$2,5001n/a
Gospel Mountain Assembly of God$2,5001n/a
Stevensville Pantry Partners Food Bank$2,50011%
Easthaven Baptist Church$2,5001n/a
Loaves & Fishes Inc$2,5001n/a
County Cupboard Inc$2,5001n/a
Seeley-Swan Community Food Bank Inc$2,5001n/a
Granite County Food Pantry$2,5001n/a
The Nurturing Center$2,50010%
Mission Valley Food Pantry Inc$2,5001n/a
Remnant Church$2,5001n/a
Hot Springs Food Pantry$2,5001n/a
Ruby Valley Food Pantry$2,5001n/a
Center Pole$2,50010%
Tobacco Valley Food Pantry$2,50012%
Absarokee Evangelical Church$2,5001n/a
Community Services Fellowship Inc$2,5001n/a
Family Shelter of the Bitterroot Inc$2,5001n/a
Libby Food Pantry Inc$2,50011%
Superior Assembly of God$2,5001n/a
Colstrip Food Bank$2,5001n/a
Whitehall Area Food Pantry$2,5001n/a
Troy Food Pantry$2,5001n/a
Emmanuel Baptist Church$2,0001n/a
Agape Ministries Global$2,00010%
Refuge Ministries of North America$2,0001n/a
Students for Life of America Inc$2,00010%
hope and refuge housing$1,8001n/a
Church for the City$1,5001n/a
Adventures in Missions Inc$1,5001n/a
Hellgate Elementary PTA Inc$1,5001n/a
BIG SKY DISCOVERY SCHOOL INC dba BIG SKY DISCOVERY ACADEMY$1,44010%
Faith Free Lutheran Church$1,2841n/a
Hamilton School District$1,2501n/a
Cornerstone Community Church$1,2001n/a
Light of the Valley Assembly of God$1,1001n/a
Summit Church$1,1001n/a
Billings Vineyard Church Inc$1,1001n/a
Connections Church$1,1001n/a
Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Atonement$1,0001n/a
Friends of Gallatin and Park Inc$1,0001n/a
Lewis & Clark County 4-H Foundation Inc$1,00011%
Libby Church of God$5001n/a
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 256 recipients with no EIN on record ($20M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Gianforte Family Charitable Trust supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 25 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAlliance for Choice in Education: $7,308,499 over 7y, 6.6% of budgetMontana State University Foundation Inc: $6,098,281 over 8y, 4.7% of budgetChild Bridge Inc: $2,844,250 over 7y, 24% of budgetMontana Rescue Mission: $2,520,000 over 5y, 22% of budgetMontana Family Institute Inc: $2,302,522 over 8y, 70% of budgetRafiki Foundation Inc: $2,273,000 over 7y, 7.1% of budgetYouth Entrepreneurs Inc: $1,418,250 over 4y, 13% of budgetCommunio Foundation Inc: $1,409,879 over 3y, 18% of budgetMission Valley Christian Academy In: $1,299,467 over 3y, 26% of budgetGreater Impact Inc: $1,265,824 over 5y, 61% of budgetChesterton House Inc: $1,263,161 over 8y, 19% of budgetCommunity Leadership & Development Inc: $1,130,000 over 2y, 36% of budgetMontana Meth Project: $1,048,581 over 7y, 61% of budgetFamily Promise of Gallatin Valley Inc: $916,321 over 6y, 14% of budgetThe Veritas Forum Inc: $770,000 over 7y, 3.8% of budgetSt Andrew School Inc: $735,160 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetThe University of Montana Foundation: $721,622 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetEdify: $700,000 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetPregnancy Resource Center of Helena Dba Options Womens Clinic: $651,835 over 8y, 38% of budgetFamily Promise of Yellowstone Valley: $643,228 over 6y, 34% of budgetButte Rescue Mission: $602,500 over 6y, 8.1% of budgetThe Her Campaign: $600,453 over 5y, 45% of budgetThe LifeGuard Group Inc: $591,000 over 5y, 34% of budgetFathers in the Field: $452,000 over 4y, 15% of budgetAlliance Defending Freedom: $450,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetUnion Gospel Mission of Missoula: $395,000 over 6y, 11% of budgetThe Philanthropy Roundtable: $350,000 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetFamily Research Council: $350,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetMontana Food Bank Network Inc: $307,694 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetWatson Children's Shelter Inc: $300,000 over 6y, 3.1% of budgetGreat Falls Rescue Mission: $295,000 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetOne Heart Warriors: $275,063 over 2y, 47% of budgetFriendship House of Christian Service Inc: $275,000 over 7y, 6.1% of budgetMontana Chamber Foundation: $246,540 over 5y, 21% of budgetCollective Chicago: $240,000 over 5y, 52% of budgetMontana Technological University Foundation: $239,343 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetCode Girls United: $222,816 over 7y, 26% of budgetAlpha USA: $220,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetFlathead Warming Center Inc: $210,000 over 5y, 18% of budgetAssociation of Classical & Christian Schools Inc: $205,000 over 8y, 2.9% of budgetMountain Shadow Association: $202,475 over 3y, 77% of budgetEdChoice Inc: $200,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetJackson Hole Classical Academy Inc: $199,214 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetYoung Life: $195,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHope Pregnancy Ministries of Kalispell Montana Inc: $177,500 over 5y, 21% of budgetYellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch Foundat: $174,500 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetWhitefish Christian Academy: $165,703 over 3y, 10% of budgetSpecial Olympics Montana Inc: $160,000 over 8y, 0.6% 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 200.

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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.

Town Pump Charitable FoundationMT182.7× affinity127 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Town Pump Charitable Foundation · Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation · Montana Community Foundation Inc · Montana Food Bank Network Inc · Headwaters Health Foundation of Western Montana · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Treacy Foundation · Oro y Plata Foundation · Sample Foundation Inc · Montana Healthcare Foundation · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · Otto Bremer 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 Gianforte Family Charitable Trust

How much does Gianforte Family Charitable Trust give?
Gianforte Family Charitable Trust reported 256 grants totaling $12,086,864 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 149 and 266 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Gianforte Family Charitable Trust fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (32%), Religion (17%), Human Services (12%).
Who are Gianforte Family Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Alliance for Choice in Education ($7.3M), Montana State University Foundation Inc ($6.1M), Grace Bible Church ($3.1M).
Does Gianforte Family Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Gianforte Family Charitable Trust 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 Gianforte Family Charitable Trust?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Town Pump Charitable Foundation, Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation, Montana Community Foundation Inc.
Where is Gianforte Family Charitable Trust based?
Gianforte Family Charitable Trust 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 668 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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