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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 FY2024still arriving
256
Grants FY2024still arriving
18
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it funds
0196% 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
02FY2024 · 256 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k114 grants · $432k
  • $10k–50k96 grants · $1.9M
  • $50k–250k32 grants · $2.8M
  • $250k+14 grants · $7.0M
$10,000
Median grant
18
States reached
$231M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI FOUNDATION$1,014,059
FAMILY PROMISE OF GALLATIN VALLEY$759,321
GREATER IMPACT INC$715,324
ST ANDREW SCHOOL$710,160
OPTIONS WOMEN'S CLINIC$509,335
HOPE CENTER MINISTRIES - BUTTE$506,856
MONTANA HIGHER ED STUD ASSIS CORP$492,000
CHILD BRIDGE INC$444,250
MISSION VALLEY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY$398,391
PACIFIC NW ADULT AND TEEN CHALLENGE$358,412
MONTANA FAMILY INSTITUTE$302,531
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$273,093
COMMUNIO$260,578
THE MONTANA FOOD BANK NETWORK$257,694
YOUTH ENTERPRENEURS INC - MONTANA$243,750
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 (FY17–24, $9.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 84% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%SUNRISE PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER: $71k → 10%FAMILY INDEPENDENCE INITIATIVE: $100k → 10%PROMISE686: $40k → 9%COMMUNIO: $629k → 6%COMMUNIO: $549k → 6%FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $75k → 14%COMMUNIO: $232k → 6%FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $50k → 14%FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $50k → 14%ECHOZ PREGNANCY CARE CENTER: $25k → 14%FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $50k → 14%FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $50k → 14%FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $25k → 14%NORTHERN CHEYENNE MINISTERIAL ASSOC INC: $25k → 23%FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $25k → 14%FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $25k → 14%CHILD BRIDGE: $450k → 18%CHILD BRIDGE: $450k → 18%CHILD BRIDGE: $450k → 18%ONE HEART WARRIORS: $250k → 9%CHILD BRIDGE: $450k → 18%CHILD BRIDGE INC: $444k → 18%ONE HEART WARRIORS: $25k → 9%CHILD BRIDGE: $300k → 18%CHILD BRIDGE: $300k → 18%FLORENCE CRITTENTON HOME & SERVICES: $38k → 9%WATSON CHILDREN'S SHELTER: $50k → 9%WATSON CHILDREN'S SHELTER: $50k → 9%WATSON CHILDREN'S SHELTER: $50k → 9%FLORENCE CRITTENTON HOME & SERVICES: $25k → 9%WATSON CHILDREN'S SHELTER: $50k → 9%WATSON CHILDREN'S SHELTER: $50k → 9%HEROS AND HORSES: $40k → 10%WATSON CHILDREN'S SHELTER: $50k → 9%FAMILY PROMISE OF GALLATIN VALLEY: $759k → 10%ECHOZ PREGNANCY CARE CENTER: $25k → 14%GREATER IMPACT INC: $715k → 10%ECHOZ PREGNANCY CARE CENTER: $25k → 14%THE COMMIT FOUNDATION: $40k → 10%UNION GOSPEL MISSION OF MISSOULA: $175k → 9%YMCA MISSOULA: $25k → 9%OPTIONS WOMEN'S CLINIC: $509k → 9%OPTIONS WOMEN'S CLINIC: $40k → 9%OPTIONS WOMEN'S CLINIC: $30k → 9%MISSOULA FAMILY YMCA: $30k → 9%OPTION WOMEN'S CLINIC: $25k → 9%MOUNTAIN SHADOW ASSOCIATION: $93k → 10%MOUNTAIN SHADOW ASSOCIATION: $88k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

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AR
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DC
GA
TX
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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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$74M · 322 repeat orgs$5.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +58% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.

322 repeat relationships: 176 still active in FY2024, 146 since wound down; 78 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

322
262

Total granted

$74M
$4.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+58%
+17%

Still filing today

52%
32%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationReligionHealthFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • AF
    ALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION
    7× · 2017–2024 · $7.3M · revenue +194%
  • MS
    Montana State University Foundation Inc
    8× · 2017–2024 · $6.1M · revenue +315%
  • CB
    CHILD BRIDGE INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $2.8M · revenue +324%

Funded once

  • BC
    BILLINGS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ED FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $500k
  • SA
    STUDENT ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $250k
  • C
    COMMUNIOgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $158k · revenue +250%
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
Good Water Ministries

Goodwater Ministries exists to see the spiritual beauty become a reflection of the physical beauty in the Flathead Valley. Specifically Whitefish, MT. We focus on three areas: 1. Church planting 2. Leadership development and training 3.…

Religion
2
Family Promise - Salt Lake

We help families experiencing homelessness find lasting independence and security.

Housing & Shelter
3
Scenic Montana Trails
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4
Big Sky Youth Education Foundation

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

Philanthropy
5
Valley Community Emergency Food Bank Inc

Our mission is to end hunger in the valley county, montana area through food acquisition and distribution, education, and advocacy. our vision is a montana free from hunger where everyone has equal access to nutritious food.

Food & Nutrition
6
Empower Mt

Empowermt creates a more just and inclusive society by developing youth and adult leaders who work to end mistreatment, correct systemic inequities, and strengthen communities. empowermt envisions a montana where each person is respected…

Human Services
7
Campus Christian Center

A vital community in Christ, seeking to connect students at Montana State University with God's grace and call to lead lives of spiritual and ethical integrity in and for the world.

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8
Haven

For more than four decades, haven has been bozemans trusted community partner in providing safe shelter, support (including a 24-hour support line and legal advocacy), and counseling for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, sex…

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9
Harvest Church Idaho Inc

Providing religious service for adults and youths

Religion
10
Colt Family Foundation Montana
Philanthropy
11
St John's Lutheran Ministries Inc

St. John's Lutheran Ministries is a community of diverse people sharing God's healing presence. Our mission is to provide living opportunities within nurturing environments of hope, dignity & love.

Human Services
12
Friends of the Children - Montana

Friends of the children montana has a mission of impacting generational change by empowering youth who are facing the greatest obstacles through relationships and professional mentors 12+ years, no matter what. 92% go on to enroll in…

Youth Development
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Yellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch Foundat; the most unlike its peers is Rocky Mountain Ballet Theatre. 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

306 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. 306 of the 668 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)
120
Early backer (in before they grew)
281/306
Grantees still filing
212/306
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GRACE BIBLE CHURCH: $3,058,158 · OtherGRACE BIBLE CHURCHMONTANA RESCUE MISSION: $2,520,000 · OtherMONTANA RESCUE MISSIONCOMMUNITY LEADERSHIP AND DEV INC: $1,984,943 · OtherCOMMUNITY LEADERSHIP AND DEV INCACE SCHOLARSHIPS: $1,738,574 · OtherMONTANA HIGHER ED STUD ASSIS CORP: $1,633,750 · Other+127 more: $22,664,180 · Other+127 moreALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION: $7,308,499 · EducationALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCAT…Montana State University Foundation Inc: $6,098,281 · EducationMontana State University Foun…Youth Entrepreneurs Inc: $1,418,250 · EducationYouth Entrepreneurs IncMISSION VALLEY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY IN: $1,299,467 · EducationMISSION VALLEY CHRISTIAN ACAD…ST ANDREW SCHOOL INC: $735,160 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA FOUNDATION: $721,622 · Education+14 more: $1,622,495 · Education+14 moreCHILD BRIDGE INC: $2,844,250 · Human ServicesCHILD BRIDGE INCCOMMUNIO FOUNDATION INC: $1,409,879 · Human ServicesCOMMUNIO FOUNDAT…GREATER IMPACT INC: $1,265,824 · Human ServicesGREATER IMPACT I…COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP & DEVELOPMENT INC: $1,130,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY LEADER…FAMILY PROMISE OF GALLATIN VALLEY INC: $916,321 · Human ServicesFAMILY PROMISE O…PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER OF HELENA DBA OPTIONS WOMENS CLINIC: $651,835 · Human ServicesPREGNANCY RESOUR…UNION GOSPEL MISSION OF MISSOULA: $395,000 · Human Services+16 more: $2,499,388 · Human Services+16 moreCHESTERTON HOUSE INC: $1,263,161 · ReligionTHE VERITAS FORUM INC: $770,000 · ReligionFRIENDSHIP HOUSE OF CHRISTIAN SERVICE INC: $275,000 · ReligionAlpha USA: $220,000 · ReligionASSOCIATION OF CLASSICAL & CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS INC: $205,000 · Religion+9 more: $749,029 · ReligionRAFIKI FOUNDATION INC: $2,273,000 · InternationalEdify: $700,000 · International+1 more: $50,000 · InternationalMontana Family Institute Inc: $2,302,522 · Social ScienceMONTANA METH PROJECT: $1,048,581 · HealthFAMILY PROMISE OF YELLOWSTONE VALLEY: $643,228 · HealthHOPE PREGNANCY MINISTRIES OF KALISPELL MONTANA INC: $177,500 · HealthFight the New Drug Inc: $80,000 · HealthMIGHTY OAKS FOUNDATION: $76,000 · Health+2 more: $110,475 · Health
Other$33,599,605Education$19,203,774Human Services$11,112,497Religion$3,482,190International$3,023,000Social Science$2,302,522Health$2,135,784

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 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
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 ALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds Montana State University Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds CHILD BRIDGE INC ↗
  • Who funds MONTANA RESCUE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds Montana Family Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds RAFIKI FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Youth Entrepreneurs Inc ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNIO FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MISSION VALLEY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY IN ↗
  • Who funds GREATER IMPACT INC ↗
  • Who funds CHESTERTON HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP & DEVELOPMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds MONTANA METH PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY PROMISE OF GALLATIN VALLEY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE VERITAS FORUM INC ↗
  • Who funds ST ANDREW SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Edify ↗
  • Who funds PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER OF HELENA DBA OPTIONS WOMENS CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY PROMISE OF YELLOWSTONE VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds Butte Rescue Mission ↗
  • Who funds The Her Campaign ↗
  • Who funds The LifeGuard Group Inc ↗
  • Who funds FATHERS IN THE FIELD ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM ↗

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Gianforte Family Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Gianforte Family Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    32report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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.
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    Find your warmest path to Gianforte Family Charitable Trust 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 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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