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Hopa Mountain Inc

Hopa Mountain invests in rural and tribal citizen leaders, adults and youth who areimproving education, ecological health, and economic development. Hopa Mountainprovides these leaders with training, mentoring, network opportunities, andfinancial resources to help them create opportunities for advancing in theircommunities.

$173k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
1
Itemized grants FY2024
13
Organizations funded FY2023
46%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$10k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$10,000
Organizations funded a year
1 to 18
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
1
Total assets, FY2024
$3.0M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 46% of the organizations Hopa Mountain Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 61% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 39% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $580k 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 ServicesCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureEducationFood & NutritionEnvironmentOther
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 arriving1$10k100%
FY202313$944k46%
FY20226$146k33%
FY20218$179k38%
FY202018$321k89%
FY20193$32k67%
FY20181$15k0%
FY20173$93kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$495kFood & Nutrition$273kEnvironment$251kArts & Culture$206kCommunity Improvement$194kHuman Services$127kCivil Rights$127kHealth$88kOther$0

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
Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples Inc$202,28041%
Confederated Salish and Kootenai$200,0001n/a
Blackfeet Tribe$140,0001n/a
Piegan Institute$129,512513%
Fast Blackfeet$127,50036%
Blackfeet Community College$111,90820%
Arlee Community Development Corporation$94,000312%
Piikani Lodge Health Institute$78,25026%
International Wilderness Leadership Foundation Inc$70,00011%
Blackfeet Eco Knowledge$70,000112%
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All grantees of Hopa Mountain Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples Inc$202,28041%
Confederated Salish and Kootenai$200,0001n/a
Blackfeet Tribe$140,0001n/a
Piegan Institute$129,512513%
Fast Blackfeet$127,50036%
Blackfeet Community College$111,90820%
Arlee Community Development Corporation$94,000312%
Piikani Lodge Health Institute$78,25026%
International Wilderness Leadership Foundation Inc$70,00011%
Blackfeet Eco Knowledge$70,000112%
Lake County Community Development Corp$60,00031%
North Valley Food Bank$55,00023%
Salish Kootenai College Inc$50,00010%
The University of Montana Foundation$50,00010%
Boys and Girls Club of Southeast Wyoming Inc$42,82031%
Beauchamp Kitchen$35,0002n/a
Plenty Doors Community Development Corporation$29,00014%
Center Pole$24,00011%
Red Paint Creek Cooperative Inc$23,25017%
Great Plains Veterans Services Ctr$21,75022%
Montana Immigrant Justice Alliance$20,7501n/a
Montana Food Bank Network Inc$12,50010%
Alternative Energy Resources Org$11,00016%
The Peoples Partners for Community Development$10,75011%
Helping Hands in Hardin Inc$10,0001n/a
Root Cellar Foods$10,0001n/a
Messengers for Health$10,00014%
Centro de Comunidad y Justicia Inc$10,00012%
Great Falls School District No 1 & A$7,5001n/a
Wild Rose Center$5,7501n/a
Lower Brule Community College Inc$5,75011%
Friends Forever Mentoring$5,750111%
Autry Museum of the American West$5,50010%

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Hopa Mountain Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSeventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples Inc: $202,280 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetPiegan Institute: $129,512 over 5y, 13% of budgetFast Blackfeet: $127,500 over 3y, 5.7% of budgetBlackfeet Community College: $111,908 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetArlee Community Development Corporation: $94,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetPiikani Lodge Health Institute: $78,250 over 2y, 5.7% of budgetInternational Wilderness Leadership Foundation Inc: $70,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetBlackfeet Eco Knowledge: $70,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetLake County Community Development Corp: $60,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetNorth Valley Food Bank: $55,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetSalish Kootenai College Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe University of Montana Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of Southeast Wyoming Inc: $42,820 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetPlenty Doors Community Development Corporation: $29,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetCenter Pole: $24,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetRed Paint Creek Cooperative Inc: $23,250 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetGreat Plains Veterans Services Ctr: $21,750 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetMontana Food Bank Network Inc: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlternative Energy Resources Org: $11,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetThe Peoples Partners for Community Development: $10,750 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMessengers for Health: $10,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetCentro de Comunidad y Justicia Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetLower Brule Community College Inc: $5,750 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFriends Forever Mentoring: $5,750 over 1y, 11% of budgetAutry Museum of the American West: $5,500 over 1y, 0.0% 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 25.

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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.

First Nations Development InstituteCO33.2× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: First Nations Development Institute · Montana Community Foundation Inc · The Kendeda Fund · Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples Inc · Oro y Plata Foundation · The High Stakes Foundation · Montana Healthcare Foundation · Charlotte y Martin Foundation-Ima · Otto Bremer Trust · Morton H Meyerson Family Foundation · Gianforte Family Charitable Trust · Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation

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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How do I get to Hopa Mountain Inc?

Find your warmest path to Hopa Mountain Inc 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.

About Hopa Mountain Inc

How much does Hopa Mountain Inc give?
Hopa Mountain Inc reported 1 itemized grants totaling $10,000, out of $172,577 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 18 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Hopa Mountain Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (27%), Food & Nutrition (15%), Environment (14%).
Who are Hopa Mountain Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples Inc ($202k), Confederated Salish and Kootenai ($200k), Blackfeet Tribe ($140k).
Does Hopa Mountain Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 46% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Hopa Mountain Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include First Nations Development Institute, Montana Community Foundation Inc, The Kendeda Fund.
Where is Hopa Mountain Inc based?
Hopa Mountain Inc 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 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 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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