Montana · Private foundation
John & Marilyn Olson Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $89k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 42
- Grants FY2025
- 41
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $6,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 38 to 41
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $675k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations John & Marilyn Olson Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 41 | $88k | 5% |
| FY2024 | 41 | $87k | 7% |
| FY2023 | 40 | $232k | 3% |
| FY2022 | 40 | $87k | 10% |
| FY2021 | 39 | $80k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 39 | $71k | 3% |
| FY2019 | 38 | $73k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 40 | $73k | 5% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| True Gentleman Foundation | $150,000 | 1 | 89% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Richland County | $48,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Richland County Food Bank Inc | $47,000 | 9 | 6% |
| Richland County Coalition Against Domestic Violence Inc | $45,000 | 9 | 3% |
| Roi Foundation Inc | $38,500 | 9 | 9% |
| Sidney Soccer Association | $34,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Foundation for Community Care | $34,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Northeastern Arts Network | $32,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Mondak Heritage Center | $22,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Flathead Lutheran Bible Camp | $18,000 | 9 | n/a |
Show all 30 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($264k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
John & Marilyn Olson Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 24 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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: Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation · Montana Community Foundation Inc · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · Oneok Foundation Inc · Whitefish Community Foundation Inc · Gianforte Family Charitable Trust · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Dayton Foundation · Foundation for Community Care · Town Pump Charitable Foundation · Bnsf Railway Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About John & Marilyn Olson Family Foundation
- How much does John & Marilyn Olson Family Foundation give?
- John & Marilyn Olson Family Foundation reported 42 grants totaling $89,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 38 and 41 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does John & Marilyn Olson Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (21%), Health (10%), Arts & Culture (9%).
- Who are John & Marilyn Olson Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: True Gentleman Foundation ($150k), Boys & Girls Club of Richland County ($48k), Richland County Food Bank Inc ($47k).
- Does John & Marilyn Olson Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does John & Marilyn Olson Family Foundation 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 John & Marilyn Olson Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation, Montana Community Foundation Inc, M J Murdock Charitable Trust.
- Where is John & Marilyn Olson Family Foundation based?
- John & Marilyn Olson Family Foundation is based in MT.
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