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Montana Community Foundation Inc

To create a culture of giving so montana communities can flourish.

$11M
Granted FY2025still arriving
316
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$442k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$6.0MEducation$4.8MHealth$4.8MPhilanthropy$4.2MCommunity Improvement$4.0MHuman Services$3.3MRecreation & Sports$1.8MHousing & Shelter$1.7MOther$0
02FY2025 · 316 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 316 grants below total $7,745,287, the rows itemized in this filing. The $10,809,611 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $3,064,324 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k94 grants · $667k
  • $10k–50k188 grants · $3.7M
  • $50k–250k31 grants · $2.3M
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.1M
$12,500
Median grant
9
States reached
$215M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SOUTHEASTERN MONTANA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION$441,900
SOWERS INTERNATIONAL$400,000
WEST YELLOWSTONE FOUNDATION$252,806
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$152,180
UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA FOUNDATION$127,356
SCHOOLHOUSE HISTORY & ART CENTER$117,456
HEALTHY MOTHERS HEALTHY BABIES - THE MONTANA COALITION$106,048
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS OF MONTANA$103,087
ELIZABETH SCOTT WELLNESS INITIATIVE$103,014
WESTERN MONTANA CREATIVE INITIATIVES$100,500
CENTER FOR RESTORATIVE YOUTH JUSTICE$100,000
GREATER POLSON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC$97,408
YELLOWSTONE BOYS AND GIRLS RANCH FOUNDATION INC$82,874
SCHOOL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL$81,299
BRIDGERCARE$79,288
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $3.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 27% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%NORTH VALLEY FOOD BANK: $65k → 11%STANFORD OPEN: $286k → 12%ANACONDA PCA FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $25k → 14%NORTH VALLEY FOOD BANK: $33k → 11%406 FAMILY AID FOUNDATION: $15k → 11%STANFORD OPEN: $214k → 12%CENTRAL MONTANA CHILDCARE ALLIANCE: $51k → 12%ACTION INC: $40k → 16%MOUNTAIN SHADOW ASSOCIATION: $75k → 10%FOREVER FORSYTH INC: $20k → 18%CENTER FOR RESTORATIVE YOUTH JUSTICE: $100k → 11%FAMILY PROMISE OF GALLATIN VALLEY INC: $25k → 10%CUSTER NETWORK AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE: $35k → 11%BILLINGS DISTRICT COUNCIL -SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL: $107k → 9%MOUNTAIN HOME MONTANA INC: $20k → 9%BILLINGS DISTRICT COUNCIL -SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL: $100k → 9%DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE SERVICES OF CARBON COUNTY: $64k → 9%MOUNTAIN HOME MONTANA INC: $25k → 9%FAMILY PROMISE OF GALLATIN VALLEY INC: $15k → 10%SAFE HARBOR INC: $30k → 18%DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE SERVICES OF CARBON COUNTY: $18k → 9%MONTANA CHILD CARE RESOURCE & REFERRAL NETWORK: $75k → 9%HEROES AND HORSES INC: $25k → 10%BILLINGS DIST COUNCIL-SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL: $50k → 9%AMERICAN INDIAN INSTITUTE: $55k → 10%CHILD BRIDGE INC: $34k → 18%AMERICAN INDIAN INSTITUTE: $54k → 10%AMERICAN INDIAN INSTITUTE: $54k → 10%AMERICAN INDIAN INSTITUTE: $53k → 10%HUMAN RESOURCE DEV COUNCIL OF DISTRICT IX INC: $50k → 10%AMERICAN INDIAN INSTITUTE: $50k → 10%YWCA OF HELENA: $34k → 9%AMERICAN INDIAN INSTITUTE: $50k → 10%AMERICAN INDIAN INSTITUTE: $49k → 10%AMERICAN INDIAN INSTITUTE: $49k → 10%American Indian Institute: $48k → 10%FAMILY PROMISE OF GALLATIN VALLEY INC: $35k → 10%EMPOWERMT: $25k → 9%YWCA OF HELENA: $24k → 9%BILLINGS DISTRICT COUNCIL -SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL: $25k → 9%TUMBLEWEED RUNAWAY PROGRAM INC: $18k → 9%BILLINGS FAMILY YMCA INC: $15k → 9%FLORENCE CRITTENTON HOME AND SERVICES: $17k → 9%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF HELENA INC: $16k → 9%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF HELENA INC: $16k → 9%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF HELENA INC: $16k → 9%YELLOWSTONE BOYS AND GIRLS RANCH FOUNDATION INC: $99k → 9%YELLOWSTONE BOYS AND GIRLS RANCH FOUNDATION INC: $83k → 9%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

WA
ID
MT
MN
IL
MI
NY
OR
WY
IA
OH
PA
CA
CO
MO
MD
AR
TN
DC
HI
GA
FL
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 7% of Montana Community Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 97% of the giving stays in MT; by stated purpose, 95%.

Montana Community Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 2.1% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$31M · 300 repeat orgs$6.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.

300 repeat relationships: 225 still active in FY2025, 75 since wound down; 76 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

300
267

Total granted

$31M
$4.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+5%

Still filing today

81%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationHealthArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementEnvironmentOther
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

  • DM
    DAHL MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATION INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $1.0M · revenue +9%
  • MR
    MONTANA RESCUE MISSION
    7× · 2018–2025 · $523k · revenue +63%
  • GF
    GREAT FALLS SYMPHONY ASSOC INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $520k · revenue +43%

Funded once

  • RH
    Rural Health Development Incgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $325k · revenue +26% · 31% of their budget
  • TF
    THE FOUNDATION FOR THE DIOCESE OF HELENA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $300k · revenue +131%
  • CC
    Community Crisis Center LLCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $164k · revenue +86%
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
Scenic Montana Trails
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2
Montana Healthcare Foundation
Philanthropy
3
Montana Business Leadership Council

The mblc exists to encourage and enact business-friendly policies that create good-paying jobs and make montana a better place to live. the primary purpose of the mblc is to educate the public on important business issues, enable citizens…

Community Improvement
4
Montana State Parks Foundation

The montana state parks foundation raises private support to enhance the visitors experience and build advocates for montanas state parks and recreation heritage.

Recreation & Sports
5
The Greater Montana Foundation
Philanthropy
6
Montana Shares Inc

A partnership of nonprofit groups devoted to improving the quality of life throughout Montana.

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7
Montana Policy Action Inc

To promote public policy solutions that provide increased access to economic opportunities, greater individual freedoms and encourage greater participation in public matters by providing research and recommendation on public policy

Social Science
8
Big Sky Resort Association Inc

Serving as the voice of business, the big sky chamber of commerce champions a healthy economy and works collaboratively with community stakeholders as a conveyor and a catalyst to improve the overall quality of life in the region.

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9
Montana Chamber of Commerce

To create and sustain an optimal business climate, business prosperity and a strong montana economy through advocacy, education and collaboration, working to provide an empowered and educated workforce, reduce business growth obstacles,…

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10
Working Montanans

Working Montanans' mission is to advocate for an economy that works for working people and other critical issues.

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11
Montana Conservation Elders
Environment
12
Flathead Land Trust

Flathead land trust is dedicated to the conservation of northwest montana's land and water legacy through voluntary agreements with private land owners. flt's primary program service is private land conservation through voluntary…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Bighorn Valley Health Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is Keep Miles City Beautiful. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

467 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. 467 of the 660 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.

23
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
129
Early backer (in before they grew)
455/467
Grantees still filing
281/467
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MONTANA RESCUE MISSION: $522,596 · OtherGREAT FALLS SYMPHONY ASSOC INC: $520,260 · OtherSOWERS INTERNATIONAL: $415,000 · Other+97 more: $10,571,566 · Other+97 moreYELLOWSTONE ART MUSEUM: $451,170 · Arts & CultureYELLOWSTONE …ALBERTA BAIR THEATER CORPORATION: $407,120 · Arts & CultureALBERTA BAIR…THE MYRNA LOY: $374,438 · Arts & CultureTHE MYRNA LO…HOLTER MUSEUM OF ART: $324,894 · Arts & CultureHOLTER MUSEU…BIGFORK CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION LTD: $283,451 · Arts & CultureBIGFORK CENT…ZOOTOWN ARTS COMMUNITY CENTER: $277,000 · Arts & CultureZOOTOWN ARTS…WESTERN MONTANA CREATIVE INITIATIVES: $231,000 · Arts & CultureWESTERN MONT…MISSOULA CIVIC SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $144,402 · Arts & CultureSCHOOLHOUSE HISTORY AND ART CENTER: $124,140 · Arts & Culture+13 more: $1,008,993 · Arts & Culture+13 moreTHE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA FOUNDATION: $945,347 · EducationTHE UNIVERSI…MONTANA PROFESSIONAL TEACHING FOUNDATION: $368,286 · EducationMONTANA PROF…Montana State University Foundation Inc: $346,129 · EducationMontana Stat…BILLINGS CATHOLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $317,728 · EducationBILLINGS CAT…HELENA EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $219,444 · EducationHELENA EDUCA…BIGFORK DEVELOPMENT COMPANY: $165,156 · EducationMontana State University Billings Foundation & Alumni: $152,014 · EducationFLATHEAD LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $150,000 · EducationWALLA WALLA UNIVERSITY: $130,066 · Education+9 more: $701,197 · Education+9 moreGREATER POLSON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $528,686 · PhilanthropyGREATER POLS…HELENA AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $452,352 · PhilanthropyHELENA AREA …VALLEY COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $449,047 · PhilanthropyVALLEY COUNT…School Community Development Council: $419,621 · PhilanthropySchool Commu…SEELEY LAKE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $255,921 · PhilanthropySEELEY LAKE …RED LODGE AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $228,584 · PhilanthropyRED LODGE AR…GREATER GALLATIN UNITED WAY INC: $183,036 · PhilanthropyGREATER GALL…UNITED WAY OF YELLOWSTONE COUNTY INC: $161,954 · PhilanthropyMUSSELSHELL VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $154,565 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF CASCADE COUNTY: $116,382 · Philanthropy+5 more: $464,163 · Philanthropy+5 moreWEST YELLOWSTONE FOUNDATION: $1,334,463 · Community ImprovementWEST YELLOWS…SOUTHEASTERN MONTANA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $929,944 · Community ImprovementSOUTHEASTERN…MISSOULA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $340,463 · Community ImprovementMISSOULA COM…THE PEOPLES PARTNERS FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $246,809 · Community ImprovementTHE PEOPLES …NATIVE AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATON: $161,000 · Community Improvement+5 more: $392,730 · Community Improvement+5 moreSTANFORD OPEN: $500,003 · Human ServicesSTANFORD OP…YELLOWSTONE BOYS AND GIRLS RANCH FOUNDAT: $477,904 · Human ServicesYELLOWSTONE…American Indian Institute: $461,424 · Human ServicesAmerican In…BILLINGS DISTRICT COUNCIL OF THE SOCIETY OF ST VIN: $321,736 · Human ServicesBILLINGS DI…COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP & DEVELOPMENT INC: $167,587 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF HELENA INC: $122,836 · Human ServicesCENTER FOR RESTORATIVE YOUTH JUSTICE: $110,000 · Human Services+14 more: $1,084,819 · Human Services+14 moreDAHL MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATION INC: $1,008,529 · HealthHealthy Mothers Healthy Babies the Montana Coalition Inc: $211,067 · HealthCommunity Crisis Center LLC: $164,000 · HealthPROACTIVE LIVING FACILITY INC: $150,000 · HealthROUNDUP MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION: $143,532 · HealthIntermountain Planned Parenthood: $141,390 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $132,204 · HealthBENEFIS HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION INC: $112,523 · HealthMESSENGERS FOR HEALTH: $85,744 · HealthRURAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INSTITUTE: $84,100 · Health+4 more: $286,804 · Health
Other$12,029,422Arts & Culture$3,626,608Education$3,495,367Philanthropy$3,414,311Community Improvement$3,405,409Human Services$3,246,309Health$2,519,893

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%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWEST YELLOWSTONE FOUNDATION: $1,334,463 over 9y, 62% of budgetDAHL MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATION INC: $1,008,529 over 4y, 12% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA FOUNDATION: $945,347 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetSOUTHEASTERN MONTANA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $929,944 over 5y, 19% of budgetGREATER POLSON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $528,686 over 9y, 20% of budgetMONTANA RESCUE MISSION: $522,596 over 7y, 5.9% of budgetGREAT FALLS SYMPHONY ASSOC INC: $520,260 over 9y, 8.1% of budgetSTANFORD OPEN: $500,003 over 2y, 84% of budgetYELLOWSTONE BOYS AND GIRLS RANCH FOUNDAT: $477,904 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetAmerican Indian Institute: $461,424 over 9y, 30% of budgetHELENA AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $452,352 over 9y, 57% of budgetYELLOWSTONE ART MUSEUM: $451,170 over 9y, 4.2% of budgetVALLEY COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $449,047 over 9y, 76% of budgetSchool Community Development Council: $419,621 over 9y, 97% of budgetSOWERS INTERNATIONAL: $415,000 over 3y, 20% of budgetALBERTA BAIR THEATER CORPORATION: $407,120 over 9y, 3.5% of budgetTHE MYRNA LOY: $374,438 over 9y, 6.2% of budgetMONTANA PROFESSIONAL TEACHING FOUNDATION: $368,286 over 8y, 92% of budgetSAE INTERNATIONAL: $360,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE NORTHERN CHEYENNE NATION: $357,232 over 7y, 15% of budgetMontana State University Foundation Inc: $346,129 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetMISSOULA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $340,463 over 9y, 7.5% of budgetRural Health Development Inc: $325,000 over 1y, 31% of budgetHOLTER MUSEUM OF ART: $324,894 over 9y, 7.7% of budgetBILLINGS DISTRICT COUNCIL OF THE SOCIETY OF ST VIN: $321,736 over 8y, 12% of budgetBILLINGS CATHOLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $317,728 over 7y, 2.6% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR THE DIOCESE OF HELENA INC: $300,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetBIGFORK CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION LTD: $283,451 over 9y, 20% of budgetZOOTOWN ARTS COMMUNITY CENTER: $277,000 over 3y, 24% of budgetSEELEY LAKE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $255,921 over 9y, 9.5% of budgetTHE PEOPLES PARTNERS FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $246,809 over 3y, 7.8% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF CASCADE COUNTY: $243,781 over 8y, 5.0% of budgetIntermountain Deaconess Childrens Services: $237,555 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetWESTERN MONTANA CREATIVE INITIATIVES: $231,000 over 5y, 25% of budgetRED LODGE AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $228,584 over 9y, 2.2% of budgetHELENA EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $219,444 over 9y, 9.3% of budgetHealthy Mothers Healthy Babies the Montana Coalition Inc: $211,067 over 2y, 11% of budgetFLATHEAD VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $193,066 over 9y, 1.7% of budgetMONTANA WILDERNESS ASSOCIATION: $188,848 over 9y, 1.0% of budgetGREATER GALLATIN UNITED WAY INC: $183,036 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetSWEET GRASS COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION: $178,347 over 5y, 36% of budgetBILLINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $177,363 over 8y, 2.8% of budgetAMERICAN PRAIRIE FOUNDATION: $175,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY LEADERSHIP & DEVELOPMENT INC: $167,587 over 5y, 3.3% of budgetBIGFORK DEVELOPMENT COMPANY: $165,156 over 9y, 15% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE PIONEER MUSEUMINC: $164,628 over 9y, 86% of budgetCommunity Crisis Center LLC: $164,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetUNITED WAY OF YELLOWSTONE COUNTY INC: $161,954 over 3y, 4.0% 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 WEST YELLOWSTONE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DAHL MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHEASTERN MONTANA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds GREATER POLSON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MONTANA RESCUE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds GREAT FALLS SYMPHONY ASSOC INC ↗
  • Who funds STANFORD OPEN ↗
  • Who funds YELLOWSTONE BOYS AND GIRLS RANCH FOUNDAT ↗
  • Who funds American Indian Institute ↗
  • Who funds HELENA AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds YELLOWSTONE ART MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds VALLEY COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds School Community Development Council ↗
  • Who funds SOWERS INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds ALBERTA BAIR THEATER CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds THE MYRNA LOY ↗
  • Who funds MONTANA PROFESSIONAL TEACHING FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SAE INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE NORTHERN CHEYENNE NATION ↗
  • Who funds Montana State University Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds MISSOULA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Rural Health Development Inc ↗
  • Who funds HOLTER MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds BILLINGS DISTRICT COUNCIL OF THE SOCIETY OF ST VIN ↗
  • Who funds BILLINGS CATHOLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE FOUNDATION FOR THE DIOCESE OF HELENA INC ↗
  • Who funds BIGFORK CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION LTD ↗
  • Who funds ZOOTOWN ARTS COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds SEELEY LAKE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE PEOPLES PARTNERS FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF CASCADE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds Intermountain Deaconess Childrens Services ↗
  • Who funds WESTERN MONTANA CREATIVE INITIATIVES ↗
  • Who funds RED LODGE AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HELENA EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies the Montana Coalition 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.

Dennis & Phyllis Wash…Town Pump Charitable …Treacy FoundationMontana Healthcare Fo…Gianforte Family Char…Headwaters Health Fou…Sample Foundation IncFirst Interstate Banc…The High Stakes Found…Whitefish Community F…The Steele-Reese Foun…Op & We Edwards Found…
Dennis & Phyllis Washington FoundationMT182.2× affinity162 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation · Town Pump Charitable Foundation · Treacy Foundation · Montana Healthcare Foundation · Gianforte Family Charitable Trust · Headwaters Health Foundation of Western Montana · Sample Foundation Inc · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · The High Stakes Foundation · Whitefish Community Foundation Inc · The Steele-Reese Foundation Xxxxx1004 · Op & We Edwards Foundation Inc

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 Montana Community Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Montana Community Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%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
    0get no government money at all
    54report 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.

    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 660 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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