· Private foundation
Montana Right Hand Foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THRIVE | $6,000 |
| CRU | $5,000 |
| HRDC | $5,000 |
| BIG SKY YOUTH EMPOWERMENT | $3,000 |
| AMERICAN COMPUTER MUSEUM | $2,000 |
| HOPA MOUNTAIN | $1,000 |
| AMPERSAND FAMILIES | $1,000 |
| DOWN SYNDROME ASSN MN | $1,000 |
| BRIDGER CARE | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
17 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- BSBIG SKY YOUTH EMPOWERMENT PROJECT INC8× · 2017–2024 · $26k · revenue +33%
- ACAmerican Computer Museum LTD8× · 2017–2024 · $21k · revenue +153%
- HMHOPA MOUNTAIN INC7× · 2017–2024 · $15k · revenue +63%
Funded once
- PUPILLSBURY UNITED COMMUNITIESone grant, 2020 · $2k · revenue -26%
THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LANDgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $750 · revenue +119%- BABOZEMAN ART MUSEUMgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $500 · revenue +123%
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.
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.
As the community's official destination management and marketing organization, visit big sky leads the development and promotion of authentic tourism experiences through research and stakeholder collaboration to grow big sky's economy…
To inspire connections to the landscapes, water, wildlife, recreation and agricultural heritage of west-central montana through conservation, now and for future generations.
Planned Parenthood of Montana empowers all people to make informed decisions and ensures the freedom to manage their own sexuality, and personal health by providing the highest quality confidential healthcare services, education, and…
To provide therapeutic care and support for the safe and healthy development of children and families.
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…
Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.
The mission of Blue Mountain Clinic is to provide individualized, choice-based healthcare that respects the power of personal connection.
Inspire and nurture future explorers, innovators, and critical thinkers through interactive play in a safe, engaging environment with hands-on exhibits and programs designed specifically for children ages two to eight years old.
Pathfinder expands access to sexual and reproductive health services, opening the door to opportunities for women and all individuals to thrive-economically, educationally, and civically. driven by our country-led leadership and local…
The mission of the montana land reliance (mlr) is to partner with landowners to provide permanent protection for private lands that are significant for agricultural production, fish and wildlife habitat, and open space.
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,…
Zero to five montanas mission is to work for our children, for our future. our promise is to stabilize, innovate, and build the early childhood system so montana families and communities can thrive. we are a statewide early childhood…
How this is measured
19 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. 19 of the 25 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 THRIVE INC ↗
- Who funds BIG SKY YOUTH EMPOWERMENT PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds American Computer Museum LTD ↗
- Who funds HOPA MOUNTAIN INC ↗
- Who funds Childrens Museum of Bozeman Inc ↗
- Who funds BRIDGERCARE ↗
- Who funds MONTANA WILDERNESS ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds AMPERSAND FAMILIES ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF MONTANA PBS INC ↗
- Who funds PILLSBURY UNITED COMMUNITIES ↗
- Who funds GREATER GALLATIN UNITED WAY INC ↗
- Who funds THE CENTER FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE ↗
- Who funds COMMON HOPE ↗
- Who funds THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND ↗
- Who funds BOZEMAN ART MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds KIVA MICROFUNDS ↗
- Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
- Who funds DIRECT RELIEF ↗
- Who funds Charity Navigator ↗
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: Montana Community Foundation Inc · The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · One Valley Community Foundation · Cross Charitable Foundation Attn John R Clark · Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation · Treacy Foundation · Morton H Meyerson Family Foundation · Gianforte Family Charitable Trust · Gilhousen Family Foundation · Yellowstone Club Community Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Montana Right Hand Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Montana Right Hand Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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