Montana · Public charity
Montana Shares Inc
A partnership of nonprofit groups devoted to improving the quality of life throughout Montana.
- $128k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Itemized, FY2024
- $56k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,732
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $28,289
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 12
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 0% of the organizations Montana Shares Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 4 | $56k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $67k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $91k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $86k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $100k | 10% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $116k | 18% |
| FY2017 | 12 | $151k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis and Clark Humane Society | $227,701 | 7 | 5% |
| Montana Shares Inc | $121,676 | 7 | 7% |
| Montana Food Bank Network Inc | $113,733 | 7 | 0% |
| Nami Montana | $33,226 | 5 | 3% |
| Animeals | $29,691 | 5 | 1% |
| Montana Wilderness Association | $26,871 | 4 | 0% |
| Childrens Oncology Camp Foundation | $25,300 | 3 | 1% |
| Montana Supporting Soldiers | $17,567 | 3 | n/a |
| Montana Spay-Neuter Task Force | $15,389 | 3 | 15% |
| Heart of the Valley Inc | $11,577 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis and Clark Humane Society | $227,701 | 7 | 5% |
| Montana Shares Inc | $121,676 | 7 | 7% |
| Montana Food Bank Network Inc | $113,733 | 7 | 0% |
| Nami Montana | $33,226 | 5 | 3% |
| Animeals | $29,691 | 5 | 1% |
| Montana Wilderness Association | $26,871 | 4 | 0% |
| Childrens Oncology Camp Foundation | $25,300 | 3 | 1% |
| Montana Supporting Soldiers | $17,567 | 3 | n/a |
| Montana Spay-Neuter Task Force | $15,389 | 3 | 15% |
| Heart of the Valley Inc | $11,577 | 2 | 0% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Montana | $10,786 | 2 | 2% |
| Great Falls Community Food Bank Inc | $7,944 | 1 | 1% |
| Montana Wildlife Federation | $5,602 | 1 | 1% |
| Montana Free Press | $5,453 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Club of Missoula County | $5,349 | 1 | 2% |
| Montana Legal Services Association | $5,275 | 1 | 0% |
| Disability Rights Montana | $5,156 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Montana Shares Inc supplied at peak.
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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: First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Town Pump Charitable Foundation · Montana Community Foundation Inc · Sample Foundation Inc · The Kendeda Fund · Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Network for Good · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Montana Shares Inc
- How much does Montana Shares Inc give?
- Montana Shares Inc reported 4 itemized grants totaling $56,302, out of $127,600 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 12 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does Montana Shares Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Animals (43%), Food & Nutrition (18%), Community Improvement (16%).
- Who are Montana Shares Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Lewis and Clark Humane Society ($228k), Montana Shares Inc ($122k), Montana Food Bank Network Inc ($114k).
- Does Montana Shares Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Montana Shares Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc, Town Pump Charitable Foundation, Montana Community Foundation Inc.
- Where is Montana Shares Inc based?
- Montana Shares Inc is based in MT.
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