Montana · Public charity
Montana Wilderness Association
Uniting and mobilizing communities to keep montana wild.
- $20k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2025
- $9k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $9,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $9,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 6
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.7M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 75% of the organizations Montana Wilderness Association funded were first-time grantees, receiving 90% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 10% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $56k 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 | 1 | $9k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $62k | 75% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $9k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $24k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $60k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $44k | 20% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $76k | 83% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $38k | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Wilderness Society | $48,626 | 3 | 0% |
| The Glacier-Two Medicine Alliance | $45,626 | 3 | 14% |
| National Parks Conservation Association | $45,626 | 3 | 0% |
| Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 7% |
| Wild Montana Action Fund | $33,900 | 3 | 16% |
| Upper Seven Law | $28,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Montana Wildlife Federation | $21,522 | 1 | 5% |
| Headwaters Economics Inc | $16,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Ruby Valley Conservation District | $11,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Backcountry Hunters & Anglers | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Wilderness Society | $48,626 | 3 | 0% |
| The Glacier-Two Medicine Alliance | $45,626 | 3 | 14% |
| National Parks Conservation Association | $45,626 | 3 | 0% |
| Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 7% |
| Wild Montana Action Fund | $33,900 | 3 | 16% |
| Upper Seven Law | $28,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Montana Wildlife Federation | $21,522 | 1 | 5% |
| Headwaters Economics Inc | $16,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Ruby Valley Conservation District | $11,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Backcountry Hunters & Anglers | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Yellowstone to Yukon | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Kendeda Fund | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Montana Ambassadors Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Department of Public Health & Human Services | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Montana Wilderness Association 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: The Kendeda Fund · Patagoniaorg · Wilburforce Foundation · Maki Foundation · Western Conservation Action · The High Stakes Foundation · Western Conservation Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Montana Wilderness Association
- How much does Montana Wilderness Association give?
- Montana Wilderness Association reported 1 itemized grants totaling $9,000, out of $19,788 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 6 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Montana Wilderness Association fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (88%), Civil Rights (9%), Recreation & Sports (2%).
- Who are Montana Wilderness Association's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Wilderness Society ($49k), The Glacier-Two Medicine Alliance ($46k), National Parks Conservation Association ($46k).
- Does Montana Wilderness Association fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Montana Wilderness Association?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Kendeda Fund, Patagoniaorg, Wilburforce Foundation.
- Where is Montana Wilderness Association based?
- Montana Wilderness Association is based in MT.
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