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One Valley Community Foundation

One valley's mission is to connect people who care to causes that matter to build a better community. One valley fulfills its mission in three ways: (1) strengthening the local nonprofit sector through grant funding and free professional development; (2) connecting donors to causes that matter to them through charitable giving tools; (3)…

$2.6M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
54
Itemized grants FY2025
47
Organizations funded FY2024
45%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$2.3M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$14,950
Largest grant, FY2025
$722,741
Organizations funded a year
6 to 47
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
4
Total assets, FY2025
$27M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 45% of the organizations One Valley Community Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $337k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesArts & CultureEnvironmentPhilanthropyEducationHealthOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving51$2.3M35%
FY202447$1.2M45%
FY202324$2.1M21%
FY202233$1.2M64%
FY202124$1.9M50%
FY202021$689k76%
FY201910$89k90%
FY20186$79kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Recreation & Sports$1.9MHuman Services$1.7MPhilanthropy$1.4MHealth$929kArts & Culture$468kEducation$343kYouth Development$337kEnvironment$269kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of One Valley Community Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Big Sky Community Organization$1,400,100322%
Help Center Inc$1,255,000647%
Gallatin Valley Land Trust$796,399319%
Bridgercare$677,78073%
Greater Gallatin United Way Inc$624,925611%
Crosscut Mountain Sports Center$416,78465%
Haven$371,82177%
Family Promise of Gallatin Valley Inc$286,66464%
Montana Raptor Conservation Center Inc$220,025726%
Yellowstone Historic Center Inc$202,10038%
Suffer Out Loud$179,290344%
The Stone Research Foundation for Sports Medicine and Arthritis$150,00018%
Thrive Inc$147,08962%
Bridger Ski Foundation$130,03341%
Big Sky Youth Empowerment Project Inc$127,47354%
Intermountain Planned Parenthood$101,00021%
Kauai North Shore Food Pantry$100,000130%
Morningstar Learning Center Inc$84,00016%
Arts Council of Big Sky$77,77545%
Eagle Mount$76,79731%
Prairie Song Rescue$75,0001n/a
The Water Genome$75,000110%
Little Ranger Learning Center$75,000124%
Heart of the Valley Inc$72,65951%
Bienvenidos a Gallatin Valley$72,38126%
Middle Creek Academy Inc$61,00013%
Air Inc$59,0001n/a
Montana Mindfulness Project$58,00038%
Hopa Mountain Inc$53,43541%
BIG SKY DISCOVERY SCHOOL INC dba BIG SKY DISCOVERY ACADEMY$52,20032%
City of Bozeman$52,1801n/a
American Rivers Inc$51,15010%
Bozeman Library Friends and Foundation$50,66641%
Gallatin Ice Foundation Inc$50,10011%
Children in Conflict Inc$50,00011%
Benjamin's Hope$50,00011%
The Institute of Contemporary Art Inc$50,00010%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Big Sky Country$40,10023%
The Charlie Cart Project$40,00041%
West Yellowstone Ski Education Foundation$36,00044%
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Bozeman$35,0001n/a
World Language Initiative MT$35,000111%
IQRA Fund$34,21731%
Youth Giving Project Inc$30,0001n/a
Montana Immigrant Justice Alliance$29,2801n/a
PTA Hawaii Congress Hanalei PTA$28,560143%
Gallatin Historical Society Dba Gallatin History Museum$28,50035%
Wellness in Action$27,12535%
Reach Inc$26,25320%
West Yellowstone Foundation$26,00015%
Bozeman Public Schools Foundation Inc$25,82523%
READMontana$25,56624%
Cancer Support Community of Montana$25,52022%
Montana State University Foundation Inc$25,00010%
Emerson Center for the Arts and Culture$24,64441%
Random Acts of Silliness$24,52523%
Dirt Concern - Southwest Montana Mountain Bike Association$22,74721%
Greater Yellowstone Coalition$21,78020%
Roots Family Collaborative$21,350210%
Bozeman Summit School Inc$20,73912%
Regents of the University of Michigan$20,0001n/a
Touch the Sky Inc$20,000217%
Greater Impact Inc$20,00022%
Montana Conservation Corps Inc$19,86420%
Gallatin County Love Inc$18,92820%
Congregation Beth Shalom$18,2271n/a
Gallatin River Task Force$18,12021%
Gallatin Watershed Council Inc$16,9651n/a
Grow Wild Inc$15,000110%
The Chestnut Hill School$15,00010%
Big Sky Community Housing Trust Bscht$12,50010%
Optometry Giving Sight$11,00011%
Big Sky Bravery Foundation$10,35010%
Warriors & Quiet Waters Foundation Inc$10,34310%
Grizzly Discovery Center Inc$10,00010%
Crescent Montana Inc$10,0001n/a
Camp Bullwheel Inc$10,000110%
Whittier Parent Organization$10,0001n/a
Bozeman Deaconess Foundation$10,00010%
Montana Community Development Corp$10,00010%
Spanish Peaks Community Foundation$10,0001n/a
West Yellowstone Senior Center$10,0001n/a
Coachartorg$10,00010%
Friends of Big Sky Education$9,60011%
World Central Kitchen Inc$9,5001n/a
Northern Plains Resource Council$8,50010%
Women Who Wine Inc$8,0001n/a
Manhattan Senior Citizens Council Inc$7,8201n/a
Bozeman Childrens Theatre$7,53013%
Bighorn Valley Health Center Inc$7,35010%
Friends of Montana Pbs Inc$7,33210%
Friends of the Children - Montana$7,00010%
Human Resource Development Council of District IX Inc$6,81010%
Queer Bozeman$6,8051n/a
Bozeman Symphony Society$6,60010%
Big Sky Ski Education Foundation$6,50011%
Liberty Place Inc$6,42210%
Gallatin County Casagal Program Inc$6,32213%
Mountain Time Arts$6,10013%
Friends of Bozeman Veterans Court$6,000155%
Pilgrim Congregational Church$6,0001n/a
Compassion Project$5,9141n/a
The Wilderness Society$5,50010%
Bozeman Art Museum$5,37513%
Montana Theatreworks Inc$5,1251n/a
Sacajawea Audubon Society$5,0851n/a
406cirque$5,0801n/a
The Trust for Public Land$5,00010%

Where it is load-bearing

One Valley Community Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 6 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 86 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBig Sky Community Organization: $1,400,100 over 3y, 22% of budgetHelp Center Inc: $1,255,000 over 6y, 47% of budgetGallatin Valley Land Trust: $796,399 over 3y, 19% of budgetBridgercare: $677,780 over 7y, 3.4% of budgetGreater Gallatin United Way Inc: $624,925 over 6y, 11% of budgetCrosscut Mountain Sports Center: $416,784 over 6y, 5.2% of budgetHaven: $371,821 over 7y, 7.1% of budgetFamily Promise of Gallatin Valley Inc: $286,664 over 6y, 3.8% of budgetMontana Raptor Conservation Center Inc: $220,025 over 7y, 26% of budgetYellowstone Historic Center Inc: $202,100 over 3y, 8.5% of budgetSuffer Out Loud: $179,290 over 3y, 44% of budgetThe Stone Research Foundation for Sports Medicine and Arthritis: $150,000 over 1y, 8.2% of budgetThrive Inc: $147,089 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetBridger Ski Foundation: $130,033 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetBig Sky Youth Empowerment Project Inc: $127,473 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetIntermountain Planned Parenthood: $101,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetKauai North Shore Food Pantry: $100,000 over 1y, 30% of budgetMorningstar Learning Center Inc: $84,000 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetArts Council of Big Sky: $77,775 over 4y, 4.6% of budgetEagle Mount: $76,797 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetThe Water Genome: $75,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetLittle Ranger Learning Center: $75,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetHeart of the Valley Inc: $72,659 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetBienvenidos a Gallatin Valley: $72,381 over 2y, 5.9% of budgetMiddle Creek Academy Inc: $61,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetMontana Mindfulness Project: $58,000 over 3y, 7.8% of budgetHopa Mountain Inc: $53,435 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetBIG SKY DISCOVERY SCHOOL INC dba BIG SKY DISCOVERY ACADEMY: $52,200 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetAmerican Rivers Inc: $51,150 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBozeman Library Friends and Foundation: $50,666 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetGallatin Ice Foundation Inc: $50,100 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetChildren in Conflict Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetBenjamin's Hope: $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetThe Institute of Contemporary Art Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Big Sky Country: $40,100 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetThe Charlie Cart Project: $40,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetWest Yellowstone Ski Education Foundation: $36,000 over 4y, 4.3% of budgetWorld Language Initiative MT: $35,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetIQRA Fund: $34,217 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetPTA Hawaii Congress Hanalei PTA: $28,560 over 1y, 43% of budgetGallatin Historical Society Dba Gallatin History Museum: $28,500 over 3y, 5.4% of budgetWellness in Action: $27,125 over 3y, 5.1% of budgetReach Inc: $26,253 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetWest Yellowstone Foundation: $26,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetBozeman Public Schools Foundation Inc: $25,825 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetREADMontana: $25,566 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetCancer Support Community of Montana: $25,520 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetMontana State University Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 86.

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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.

Montana Community Foundation IncMT59.7× affinity29 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Montana Community Foundation Inc · Yellowstone Club Community Foundation · Moonlight Community Foundation · The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation · Greater Gallatin United Way Inc · Spanish Peaks Community Foundation · Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation · Bozeman Deaconess Health Services · The Rieschel Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Cross Charitable Foundation Attn John R Clark · Treacy Foundation

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.

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About One Valley Community Foundation

How much does One Valley Community Foundation give?
One Valley Community Foundation reported 54 itemized grants totaling $2,332,857, out of $2,558,229 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 47 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does One Valley Community Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (23%), Human Services (20%), Philanthropy (17%).
Who are One Valley Community Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Big Sky Community Organization ($1.4M), Help Center Inc ($1.3M), Gallatin Valley Land Trust ($796k).
Does One Valley Community Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 45% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as One Valley Community Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Montana Community Foundation Inc, Yellowstone Club Community Foundation, Moonlight Community Foundation.
Where is One Valley Community Foundation based?
One Valley Community Foundation is based in MT.

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 111 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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