· Private foundation
Op & We Edwards Foundation Inc
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, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k14 grants · $65k
- $10k–50k42 grants · $1.0M
- $50k–250k7 grants · $524k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| RED LODGE AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $155,358 |
| MEALS ON WHEELS OF NORTHERN KY AND SOUTHWEST OH | $84,000 |
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE NORTHERN CHEYENNE NATION | $70,000 |
| LEIPSIC UNITED METHODIST CHURCH | $61,800 |
| FLORENCE CRITTENTON HOME & SERVICES | $53,180 |
| PECES | $50,000 |
| MAHCHIMINAHTIK CHIPPEWA AND CREE LANGUAGE REVITALIZATION | $50,000 |
| TRUST MONTANA | $45,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $41,000 |
| VERMONT COMMUNITY LOAN FUND | $40,000 |
| LOWELL OBSERVATORY | $40,000 |
| ASBURY UNIVERSITY | $37,900 |
| LIFE ENRICHING COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION | $37,900 |
| THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH WEST OHIO CONFERENCE | $37,900 |
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CARBON COUNTY | $36,000 |
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 (FY20–24, $651k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 45% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
70 repeat relationships: 51 still active in FY2024, 19 since wound down; 10 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, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $210k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- BABOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE NORTHERN CHEYENNE NATION5× · 2020–2024 · $297k · revenue +5%
- ACASBURY COLLEGE5× · 2020–2024 · $283k · revenue +22%
- LELIFE ENRICHING COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION5× · 2020–2024 · $283k · revenue +110%
Funded once
- HAHELENA AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITYone grant, 2020 · $30k · revenue +10%
- CRCHEYENNE RIVER YOUTH PROJECT INCgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +179%
- FFFRIENDS FOREVER MENTORINGone grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue -70%
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.
Greater yellowstone coalition works with all people to protect the lands, waters, and wildlife of the greater yellowstone ecosystem, now and for future generations.
To advance responsible tax, budget, and economic policies through credible research and analysis in order to promote opportunity and fairness for all Montanans.
Montana Conservation Corps (MCC) inspires young people through hands-on conservation service to be leaders, stewards of the land and engaged citizens who improve their communities.
To collectively serve as a catalyst for engagement and bonding of people to our wildlife and public lands in montana through a sense of place, education, access, research and stewardship.
The montana natural history center promotes appreciation, understanding, and stewardship of nature and the environment through education.
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.
Morningstar Learning Center's mission is to develop and connect Big Sky's young children and families by providing reliable childcare, quality early education, and supportive resources from planning through parenthood.
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,…
A better big sky works to inform and engage montanans on issues related to public education, public lands access, voting rights, the environment, sustainable energy, women's health, tribal sovereignty, access to courts, economic justice,…
Public Education.
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…
Inspiring wyoming's leaders through exploration and connection.
How this is measured
68 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. 68 of the 112 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 RED LODGE AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HOPA MOUNTAIN INC ↗
- Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF THE NORTHERN CHEYENNE NATION ↗
- Who funds ASBURY COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds LIFE ENRICHING COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds LET'S GROW KIDS INC ↗
- Who funds YELLOWSTONE WILDLIFE SANCTUARY ↗
- Who funds FLORENCE CRITTENTON HOME AND SERVICES ↗
- Who funds VERMONT COMMUNITY LOAN FUND ↗
- Who funds YOUNG FAMILIES EARLY HEAD START ↗
- Who funds FRIENDSHIP HOUSE OF CHRISTIAN SERVICE INC ↗
- Who funds Piney Woods School ↗
- Who funds TRUST MONTANA INC ↗
- Who funds LOWELL OBSERVATORY ↗
- Who funds MOUNTAIN HOME MONTANA INC ↗
- Who funds MONTANA PEDIATRICS ↗
- Who funds MONTANA NONPROFIT ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds BEARTOOTH BILLINGS CLINIC FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THRIVE INC ↗
- Who funds CHILD CARE CONNECTIONS INC ↗
- Who funds MONTANA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CODE GIRLS UNITED ↗
- Who funds HOME RESOURCE INC ↗
- Who funds MAHCHIWMINAHNAHTIK CHIPPEWA AND CREE LANGUAGE REVITALIZATION ↗
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: Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation · Montana Community Foundation Inc · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Otto Bremer Trust · Gianforte Family Charitable Trust · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · Cross Charitable Foundation Attn John R Clark · Treacy Foundation · Town Pump Charitable Foundation · The High Stakes Foundation · Sample Foundation Inc · The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Op & We Edwards Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Op & We Edwards Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Vermont Community Loan Fund: 14% of income from government
How this is measured
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