Wyoming · Private foundation
Plank Stewardship Initiative
We work to enhance the capabilities and livelihoods of those who manage and care for land and water in the northern great plains. Psi connects people and communities to resources, information, and expertise to help improve hands-on natural resource stewardship. We will accomplish our mission through 4 primary initiatives: on-the-ground…
- $279k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 63%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $11,350
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $62,750
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 16
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.3M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 63% of the organizations Plank Stewardship Initiative funded were first-time grantees, receiving 51% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 49% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $145k 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 | 15 | $284k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $287k | 63% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $161k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $32k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $30k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $35k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women in Ranching Inc | $117,850 | 3 | 6% |
| Quivira Coalition Inc | $94,700 | 3 | 2% |
| The Montana Land Reliance | $75,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Intertribal Agriculture Council | $74,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Winnett Aces Inc | $52,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Wyoming Stock Growers Endowment Trust | $27,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Wyoming Farm Bureau Foundation | $18,800 | 3 | n/a |
| Wyoming Stock Growers Land Trust | $10,988 | 3 | 0% |
| Sheridan Community Land Trust | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Hopa Mountain Inc | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women in Ranching Inc | $117,850 | 3 | 6% |
| Quivira Coalition Inc | $94,700 | 3 | 2% |
| The Montana Land Reliance | $75,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Intertribal Agriculture Council | $74,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Winnett Aces Inc | $52,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Wyoming Stock Growers Endowment Trust | $27,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Wyoming Farm Bureau Foundation | $18,800 | 3 | n/a |
| Wyoming Stock Growers Land Trust | $10,988 | 3 | 0% |
| Sheridan Community Land Trust | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Hopa Mountain Inc | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ranchers Stewardship Alliance | $3,866 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($335k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Plank Stewardship Initiative 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 High Stakes Foundation · The Nature Conservancy · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Plank Stewardship Initiative
- How much does Plank Stewardship Initiative give?
- Plank Stewardship Initiative reported 15 grants totaling $278,961 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 16 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Plank Stewardship Initiative fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (56%), Food & Nutrition (24%), Human Services (14%).
- Who are Plank Stewardship Initiative's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Women in Ranching Inc ($118k), Quivira Coalition Inc ($95k), The Montana Land Reliance ($75k).
- Does Plank Stewardship Initiative fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 63% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Plank Stewardship Initiative accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Plank Stewardship Initiative?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The High Stakes Foundation, The Nature Conservancy, First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc.
- Where is Plank Stewardship Initiative based?
- Plank Stewardship Initiative is based in WY.
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