Montana · Public charity
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Inc
The mission of the rocky mountain elk foundation (rmef) is to ensure the future of elk, other wildlife, their habitat and our hunting heritage. Our mission includes four core programs; land protection and access, hunting heritage, habitat stewardship and wildlife management.
- $9.2M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 112
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 93
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 45%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $8.4M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $13,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,693,707
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 93
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 27
- Total assets, FY2024
- $152M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 45% of the organizations Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $926k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
EnvironmentAnimalsRecreation & SportsEducationYouth DevelopmentPublic BenefitOther
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 year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 108 | $8.4M | 49% |
| FY2023 | 93 | $4.8M | 45% |
| FY2022 | 62 | $3.8M | 35% |
| FY2021 | 61 | $4.0M | 38% |
| FY2020 | 75 | $3.9M | 52% |
| FY2019 | 91 | $4.4M | 96% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $1.6M | 50% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $1.0M | n/a |
100% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Environment$23MAnimals$6.3MRecreation & Sports$2.0MScience & Tech$402kHuman Services$160kYouth Development$153kPublic Benefit$106kReligion$39kOther$0
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
AK
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AZ
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NC
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OK
GA
TX
FL
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agricultural Research Service (Usda) | $7,629,737 | 8 | n/a |
| State of Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development | $2,299,576 | 4 | n/a |
| Bureau of Land Managment | $1,636,327 | 8 | n/a |
| Pennsylvania Game Commission | $1,012,224 | 3 | n/a |
| Colorado Energy Office | $947,973 | 6 | n/a |
| Wyoming Game & Fish Department | $946,335 | 7 | n/a |
| Department of Public Health & Human Services | $796,965 | 6 | n/a |
| Illinois Conservation Foundation | $775,000 | 6 | 21% |
| Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | $765,663 | 5 | n/a |
| University of Wyoming | $759,359 | 6 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agricultural Research Service (Usda) | $7,629,737 | 8 | n/a |
| State of Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development | $2,299,576 | 4 | n/a |
| Bureau of Land Managment | $1,636,327 | 8 | n/a |
| Pennsylvania Game Commission | $1,012,224 | 3 | n/a |
| Colorado Energy Office | $947,973 | 6 | n/a |
| Wyoming Game & Fish Department | $946,335 | 7 | n/a |
| Department of Public Health & Human Services | $796,965 | 6 | n/a |
| Illinois Conservation Foundation | $775,000 | 6 | 21% |
| Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | $765,663 | 5 | n/a |
| University of Wyoming | $759,359 | 6 | n/a |
| Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation | $612,500 | 5 | 4% |
| Nevada Wildlife Record Book | $606,275 | 3 | n/a |
| The University of Montana | $589,231 | 4 | n/a |
| Wildlife Management Institute Inc | $505,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Tennessee Wildlife Resources Foundation Inc | $491,282 | 3 | 3% |
| South Dakota State University | $437,408 | 4 | n/a |
| Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife | $422,131 | 4 | n/a |
| Commonwealth of Kentucky | $405,522 | 3 | n/a |
| First Hunt Foundation Inc | $397,653 | 6 | 62% |
| Pheasants Forever Inc | $383,393 | 4 | 0% |
| One Montana | $375,000 | 6 | 26% |
| Swva Sportsmen Inc | $301,069 | 6 | 32% |
| Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies | $300,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Coloradans Protecting Wildlife | $282,500 | 1 | 36% |
| State of Arizona | $274,545 | 3 | n/a |
| Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife | $260,451 | 6 | n/a |
| Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy | $250,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Idaho Department of Fish & Game | $222,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Washington Dept Of Fish & Wildlife | $222,170 | 3 | n/a |
| Arizona Big Game Super Raffle Inc Dba Conservation First USA | $211,919 | 3 | 16% |
| Ruffed Grouse Society | $202,425 | 2 | 2% |
| The United States Sportsmen's Alliance Foundation Inc | $145,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Regents of the University of California at Berkeley | $144,006 | 3 | n/a |
| Asotin County Conservation District | $138,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District | $124,700 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Wisconsin | $124,613 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Kentucky Research Foundation | $117,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Raised at Full Draw | $113,500 | 4 | 21% |
| The State of West Virginia | $113,000 | 4 | n/a |
| National Wild Turkey Federation Inc | $112,532 | 3 | 0% |
| Babbitt Ranches LLC | $109,870 | 1 | n/a |
| California Department of Fish and Game | $106,352 | 3 | n/a |
| Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation | $105,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Responsive Management | $105,048 | 1 | n/a |
| Minnesota Zoo | $103,955 | 5 | n/a |
| Nc Wildlife Resource Commission | $103,793 | 3 | n/a |
| Washington State University Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Perrin Ranch LLC | $90,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Pennsylvania Game Commission | $88,239 | 3 | n/a |
| Oregon Wildlife Heritage Foundation | $80,000 | 1 | 2% |
| National Mall and Memorial Parks | $78,345 | 2 | n/a |
| Backcountry Horsemen of California Inc - State Filing | $77,571 | 2 | 49% |
| Nevada Department of Health and Human Services | $75,642 | 2 | n/a |
| Colorado Department of Transportation | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Coos County Oregon | $73,386 | 1 | n/a |
| Arkansas Game and Fish Foundation | $73,297 | 5 | 1% |
| National Park Service | $72,186 | 1 | n/a |
| National Forest Foundation | $68,855 | 3 | 0% |
| Pass It on - Outdoor Mentors Inc | $68,750 | 5 | 5% |
| Colorado State University | $62,343 | 4 | n/a |
| Hands of a Sportsman Inc | $62,204 | 6 | 13% |
| Skamania County | $59,342 | 4 | n/a |
| Jackson County Department of Health and Human Services | $58,848 | 3 | n/a |
| Integral Ecology Research Center | $55,847 | 1 | 5% |
| Stillwater Valley Watershed Council | $55,390 | 6 | 9% |
| Flying M Ranch LLP | $51,129 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Washington | $51,058 | 3 | n/a |
| The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tacoma Sportsman's Club Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Mule Deer Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Platte River Basin Environments In | $50,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Plumas Corporation | $49,433 | 2 | n/a |
| Buffalo Bill Memorial Association | $47,718 | 1 | 0% |
| Wyoming Disabled Hunters Inc | $47,566 | 5 | 21% |
| Asotin County Sheriffs Office | $46,500 | 2 | n/a |
| PA Dept Conservation & Natural Resources | $46,380 | 2 | n/a |
| University of California Davis | $46,339 | 1 | n/a |
| Lightning Bolt Cattle Company | $45,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Larimer Conservation District | $45,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Foundation for Tx Wildlife | $44,882 | 5 | 1% |
| Butte Swcd | $43,746 | 2 | n/a |
| Vesey Ranch | $43,722 | 1 | n/a |
| Heart of the Rockies Initiative | $42,786 | 2 | 2% |
| Union County Clerk | $42,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Michigan Dep of Health & Human Services | $42,052 | 2 | n/a |
| Wildlife Ecology Institute | $41,444 | 1 | 39% |
| Morrow Soil & Water Conservation District | $40,807 | 3 | n/a |
| Property and Environment Research Center | $40,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Fort Riley Military Reservation | $39,770 | 4 | n/a |
| Riggs Ecological Research | $36,087 | 1 | n/a |
| Tri-County Cooperative Weed Mgmt Area | $32,200 | 1 | n/a |
| State of Tennessee | $31,790 | 2 | n/a |
| Ebci Division of Commerce | $31,353 | 3 | n/a |
| Yuma Young Guns | $30,800 | 5 | n/a |
| Chelan County | $30,053 | 4 | n/a |
| Cross the Divide | $30,045 | 3 | 6% |
| Latah Soil and Water Conservation District | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Montana State University Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Santa Clara Valley Habitat Agency | $29,993 | 1 | n/a |
| Nebraska Game and Parks Commission | $29,080 | 1 | n/a |
| Idols Aside Ministries Inc | $28,840 | 1 | 3% |
| Warriors & Quiet Waters Foundation Inc | $28,416 | 1 | 0% |
| White Mountain Clay Busters | $28,400 | 4 | n/a |
| Wallowa Resources Inc | $27,028 | 2 | 1% |
| Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs | $27,000 | 1 | n/a |
| International Hunter Education Association | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Wyldlife Fund | $22,959 | 3 | 1% |
| University of Wisconsin Madison | $22,878 | 2 | n/a |
| Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation | $22,808 | 1 | 2% |
| Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation | $22,343 | 1 | n/a |
| Washington State Youth Conservation Camps | $22,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Cavalier County Weed Board | $21,669 | 2 | n/a |
| Beaverhead Watershed Committeeconservation District | $21,183 | 1 | n/a |
| Iup Research Institute | $20,274 | 1 | 0% |
| Gaines & Associates | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Michigan California Timber Company | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Buffalo Bill Center of the West | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cutting Fences Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Sylva Ranch | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pennington County Treasurer | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Idaho Public Television | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cowlitz County Health Department | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Outdoors For Our Heroes | $20,000 | 2 | 4% |
| The CHFC Foundation | $19,600 | 3 | 56% |
| Hellgate Hunters and Anglers | $19,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rocky Mountain Wild | $18,731 | 1 | 2% |
| Efm Investments and Advisory | $18,650 | 1 | n/a |
| New Mexico State University | $18,455 | 1 | n/a |
| Lahontan Valley Claybreakers | $17,100 | 2 | n/a |
| Archers USA Foundation | $16,787 | 1 | 6% |
| University of Texas | $16,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Clements Boys & Girls Club | $16,239 | 2 | 0% |
| Price County Health and Human Services Department | $16,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Rio Salado Target Terminators | $16,100 | 2 | 9% |
| California Waterfowl Association | $15,969 | 2 | 0% |
| Broadwater Conservation District | $15,350 | 1 | n/a |
| Clark Fork Coalition | $15,100 | 1 | 1% |
| Big Hole Watershed Committee Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Knight Ranches | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Maison T Ortiz Youth Outdoor Skills Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Cowlitz County Pud | $13,735 | 2 | n/a |
| Kelso School District | $13,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Mayville Friends of Camp Inc | $13,300 | 2 | n/a |
| Hunting With Heroes Inc | $13,250 | 2 | n/a |
| Burleson County Youth Development Inc | $13,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Shasta Mountain Archers | $12,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Crook County Natural Resource District | $12,518 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of the Parrie Haynes Ranch | $12,500 | 1 | 42% |
| Hot Springs County 4-H Shooting Sports | $12,165 | 2 | n/a |
| Black Hills Area Council | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New Mexico Highlands University | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| US Fish & Wildlife Service | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Youth Outdoors Unlimited | $11,500 | 1 | 6% |
| Boone and Crockett Club Foundation Inc | $11,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Hometown Hero Outdoors | $11,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Adena Local School District | $11,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Scott River Watershed Council | $10,752 | 1 | 1% |
| Jack Creek Preserve Foundation Inc | $10,597 | 1 | 2% |
| Palouse Rock Lake Conservation District | $10,465 | 1 | n/a |
| Brothers-Sisters of Our Military Adventures | $10,215 | 2 | 4% |
| Lewis & Clark County 4-H Foundation Inc | $10,070 | 1 | 10% |
| Oregon State University Foundation | $10,044 | 1 | 0% |
| Monument View Bible Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Montanas Outdoor Legacy Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Wyoming Wild Sheep Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| National Wildlife Federation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Montana Wilderness School | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Scholastic Archery Association Corporation | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| New Mexico Early Childhood Education and Care Department | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Willow Creek Outdoorz | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Coloradans for Responible Wildlife Management | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| State Of Alaska | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Christian Outdoor Ministry Experience Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Nevada Section Society for Range Management | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Teton County Weed & Pest District | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Idaho Department of Fish & Game | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Montana Outfitters and Guides Education Institute | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Nevada Muley's | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Montana Conservation Fund | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Fathers in the Field | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Huntington Local Board of Education | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Conservation Nw | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hunt With Heart Incorporated | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| McKenzie County Sportsmans Club | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Friends of Great Smoky Mountains National Park | $9,928 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Makoshika | $9,825 | 1 | n/a |
| Sawyer Memorial Park Trust Inc | $9,733 | 1 | n/a |
| Northwest Youth Corps | $9,613 | 1 | 0% |
| North Posey High School | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lemon Grove Rod & Gun Club | $9,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Montana State University | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sierra Madre Cattle Company | $8,620 | 1 | n/a |
| Fort Hunter Liggett Military Reservation | $8,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Tuscarawas Valley Local School District | $8,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Coulter Ranch | $8,466 | 1 | n/a |
| Carbon County Fire Department | $8,106 | 1 | n/a |
| University of California- Davis | $8,028 | 1 | n/a |
| Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Foundation | $8,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Coal Country Clay Crushers Inc | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New Mexico Highlands University Foundation Inc | $7,800 | 1 | 0% |
| White Mountain Clay Targets Club Inc | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| National Parks Conservation Association | $7,401 | 1 | 0% |
| Fall River Resource Conservation District | $7,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Nature and Community | $7,323 | 1 | n/a |
| Oregon 4-H Foundation | $7,050 | 1 | n/a |
| South Dakota Parks and Wildlife Foundation | $7,050 | 1 | 1% |
| Nueces Canyon Consolidated Isd | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Falcon Foundation | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Richard Dahm | $6,900 | 1 | n/a |
| Miners Outdoor Club Clay Target Team | $6,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Fremont FFA Alumni and Supporters | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Parks and Wildlife Foundation of Texas | $6,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Wyoming State 4-H Foundation | $6,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Southwest Wildlife Foundation | $6,500 | 1 | 7% |
| Wickenburg Christian Academy Inc | $6,450 | 1 | 0% |
| Washington Wildlife Federation | $6,290 | 1 | 2% |
| Parent Booster USA Inc | $6,275 | 1 | n/a |
| Boy Scouts of America Golden Empire Council | $6,070 | 1 | 0% |
| Yreka Union High School | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mayville School District | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Schreiner University | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Eastbrook Community Schools | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| California Inland Empire Council | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Operation Game Thief | $6,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Chimineas Ranch Foundation | $5,995 | 1 | 8% |
| Del Oro Parents Club | $5,924 | 1 | 7% |
| Carson Valley Youth Shooting Sports | $5,913 | 1 | n/a |
| Preston Ranch | $5,759 | 1 | n/a |
| Walama Restoration Project | $5,525 | 1 | 2% |
| Connell Gun Club Inc | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Feeding Texas | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Boy Scouts of America Chester County Council | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Western Montana Fish & Game Assocication | $5,428 | 1 | n/a |
| San Diego-Imperial Council Boy Scouts of America | $5,145 | 1 | 0% |
| Heart of Oregon Corps Inc | $5,102 | 1 | 0% |
| Monterey Bay Youth Outdoor Day | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hoosiers Feeding the Hungry Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| International Wildlife Crimestoppers Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Haywood County Tourism | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Centralia Rifle Club and Jr Division | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Beaverhead County Weed District | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| National 4h Shooting Sports | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Salmon for Soldiers | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Medix Run Enterprizes Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| National Conservation Leadership Institute Ltd | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kamiakin Roving Archers | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($356k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 8 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 102 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 102.
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.
National Fish and Wildlife FoundationDC44.9× affinity42 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund · NRA Foundation Inc · The Nature Conservancy · National Forest Foundation · Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation · Cabelas Outdoor Fund · Safari Club International Foundation · Investor Protection Trust · Resources Legacy Fund · Midway USA Foundation Inc · Whitetails Unlimited Inc
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.
About Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Inc
- How much does Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Inc give?
- Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Inc reported 112 itemized grants totaling $8,411,536, out of $9,219,469 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 93 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (71%), Animals (20%), Recreation & Sports (6%).
- Who are Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Agricultural Research Service (Usda) ($7.6M), State of Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development ($2.3M), Bureau of Land Managment ($1.6M).
- Does Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 45% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund, NRA Foundation Inc.
- Where is Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Inc based?
- Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Inc is based in MT.
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