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Sands Memorial Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$116k
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$16k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Animals$838kHealth$15kFood & Nutrition$10k
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k13 grants · $69k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $47k
$6,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$3.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BUTTE SPAYNEUTER TASK FORCE$16,000
SPAY MONTANA$11,000
PINTLER PETS$10,000
THE DEDMAN FOUNDATION$10,000
LEWIS AND CLARK HUMANE SOCIETY$8,000
HELENA AREA FRIENDS OF PETS$8,000
Individual grant recipient$8,000
KOOTENAI PETS FOR LIFE$7,000
SPAY NEUTER PROJECT OF PARK COUNTY$6,000
QUAILWINGS RESCUE$5,000
BEARTOOTH HUMANE ALLIANCE$5,000
PET PAW-SEE$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
LIFE SAVERS ANIMAL RESCUES$3,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 65% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WILD ABOUT CATS: $10k → 8%HELENA AREA FRIENDS OF PETS: $10k → 9%BEARTOOTH HUMANE ALLIANCE: $5k → 9%SPAY NEUTER PROJECT OF PARK COUNTY: $6k → 10%BEAVERHEAD ANIMAL SHELTER: $7k → 12%PINTLER PETS: $10k → 14%REZQ DOGS: $5k → 15%THE DEDMAN FOUNDATION: $10k → 16%PAWS ORGANIZATION: $10k → 17%KOOTENAI PETS FOR LIFE: $7k → 17%LIFE SAVERS ANIMAL RESCUES: $5k → 18%FRIENDS OF HAVRE ANIMAL SHELTER: $8k → 18%QUAILWINGS RESCUE: $5k → 26%WILD ABOUT CATS: $5k → 8%HELENA AREA FRIENDS OF PETS: $8k → 9%SPAY NEUTER PROJECT OF PARK COUNTY: $5k → 10%BEAVERHEAD ANIMAL SHELTER: $7k → 12%PINTLER PETS: $10k → 14%REZQ DOGS: $5k → 15%THE DEDMAN FOUNDATION: $10k → 16%PAWS ORGANIZATION: $8k → 17%KOOTENAI PETS FOR LIFE: $7k → 17%LIFE SAVERS ANIMAL RESCUES: $5k → 18%FRIENDS OF THE HAVRE ANIMAL SHELTER: $6k → 18%QUAILWINGS RESCUE: $5k → 26%WILD ABOUT CATS: $5k → 8%HELENA AREA FRIENDS OF PETS: $8k → 9%SPAY NEUTER PROJECT OF PARK COUNTY: $5k → 10%BEAVERHEAD ANIMAL SHELTER: $7k → 12%PINTLER PETS: $10k → 14%PAWS ORGANIZATION: $6k → 17%KOOTENAI PETS FOR LIFE: $5k → 17%LIFE SAVERS ANIMAL RESCUES: $5k → 18%FRIENDS OF THE HAVRE ANIMAL SHELTER: $6k → 18%QUAILWINGS RESCUE: $5k → 26%WILD ABOUT CATS: $5k → 8%HELENA AREA FRIENDS OF PETS: $8k → 9%SPAY NEUTER PROJECT OF PARK COUNTY: $5k → 10%PINTLER PETS: $10k → 14%PAWS ORGANIZATION: $6k → 17%HELENA AREA FRIENDS OF PETS: $8k → 9%PINTLER PETS: $10k → 14%HELENA AREA FRIENDS OF PETS: $7k → 9%PINTLER PETS: $10k → 14%ARLEE REHABILITATION CENTER: $10k → 9%PINTLER PETS: $10k → 14%PINTLER PETS: $8k → 14%PINTLER PETS: $8k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$859k · 27 repeat orgs$5k to everyone else

27 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
1

Total granted

$859k
$5k

Still filing today

59%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsHealthOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • PP
    PINTLER PETS
    9× · 2017–2025 · $86k · revenue +19%
  • HA
    Helena Area Friends of Pets
    9× · 2017–2025 · $63k · revenue +46% · 56% of their budget
  • LA
    LEWIS AND CLARK HUMANE SOCIETY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $57k · revenue +62%

Funded once

  • SG
    SWEET GRASS ANIMAL COALITION
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Safe Haven Inc
Animals
2
Paws and Claws Animal Shelter
Animals
3
Pound Pets Inc

Animal Rescue - finding homes for abandoned animals in Granite City, spaying and neutering stray animals and feral cats

Animals
4
Mineral County Humane Society Inc

rescue-spay-neuter and adopt into forever homes

Animals
5
Hope Fur Paws Rescue

To help injured, abandoned and unwanted animals. We provide food, vet care that includes heartworm prevention and spay or neuter services, shelter and anything else needed.

Animals
6
Idaho Animal Rescue Network

Idaho Animal Rescue Network is a 501(c)(3) non-profit based in Idaho that works in Idaho and Eastern Washington to educate, advocate, and network with other rescues and law enforcement in Idaho regarding animal cruelty and neglect. We are…

Animals
7
Pleasants County Humane Society Inc

Shelter & loving care for strays

Recreation & Sports
8
Golden Ark

homeless animal shelter

Animals
9
Platte Ranch Forever Home Sanctuary
Animals
10
Claws and Paws for a Cause

For our community we provide high quality low cost spay and neuter services as well as low cost vaccinations. we do have programs that allows us to help the families that have pets but are in financial strain and not able to have their…

Religion
11
Pets Without Partners

Find homes for homeless/abandoned dogs. Provide full vet car and housing while awaiting adoption,

Animals
12
Animal Humane Assoc of Star Valley

charitable public benefit

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Humane Society of Nw Montana; the most unlike its peers is Beaverhead Animal Shelter. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

17 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. 17 of the 28 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/17
Grantees still filing
15/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PINTLER PETS: $86,000 · AnimalsPINTLER PETSHelena Area Friends of Pets: $62,500 · AnimalsHelena Area Friends of PetsLEWIS AND CLARK HUMANE SOCIETY: $56,900 · AnimalsLEWIS AND CLARK HUMANE SOCIETYKOOTENAI PETS FOR LIFE: $47,000 · AnimalsKOOTENAI PETS FOR LIFESpay Montana: $44,600 · AnimalsSpay MontanaSPAY NEUTER PROJECT OF PARK COUNTY: $43,000 · AnimalsSPAY NEUTER PROJECT OF PARK COUNTYLIFE SAVERS ANIMAL RESCUE: $33,000 · AnimalsLIFE SAVERS ANIMAL RESCUEBeaverhead Animal Shelter: $32,500 · AnimalsBeaverhead Animal ShelterTHE DEDMAN FOUNDATION: $25,500 · AnimalsPet Paw-See Inc: $18,000 · Animals+6 more: $64,400 · Animals+6 moreBUTTE SPAYNEUTER TASK FORCE: $115,500 · OtherBUTTE SPAYNEUTER TASK FORCEIndividual grant recipient: $54,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $41,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientQUAILWINGS RESCUE: $23,000 · OtherQUAILWINGS RESCUEFRIENDS OF THE HAVRE ANIMAL SHELTER: $22,100 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE HAVRE ANIMAL SHELTERFRIENDS OF HAVRE ANIMAL SHELTER: $13,000 · Other+4 more: $16,000 · OtherARLEE REHABILITATION CENTER: $15,000 · Health
Animals$513,400Other$335,100Health$15,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPINTLER PETS: $86,000 over 9y, 7.2% of budgetHelena Area Friends of Pets: $62,500 over 9y, 56% of budgetLEWIS AND CLARK HUMANE SOCIETY: $56,900 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetKOOTENAI PETS FOR LIFE: $47,000 over 9y, 7.7% of budgetSpay Montana: $44,600 over 6y, 3.0% of budgetSPAY NEUTER PROJECT OF PARK COUNTY: $43,000 over 9y, 20% of budgetLIFE SAVERS ANIMAL RESCUE: $33,000 over 9y, 5.2% of budgetBeaverhead Animal Shelter: $32,500 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetTHE DEDMAN FOUNDATION: $25,500 over 4y, 3.9% of budgetPet Paw-See Inc: $18,000 over 9y, 1.9% of budgetKITTY KEEPERS INC: $15,800 over 4y, 21% of budgetARLEE REHABILITATION CENTER: $15,000 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetREZQ DOGS: $12,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF NW MONTANA: $11,500 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetBEARTOOTH HUMANE ALLIANCE: $11,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetANIMEALS: $10,100 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF WESTERN MONTANA: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budget
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 PINTLER PETS ↗
  • Who funds Helena Area Friends of Pets ↗
  • Who funds LEWIS AND CLARK HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds KOOTENAI PETS FOR LIFE ↗
  • Who funds Spay Montana ↗
  • Who funds SPAY NEUTER PROJECT OF PARK COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds LIFE SAVERS ANIMAL RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds Beaverhead Animal Shelter ↗
  • Who funds THE DEDMAN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Pet Paw-See Inc ↗
  • Who funds KITTY KEEPERS INC ↗
  • Who funds ARLEE REHABILITATION CENTER ↗
  • Who funds REZQ DOGS ↗
  • Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF NW MONTANA ↗
  • Who funds BEARTOOTH HUMANE ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds ANIMEALS ↗
  • Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF WESTERN MONTANA ↗

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.

First Interstate Banc…Morgan Family Foundat…Montana Community Fou…Pedigree FoundationHumane World for Anim…The Duffield Family F…Edward Jones Foundati…Network for GoodPaypal Charitable Giv…Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile FoundationFidelity Investments …
First Interstate BancSystem Foundation IncMT18.2× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Morgan Family Foundation Inc · Montana Community Foundation Inc · Pedigree Foundation · Humane World for Animals Inc · The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's Fund · Edward Jones Foundation · Network for Good · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Sands Memorial Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sands Memorial Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2023
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Sands Memorial Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Sands Memorial Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 28 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-PF 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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