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Spanish Peaks Community Foundation

The SPANISH PEAKS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION strategically directs the generous contributions of spanish peaks mountain club members to meet the needs and support the quality of life of those living and working in the big sky community.

$1.4M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
26
Grants FY2025
24
Organizations funded FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$30,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$251,320
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$1.2M
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2024 to 2025.

Recreation & Sports$709kHealth$295kEducation$274kEnvironment$263kHousing & Shelter$210kPhilanthropy$196kArts & Culture$191kHuman Services$130kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2024 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Big Sky Community Organization$426,32025%
Big Sky School District$290,0002n/a
Gallatin River Task Force$250,00029%
Wellness in Action$215,000216%
Big Sky Community Housing Trust Bscht$200,00022%
Greater Gallatin United Way Inc$175,00024%
Arts Council of Big Sky$85,00021%
Human Resource Development Council of District IX Inc$73,80020%
Morningstar Learning Center Inc$70,00024%
Friends of Big Sky Education$64,50023%
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All grantees of Spanish Peaks Community Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Big Sky Community Organization$426,32025%
Big Sky School District$290,0002n/a
Gallatin River Task Force$250,00029%
Wellness in Action$215,000216%
Big Sky Community Housing Trust Bscht$200,00022%
Greater Gallatin United Way Inc$175,00024%
Arts Council of Big Sky$85,00021%
Human Resource Development Council of District IX Inc$73,80020%
Morningstar Learning Center Inc$70,00024%
Friends of Big Sky Education$64,50023%
Big Sky Ski Education Foundation$56,00022%
Eagle Mount$50,00021%
Bienvenidos a Gallatin Valley$40,000213%
Gallatin River Child Care$40,0001n/a
Bridgercare$40,00020%
Big Sky Rotary Foundation$40,000218%
Dirt Concern - Southwest Montana Mountain Bike Association$37,50015%
Child Care Connections Inc$30,00012%
Big Opportunities$30,000122%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Big Sky Country$30,00013%
Sixdegrees$25,0001n/a
BIG SKY DISCOVERY SCHOOL INC dba BIG SKY DISCOVERY ACADEMY$20,00021%
Friends of Montana Shakespeare in the Parks$18,00021%
Friends of the Big Sky Community Library$17,00027%
Grow Wild Inc$12,50014%
Mt64 Hockey Association Inc$10,000137%
Northern Rocky Mountain Economic Development District$10,00011%
Family Promise of Gallatin Valley Inc$10,00010%
Big Sky Community School$10,0001n/a
Big Sky Biggie$9,4591n/a
Big Sky Search and Rescue Inc$9,4001n/a

Where it is load-bearing

Spanish Peaks Community Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 25 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBig Sky Community Organization: $426,320 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetGallatin River Task Force: $250,000 over 2y, 9.2% of budgetWellness in Action: $215,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetBig Sky Community Housing Trust Bscht: $200,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetGreater Gallatin United Way Inc: $175,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetArts Council of Big Sky: $85,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetHuman Resource Development Council of District IX Inc: $73,800 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMorningstar Learning Center Inc: $70,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetFriends of Big Sky Education: $64,500 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetBig Sky Ski Education Foundation: $56,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetEagle Mount: $50,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetBienvenidos a Gallatin Valley: $40,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetBridgercare: $40,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBig Sky Rotary Foundation: $40,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetDirt Concern - Southwest Montana Mountain Bike Association: $37,500 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetChild Care Connections Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetBig Opportunities: $30,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Big Sky Country: $30,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetBIG SKY DISCOVERY SCHOOL INC dba BIG SKY DISCOVERY ACADEMY: $20,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetFriends of Montana Shakespeare in the Parks: $18,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetFriends of the Big Sky Community Library: $17,000 over 2y, 6.8% of budgetGrow Wild Inc: $12,500 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetMt64 Hockey Association Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 37% of budgetNorthern Rocky Mountain Economic Development District: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetFamily Promise of Gallatin Valley Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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 25.

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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.

Yellowstone Club Comm…Moonlight Community F…One Valley Community …Montana Community Fou…Knight Foundation CO …The Rieschel Foundati…Dennis & Phyllis Wash…Michael D Arneson and…Greater Gallatin Unit…Prometheus Charitable…Otto Bremer TrustBozeman Deaconess Hea…
Yellowstone Club Community FoundationMT53.8× affinity23 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Yellowstone Club Community Foundation · Moonlight Community Foundation · One Valley Community Foundation · Montana Community Foundation Inc · Knight Foundation CO M Scholz · The Rieschel Foundation · Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation · Michael D Arneson and Susan H Arneson · Greater Gallatin United Way Inc · Prometheus Charitable Trust · Otto Bremer Trust · Bozeman Deaconess Health Services

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 Spanish Peaks Community Foundation

How much does Spanish Peaks Community Foundation give?
Spanish Peaks Community Foundation reported 26 grants totaling $1,371,420 in its FY2025 IRS filing.
What does Spanish Peaks Community Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2024 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (29%), Health (12%), Education (11%).
Who are Spanish Peaks Community Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2024 to FY2025: Big Sky Community Organization ($426k), Big Sky School District ($290k), Gallatin River Task Force ($250k).
Which funders back the same organizations as Spanish Peaks Community Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Yellowstone Club Community Foundation, Moonlight Community Foundation, One Valley Community Foundation.
Where is Spanish Peaks Community Foundation based?
Spanish Peaks 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 32 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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