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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 FY2025still arriving
26
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$251k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% 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
02FY2025 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $26k
  • $10k–50k17 grants · $407k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $685k
  • $250k+1 grant · $251k
$30,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BIG SKY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION$251,320
GALLATIN RIVER TASK FORCE$180,000
BIG SKY SCHOOL DISTRICT #72$170,000
GREATER GALLATIN UNITED WAY$125,000
WELLNESS IN ACTION$110,000
BIG SKY COMMUNITY HOUSING TRUST$100,000
BIG SKY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK-HRDC OF DISTRICT IX INC$48,800
ARTS COUNCIL OF BIG SKY$45,000
GALLATIN RIVER CHILD CARE$40,000
DIRT CONCERN DBA SOUTHWEST MONTANA MOUNTAIN BIKE ASSOCIATION$37,500
BIG SKY SKI FOUNDATION$31,000
BRIDGERCARE$30,000
WARREN MILLER PERFORMING ARTS CENTER$30,000
EAGLE MOUNT$25,000
BIENVENIDOS$20,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY24–25, $379k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 5%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 5%BIG SKY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK-HRDC OF DISTRICT IX INC: $49k → 10%WELLNESS IN ACTION: $110k → 10%WELLNESS IN ACTION: $105k → 10%BIG SKY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK-HRDC OF DISTRICT IX INC: $25k → 10%BIENVENIDOS: $20k → 10%BIENVENIDOS: $20k → 10%FAMILY PROMISE OF GALLATIN VALLEY INC: $10k → 10%BIG SKY BANDAGE (FISCALLY SPONSORED BY BIG SKY ROTARY FOUNDATION): $20k → 10%BIG SKY BANDAGE (FISCALLY SPONSORED BY BIG SKY ROTARY FOUNDATION): $20k → 10%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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.1M · 18 repeat orgs$264k to everyone else

18 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
6

Total granted

$2.1M
$137k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
0%

Still filing today

94%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $127k went to new ones.

50%100%’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’24’25
Human ServicesEnvironmentPhilanthropyEducationArts & CultureRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • GG
    GREATER GALLATIN UNITED WAY INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $175k · revenue +20%
  • HR
    HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF DISTRICT IX INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $74k · revenue +4%
  • ML
    MORNINGSTAR LEARNING CENTER INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $70k · revenue +25%

Funded once

  • CC
    CHILD CARE CONNECTIONS INC
    one grant, 2024 · $30k · revenue -63%
  • BO
    BIG OPPORTUNITIES
    one grant, 2024 · $30k · revenue -55%
  • BB
    BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF BIG SKY COUNTRY
    one grant, 2024 · $30k · revenue 0%
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
Scenic Montana Trails
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2
Big Sky Resort Association Inc

Serving as the voice of business, the big sky chamber of commerce champions a healthy economy and works collaboratively with community stakeholders as a conveyor and a catalyst to improve the overall quality of life in the region.

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3
Visit Big Sky

As the community's official destination management and marketing organization, visit big sky leads the development and promotion of authentic tourism experiences through research and stakeholder collaboration to grow big sky's economy…

Community Improvement
4
A Better Big Sky

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,…

Community Improvement
5
The Greater Montana Foundation
Philanthropy
6
Our Big Sky Ranch
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7
Montana Pediatric Cancer Foundation
Philanthropy
8
Big Sky Economic Development Corporation

To promote, stimulate, and advance the general welfare and economic development for billings, yellowstone county, and the state of montana.

Community Improvement
9
Save our Gallatin Front Inc
Environment
10
Big Sky Care Connect

The purposes of the corporation shall be specifically to operate a statewide coordinated health information exchange and related services to enhance clinical care in the community and to improve and promote public health care in the…

Health
11
Bozeman Summit School Inc

Bozeman summit school's mission is to encourage life-long learning by providing a challenging, well-rounded and individualized education based on montessori principles that nuture the developmental needs of all students.

Education
12
Bozeman Youth Cycling

Provides high-quality mountain bike instruction to local youth in Bozeman Montana and supports the expansion of mountain biking opportunities for the community including community events and trail development.

Recreation & Sports
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Friends of Big Sky Education; the most unlike its peers is Dirt Concern - Southwest Montana Mountain Bike Association. 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

26 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. 26 of the 32 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
8/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BIG SKY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION: $426,320 · EnvironmentBIG SKY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONGallatin River Task Force: $250,000 · EnvironmentGallatin River Task Force+1 more: $12,500 · EnvironmentBIG SKY SCHOOL DISTRICT: $290,000 · OtherBIG SKY SCHOOL DISTRICTARTS COUNCIL OF BIG SKY: $85,000 · OtherARTS COUNCIL OF BIG SKYBIG SKY SKI EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $56,000 · OtherBIG SKY SKI EDUCATION FOUNDATIO…GALLATIN RIVER CHILD CARE: $40,000 · OtherGALLATIN RIVER CHILD CAREBRIDGERCARE: $40,000 · OtherBRIDGERCARECHILD CARE CONNECTIONS INC: $30,000 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF BIG SKY COUNTRY: $30,000 · OtherSIXDEGREES: $25,000 · OtherDIRT CONCERN - SOUTHWEST MONTANA MOUNTAIN BIKE ASSOCIATION: $37,500 · OtherDIRT CONCERN - SOUTHWEST MONTAN…+5 more: $48,859 · Other+5 moreWELLNESS IN ACTION: $215,000 · Human ServicesWELLNESS IN ACTIO…HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF DISTRICT IX INC: $73,800 · Human ServicesHUMAN RESOURCE DE…BIENVENIDOS A GALLATIN VALLEY: $40,000 · Human ServicesBIENVENIDOS A GAL…Big Sky Rotary Foundation: $40,000 · Human ServicesBig Sky Rotary Fo…+1 more: $10,000 · Human ServicesGREATER GALLATIN UNITED WAY INC: $175,000 · PhilanthropyGREATER GALLAT…FRIENDS OF BIG SKY EDUCATION: $64,500 · PhilanthropyFRIENDS OF BIG…Eagle Mount: $50,000 · PhilanthropyEagle MountONE VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $31,000 · PhilanthropyONE VALLEY COM…BIG SKY COMMUNITY HOUSING TRUST BSCHT: $200,000 · Housing & ShelterBIG SKY C…MORNINGSTAR LEARNING CENTER INC: $70,000 · EducationBIG SKY DISCOVERY SCHOOL INC dba BIG SKY DISCOVERY ACADEMY: $20,000 · EducationFRIENDS OF THE BIG SKY COMMUNITY LIBRARY: $17,000 · EducationBIG OPPORTUNITIES: $30,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF MONTANA SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARKS: $18,000 · Arts & Culture
Environment$688,820Other$682,359Human Services$378,800Philanthropy$320,500Housing & Shelter$200,000Education$107,000Arts & Culture$48,000

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

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 budgetONE VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $31,000 over 2y, 0.1% 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
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.

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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.

    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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