Montana · Private foundation
Star Peak Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $74k
- Granted FY2023
- 6
- Grants FY2023
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
92% of Star Peak Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Montana Community Foundation Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 1 organization directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Star Peak Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 6 organizations, $74k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $12,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 9
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 2
- Total assets, FY2023
- $2.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Star Peak Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 55% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 45% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $41k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 6 | $74k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $86k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $64k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $48k | 78% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $30k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $16k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $16k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Food Bank Network Inc | $61,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Sanders Co Coalition For Families | $27,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Ethan Murray Fund Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kaniksu Land Trust Inc | $22,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Community Cancer Services Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Cancer Network of Sanders County | $20,000 | 1 | 19% |
| Project Ascent | $16,000 | 1 | 43% |
| Bonner Community Food Center Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Lower Clark Fork Watershed Group | $15,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Rock Creek Alliance Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 18% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Food Bank Network Inc | $61,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Sanders Co Coalition For Families | $27,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Ethan Murray Fund Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kaniksu Land Trust Inc | $22,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Community Cancer Services Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Cancer Network of Sanders County | $20,000 | 1 | 19% |
| Project Ascent | $16,000 | 1 | 43% |
| Bonner Community Food Center Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Lower Clark Fork Watershed Group | $15,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Rock Creek Alliance Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 18% |
| Bonner County Homeless Task Force | $15,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Clark Fork Coalition | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Heron Community Center Inc | $14,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Food for Our Children Inc | $10,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Friends of Cathy | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sandpoint Area Seniors Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Heron District Senior Citizens Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Paradise Center | $4,500 | 1 | 4% |
| The Montana Land Reliance | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($27k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Star Peak Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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.
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How this is measured
About Star Peak Foundation
- How much does Star Peak Foundation give?
- Star Peak Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $74,000 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Star Peak Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (39%), Food & Nutrition (17%), Human Services (13%).
- Who are Star Peak Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Montana Food Bank Network Inc ($61k), Sanders Co Coalition For Families ($27k), Ethan Murray Fund Inc ($25k).
- Does Star Peak Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Star Peak Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Star Peak Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Avista Foundation, Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation, Equinox Foundation Inc.
- Where is Star Peak Foundation based?
- Star Peak Foundation is based in MT.
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