· Private foundation
The Flathead Beacon Foundation Inc
Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2020
- Under $10k19 grants · $39k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| FLATHEAD VALLEY FOOD BANK | $10,000 |
| KIDSPORTS | $5,500 |
| FLATHEAD YOUTH HOME | $3,500 |
| ABBIE SHELTER | $3,000 |
| SPARROWS NEST | $3,000 |
| KALISPELL REGIONAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION | $2,500 |
| NORTH VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | $2,500 |
| MONTANA FOOD BANK | $2,000 |
| HABITAT FOR HUMANITY | $2,000 |
| NORTH VALLEY FOOD BANK | $2,000 |
| SWING FOR A SISTER | $2,000 |
| SPECIAL FRIENDS ADVOCACY PROGRAM | $2,000 |
| MONTANA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION HOTLINE | $2,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,500 |
| LITERACY VOLUNTEERS OF FLATHEAD COUNTY | $1,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–20, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
20 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2020, 4 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- VFVIOLENCE FREE CRISIS LINE2× · 2017–2018 · $4k · revenue +95%
- FLFLATHEAD LAND TRUST4× · 2017–2020 · $4k · revenue ×18
- MFMONTANA FREE PRESS2× · 2018–2019 · $3k · revenue +635%
Funded once
- KPKALISPELL PUBLIC LIBRARYone grant, 2017 · $6k
- FOFriends of Bigfork Fire Departmentgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $1k · revenue +200%
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.
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.
The montana state parks foundation raises private support to enhance the visitors experience and build advocates for montanas state parks and recreation heritage.
The montana wildlife federation is a statewide conservation organization dedicated to protecting wildlife, wildlife habitat, and public access for outdoor recreation.
To restore, enhance, and preserve Montana's aquatic resources to maximize their ecological function into the future.
To collectively serve as a catalyst for engagement and bonding of people to our wildlife and public lands in montana through a sense of place, education, access, research and stewardship.
The mission of the montana land reliance (mlr) is to partner with landowners to provide permanent protection for private lands that are significant for agricultural production, fish and wildlife habitat, and open space.
Logan health whitefish is a 501(c)(3), non-profit community critical access hospital located in whitefish, montana. the hospital and its outreach clinics serve flathead and lincoln counties, providing emergency care, acute and critical…
The Flathead Food Bank strives to elimnate hunger in the Flathead Valley through collaborative partnerships creating effective solutions to connect and strengthen individuals, families and the community through access to healthy nutritious…
To promote public policy solutions that provide increased access to economic opportunities, greater individual freedoms and encourage greater participation in public matters by providing research and recommendation on public policy
The mblc exists to encourage and enact business-friendly policies that create good-paying jobs and make montana a better place to live. the primary purpose of the mblc is to educate the public on important business issues, enable citizens…
How this is measured
12 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. 12 of the 26 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 KIDSPORTS ↗
- Who funds NORTH VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MONTANA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION HOTLINE INC ↗
- Who funds VIOLENCE FREE CRISIS LINE ↗
- Who funds FLATHEAD LAND TRUST ↗
- Who funds MONTANA FREE PRESS ↗
- Who funds KALISPELL REGIONAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds WHITEFISH LEGACY PARTNERS INC ↗
- Who funds NORTH VALLEY FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds MONTANA FOOD BANK NETWORK INC ↗
- Who funds MY GLACIER VILLAGE ↗
- Who funds Friends of Bigfork Fire Department ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Whitefish Community Foundation Inc · Roundup for Safety Inc · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · The Angora Ridge Foundation · The High Stakes Foundation · Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Flathead Beacon Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Flathead Beacon Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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