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The Jesse A Cole MD Charitable Foundation at a glance

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The Jesse A Cole MD Charitable Foundation

Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$36k
Granted FY2020
28
Grants FY2020
4
States reached
$4k
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, FY2017 to 2020.

Health$20kFood & Nutrition$19kRecreation & Sports$12kHousing & Shelter$10kHuman Services$9kArts & Culture$9kPhilanthropy$5kYouth Development$5kOther$0
02FY2020 · 28 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$850
Median grant
4
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BUTTE EMERGENCY FOOD BANK$3,700
BUTTE RESCUE MISSION$3,700
ANACONDA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC$2,350
BUTTE AMATEUR HOCKEY ASSOCIATION$2,000
DEER LODGE FOOD PANTRY$1,700
BEAVERHEAD COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY INC$1,700
COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OF ANACONDA$1,700
ANACONDA MINISTERIAL PROJECT CARE$1,700
JEFFERSON VALLEY MUSEUM INC$1,650
WHITEHALL COMMUNITY CENTERINCORPORATED$1,300
BARRETT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC$1,300
BUTTE KIWANIS SUNSHINE CAMP CORPORATION$1,300
SAFE SPACE INC$1,000
SPECIAL OLYMPICS MONTANA INC$850
BIG BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF BUTTE SILVER BOW INC$850
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 (FY17–20, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%BEAVERHEAD COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY INC: $2k → 12%BEAVERHEAD COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY INC: $1k → 12%BEAVERHEAD COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY INC: $1k → 12%ANACONDA MINISTERIAL PROJECT CARE: $2k → 14%BEAVERHEAD COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY INC: $1k → 12%ACTION INC: $850 → 16%ANACONDA MINISTERIAL PROJECT CARE: $1k → 14%ANACONDA MINISTERIAL PROJECT CARE: $1k → 14%ANACONDA MINISTERIAL PROJECT CARE: $1k → 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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$84k · 27 repeat orgs$5k to everyone else

27 repeat relationships: 24 still active in FY2020, 3 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
1

Total granted

$84k
$500

Still filing today

74%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20
HealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionPhilanthropyOther
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

  • BR
    Butte Rescue Mission
    4× · 2017–2020 · $10k · revenue +160%
  • BE
    Butte Emergency Food Bank
    4× · 2017–2020 · $10k · revenue +26%
  • CH
    COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OF ANACONDA
    4× · 2017–2020 · $7k · revenue +50%

Funded once

  • CF
    CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $500
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
Butte Silver Bow Primary Health Care Clinic Inc

Southwest Montana Community Health Center is guided by its Mission to "Inspire Hope and Empower Wellness by Providing Access to Comprehensive Healthcare".

Health
2
Butte Local Development Corporation

Local economic development projects and business development to promote business relocation and expansion as well as start up in the area. providing small business with low interest loans.

—
3
Butte-Silverbow Council On Aging

None

Health
4
United Way of Butte and Anaconda

A community focused organization of caring volunteers who efficiently raise and allocate funds for qualified providers through identification and communication of local needs.

—
5
Montana Healthcare Foundation
Philanthropy
6
Bozeman Health Deaconess Hospital

To improve community health and quality of life.

Health
7
Scenic Montana Trails
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8
Help Central Inc

Provide free information & referral services to butte county.

Human Services
9
Blue Mountain Clinic Inc

The mission of Blue Mountain Clinic is to provide individualized, choice-based healthcare that respects the power of personal connection.

Health
10
Billings Clinic

Billings clinic's mission is quality, compassionate cre for all, with a vision of reimagining health care through connection, service and innovation.

Health
11
Butte Home Health Inc

Butte Home Health and Hospice exists to serve our community by helping individuals live safely at home with comfort, independence, and dignity. We are committed to delivering the highest standards of care, grounded in compassion,…

—
12
Montana Hospital Association

Montana hospital association is the principal advocate for the interests of members in their efforts to improve the health status of the communities they serve.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Action Inc; the most unlike its peers is Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/26
Grantees still filing
22/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Butte Rescue Mission: $9,700 · OtherButte Rescue MissionButte Emergency Food Bank: $9,700 · OtherButte Emergency Food BankBUTTE KIWANIS SUNSHINE CAMP CORPORATION: $3,550 · OtherBUTTE KIWANIS SUNSHINE CAMP CORPORATIONWHITEHALL COMMUNITY CENTERINCORPORATED: $3,550 · OtherWHITEHALL COMMUNITY CENTERINCORPORATEDJEFFERSON VALLEY MUSEUM INC: $3,450 · OtherJEFFERSON VALLEY MUSEUM INCBUTTE SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $2,350 · OtherBIG BROTHERS & SISTERS OF BUTTE: $2,350 · OtherEASTERSEALS - GOODWILL NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN INC: $2,350 · OtherBUTTE AMATEUR HOCKEY ASSOCIATION: $2,000 · OtherSPECIAL OLYMPICS MONTANA INC: $2,350 · Other+7 more: $6,700 · Other+7 moreCOMMUNITY HOSPITAL OF ANACONDA: $7,200 · HealthCOMMUNITY HOSPIT…CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $2,350 · HealthCYSTIC FIBROSIS …Barrett Hospital Development Corporation: $2,250 · HealthBarrett Hospital…Barrett Hospital Foundation Inc: $1,300 · HealthBarrett Hospital…Butte Cares Inc: $1,000 · HealthButte Cares IncANACONDA MINISTERIAL PROJECT CARE: $4,700 · Human ServicesANACONDA MINI…BEAVERHEAD COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY INC: $4,700 · Human ServicesBEAVERHEAD CO…ACTION INC: $1,850 · Human ServicesACTION INCANACONDA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,350 · PhilanthropyANACONDA CO…LIBERTY PLACE INC: $3,850 · PhilanthropyLIBERTY PLA…DEER LODGE FOOD PANTRY: $4,700 · Food & NutritionGIRL SCOUTS OF MONTANA AND WYOMING: $2,350 · Youth DevelopmentFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $1,500 · Youth DevelopmentBUTTE CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC: $2,350 · Arts & CultureORPHAN GIRL CHILDRENS THEATRE: $950 · Arts & Culture
Other$48,050Health$14,100Human Services$11,250Philanthropy$9,200Food & Nutrition$4,700Youth Development$3,850Arts & Culture$3,300

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetButte Rescue Mission: $9,700 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetButte Emergency Food Bank: $9,700 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY HOSPITAL OF ANACONDA: $7,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetANACONDA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,350 over 4y, 10% of budgetANACONDA MINISTERIAL PROJECT CARE: $4,700 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetDEER LODGE FOOD PANTRY: $4,700 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetBEAVERHEAD COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY INC: $4,700 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetLIBERTY PLACE INC: $3,850 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBUTTE KIWANIS SUNSHINE CAMP CORPORATION: $3,550 over 4y, 5.6% of budgetBUTTE CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC: $2,350 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF MONTANA AND WYOMING: $2,350 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS MONTANA INC: $2,350 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $2,350 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBUTTE SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $2,350 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetBIG BROTHERS & SISTERS OF BUTTE: $2,350 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetEASTERSEALS - GOODWILL NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN INC: $2,350 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBarrett Hospital Development Corporation: $2,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBUTTE AMATEUR HOCKEY ASSOCIATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetACTION INC: $1,850 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBarrett Hospital Foundation Inc: $1,300 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHEADWATERS RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT AREA INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetButte Cares Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetORPHAN GIRL CHILDRENS THEATRE: $950 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMONTANA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $700 over 2y, 0.0% 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.

Dennis & Phyllis Wash…Town Pump Charitable …Headwaters Health Fou…Gianforte Family Char…Montana Community Fou…James and Chloe Gilma…Montana Food Bank Net…Paul Clark HomeUnited Way of Butte a…Montana Healthcare Fo…First Interstate Banc…Shell USA Company Fou…
Dennis & Phyllis Washington FoundationMT37.5× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation · Town Pump Charitable Foundation · Headwaters Health Foundation of Western Montana · Gianforte Family Charitable Trust · Montana Community Foundation Inc · James and Chloe Gilman Charitable Foundation Inc · Montana Food Bank Network Inc · Paul Clark Home · United Way of Butte and Anaconda · Montana Healthcare Foundation · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Shell USA Company Foundation

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 The Jesse A Cole MD Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Jesse A Cole MD Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%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
    1get no government money at all
    10report 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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