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The Ruth and Vernon Taylor Foundation Montana at a glance

· Private foundation

The Ruth and Vernon Taylor Foundation Montana

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$206k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$125k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$358kArts & Culture$345kEducation$265kHousing & Shelter$210kYouth Development$200kHuman Services$190kOther$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $1k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $30k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $175k
$50,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$5.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MUSEUM OF THE ROCKIES MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY$125,000
WARRIORS & QUIET WATERS FOUNDATION INC$50,000
BRIDGERCARE$30,000
BROCKWAY AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC$1,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $220k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HELP CENTER INC: $110k → 10%FAMILY PROMISE OF GALLATIN VALLEY INC: $110k → 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.

48%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$751k · 6 repeat orgs$830k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against +0% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
12

Total granted

$751k
$654k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+0%

Still filing today

67%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 15% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $176k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesPhilanthropyHealthHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • EM
    EISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION
    3× · 2020–2022 · $213k
  • TI
    THRIVE INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $200k · revenue -26%
  • BC
    Belgrade Community Library Foundation
    3× · 2021–2024 · $150k · revenue -77% · 30% of their budget

Funded once

  • FP
    FAMILY PROMISE OF GALLATIN VALLEY INC
    one grant, 2024 · $110k · revenue +0%
  • HC
    HELP CENTER INC
    one grant, 2024 · $110k · revenue -50%
  • HF
    HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GALLATIN VALLEY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue +27%
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
Gallatin Watershed Council Inc

The Gallatin Watershed Council guides collaborative watershed stewardship in the Gallatin Valley for a healthy and productive landscape.

Environment
2
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
3
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.

—
4
Bozeman Senior Social Center

To promote social, recreational, cultural, nutritional, educational, and health-oriented activities among senior citizens of bozeman, montana and the surrounding areas.

Human Services
5
Bozeman Area Chamber of Commerce

The bozeman area chamber of commerce, representing its membership, advocates economic vitality, high quality of life and preservation of the competitive enterprise system through leadership, vision and communication.

—
6
Arts Council of Big Sky

To enrich the big sky community through artistic experiences.

—
7
Butte Emergency Food Bank

Provide food for individuals in need

—
8
Humanities Montana

Humanities Montana serves communities through stories and conversation. We offer experiences that nurture imagination and ideas by speaking to Montanans diverse history, literature, and philosophy.

—
9
Gallatin Historical Society Dba Gallatin History Museum

To preserve and protect documents and artifacts relevant to the history of gallatin county and the surrounding area, and to avail these artifacts and documents in the gallatin history museum, located at 317 west main street, bozeman, mt…

—
10
Teton Valley Mental Health Coalition Inc

Our mission is to promote mental wellness in teton valley by providing outreach, education, and connection to services.

Health
11
Montana Chamber of Commerce

To create and sustain an optimal business climate, business prosperity and a strong montana economy through advocacy, education and collaboration, working to provide an empowered and educated workforce, reduce business growth obstacles,…

—
12
Boulder Community Housing Corporation Inc

The mission statement of Boulder Community Housing Organization is to provide quality, affordable homes and foster thriving communities. They aim to create a diverse, inclusive, and sustainable Boulder by offering affordable housing…

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Bridgercare; the most unlike its peers is Belgrade Community Library 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

15 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. 15 of the 21 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)
15/15
Grantees still filing
7/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

EISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $212,500 · OtherEISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATIONTHRIVE INC: $200,000 · OtherTHRIVE INCMUSEUM OF THE ROCKIES MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY: $125,000 · OtherMUSEUM OF THE ROCKIES MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITYBOZEMAN SYMPHONY SOCIETY: $115,000 · OtherBOZEMAN SYMPHONY SOCIETYBelgrade Community Library: $75,000 · OtherBelgrade Community LibraryBRIDGERCARE: $60,000 · OtherBRIDGERCARE+6 more: $89,000 · Other+6 moreFAMILY PROMISE OF GALLATIN VALLEY INC: $110,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY PROMISE …HELP CENTER INC: $110,000 · Human ServicesHELP CENTER INCBelgrade Community Library Foundation: $150,000 · EducationBelgrade Comm…THE LITERACY CENTER: $40,000 · EducationTHE LITERACY …Montana Theatreworks Inc: $100,000 · Arts & CultureMONTANA CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY: $3,500 · Arts & CultureHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GALLATIN VALLEY INC: $100,000 · Housing & ShelterWARRIORS & QUIET WATERS FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · HealthBozeman Deaconess Foundation: $40,000 · Philanthropy
Other$876,500Human Services$220,000Education$190,000Arts & Culture$103,500Housing & Shelter$100,000Health$50,000Philanthropy$40,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHRIVE INC: $200,000 over 3y, 7.1% of budgetBelgrade Community Library Foundation: $150,000 over 3y, 30% of budgetBOZEMAN SYMPHONY SOCIETY: $115,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF GALLATIN VALLEY INC: $110,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetHELP CENTER INC: $110,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GALLATIN VALLEY INC: $100,000 over 1y, 7.8% of budgetMontana Theatreworks Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 9.2% of budgetBRIDGERCARE: $60,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetWARRIORS & QUIET WATERS FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE LITERACY CENTER: $40,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetBozeman Deaconess Foundation: $40,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY HEALTH PARTNERS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHAVEN: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBROCKWAY AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $1,000 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.

Gilhousen Family Foun…Greater Gallatin Unit…Yellowstone Club Comm…Montana Community Fou…Dennis & Phyllis Wash…Otto Bremer TrustFirst Interstate Banc…Bozeman Deaconess Hea…One Valley Community …Treacy FoundationMorton H Meyerson Fam…Town Pump Charitable …
Gilhousen Family FoundationMT22.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Gilhousen Family Foundation · Greater Gallatin United Way Inc · Yellowstone Club Community Foundation · Montana Community Foundation Inc · Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Bozeman Deaconess Health Services · One Valley Community Foundation · Treacy Foundation · Morton H Meyerson Family Foundation · Town Pump Charitable 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 Ruth and Vernon Taylor Foundation Montana funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Ruth and Vernon Taylor Foundation Montana. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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 21 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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