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The Susan Kay Pederson Foundation at a glance

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The Susan Kay Pederson Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$213k
Granted FY2024still arriving
19
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$54k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$350kHealth$335kPhilanthropy$255kYouth Development$152kEmployment$128kEducation$77kEnvironment$58kRecreation & Sports$38kOther$0
02FY2024 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k12 grants · $49k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $60k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $104k
$7,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$65k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EAGLE MOUNT$53,530
CROSSCUT MOUNTAIN CENTER$50,000
HAVEN$15,000
REACH$15,000
IMAGINE IF LIBRARY FOUNDATION$10,200
HRDC$10,000
GALLATIN VALLEY LAND TRUST$10,000
PROP$7,500
ROOTS FAMILY COLLABORATIVE$7,500
ST LABRE INDIAN SCHOOL$7,000
THRIVE$6,000
FAMILY PROMISE OF BOZEMAN$5,000
SPECIAL OLYMPICS OF MONTANA$5,000
BOZEMAN HELP CENTER$3,750
CANCER SUPPORT CENTER$3,750
02The need
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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 (FY17–24, $116k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 9% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%VETERANS IN NEED FOUNDATION: $100 → 13%CHARITY WATER: $10k → 17%REACH: $25k → 10%REACH: $15k → 10%REACH: $15k → 10%REACH: $15k → 10%REACH: $10k → 10%REACH: $10k → 10%ROOTS FAMILY COLLABORATIVE: $8k → 10%REACH: $5k → 10%ROOTS FAMILY COLLABORATIVE: $3k → 10%REACH: $350 → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

MT
MN
WI
NY
SD
IN
CA
VA
GA
TX
FL
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 32 repeat orgs$145k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +52% since the first grant, against +47% for those funded once.

32 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

32
40

Total granted

$1.4M
$144k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+52%
+47%

Still filing today

50%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $200 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthPhilanthropyHuman ServicesInternationalYouth DevelopmentAnimalsOther
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
    Eagle Mount
    8× · 2017–2024 · $244k · revenue +270%
  • GV
    GALLATIN VALLEY LAND TRUST
    8× · 2017–2024 · $58k · revenue +234%
  • BD
    Bozeman Deaconess Foundation
    3× · 2017–2019 · $55k · revenue +1%

Funded once

  • WT
    WALK TO END ALZHEIMER'S MT CHAPTER
    one grant, 2020 · $13k
  • CHARITY GLOBAL INC
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue -9%
  • NM
    NAMI MINNESOTAgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $8k · revenue +38%
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
The Montana Land Reliance

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.

Environment
2
Butte Emergency Food Bank

Provide food for individuals in need

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3
Intermountain Planned Parenthood

Planned Parenthood of Montana empowers all people to make informed decisions and ensures the freedom to manage their own sexuality, and personal health by providing the highest quality confidential healthcare services, education, and…

Health
4
Regional West Health Services

Health care services for the people of western nebraska and eastern wyoming.

Health
5
Reach for Resources Inc

Empowering people of all abilities to reach their full potential. we provide individualized services that maximize independence, boosts community engagement and improves physical and emotional well-being.

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6
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
7
Minnesota Land Trust

The minnesota land trust protects and restores minnesota's most vital natural lands in order to provide wildlife habitat, clean water, outdoor experiences and scenic beauty for generations to come.

Environment
8
The Vermont Community Foundation

The vermont community foundation helps to build philanthropic resources to sustain healthy and vital vermont communities. the foundation connects and mobilizes people through giving to multiply the impact of philanthropy.

Philanthropy
9
The Minnesota Camp Fire Foundation

Ensure camp fire minnesota's strong future. with nature as the catalyst, camp fire minnesota energizes youth to discover their spark so their futures glow brighter.

Youth Development
10
Hospice of North Idaho Inc

"With open hearts and expertise, we serve the seriously ill and those touched by loss." Our grief and loss program is provided to patients' loved ones, but is also available to other members of our community. Palliative services are…

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11
MaineGeneral Health

To enhance, every day, the health of our patients, our families and our communities. We do that through a range of health care services for people of all ages, in a variety of care settings.

Health
12
Run Wild Missoula Inc

Our mission is to empower and support runners and walkers of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds in Missoula. With a vibrant community of over 2,400 members, we provide a welcoming space for like-minded individuals to connect and explore…

Recreation & Sports
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of South Dakota & Montana; the most unlike its peers is Charity Global Inc. 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

35 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. 35 of the 73 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/35
Grantees still filing
22/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CROSSCUT MOUNTAIN CENTER: $172,500 · OtherCROSSCUT MOUNTAIN CENTERHRDC: $127,500 · OtherHRDCTHRIVE INC: $69,000 · OtherTHRIVE INCST LABRE INDIAN SCHOOL: $52,500 · OtherST LABRE INDIAN SCHOOLHAVEN: $50,900 · OtherHAVENALZHEIMERS ASSOCIATION: $49,750 · OtherALZHEIMERS ASSOCIATIONIntermountain Deaconess Childrens Services: $35,150 · OtherMENTAL HEALTH CONNECT: $32,500 · Other+52 more: $326,593 · Other+52 moreEagle Mount: $244,430 · PhilanthropyEagle MountBozeman Deaconess Foundation: $55,000 · PhilanthropyBozeman Deaconess Foun…+2 more: $5,200 · PhilanthropyREACH INC: $95,600 · Human ServicesCHARITY GLOBAL INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesROOTS FAMILY COLLABORATIVE: $10,000 · Human Services+1 more: $100 · Human ServicesBIG SKY YOUTH EMPOWERMENT PROJECT INC: $45,800 · Youth DevelopmentMontana Outdoor Science School: $21,500 · Youth DevelopmentGALLATIN VALLEY LAND TRUST: $58,000 · EnvironmentSPECIAL OLYMPICS MONTANA INC: $32,500 · Recreation & SportsFLATHEAD LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $24,200 · Education
Other$916,393Philanthropy$304,630Human Services$115,700Youth Development$67,300Environment$58,000Recreation & Sports$32,500Education$24,200

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEagle Mount: $244,430 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetREACH INC: $95,600 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetTHRIVE INC: $69,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetGALLATIN VALLEY LAND TRUST: $58,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetBozeman Deaconess Foundation: $55,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetHAVEN: $50,900 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetBIG SKY YOUTH EMPOWERMENT PROJECT INC: $45,800 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetIntermountain Deaconess Childrens Services: $35,150 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS MONTANA INC: $32,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetFLATHEAD LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $24,200 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetMontana Outdoor Science School: $21,500 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetHEART OF THE VALLEY INC: $18,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $12,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCHARITY GLOBAL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROOTS FAMILY COLLABORATIVE: $10,000 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY OF MONTANA: $9,525 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetNAMI MINNESOTA: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFIREFLY SISTERHOOD: $5,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetBIGFORK FOOD BANK INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetPEOPLE REACHING OUT TO OTHER PEOPLE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCASTING FOR RECOVERY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE HOPE CHEST FOR BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGALLATIN COUNTY LOVE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDSHARE INTERNATIONAL INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetACT FOR MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS: $2,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFILM INDEPENDENT: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLearning Disabilities Association Inc: $780 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF SOUTH DAKOTA & MONTANA: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIFESCAPE: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTAFFORD ANIMAL SHELTER: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Bigfork Fire Department: $200 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetVETERANS IN NEED FOUNDATION INC: $100 over 1y, 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.

  • Who funds Eagle Mount ↗
  • Who funds REACH INC ↗
  • Who funds THRIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds GALLATIN VALLEY LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds Bozeman Deaconess Foundation ↗
  • Who funds HAVEN ↗
  • Who funds BIG SKY YOUTH EMPOWERMENT PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds Intermountain Deaconess Childrens Services ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS MONTANA INC ↗
  • Who funds FLATHEAD LIBRARY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Montana Outdoor Science School ↗
  • Who funds HEART OF THE VALLEY INC ↗
  • Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗
  • Who funds CHARITY GLOBAL INC ↗
  • Who funds ROOTS FAMILY COLLABORATIVE ↗
  • Who funds CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY OF MONTANA ↗
  • Who funds NAMI MINNESOTA ↗
  • Who funds DIRECT RELIEF ↗
  • Who funds FIREFLY SISTERHOOD ↗
  • Who funds BIGFORK FOOD BANK INC ↗

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.

First Interstate Banc…Montana Community Fou…Dennis & Phyllis Wash…Otto Bremer TrustOne Valley Community …Town Pump Charitable …Gilhousen Family Foun…Morgan Family Foundat…Sample Foundation IncThe Arthur M Blank Fa…Assurant FoundationFirst Security Bank F…
First Interstate BancSystem Foundation IncMT29× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Montana Community Foundation Inc · Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · One Valley Community Foundation · Town Pump Charitable Foundation · Gilhousen Family Foundation · Morgan Family Foundation Inc · Sample Foundation Inc · The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation · Assurant Foundation · First Security Bank 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 Susan Kay Pederson Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Susan Kay Pederson Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%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
    8report 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 73 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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