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The Wall Family-Power Townsend Foundation at a glance

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The Wall Family-Power Townsend 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.

$435k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Housing & Shelter$2.9MHuman Services$124kPhilanthropy$100kCommunity Improvement$98kArts & Culture$92kYouth Development$85kFood & Nutrition$58kHealth$51kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $8k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $118k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $309k
$25,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$8.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$75,000
YELLOWSTONE BOYS AND GIRLS RANCH$75,000
ROCKY MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL$55,385
YWCA HELENA$54,000
FRIENDSHIP CENTER$50,000
FLORENCE CRITTENTON HOME$30,000
SHODAIR$25,000
PRESERVE MONTANA$20,000
MARYSVILLE PIONEERS$15,000
MONTANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY$14,500
HELENA AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$13,089
CAPITAL HIGH SCHOOL$5,000
WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA$3,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $64k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%YWCA HELENA: $54k → 9%YWCA HELENA: $5k → 9%INTERMOUNTAIN CHILDRENS HOME: $1k → 9%INTERMOUNTAIN CHILDRENS HOME: $1k → 9%INTERMOUNTAIN CHILDRENS HOME: $500 → 9%INTERMOUNTAIN CHILDRENS HOME: $500 → 9%SPRING MEADOW RESOURCES: $2k → 9%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.
$3.3M · 20 repeat orgs$163k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +24% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
9

Total granted

$3.3M
$43k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
0%

Still filing today

80%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $120k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthPublic BenefitCommunity ImprovementHousing & ShelterFood & NutritionOther
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

  • HA
    HELENA AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $2.6M · revenue +236% · 80% of their budget
  • RM
    ROCKY MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL
    3× · 2019–2025 · $95k · revenue +24%
  • YH
    YWCA HELENA
    2× · 2024–2025 · $59k · revenue +12%

Funded once

  • MV
    MONTANA VETERANS FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2019 · $13k · revenue 0%
  • MO
    MUSEUM OF MOUNTAIN FLYING-- MISS MONTANA TO NORMANDY
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
  • LC
    LEWIS & CLARK COUNTY HERITAGE TOURISM COUNCIL
    one grant, 2024 · $5k
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
Eastern Montana Veterans Home Foundation
Human Services
2
Scenic Montana Trails
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3
Mountain Home Montana Inc

To provide a safe, stable , and nurturing home where young mothers can discover their strengths, and their children can experience the joys of childhood.

Human Services
4
Montana Healthcare Foundation
Philanthropy
5
Habitat for Humanity Missoula Inc

Habitat for humanity of missoula is a nonprofit, ecumenical, christian housing ministry dedicated to the elimination of poverty housing in our community and throughout the world.

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6
Haven

For more than four decades, haven has been bozemans trusted community partner in providing safe shelter, support (including a 24-hour support line and legal advocacy), and counseling for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, sex…

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7
South Central Montana Regional Mental Health Center

The region iii mental health center is a registered non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation dedicated to the establishment, development and maintenance of high quality mental health and chemical dependency care in south central montana.

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8
Center for Mental Health

The center for mental health partners with people and communities to produce exceptional mental health and substance abuse services.

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9
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.

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10
Watson Children's Shelter Inc

Watson children's shelter is dedicated to providing a safe, nurturing, environment for children who have experienced abuse, neglect, abandonment or family crisis.

Human Services
11
Western Montana Mental Health Center

The mission of the western montana mental health center is to assist individuals and communities with the challenges of mental health, substance use, and co-occurring disorders in order to achieve their highest quality of life in a…

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12
Habitat for Humanity of the Greater Teton Area

Habitat for humanity is striving for a world where everyone has a decent place to live. our mission is, seeking to put gods love into action, habitat for humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ywca Helena; the most unlike its peers is Gods Love 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

22 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. 22 of the 34 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/22
Grantees still filing
12/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HELENA AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $2,566,434 · OtherHELENA AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITYFLORENCE CRITTENTON HOME: $132,500 · Other+21 more: $456,100 · Other+21 moreROCKY MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL: $95,385 · Community ImprovementYELLOWSTONE BOYS & GIRLS RANCH: $85,000 · Health+2 more: $3,720 · HealthFRIENDSHIP CENTER OF HELENA INC: $70,000 · Housing & ShelterYWCA HELENA: $59,000 · Human ServicesIntermountain Childrens Home: $3,000 · Human Services+1 more: $2,000 · Human ServicesHELENA FOOD SHARE INC: $55,000 · Food & NutritionWreaths Across America: $13,500 · Public BenefitSW Montana Veterans Food Pantry & Services: $3,000 · Public Benefit
Other$3,155,034Community Improvement$95,385Health$88,720Housing & Shelter$70,000Human Services$64,000Food & Nutrition$55,000Public Benefit$16,500

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 budgetHELENA AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $2,566,434 over 9y, 80% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Southwest Montana: $100,000 over 2y, 19% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL: $95,385 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetYELLOWSTONE BOYS & GIRLS RANCH: $85,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDSHIP CENTER OF HELENA INC: $70,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetYWCA HELENA: $59,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetHELENA FOOD SHARE INC: $55,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetYOUTH DYNAMICS INC: $45,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMONTANA PRESERVATION ALLIANCE INC: $36,500 over 7y, 4.2% of budgetCAREER TRAINING INSTITUTE: $20,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetEast Helena Valley Rodeo Association: $15,000 over 3y, 4.9% of budgetWreaths Across America: $13,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMONTANA VETERANS FOUNDATION INC: $13,000 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetCARROLL COLLEGE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSW Montana Veterans Food Pantry & Services: $3,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetGODS LOVE INC: $3,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetIntermountain Childrens Home: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR ANIMALS: $3,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetWEST MONT: $2,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSPRING MEADOW RESOURCES INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMONTANA CHAMBER FOUNDATION: $1,600 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetST PETER'S HEALTH: $920 over 3y, 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 HELENA AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ↗
  • Who funds Habitat for Humanity of Southwest Montana ↗
  • Who funds ROCKY MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds YELLOWSTONE BOYS & GIRLS RANCH ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDSHIP CENTER OF HELENA INC ↗
  • Who funds YWCA HELENA ↗
  • Who funds HELENA FOOD SHARE INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH DYNAMICS INC ↗
  • Who funds MONTANA PRESERVATION ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds CAREER TRAINING INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds East Helena Valley Rodeo Association ↗
  • Who funds Wreaths Across America ↗
  • Who funds MONTANA VETERANS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CARROLL COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds SW Montana Veterans Food Pantry & Services ↗
  • Who funds GODS LOVE INC ↗
  • Who funds Intermountain Childrens Home ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR ANIMALS ↗
  • Who funds WEST MONT ↗
  • Who funds SPRING MEADOW RESOURCES INC ↗
  • Who funds MONTANA CHAMBER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ST PETER'S HEALTH ↗

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.

Town Pump Charitable …Treacy FoundationUnited Way of the Lew…First Interstate Banc…Dennis & Phyllis Wash…Montana Community Fou…McBride Family Founda…Hauser Lake HomeHelena Area Community…The Steele-Reese Foun…Gianforte Family Char…Otto Bremer Trust
Town Pump Charitable FoundationMT33.9× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Town Pump Charitable Foundation · Treacy Foundation · United Way of the Lewis and Clark Area Inc · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation · Montana Community Foundation Inc · McBride Family Foundation · Hauser Lake Home · Helena Area Community Foundation · The Steele-Reese Foundation Xxxxx1004 · Gianforte Family Charitable Trust · Otto Bremer Trust

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 Wall Family-Power Townsend Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Wall Family-Power Townsend Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%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
    0get 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Wall Family-Power Townsend Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Wall Family-Power Townsend Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 34 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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