Montana · Public charity
West Yellowstone Foundation
To strengthen the sense of community and to enhance the economic vitality in west yellowstone and hebgen lake basin, montana.
- $163k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $17k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,313
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $6,250
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 6
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.7M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations West Yellowstone Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 65% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 35% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 3 | $17k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $24k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $22k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $5k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $11k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $52k | 40% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $383k | 67% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $301k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Ranger Learning Center | $461,277 | 3 | 83% |
| Town of West Yellowstone | $202,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Yellowstone Historic Center Inc | $21,355 | 3 | 3% |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($130k), not named here.
About West Yellowstone Foundation
- How much does West Yellowstone Foundation give?
- West Yellowstone Foundation reported 3 itemized grants totaling $16,653, out of $163,186 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 6 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does West Yellowstone Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (57%), Public Benefit (25%), Education (8%).
- Who are West Yellowstone Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Little Ranger Learning Center ($461k), Town of West Yellowstone ($203k), Yellowstone Historic Center Inc ($21k).
- Does West Yellowstone Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is West Yellowstone Foundation based?
- West Yellowstone Foundation is based in MT.
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