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Montana · Public charity

Western Organization of Resource Councils Education Project

To support the charitable and educational activities (within the meaning of the internal revenue code section 501(c)(3)) of the western organization of resource councils (worc) a publicly suppported section 501 (c)(4) organization, as permitted by the treasury.

$6.3M
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 27
Itemized grants FY2024: 28
Organizations funded FY2023: 18%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Itemized, FY2024: $5.8M; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024: $80,000
Largest grant, FY2024: $2,949,164
Organizations funded a year: 9 to 30; FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 12
Total assets, FY2024: $7.2M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 18% of the organizations Western Organization of Resource Councils Education Project funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $420k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

EnvironmentPublic BenefitCivil RightsCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesHealthOther

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.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	27	$5.8M	11%
FY2023	28	$5.2M	18%
FY2022	30	$7.9M	33%
FY2021	23	$4.1M	13%
FY2020	20	$5.0M	20%
FY2019	19	$4.4M	37%
FY2018	15	$2.9M	47%
FY2017	9	$2.4M	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Environment$24MCommunity Improvement$3.4MCivil Rights$2.9MPublic Benefit$2.9MFood & Nutrition$2.1MEducation$998kHuman Services$818kHealth$91kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Western Organization of Resource Councils	$17,479,760	8	98%
Northern Plains Resource Council	$2,814,583	8	28%
Powder River Basin Resource Council	$2,288,800	8	60%
Dakota Resource Council	$2,183,000	8	71%
Western Colorado Alliance	$1,957,900	8	45%
North Dakota Native Vote	$1,414,581	5	38%
Dakota Rural Action	$1,252,600	8	32%
Idaho Organization of Resource Coun	$1,019,950	8	84%
Western Native Voice Education Project	$975,305	7	12%
Big Sky Fifty Five Plus	$840,950	7	78%

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All grantees of Western Organization of Resource Councils Education Project by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Western Organization of Resource Councils	$17,479,760	8	98%
Northern Plains Resource Council	$2,814,583	8	28%
Powder River Basin Resource Council	$2,288,800	8	60%
Dakota Resource Council	$2,183,000	8	71%
Western Colorado Alliance	$1,957,900	8	45%
North Dakota Native Vote	$1,414,581	5	38%
Dakota Rural Action	$1,252,600	8	32%
Idaho Organization of Resource Coun	$1,019,950	8	84%
Western Native Voice Education Project	$975,305	7	12%
Big Sky Fifty Five Plus	$840,950	7	78%
Oregon Rural Action	$740,900	8	n/a
Forward Mt Foundation	$404,020	7	13%
Catalyst Montana	$382,100	6	5%
Middle Fork Strategies Inc	$355,000	2	20%
Clean Up the River Environment	$301,000	3	17%
Renew Missouri Advocates	$292,000	3	28%
Montana Public Interest Research Group	$279,850	7	44%
Appalachian Voices	$265,500	3	4%
Mountain Association for Community Economic Development Inc	$260,500	3	2%
A Better Big Sky	$250,025	4	32%
Kentucky Coalition Inc	$204,500	1	4%
Montana Conservation Voters Education Fund	$198,650	5	16%
Montana Wilderness Association	$154,300	5	2%
People's Justice Council	$150,000	1	n/a
Georgia Conservation Voters Ed Fund	$150,000	1	10%
One Voice Inc	$150,000	1	36%
Center for Common Ground	$125,000	1	4%
Organizing Empowerment Fund Inc	$100,000	1	1%
Intermountain Planned Parenthood	$91,150	4	1%
ACLU of Montana Foundation Inc	$87,000	2	5%
NEO Philanthropy Inc	$75,000	1	0%
Native Movement	$75,000	1	1%
Montanans Organized for Education	$67,000	2	90%
Wisconsin Voices Inc	$55,000	1	1%
Montana Federation of Public Employees	$49,800	2	1%
Montana Wildlife Federation	$40,000	1	4%
Montana Budget and Policy Center	$29,300	3	1%
American Agricultural Movement Inc	$25,500	3	56%
Southwest Research & Information Center	$24,000	3	1%
Montana State Afl-Cio	$15,200	2	1%
Lynn Canal Conservation Inc	$12,000	2	n/a
Wild Montana Action Fund	$10,000	1	9%
Waterlegacy	$8,000	1	n/a
Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice	$8,000	1	1%
Honor the Earth	$8,000	1	0%
Earthworks	$6,660	1	0%
Save Our Saint Vrain Valley Inc	$6,000	1	n/a
Indian Country Grassroots Support	$6,000	1	n/a

Western Organization of Resource Councils Education Project supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 15 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 42 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 42.

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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.

New Venture FundDC30.3× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: New Venture Fund · Patagoniaorg · Windward Fund · Western Organization of Resource Councils · Tides Foundation · All Hands on Deck Network Inc · United States Energy Foundation · A Better Big Sky · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · The Educational Foundation of America · America Votes · Resources Legacy Fund

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.

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About Western Organization of Resource Councils Education Project

How much does Western Organization of Resource Councils Education Project give?: Western Organization of Resource Councils Education Project reported 27 itemized grants totaling $5,816,842, out of $6,309,683 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 30 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Western Organization of Resource Councils Education Project fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (65%), Community Improvement (9%), Civil Rights (8%).
Who are Western Organization of Resource Councils Education Project's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Western Organization of Resource Councils ($17M), Northern Plains Resource Council ($2.8M), Powder River Basin Resource Council ($2.3M).
Does Western Organization of Resource Councils Education Project fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Western Organization of Resource Councils Education Project?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include New Venture Fund, Patagoniaorg, Windward Fund.
Where is Western Organization of Resource Councils Education Project based?: Western Organization of Resource Councils Education Project is based in MT.