How do I find funders for a community development nonprofit in Montana?

Start with the funders already giving to community development in Montana, currently Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, Northwest Area Foundation, Montana Community Foundation Inc. Then look at who funds the community development organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Montana from out of state.

Who is the largest community development funder in Montana?

Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc gives the most to community development organizations in Montana, $26M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to community development in Montana?

$98M reached 219 community development organizations in Montana, from 367 funders. 22% came from funders also based in Montana.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Funding · Montana · Community development

Who funds community development in Montana

Most of it comes from outside Montana: only 22% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.

$98M

granted

219

organizations

22%

from in-state

The short version

367 funders gave $98M to 219 community development organizations in Montana across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
22% of that came from funders also based in Montana; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of community development in Montana is Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, at $26M.
The community development organization drawing the most is Montana Community Development Corp, at $15M.

Largest funders of community development in Montana

The funders giving the most to community development organizations in Montana, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc$26M 2Northwest Area Foundation$7M 3Montana Community Foundation Inc$4M 4Otto Bremer Trust$4M 5Headwaters Health Foundation of Western Montana$3M 6Tides Foundation$3M 7The Kendeda Fund$2M 8M J Murdock Charitable Trust$2M 9First Nations Development Institute$2M 10Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$2M

Community development organizations in Montana that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

209 other community development organizations$32M

Montana Community Development Corp$15M Native American Development Corporaton$14M NACDC Financial Services Inc$7M Hopa Mountain Inc$6M The Peoples Partners for Community Development$5M A Better Big Sky$5M Community Leadership & Development Inc$4M Montana Nonprofit Association$4M Western Organization of Resource Councils Education Project$3M Plenty Doors Community Development Corporation$3M

How to find community development funders in Montana

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Start with the funders already active in Montana
The funders giving the most to community development in Montana are Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, Northwest Area Foundation, Montana Community Foundation Inc. A funder already writing community development checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the community development organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
78% of community development money in Montana comes from funders elsewhere, so national community development funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Montana.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a community development nonprofit in Montana?: Start with the funders already giving to community development in Montana, currently Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, Northwest Area Foundation, Montana Community Foundation Inc. Then look at who funds the community development organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Montana from out of state.
Who is the largest community development funder in Montana?: Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc gives the most to community development organizations in Montana, $26M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to community development in Montana?: $98M reached 219 community development organizations in Montana, from 367 funders. 22% came from funders also based in Montana.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions

grants reported with no recipient in the public record

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

The endowment market

who holds foundation money, and what just moved

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.