How do I find funders for a disaster and safety nonprofit in Montana?

Start with the funders already giving to disaster and safety in Montana, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Central Montana Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc. Then look at who funds the disaster and safety organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Montana from out of state.

Who is the largest disaster and safety funder in Montana?

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to disaster and safety organizations in Montana, $2M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to disaster and safety in Montana?

$7M reached 36 disaster and safety organizations in Montana, from 55 funders. 36% 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 · Disaster and safety

Who funds disaster and safety in Montana

$7M reached 36 disaster and safety organizations in Montana, from 55 funders, with no single one dominating.

$7M

granted

organizations

36%

from in-state

The short version

55 funders gave $7M to 36 disaster and safety organizations in Montana across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
36% of that came from funders also based in Montana; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of disaster and safety in Montana is Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, at $2M.
The disaster and safety organization drawing the most is Two Bear Air Rescue Foundation, at $2M.

Largest funders of disaster and safety in Montana

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

1Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$2M 2Central Montana Foundation$2M 3Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$1M 4Whitefish Community Foundation Inc$449k 5American Endowment Foundation$430k 6National Philanthropic Trust$115k 7Fred L Hartley Family Foundation$108k 8Williams-Malone Foundation Inc$100k 9Browning Kimball Foundation$75k 10The Thomas and Stacey Siebel$75k

Disaster and safety organizations in Montana that draw the most

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

Two Bear Air Rescue Foundation$2M Fergus County Disaster Relief Fund$2M Gallatin County Public Safety Foundation$1M

26 other disaster and safety organizations$740k

Hamilton Volunteer Fire Department$389k West Valley Voulenteer Fire Fighters Association$300k Augusta Volunteer Fire Department$279k

How to find disaster and safety funders in Montana

1
Start with the funders already active in Montana
The funders giving the most to disaster and safety in Montana are Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Central Montana Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc. A funder already writing disaster and safety checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the disaster and safety 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
64% of disaster and safety money in Montana comes from funders elsewhere, so national disaster and safety funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Montana.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a disaster and safety nonprofit in Montana?: Start with the funders already giving to disaster and safety in Montana, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Central Montana Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc. Then look at who funds the disaster and safety organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Montana from out of state.
Who is the largest disaster and safety funder in Montana?: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to disaster and safety organizations in Montana, $2M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to disaster and safety in Montana?: $7M reached 36 disaster and safety organizations in Montana, from 55 funders. 36% 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 regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

Strange bedfellows

the named clusters of US funding

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Giving abroad

which US foundations fund each country

Cause is the recipient's NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File; 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.