How do I find funders for a environment nonprofit in Montana?

Start with the funders already giving to environment in Montana, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Western Organization of Resource Councils Education Project, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. Then look at who funds the environment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Montana from out of state.

Who is the largest environment funder in Montana?

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to environment organizations in Montana, $34M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to environment in Montana?

$453M reached 258 environment organizations in Montana, from 1,688 funders. 14% 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 · Environment

Who funds environment in Montana

Most of it comes from outside Montana: only 14% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here. Montana's environment organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 7 funders each.

$453M

granted

258

organizations

14%

from in-state

The short version

1,688 funders gave $453M to 258 environment organizations in Montana across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
14% of that came from funders also based in Montana; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of environment in Montana is Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, at $34M.
The environment organization drawing the most is American Prairie Foundation, at $62M.

Largest funders of environment in Montana

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

1Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$34M 2Western Organization of Resource Councils Education Project$19M 3National Fish and Wildlife Foundation$14M 4The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation$13M 5Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$13M 6The Kendeda Fund$13M 7The Volgenau Foundation$12M 8National Philanthropic Trust$11M 9Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program$10M 10Freedom Together Foundation$8M

Environment organizations in Montana that draw the most

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

248 other environment organizations$226M

American Prairie Foundation$62M Honor the Earth$19M Property and Environment Research Center$18M Yellowstone to Yukon$17M Yellowstone Forever$16M Climate Conservation Dba Center for Large Landscape Conservation$15M The Montana Land Reliance$14M

How to find environment funders in Montana

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Start with the funders already active in Montana
The funders giving the most to environment in Montana are Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Western Organization of Resource Councils Education Project, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. A funder already writing environment checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the environment 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
86% of environment money in Montana comes from funders elsewhere, so national environment funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Montana.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a environment nonprofit in Montana?: Start with the funders already giving to environment in Montana, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Western Organization of Resource Councils Education Project, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. Then look at who funds the environment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Montana from out of state.
Who is the largest environment funder in Montana?: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to environment organizations in Montana, $34M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to environment in Montana?: $453M reached 258 environment organizations in Montana, from 1,688 funders. 14% 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.