How do I find funders for a food and agriculture nonprofit in Montana?

Start with the funders already giving to food and agriculture in Montana, currently Feeding America, Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation, Otto Bremer Trust. Then look at who funds the food and agriculture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Montana from out of state.

How much grant money goes to food and agriculture in Montana?

$20M reached 42 food and agriculture organizations in Montana, from 208 funders. 35% 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 · Food and agriculture

Who funds food and agriculture in Montana

Montana's food and agriculture organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 5 funders each.

$20M

granted

organizations

35%

from in-state

The short version

208 funders gave $20M to 42 food and agriculture organizations in Montana across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
35% of that came from funders also based in Montana; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of food and agriculture in Montana is Feeding America, at $2M.
The food and agriculture organization drawing the most is Montana Food Bank Network Inc, at $8M.

Largest funders of food and agriculture in Montana

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

1Feeding America$2M 2Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation$2M 3Otto Bremer Trust$1M 4The Kendeda Fund$759k 5Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$745k 6The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation$698k 7Whitefish Community Foundation Inc$585k 8Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$567k 9Montana Food Bank Network Inc$525k 10National Fish and Wildlife Foundation$521k

Food and agriculture organizations in Montana that draw the most

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

Montana Food Bank Network Inc$8M Fast Blackfeet$3M

32 other food and agriculture organizations$2M

Missoula Food Bank & Community Center$2M Winnett Aces Inc$1M Helena Food Share Inc$1M Garden City Harvest Inc$991k

How to find food and agriculture funders in Montana

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Start with the funders already active in Montana
The funders giving the most to food and agriculture in Montana are Feeding America, Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation, Otto Bremer Trust. A funder already writing food and agriculture checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the food and agriculture 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
65% of food and agriculture money in Montana comes from funders elsewhere, so national food and agriculture funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Montana.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a food and agriculture nonprofit in Montana?: Start with the funders already giving to food and agriculture in Montana, currently Feeding America, Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation, Otto Bremer Trust. Then look at who funds the food and agriculture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Montana from out of state.
Who is the largest food and agriculture funder in Montana?: Feeding America gives the most to food and agriculture organizations in Montana, $2M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to food and agriculture in Montana?: $20M reached 42 food and agriculture organizations in Montana, from 208 funders. 35% 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.