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

Start with the funders already giving to religion in Montana, currently Anabaptist Foundation, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the religion organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Montana from out of state.

Who is the largest religion funder in Montana?

Anabaptist Foundation gives the most to religion organizations in Montana, $9M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to religion in Montana?

$35M reached 111 religion organizations in Montana, from 219 funders. 20% 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 · Religion

Who funds religion in Montana

Most of it comes from outside Montana: only 20% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.

$35M

granted

111

organizations

20%

from in-state

The short version

219 funders gave $35M to 111 religion organizations in Montana across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
20% of that came from funders also based in Montana; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of religion in Montana is Anabaptist Foundation, at $9M.
The religion organization drawing the most is Masters International Ministries USA, at $11M.

Largest funders of religion in Montana

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

1Anabaptist Foundation$9M 2Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc$3M 3Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$3M 4Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$2M 5Amish Inner Light Ministries$2M 6Gilhousen Family Foundation$2M 7Gianforte Family Charitable Trust$1M 8Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc$695k 9The Ayco Charitable Foundation$667k 10M J Murdock Charitable Trust$565k

Religion organizations in Montana that draw the most

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

Masters International Ministries USA$11M

101 other religion organizations$8M

Refuge Foundation$4M Missoula Interfaith Collaborative$3M Yellowstone Theological Institute$2M

How to find religion funders in Montana

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Start with the funders already active in Montana
The funders giving the most to religion in Montana are Anabaptist Foundation, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. A funder already writing religion checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the religion 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
80% of religion money in Montana comes from funders elsewhere, so national religion funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Montana.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a religion nonprofit in Montana?: Start with the funders already giving to religion in Montana, currently Anabaptist Foundation, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the religion organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Montana from out of state.
Who is the largest religion funder in Montana?: Anabaptist Foundation gives the most to religion organizations in Montana, $9M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to religion in Montana?: $35M reached 111 religion organizations in Montana, from 219 funders. 20% 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.