Montana · Nonprofit
BACKCOUNTRY HUNTERS & ANGLERS
BACKCOUNTRY HUNTERS & ANGLERS (Montana) receives grants from 77 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,545,636 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION ($3,220,000). 43 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.1M
- Funders on record
- 77
- Grants received
- $13M
- Net assets
- $2.1M
What Backcountry Hunters & Anglers does
Mission
Backcountry Hunters & Anglers seeks to ensure north america's outdoor heritage of hunting and fishing in a natural setting, through education and work on behalf of wild public lands and waters.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Access and opportunitybha is committed to advancing legislative and administrative efforts to secure public access to quality fair chase hunting and fishing opportunities. By amplifying the voices of our chapters to influence policies that not only address the physical issue of access but also prioritize conservation of key lands and waters, we can protect valuable habitat and implement responsible land management policies that support robust populations of fish and wildlife.
$1,073,642 spentof which $45,000 as grants25% of program spendingHabitat restoration and stewardshipbha is working at the local, state, and federal level to establish a national commitment to the stewardship of our wild public lands, waters, and wildlife for future generations. Healthy populations of fish and wildlife are directly linked to the health of their habitats. Hunters and anglers remain committed to working with private land owners and state and federal management agencies to facilitate consistent land-use policies, protect wildlife corridors, and restore degraded habitats.
$1,374,261 spent32% of program spendingConservation education and outreachthe north american model of wildlife conservation and the public trust doctrine define fish and wildlife resources as the property of the people and managed by government agencies entrusted with their care. This model is the foundation of science-based fish and wildlife management and our duty as an organization committed to hunters and anglers is to advance conservation programs that benefit our wild public lands, waters, and wildlife while promoting citizen engagement by our members, chapters, and conservation partners.
$1,846,663 spent43% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,294,566.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $3.6M to $2.3M (−38%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2023 11% · 2024 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of BACKCOUNTRY HUNTERS & ANGLERS’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Dr Christopher Jenkins
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 15 funders to 29 funders, grant income fell $2.5M → $1.5M.
11 of 77 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 24% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of BACKCOUNTRY HUNTERS & ANGLERS’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 77 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
BACKCOUNTRY HUNTERS & ANGLERS has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
49% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BACKCOUNTRY HUNTERS & ANGLERS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 57% · 2018 53% · 2019 50% · 2020 35% · 2021 23% · 2022 43% · 2023 28% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
36% of BACKCOUNTRY HUNTERS & ANGLERS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
BACKCOUNTRY HUNTERS & ANGLERS draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Montana, across 25 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
BACKCOUNTRY HUNTERS & ANGLERS receives grants from 77 organizations whose IRS filings report $13M to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,187 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding BACKCOUNTRY HUNTERS & ANGLERS receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3.8M on record — $3.8M federal, $500 state.
- Department of the Interior$3.8M
- AGENCY PROGRAM RELATED SUPPLIES$500
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like BACKCOUNTRY HUNTERS & ANGLERS
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Montana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 50 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BACKCOUNTRY HUNTERS & ANGLERS: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BACKCOUNTRY HUNTERS & ANGLERS?
- BACKCOUNTRY HUNTERS & ANGLERS (Montana) receives grants from 77 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,545,636 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION ($3,220,000). 43 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BACKCOUNTRY HUNTERS & ANGLERS have?
- IRS filings report 77 organizations giving $12,545,636 in grants to BACKCOUNTRY HUNTERS & ANGLERS, 43 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BACKCOUNTRY HUNTERS & ANGLERS?
- THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,220,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BACKCOUNTRY HUNTERS & ANGLERS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Montana. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 77 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing