Montana · Nonprofit
BEARTOOTH RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT AREA INC
BEARTOOTH RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT AREA INC (Montana) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $52,285 to it, the largest being MONTANA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($32,040). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $690k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $52k
- Net assets
- $1.7M
What Beartooth Resource Conservation and Development Area Inc does
Mission
The beartooth resource conservation and development area, inc. (beartooth rc&d) is a citizen-driven nonprofit dedicated to building stronger communities. Sponsored and directed by local people, rc&d provides a regional framework to improve economic and social conditions by conserving, utilizing, and developing the natural and human resources of south-central montana. By engaging individuals with diverse backgrounds, expertise, and perspectives, beartooth rc&d helps communities identify challenges, design solutions, and implement projects that improve quality of life. In its simplest form, the rc&d is citizens working together to build stronger, more resilient communities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Beartooth rc&d promotes rural and economic development throughout big horn, carbon, stillwater, sweet grass, and yellowstone counties. As both a state-designated certified regional development corporation (crdc) and a federally designated economic development district (edd), beartooth plays a central role in supporting business growth and community vitality. Services include project development, business planning, and grant writing, as well as direct assistance to municipalities and counties on infrastructure, facilities, and public service improvements.as of december 2024, beartooth manages two usda rural community development initiative (rcdi) grants, one in big horn county and one in carbon county. In 2023, the organization expanded its services through the launch of an epa brownfields program, helping property owners complete phase I and phase ii environmental assessments to prepare underutilized sites for redevelopment. In 2024, beartooth was awarded a recharge our community's economy (roce) grant through the rural community assistance corporation (rcac) to partner with the city of columbus on economic revitalization initiatives.beartooth rc&d also operates a state-funded…
$374,319 spent88% of program spendingAnother core service is the administration of multiple revolving loan funds (rlfs) that provide critical gap financing to small businesses that may not qualify for traditional credit. These funds leverage diverse federal, state, and local resources including bsed, eda, cdbg, irp, ssbci, mboi, and rmap, to promote entrepreneurship and job creation. The primary goal of beartooth's loan programs is to create and retain employment opportunities, particularly for low- and moderate-income residents. As of 2024, beartooth rc&d actively serviced 24 loans across the five-county region, directly supporting the growth of rural businesses and communities.
$48,799 spent$99,263 earned by the program12% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $423,118.
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 2023 to 2024, from $2.2M to $3.1M (+41%).
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: 2017 84% · 2018 74% · 2019 60% · 2020 64% · 2021 90% · 2022 71% · 2023 85% · 2024 82%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
85% of BEARTOOTH RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT AREA INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Chief executive
Joel Bertolino
Executive director
Board chair
Ryan Van Ballegooyen
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $13k → $19k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 61% 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 BEARTOOTH RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT AREA INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
BEARTOOTH RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT AREA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 61% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 BEARTOOTH RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT AREA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
61% of BEARTOOTH RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT AREA INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $20k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Montana, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $32k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
BEARTOOTH RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT AREA INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 4,264 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,264 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding BEARTOOTH RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT AREA INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.7M on record.
- Environmental Protection Agency$1.5M
- Department of Commerce$908k
- Department of Agriculture$318k
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 BEARTOOTH RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT AREA INC
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
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BEARTOOTH RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT AREA INC: 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 BEARTOOTH RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT AREA INC?
- BEARTOOTH RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT AREA INC (Montana) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $52,285 to it, the largest being MONTANA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($32,040). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BEARTOOTH RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT AREA INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $52,285 in grants to BEARTOOTH RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT AREA INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BEARTOOTH RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT AREA INC?
- MONTANA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $32,040 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BEARTOOTH RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT AREA INC 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.
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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 2 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing