Montana · Nonprofit
BIG SKY SNO INC
BIG SKY SNO INC (Montana) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $277,017 to it, the largest being YELLOWSTONE CLUB COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($125,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 87% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $363k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $277k
- Net assets
- $303k
What Big Sky Sno Inc does
Mission
Big sky sno is a collaborative sustainability resource hub dedicated to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 through environmental initiatives & community action. We work closely with local businesses, community stakeholders & donors to develop solutions and resources that increase the health & longevity of big sky. Our efforts are centered on improving energy efficiency, reducing waste, expanding low-impact transportation options & restoring local ecosystems.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Climate action plan (cap) implementationobjective: to implement big sky's community climate action plan (cap) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (ghg) on the way to net zero emissions by 2050, increase community resilience, and transition to a more sustainable and low-carbon future.during the year we implemented or advanced programs across our cap targeted improvement priorities (tips): energy and buildings, transportation, consumption & waste, and natural environment, including:-expanded the build better big sky program (buildbetterbigsky.com), adding a dedicated building professionals page to connect community members with local contractors, architects, and engineers committed to resilient building practices, and hosting a facilitated roundtable to deepen engagement across the building trades.-published the resilient building checklist (buildbetterbigsky.com/rbc), a scoring based tool guiding energy and water efficiency, wildfire resilience, waste reduction, and carbon emissions in new construction. Sno is actively working to have the checklist adopted as a scoring criterion in publicly funded project applications and is presenting it to large-scale developers for voluntary…
$99,370 spent40% of program spendingOutreach & educationobjective: to increase sustainability awareness, build cross-sector collaboration, and empower community members, students, and businesses to adopt more sustainable behaviors.during the year we:-hosted or co-hosted public sustainability events and workshops including wildfire resilience workshops and owners association sustainability workshops, reaching hundreds of attendees including hoa boards, property managers, realtors, developers, and homeowners. -engaged local businesses through the big sky sustainable business achievement program, led in collaboration with the big sky chamber of commerce and visit big sky, certifying businesses that demonstrate measurable sustainability commitments across energy, waste, water, and purchasing practices. -distributed communications through regular newsletters, social media, and community outreach platforms promoting key programs and sustainability behaviors. -participated in regional and statewide coalitions, including mt2030 and electrify montana, to share resources and influence broader policy and funding efforts. -hosted and facilitated monthly coalition meetings to engage influential stakeholders and experts to…
$99,370 spent40% of program spendingData & reportingobjective: to collect, manage, and report on data related to greenhouse gas emissions, program participation, and community progress toward climate goals. During the year we:-continued building a consistent system for recording emissions-related data across buildings, transportation, and waste in alignment with sno's greenhouse gas inventory (ghgi) tracking cycle.-integrated data tracking into program tools such as the build better big sky website and the resilient building checklist to support energy efficiency adoption, developer accountability, and policy development.-tracked program outcomes across key indicators including hoa ccr adoptions, building professional engagement, checklist submissions, and energy participation to inform ongoing cap implementation.long-term goal: to establish a robust, transparent system for tracking emissions reductions and community-facing dashboard to inform decisions by local leaders, funders, and community stakeholders.
$49,682 spent20% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $248,422.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2024 to 2025, from $225k to $305k (+36%).
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: 2024 81% · 2025 64%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of BIG SKY SNO INC’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. 0 of the last 5 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
Elizabeth Kraus
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $25k → $85k.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 87% 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 BIG SKY SNO 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
BIG SKY SNO INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
87% 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 BIG SKY SNO INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 60% · 2022 54% · 2023 47% — 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.
Where its funders are
87% of BIG SKY SNO 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 $35k that is directly attributable, 85% of it comes from Montana funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $242k 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
BIG SKY SNO INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,433 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,433 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like BIG SKY SNO 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
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BIG SKY SNO 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 BIG SKY SNO INC?
- BIG SKY SNO INC (Montana) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $277,017 to it, the largest being YELLOWSTONE CLUB COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($125,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 87% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BIG SKY SNO INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $277,017 in grants to BIG SKY SNO INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BIG SKY SNO INC?
- YELLOWSTONE CLUB COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $125,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BIG SKY SNO 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 FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 5 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