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BOZEMAN ART MUSEUM

BOZEMAN ART MUSEUM (Montana) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $207,392 to it, the largest being DENNIS & PHYLLIS WASHINGTON FOUNDATION ($85,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$306k
Funders on record
14
Grants received
$207k
Net assets
$392k
5/14 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 18%
01What it does

What Bozeman Art Museum does

Mission

To inspire and foster creativity and a love of art through diverse and high quality exhibits programs classes and lectures.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Exhibits- The Bozeman Art Museum was open in 2025 with four exhibits and we had attendance of 20,149 in 2025.

    $131,320 spentof which $40,000 as grants$9,750 earned by the program
    52% of program spending
  2. Teaching- We taught free skills based art classes in 13 rural and city schools and to home school students in Gallatin and Park counties Montana. We taught 1,529 students during the school year with six week to full school year sessions. We also taught free art classes in local libraries during the summer holidays and after school. We also have an at risk students art therapy program.

    $113,332 spentof which $44,500 as grants$9,957 earned by the program
    45% of program spending
  3. We held our 4th Annual Plein Air Montana event where invited and juried plein air artists paint for a week and then have a Quick Draw and opening night to show their work to the community

    $5,800 spent$54,151 earned by the program
    2% of program spending
  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $250,452.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($138k) Expenses 100 ($130k) Net assets 100 ($111k)2021 Revenue 156 ($215k) Expenses 145 ($189k) Net assets 246 ($272k)2022 Revenue 157 ($216k) Expenses 178 ($231k) Net assets 281 ($311k)2023 Revenue 190 ($261k) Expenses 200 ($259k) Net assets 282 ($313k)2024 Revenue 241 ($332k) Expenses 223 ($289k) Net assets 321 ($356k)2025 Revenue 223 ($306k) Expenses 208 ($270k) Net assets 354 ($392k)
202020212022202320242025
Revenue (223)Expenses (208)Net assets (354)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $158k to $320k (+102%).

$158k
$320k
$358k
$360k
$402k
$437k
202020212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 0% · 2022 0% · 2023 0% · 2024 0% · 2025 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

100% of BOZEMAN ART MUSEUM’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,547 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$8k
’20
$27k
’21
−$15k
’22
$2k
’23
$43k
’24
$36k
’25
5.4
months of
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

Linda Williams

Executive Director

Board chair

Bryan Atwell

Chairman

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

20212022202320242025
Listed1215131010
Joined·+6+3+4+2
No longer listed·3572
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $5k → $39k.

4 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 BOZEMAN ART MUSEUM’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

BOZEMAN ART MUSEUM leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 71%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

41%
largest funder
71%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 39% · 2020 67% · 2021 39% · 2022 67% · 2023 39% — 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

40% of BOZEMAN ART MUSEUM's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 36% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

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

85% of BOZEMAN ART MUSEUM's grant income comes from Montana funders.

WA
MT
OK
GA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Montana out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $21k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

BOZEMAN ART MUSEUM runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin12% · above the median
Months of reserve5.4mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)17% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Government funding BOZEMAN ART MUSEUM receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $78k on record.

Federal$78k
grants $78kcontracts $0
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26
Top agencies
  • Institute of Museum and Library Services$68k
  • National Endowment for the Arts$10k

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 BOZEMAN ART MUSEUM

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.

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

10
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds BOZEMAN ART MUSEUM?
BOZEMAN ART MUSEUM (Montana) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $207,392 to it, the largest being DENNIS & PHYLLIS WASHINGTON FOUNDATION ($85,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does BOZEMAN ART MUSEUM have?
IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $207,392 in grants to BOZEMAN ART MUSEUM, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of BOZEMAN ART MUSEUM?
DENNIS & PHYLLIS WASHINGTON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $85,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BOZEMAN ART MUSEUM 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 14 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