Montana · Nonprofit
BRIDGER BOWL
BRIDGER BOWL (Montana) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $4,875 to it, the largest being L HEART FOUNDATION INC ($4,875). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $22M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $5k
- Net assets
- $63M
What Bridger Bowl does
Mission
To remain a locally focused recreation area that balances quality, affordability and sustainability in a way that best serves our community.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Program
Bridger Bowl operates a nonprofit, community-focused ski and recreation area providing affordable access to alpine skiing, snowboarding, lessons, rentals and related recreational services. During the 2025-2026 ski season, Bridger Bowl served approximately 248,000 skier visits. The organization maintains and operates ski lifts, trails, facilities and supporting services necessary to provide safe, high-quality winter recreation while balancing affordability, responsible stewardship and the long-term sustainability of the ski area for the benefit of the community.
$15,374,385 spent$18,536,296 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2026 Form 990. Program spending in total: $15,374,385.
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.
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 $54M to $61M (+14%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 10 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
Hiram Towle
CEO
Board chair
Jennifer Stark
Chair
As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of BRIDGER BOWL’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.
Where its funders are
100% of BRIDGER BOWL's grant income comes from Montana funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.
Government funding BRIDGER BOWL receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $8k on record.
- Department of Agriculture$8k
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 BRIDGER BOWL
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
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Bridger Bowl Foundation · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BRIDGER BOWL: 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 BRIDGER BOWL?
- BRIDGER BOWL (Montana) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $4,875 to it, the largest being L HEART FOUNDATION INC ($4,875). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BRIDGER BOWL have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $4,875 in grants to BRIDGER BOWL, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BRIDGER BOWL?
- L HEART FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $4,875 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BRIDGER BOWL 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 FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 1 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