Montana · Nonprofit
BUFFALO FIELD CAMPAIGN INC
BUFFALO FIELD CAMPAIGN INC (Montana) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $452,296 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($89,600). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $403k
- Funders on record
- 30
- Grants received
- $452k
- Net assets
- $848k
What Buffalo Field Campaign Inc does
Mission
To protect the natural habitat of wild migratory buffalo and native wildlife, to stop the slaughter and harassment of america's last wild buffalo as well as to advocate for their lasting protection,and to work with people of all nations to honor the sacredness of the wild
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Frontlines defense of yellowstone bison - buffalo field campaign's core program is the operaton of the daily field patrols along bison migration corridors near the boundries of yellowstone national park. Patrols operate during the times of year when bison are in montana. Volunteers equipped with still and video cameras document every action taken against buffalo and the toll these operations take on wild species in the ecosystem. Buffalo field campaign provided training, room, board, winter clothing, and equipment to each of these volunteers outfitting them for some of the most extreme weather conditions in the country. Time spent in the presence of wild bison - both in their natural grace and through the chaos of hazing , capture, and slaughter operations - inspires buffalo field campaign volunteers and cooridonators to visualize, organize, and actualize a wide range of initiatives aimed at bringing permanent protection to this last wild bison population. A goal of the frontlines bison defense project is to permanently protect bison migration routes and the bison's right to access them. The organization convey information and images gained through field patrols, public meetings,…
$129,060 spent55% of program spendingPolicy work, research and legal program - the bfc researchers information related to the yellowstone buffalo, brucellosis and wildlife in the greater yellowstone area. Coordinators conduct extensive research into land use issues and present their findings to the general public and attend public meetings and conferences and submit public comments of management decisions affecting the yellowstone bison.
$77,436 spent33% of program spendingEducation and outreach - the buffalo field campiagn's education and outreach efforts convey information and images gained through field patrols, public meetings and research to citizens across the country and around the globe. Bfc conveys buffalo-related news and information through a multi-media website, weekly email updates, coverage in mainstream and alternative newspapers, television, and radio on a variety of websites, on annual road shows, and through the publication and distribution of an annual newsletter.
$28,158 spent12% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $234,654.
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 2022 to 2023, from $988k to $763k (−23%).
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: 2022 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
91% of BUFFALO FIELD CAMPAIGN 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. 3 of the last 9 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 6 funders, grant income rose $37k → $41k.
7 of 30 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 43% 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 BUFFALO FIELD CAMPAIGN 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
BUFFALO FIELD CAMPAIGN INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
43% 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 BUFFALO FIELD CAMPAIGN INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 39% · 2018 37% · 2019 50% · 2020 30% · 2021 54% · 2022 52% · 2023 48% — growing more concentrated.
“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
31% of BUFFALO FIELD CAMPAIGN INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% 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
BUFFALO FIELD CAMPAIGN INC draws 90% of its grant income from funders outside Montana, across 15 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $195k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
BUFFALO FIELD CAMPAIGN INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,606 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,606 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like BUFFALO FIELD CAMPAIGN 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
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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 BUFFALO FIELD CAMPAIGN INC?
- BUFFALO FIELD CAMPAIGN INC (Montana) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $452,296 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($89,600). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BUFFALO FIELD CAMPAIGN INC have?
- IRS filings report 30 organizations giving $452,296 in grants to BUFFALO FIELD CAMPAIGN INC, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BUFFALO FIELD CAMPAIGN INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $89,600 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BUFFALO FIELD CAMPAIGN 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 30 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