Montana · Nonprofit
CATALYST FOR CHANGE
CATALYST FOR CHANGE (Montana) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $747,500 to it, the largest being THE ARTHUR M BLANK FAMILY FOUNDATION ($400,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $748k
- Net assets
- $375k
What Catalyst for Change does
Mission
The mission of Catalyst for Change is to improve the mental health and general well-being all montanans and reduce deaths by suicide through: (a) the development, implementation, and propagation of community health workers programs for mental health; (b) the development and maintenance of a telebehavioral health network of therapists, psychiatrists and digital therapeutic interventions; (c) educating and empowering communities at the local level and (d) maximizing and augmenting the availability and use of local resources.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
In 2024, Catalyst for Change achieved transformative milestones, advancing its mission to provide accessible, culturally sensitive mental healthcare to montana's diverse rural and tribal communities. Serving 23 of the state's 56 counties, the organization delivered services to 241 clientsa 43% increase from the previous yearthrough 2,390 connections with people seeking personalized mental healthcare. Clients accessed care via catalyst's robust network of telehealth professionals, community health workers (chws), and local partnerships with counties, schools, health clinics, law enforcement, and first responders. Catalyst expanded its chw training and clinical oversight program into two additional counties, further solidifying its statewide presence. Groundbreaking mental health outcomes included 83% of surveyed clients reporting improved mood, 84% indicating enhanced stress-coping skills, and 50% experiencing reduced depression or suicidal thoughts within six months of care. These efforts, combined with immediate mental healthcare services intervention capabilities and culturally responsive care, bridged critical gaps for underserved populations, demonstrating catalyst's scalable…
$655,734 spent$96,000 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $655,734.
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 2023 to 2024, from $384k to $532k (+38%).
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.
92% of CATALYST FOR CHANGE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 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
Amber Martinsen
CEO
Board chair
Ej Thornton
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023, and between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 7 funders, grant income rose $5k → $136k.
From the IRS filings of CATALYST FOR CHANGE’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
CATALYST FOR CHANGE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 70%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 98% · 2023 29% — 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
CATALYST FOR CHANGE draws 73% of its grant income from funders outside Montana, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Against its field
CATALYST FOR CHANGE runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 8,121 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,121 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like CATALYST FOR CHANGE
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
68% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CATALYST FOR CHANGE: 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 CATALYST FOR CHANGE?
- CATALYST FOR CHANGE (Montana) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $747,500 to it, the largest being THE ARTHUR M BLANK FAMILY FOUNDATION ($400,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CATALYST FOR CHANGE have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $747,500 in grants to CATALYST FOR CHANGE, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CATALYST FOR CHANGE?
- THE ARTHUR M BLANK FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $400,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CATALYST FOR CHANGE 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 FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), and the filings of 12 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