Montana · Nonprofit
CLAY STUDIO OF MISSOULA
CLAY STUDIO OF MISSOULA (Montana) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $85,049 to it, the largest being SIPPY FOUNDATION ($50,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $85k
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What Clay Studio of Missoula does
Mission
Resource for the creative arts.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Provide instruction and education through classes and workshops for all ages and experience levels. Provide teachers, materials and supplies to facilitate the education process. Provide a resource for the creative arts in the city of missoula and the surrounding geographic area.
$183,939 spent49% of program spendingProvide studio facilities and equipment and a quality work environment for clay artists of all levels. The studio provides work space for more serious artists, as well as instructional space for beginner artists.
$150,155 spent40% of program spendingMaintian an artist in residence program to provide independent artists a space to pursue their strengths in clay. Resident artists provide instruction for classes and are a general source of information for beginner clay artists working in the studio.
$41,293 spent11% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $375,387.
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 2023 to 2024, from $302k to $1.1M (+277%).
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: 2020 19% · 2021 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
73% of CLAY STUDIO OF MISSOULA’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $10k → $19k.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% 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 CLAY STUDIO OF MISSOULA’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
CLAY STUDIO OF MISSOULA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 95%; 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: 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 65% · 2022 100% · 2023 71% — 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
95% of CLAY STUDIO OF MISSOULA's grant income comes from Montana funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
CLAY STUDIO OF MISSOULA runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,752 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,752 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding CLAY STUDIO OF MISSOULA receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $28k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$28k
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 CLAY STUDIO OF MISSOULA
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
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CLAY STUDIO OF MISSOULA: 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 CLAY STUDIO OF MISSOULA?
- CLAY STUDIO OF MISSOULA (Montana) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $85,049 to it, the largest being SIPPY FOUNDATION ($50,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CLAY STUDIO OF MISSOULA have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $85,049 in grants to CLAY STUDIO OF MISSOULA, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CLAY STUDIO OF MISSOULA?
- SIPPY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $50,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CLAY STUDIO OF MISSOULA 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 7 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