Montana · Nonprofit
DISCOVERY SKI EDUCATION FOUNDATION
DISCOVERY SKI EDUCATION FOUNDATION (Montana) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $313,225 to it, the largest being JAMES T MILLS AND JEAN D MILLS CHARITABLE ($305,725). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $92k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $313k
- Net assets
- $150k
What Discovery Ski Education Foundation does
Mission
To provide instruction in the sport of skiing to youth ages 6 to 18 to provide opportunities for participants to engage in recreational, competitive and skiing to host and/or participate in events and activities that promote the sport of skiing and ski racing
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Ski education, coaching, support for ski racing events
$111,660 spent99% of program spendingSki education, coaching, support for ski racing events
$1,562 spent1% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $113,222.
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 2024 to 2025, from $55k to $150k (+172%).
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.
51% of DISCOVERY SKI EDUCATION FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (65% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $40k → $47k.
From the IRS filings of DISCOVERY SKI EDUCATION FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 2 of 3 funders by total. 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
DISCOVERY SKI EDUCATION FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 98% of grant income and the top three 100%; 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: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 94% · 2022 95% · 2023 95% — 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
DISCOVERY SKI EDUCATION FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Montana, across 2 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
DISCOVERY SKI EDUCATION FOUNDATION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 17,277 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like DISCOVERY SKI EDUCATION FOUNDATION
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.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DISCOVERY SKI EDUCATION FOUNDATION?
- DISCOVERY SKI EDUCATION FOUNDATION (Montana) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $313,225 to it, the largest being JAMES T MILLS AND JEAN D MILLS CHARITABLE ($305,725). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DISCOVERY SKI EDUCATION FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $313,225 in grants to DISCOVERY SKI EDUCATION FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DISCOVERY SKI EDUCATION FOUNDATION?
- JAMES T MILLS AND JEAN D MILLS CHARITABLE is the largest funder on record, with $305,725 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DISCOVERY SKI EDUCATION FOUNDATION 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 3 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