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EASTERSEALS - GOODWILL NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN INC

EASTERSEALS - GOODWILL NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN INC (Montana) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,663,694 to it, the largest being EASTER SEALS INC ($20,804,583). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$104M
Funders on record
9
Grants received
$31M
Net assets
$69M
9/9 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 6%
01What it does

What Easterseals - Goodwill Northern Rocky Mountain Inc does

Mission

Esgw provided direct services to 4,593 individuals in fy24 in mt, id, or, ut and wy via workforce development, clinical, children's, and disability services. Goodwill stores provide employment for people from all walks of life.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Training and providing jobs to disabled and disadvantaged through goodwill operations. Vocational evaluation and training services for disabled and disadvantaged. Provided direct services to 2,549 individuals.

    $91,691,918 spentof which $30,193 as grants$71,141,964 earned by the program
    94% of program spending
  2. Direct services - home health care, medical services for elderly and disabled. Provided direct services to 797 individuals.

    $5,362,359 spent$5,934,289 earned by the program
    5% of program spending
  3. Public health education - information, referral, attitude awareness and support groups for people with disabilities.

    $872,291 spent$127,757 earned by the program
    1% of program spending
  4. Housing program for individuals with disabilities.

    $19,651 spentof which $4,592 as grants$27,555 earned by the program
    0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $97,946,219.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($57M) Expenses 100 ($56M) Net assets 100 ($29M)2019 Revenue 122 ($70M) Expenses 121 ($68M) Net assets 109 ($32M)2020 Revenue 116 ($66M) Expenses 114 ($64M) Net assets 117 ($34M)2021 Revenue 132 ($76M) Expenses 123 ($69M) Net assets 142 ($42M)2022 Revenue 154 ($88M) Expenses 135 ($76M) Net assets 174 ($51M)2023 Revenue 162 ($93M) Expenses 154 ($87M) Net assets 199 ($58M)2024 Revenue 182 ($104M) Expenses 171 ($96M) Net assets 235 ($69M)
2017201920202021202220232024
Revenue (182)Expenses (171)Net assets (235)

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 $62M to $91M (+48%).

$35M
$40M
$42M
$57M
$62M
$91M
$113M
2017201920202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 4% · 2019 4% · 2020 5% · 2021 7% · 2022 12% · 2023 8% · 2024 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$1.0M
’17
$2.2M
’19
$2.1M
’20
$6.2M
’21
$12M
’22
$6.0M
’23
$7.9M
’24
1.8
months of
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

Mark Sherman

President/CEO

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.

2017201920202021202220232024
Listed19212318202125
Joined··+5+1+3+2+9
No longer listed··36115
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 6 funders, grant income rose $2.3M → $5.0M.

1 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 EASTERSEALS - GOODWILL NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN 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

EASTERSEALS - GOODWILL NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 68% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

100% 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 EASTERSEALS - GOODWILL NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN INC.

68%
largest funder
98%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 85% · 2018 78% · 2019 88% · 2020 92% · 2021 69% · 2022 67% · 2023 61% — 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.

How long its funders stay

88% of EASTERSEALS - GOODWILL NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 100% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

EASTERSEALS - GOODWILL NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN INC draws 98% of its grant income from funders outside Montana, across 7 states in all.

ID
MT
MN
IL
OR
MD
DE

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Montana out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $562 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.

04Its place in the field

Government funding EASTERSEALS - GOODWILL NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $69k on record.

Federal$69k
grants $0contracts $69k
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
Top agencies
  • Department of Justice$69k

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.

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In Montana

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

92% of spending goes to programs.

Program 92%Management 8%Fundraising 0%

Governance

15
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

97%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Easterseals Housing Solutions Inc · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds EASTERSEALS - GOODWILL NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN INC?
EASTERSEALS - GOODWILL NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN INC (Montana) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,663,694 to it, the largest being EASTER SEALS INC ($20,804,583). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does EASTERSEALS - GOODWILL NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN INC have?
IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $30,663,694 in grants to EASTERSEALS - GOODWILL NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN INC, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of EASTERSEALS - GOODWILL NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN INC?
EASTER SEALS INC is the largest funder on record, with $20,804,583 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like EASTERSEALS - GOODWILL NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN 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.

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 9 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