Montana · Nonprofit
FAIRFIELD EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ASSOC
FAIRFIELD EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ASSOC (Montana) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,760 to it, the largest being TOWN PUMP CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($14,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $179k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $24k
- Net assets
- $751k
What Fairfield Education and Community Assoc does
Mission
To unite into one association approved educational and charitable activities working for the welfare of our community, and to raise and distribute the funds necessary to accomplish this work.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Fairfield food pantry: a member of the montana food bank network, our pantry regularly serves about 30-40 families in our local area. We have five volunteers who give an average of 20 hours each to serve in our program, plus numerous community volunteers who help with food drives and other donations. The food pantry is located in space rented in our local community hall (fairfield community civic & recreation, inc.). The food pantry is open every thursday from 4-6pm. An average of 1800 pounds of food is distributed monthly.this year we contributed to the major renovation of the fairfield community hall totaling $30,000 and $2,040 to the neighbors helping neighbors fund at our local school
$56,552 spentof which $30,000 as grants47% of program spendingFAIRFIELD SWIM DAYS is a three-day fundraising event held in July. This year, we raised $48,645 to help offset the cost of maintenance, operation and upgrades to the Fairfield public swimming pool. Spearheading the event is a volunteer committee of 10 community members who meet monthly throughout the year, plus over 100 individuals who volunteer and the businesses and individuals who contribute monetary donations and sponsor activities. This one major fundraising event provides a safe place for children and families in a community of 700, surrounded by many more living on farms and ranches throughout the bench to enjoy swimming in the Fairfield pool during the summer. SWIM DAY ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: PIE AND ICE CREAM SOCIAL, SILENT AND LIVE AUCTIONS, GOLF TOURNAMENT, FAMILY POOL PARTY, PARADE, LIVE MUSIC, TRIATHLON, CHILDREN'S GAMES, CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT, AND MORE!
$24,400 spentof which $24,400 as grants20% of program spendingFairfield school scholarship fund - to provide scholarships for higher education of students from the fairfield school district. Gifts to feca for the scholarship fund are maintained as restricted and disbursed annually as needs dictate to the fairfield school district, which assembles a scholarship committee for the selection process. Original scholarship funds were transferred from auxiliary accounts at the school district to feca in order to better facilitate community giving and awareness and to maintain proper separation from school district funds.
$23,750 spentof which $23,750 as grants20% of program spendingTRYSTEN FELLERS MEMORIAL FUND - A TRAGIC LOSS OF LIFE IN OUR COMMUNITY LED TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THIS FUND TO SUPPORT SCHOLARSHIPS FOR VOCATIONAL EDUCATION TO STUDENTS IN FAIRFIELD AND AUGUSTA, MONTANA. OUR PRIMARY EVENT FOR THIS FUND IS THE "LIVE YOUR DASH" CLASSIC CAR SHOW, HELD THIS YEAR ON MAY 4, 2024. We presented six scholarships to high school graduates of Fairfield, Augusta and other Teton County, Montana schools, valued at $1000 or $2000 each, totaling $10,000. Recipient schools were Great Falls Community College, Montana State University, Montana Tech (2), Montana State Northern, and North Dakota State College of Science.The Teton County Sheriffs Office has started an interactive presentation for area high schoolers about the effects of alcohol and marijuana and driving under the influence, in memory of Trysten Fellers and honor his life lost trying to prevent drunk driving. This $12,000 contribution was funded anonymously but brings further awareness to our cause and the Memorial Fund.
$5,750 spentof which $5,750 as grants5% of program spendingFairfield elementary school fund - to support student classrooms and educational needs and opportunities in our local school elementary school.
$5,548 spent5% of program spendingJunior womens' club "jwc" - the purpose of this group is to nurture friendships through service to our community. This group is instrumental in providing volunteers for many local service projects and events. The group holds the annual "trunk-or-treat" event to provide safe trick-or-treating for our community's children and to promote local business involvement, along with an easter egg hunt, christmas stroll, and spring craft fair. We also provide volunteers for the annual fairfield swim days event to support the operation of our local public swimming pool. We also participated in the pumpkin decorating contest at our local public library, and administered the selection process for the gertrude weishaar memorial scholarship.this year, jwc had 15 active members and is busy recruiting more to join us.we issued the following donations this fiscal year:fairfield youth football - to pay for safety helmets, $400.local 4h clubs - to support youth leadership and develoment in our community, $60.
$3,727 spent3% of program spendingFairfield ball parks fund is our community's only means of providing safe, functional, and well-maintained ball fields for our local youth to participate in softball, baseball, and other outdoor ballfield sports.fiscal 23-24 activities: in may 2024 we installed new bleachers at the t-ball field for a total cost of $2,405.
$1,227 spent1% of program spendingFairfield lions charitable fund - to provide funds for designated community service or improvement projects facilitated by the local lions club. Over the years, the club has renovated the local public tennis courts, the community hall parking lot, and the public pool's locker room and showers. This charitable fund is a new way to facilitate giving for worthy projects in the future.
The 8 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $120,954.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2020 to 2021, from $358k to $472k (+32%).
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 8% · 2021 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
71% of FAIRFIELD EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ASSOC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 7 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
2020 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income fell $6k → $4k.
From the IRS filings of FAIRFIELD EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ASSOC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 3 of 4 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
FAIRFIELD EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ASSOC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% 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: 2020 41% · 2021 73% · 2022 64% · 2023 67% — 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.
Where its funders are
69% of FAIRFIELD EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ASSOC's grant income comes from Montana funders.
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
FAIRFIELD EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ASSOC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 7,175 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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In Montana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FAIRFIELD EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ASSOC?
- FAIRFIELD EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ASSOC (Montana) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,760 to it, the largest being TOWN PUMP CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($14,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FAIRFIELD EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ASSOC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $23,760 in grants to FAIRFIELD EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ASSOC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FAIRFIELD EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ASSOC?
- TOWN PUMP CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $14,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FAIRFIELD EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ASSOC 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 FY2025 (financials across 2019–2025), and the filings of 4 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