Montana · Nonprofit
FAMILIES FOR A LIVABLE CLIMATE
FAMILIES FOR A LIVABLE CLIMATE (Montana) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $42,650 to it, the largest being The High Stakes Foundation ($42,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $150k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $43k
- Net assets
- $54k
What Families for a Livable Climate does
Mission
Families for a Livable Climate (FLC) creates community for climate action by equipping families of all kinds with tools, relationships, and opportunities they need to engage in meaningful, community-powered solutions. Grounded in the belief that belonging is the foundation for lasting change, FLC transforms climate concern into collective action through three integrated program areas: climate communication and storytelling, grassroots organizing and leadership development, and coalition-building.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
- Volunteer engagement & leadership development: We continue to expanded our volunteer Working Group model, supporting multiple active groups of community members to lead climate initiatives across Montana focused on Clean Energy, Healthy Schools, Sustainable Investing, and Beyond Plastics. Volunteers organized and facilitated events, led actions, and built community partnerships. In 2025, we deepened our Climate Leadership Program, providing mentorship and leadership opportunities for emerging climate leaders, with growing emphasis on youth leadership and intergenerational collaboration.- Youth engagement & mentorship: We significantly expanded our youth-centered programming, including the development of a Youth Mentorship Network to support young climate leaders across the state. We provided support and training to youth involved in climate actions, and created spaces for youth voices through panels, events, and community storytelling initiatives.- Events, education & community engagement: We hosted a wide range of community events, workshops, and gatherings focused on climate education, connection, and action. These included climate storytelling events, action parties,…
$51,957 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $51,957.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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 at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $29k to $54k (+88%).
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.
98% of FAMILIES FOR A LIVABLE CLIMATE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of FAMILIES FOR A LIVABLE CLIMATE’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
FAMILIES FOR A LIVABLE CLIMATE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% 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
“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
100% of FAMILIES FOR A LIVABLE CLIMATE's grant income comes from Montana funders.
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
FAMILIES FOR A LIVABLE CLIMATE has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,433 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,433 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like FAMILIES FOR A LIVABLE CLIMATE
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
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FAMILIES FOR A LIVABLE CLIMATE: 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 FAMILIES FOR A LIVABLE CLIMATE?
- FAMILIES FOR A LIVABLE CLIMATE (Montana) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $42,650 to it, the largest being The High Stakes Foundation ($42,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FAMILIES FOR A LIVABLE CLIMATE have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $42,650 in grants to FAMILIES FOR A LIVABLE CLIMATE, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FAMILIES FOR A LIVABLE CLIMATE?
- The High Stakes Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $42,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FAMILIES FOR A LIVABLE CLIMATE 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 2024–2025), and the filings of 2 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