Montana · Nonprofit
Firewood Bank of the Ruby Valley
Firewood Bank of the Ruby Valley (Montana) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $73,500 to it, the largest being TRAILSEND FOUNDATION ($40,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $65k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $74k
- Net assets
- $133k
What Firewood Bank of the Ruby Valley does
Mission
Supply firewood to families and individuals residing in the great Ruby Valley, who, for any reason, are demonstrably unable to meet their own needs in this regard.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Program
FIREWOOD BANK:In 2024, we delivered 77 loads of firewood totaling 120 cords to 35 individuals in need.
$28,614 spentof which $13,000 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $28,614.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $1k → $25k.
From the IRS filings of Firewood Bank of the Ruby Valley’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
Firewood Bank of the Ruby Valley leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 82%; 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: 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 40% — 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
Firewood Bank of the Ruby Valley draws 68% of its grant income from funders outside Montana, across 3 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
Firewood Bank of the Ruby Valley runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,043 unclassified nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,043 unclassified nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like Firewood Bank of the Ruby Valley
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.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Firewood Bank of the Ruby Valley: 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 Firewood Bank of the Ruby Valley?
- Firewood Bank of the Ruby Valley (Montana) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $73,500 to it, the largest being TRAILSEND FOUNDATION ($40,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Firewood Bank of the Ruby Valley have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $73,500 in grants to Firewood Bank of the Ruby Valley, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Firewood Bank of the Ruby Valley?
- TRAILSEND FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $40,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Firewood Bank of the Ruby Valley 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 2024–2024), and the filings of 5 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