Montana · Nonprofit
Gallatin Watershed Council Inc
Gallatin Watershed Council Inc (Montana) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,074,257 to it, the largest being WILLOW SPRINGS CHARITABLE TRUST JENNY B STODDARD TRUSTEE ($970,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $1.6M
What Gallatin Watershed Council Inc does
Mission
The Gallatin Watershed Council guides collaborative watershed stewardship in the Gallatin Valley for a healthy and productive landscape.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Watershed planning - GWC facilitates watershed planning efforts to guide collaborative water management decisions in the Lower Gallatin Watershed. GWC coordinates the Gallatin Water Collaborative, a group of over 30 stakeholders across the Gallatin Valley working to protect, restore, and enhance water resources in the Lower Gallatin Watershed.
$165,305 spent$21,600 earned by the program54% of program spendingEducation & outreach - GWC hosts and participates in numerous events to educate the public about local water resources and provides meaningful community engagement opportunities.
$81,726 spent$15,000 earned by the program27% of program spendingRestoration projects - GWC works with landowners and partners throughout the Gallatin Valley to improve stream health and water quality through restoration and enhancement activities based on the completed and approved Lower Gallatin Watershed Restoration Plan.
$60,863 spent$20,793 earned by the program20% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $307,894.
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 2023 to 2024, from $827k to $1.6M (+96%).
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 66% · 2021 7% · 2022 13% · 2023 41% · 2024 68%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of Gallatin Watershed Council Inc’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 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.
Board chair
Tom Langmo
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $7k → $350k.
2 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 Gallatin Watershed Council 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
Gallatin Watershed Council Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 90% of grant income and the top three 96%; 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: 2018 54% · 2019 74% · 2020 74% · 2021 72% · 2022 98% · 2023 95% — 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.
How long its funders stay
100% of Gallatin Watershed Council Inc's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 44% give in more than one year at all.
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
Gallatin Watershed Council Inc draws 98% of its grant income from funders outside Montana, across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $58k 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.
Against its field
Gallatin Watershed Council Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,186 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,186 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding Gallatin Watershed Council Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $300k on record.
- Department of the Interior$300k
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.
Organizations like Gallatin Watershed Council Inc
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.
Where the money goes
63% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
59%
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 Gallatin Watershed Council Inc: 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 Gallatin Watershed Council Inc?
- Gallatin Watershed Council Inc (Montana) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,074,257 to it, the largest being WILLOW SPRINGS CHARITABLE TRUST JENNY B STODDARD TRUSTEE ($970,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Gallatin Watershed Council Inc have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $1,074,257 in grants to Gallatin Watershed Council Inc, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Gallatin Watershed Council Inc?
- WILLOW SPRINGS CHARITABLE TRUST JENNY B STODDARD TRUSTEE is the largest funder on record, with $970,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Gallatin Watershed Council 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.
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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 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