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HELL-GATE CIVILIAN SHOOTERS ASSOCIATION

HELL-GATE CIVILIAN SHOOTERS ASSOCIATION (Montana) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $980 to it, the largest being NRA FOUNDATION INC ($980). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$83k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$980
Net assets
$415k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 1%
01What it does

What Hell-Gate Civilian Shooters Association does

Mission

To promote firearm safety and maintain a shooting range for members of law enforcement agencies and the public.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Maintain safe gun ranges for use by law enforcement and the public

    $42,906 spent$61,500 earned by the program
    88% of program spending
  2. The organization puts on several competitive shooting matches each year

    $5,863 spent$18,433 earned by the program
    12% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $48,769.

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 ($87k) Expenses 100 ($53k) Net assets 100 ($251k)2018 Revenue 93 ($80k) Expenses 91 ($48k) Net assets 113 ($283k)2019 Revenue 93 ($80k) Expenses 99 ($52k) Net assets 124 ($312k)2020 Revenue 79 ($69k) Expenses 86 ($45k) Net assets 134 ($336k)2021 Revenue 95 ($82k) Expenses 111 ($58k) Net assets 143 ($359k)2022 Revenue 76 ($66k) Expenses 103 ($54k) Net assets 148 ($371k)2023 Revenue 92 ($80k) Expenses 95 ($50k) Net assets 160 ($401k)2024 Revenue 96 ($83k) Expenses 130 ($69k) Net assets 165 ($415k)
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Revenue (96)Expenses (130)Net assets (165)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $251k to $283k (+13%).

$251k
$283k
$312k
$336k
$359k
$371k
$401k
$415k
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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
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 15% · 2021 12%. 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 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$34k
’17
$32k
’18
$28k
’19
$24k
’20
$24k
’21
$12k
’22
$30k
’23
$15k
’24
54
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.

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Listed33333335
Joined·+0+0+0+0+0+0+5
No longer listed·0000003
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $980 → $0.

Funder
'17
'18
'21
'23
total
NRA Foundation Incunclassified
$980
funders
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of HELL-GATE CIVILIAN SHOOTERS ASSOCIATION’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.

Where its funders are

HELL-GATE CIVILIAN SHOOTERS ASSOCIATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Montana, across 1 state in all.

VA

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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like HELL-GATE CIVILIAN SHOOTERS ASSOCIATION

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In Montana

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

3
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

93%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds HELL-GATE CIVILIAN SHOOTERS ASSOCIATION?
HELL-GATE CIVILIAN SHOOTERS ASSOCIATION (Montana) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $980 to it, the largest being NRA FOUNDATION INC ($980). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does HELL-GATE CIVILIAN SHOOTERS ASSOCIATION have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $980 in grants to HELL-GATE CIVILIAN SHOOTERS ASSOCIATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of HELL-GATE CIVILIAN SHOOTERS ASSOCIATION?
NRA FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $980 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like HELL-GATE CIVILIAN SHOOTERS ASSOCIATION 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 1 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