Montana · Nonprofit
HOPA MOUNTAIN INC
HOPA MOUNTAIN INC (Montana) receives grants from 52 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,483,373 to it, the largest being The Kendeda Fund ($2,090,000). 34 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 52
- Grants received
- $6.5M
- Net assets
- $2.9M
What Hopa Mountain Inc does
Mission
Hopa Mountain invests in rural and tribal citizen leaders, adults and youth who areimproving education, ecological health, and economic development. Hopa Mountainprovides these leaders with training, mentoring, network opportunities, andfinancial resources to help them create opportunities for advancing in theircommunities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Strengthening the Circle(STC):Strengthening the Circle is a Native nonprofit leadership program that is designed to: (1) expand year-round capacity-building training and technical assistance services to Native nonprofits focusing on education and asset development; (2) provide Native nonprofit leaders with organizational development assistance to establish strategic plans and procedures for measuring progress and improving performance towards intended outcomes leading to community impact; (3) develop culturally appropriate training materials; and (4) invite foundation participation in STC and Native community-based initiatives to support and sustain this work. Forty-five Native nonprofit leaders were served through this program.
$1,366,044 spentof which $1,183,490 as grants63% of program spendingLocal Food for Local Families: The purpose of the cooperative Local Food for Local Families initiative is to expand access to Montana grown food by increasing processing, distribution, and storage capacity in local and regional food hubs and rural and tribal food pantries to meet the needs of Montana families. Local Food for Local Families supports and connects producers, food hubs, food pantries and others to increase access to Montana grown and processed agricultural products. The goal of this initiative is to develop a more strategic, equitable and sustainable food system model statewide.
$305,462 spent14% of program spendingHopa Mountain's StoryMakers and HealthMakers Programs:Hopa Mountain's StoryMakers and HealthMakers programs offer parents of children ages 0-8 with high-quality books and early learning resources to support children's health and early literacy; child development information and book-sharing ideas; and personal encouragement for parents and caregivers as they support their children's learning and health habits every day.
$201,651 spent$600 earned by the program9% of program spendingOTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Hopa Mountain Scholars of Promise program:The Indigenous Scholars of Promise program is a college preparation program that provides students with training, mentoring, and support services to help them prepare to apply to the schools of their choice. High school sophomores, juniors and seniors who currently have a 3.0 GPA or above and are considering applying the colleges and universities are invited to apply to the program. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: Native Science Fellows(NSF):The Native Science Fellows program is effectively increasing the number of Native American students (ages 15-35) who are engaged in community-based geosciences education, field experiences and careers by: (1) providing role models and work experience for Native American tribal college and university students interested in the geosciences; (2) developing an annual Fellows gathering with peer networks of Native college students who are interested in pursuing geosciences careers; and (3) building a network of community-based science professionals who are committeed to the success of Native students and provide on-going support for personal, academic and professional success. OTHER…
$307,565 spent14% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,180,722.
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 2022 to 2023, from $2.2M to $3.1M (+39%).
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: 2018 9% · 2019 32% · 2020 11% · 2021 12% · 2022 23% · 2023 7% · 2024 44%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
88% of HOPA MOUNTAIN INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 26 funders, grant income rose $161k → $2.1M.
12 of 52 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% 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 HOPA MOUNTAIN INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 52 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
HOPA MOUNTAIN INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 32% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 56% · 2018 42% · 2019 62% · 2020 20% · 2021 48% · 2022 36% · 2023 57% — broadly stable.
“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
57% of HOPA MOUNTAIN INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 65% 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
HOPA MOUNTAIN INC draws 82% of its grant income from funders outside Montana, across 20 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $880k arriving through sponsors registered in 9 states 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
HOPA MOUNTAIN INC's funding base is broadening — from 10 funders to 26 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,203 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding HOPA MOUNTAIN INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3.3M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$2.1M
- Department of the Interior$639k
- Department of Agriculture$500k
- National Science Foundation$127k
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 HOPA MOUNTAIN 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
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
69%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds HOPA MOUNTAIN INC?
- HOPA MOUNTAIN INC (Montana) receives grants from 52 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,483,373 to it, the largest being The Kendeda Fund ($2,090,000). 34 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HOPA MOUNTAIN INC have?
- IRS filings report 52 organizations giving $6,483,373 in grants to HOPA MOUNTAIN INC, 34 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HOPA MOUNTAIN INC?
- The Kendeda Fund is the largest funder on record, with $2,090,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HOPA MOUNTAIN 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.
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 52 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