Montana · Nonprofit
HOWLERS RIDGE
HOWLERS RIDGE (Montana) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $28,204 to it, the largest being RICHARD C ADKERSON FAMILY FOUNDATION ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $210k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $28k
- Net assets
- $140k
What Howlers Ridge does
Mission
Howlers Ridge is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting healing, personal growth, and resilience through immersive, nature-based retreats, educational programs, and grants to nonprofit partners. We provide people who have experienced trauma time, space and customized programs in nature to support their healing process. We work with veterans, people in recovery from substance use disorders and other trauma survivors to promote healing, connection and empowerment.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Nature- based healing retreats - Howlers Ridge is developing its nature-based healing retreat program in preparation for future multi-day retreats serving small groups of participants who have experienced trauma, including veterans and people in recovery from substance use disorders. During 2025, program work focused on retreat design, partner development, and planning trauma-informed, nature-based activities intended to support healing, connection, resilience, and personal growth.
$17,440 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $17,440.
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.
Chief executive
Meghann Beer
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 HOWLERS RIDGE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 2 of 3 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
HOWLERS RIDGE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 89% 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
HOWLERS RIDGE draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Montana, across 2 states in all.
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
HOWLERS RIDGE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 8,464 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,464 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like HOWLERS RIDGE
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
25% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for HOWLERS RIDGE: 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 HOWLERS RIDGE?
- HOWLERS RIDGE (Montana) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $28,204 to it, the largest being RICHARD C ADKERSON FAMILY FOUNDATION ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HOWLERS RIDGE have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $28,204 in grants to HOWLERS RIDGE.
- Who is the largest funder of HOWLERS RIDGE?
- RICHARD C ADKERSON FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HOWLERS RIDGE 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 FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), and the filings of 3 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing