Montana · Nonprofit
LIFE LINE OF HOPE A NON-PROFIT
LIFE LINE OF HOPE A NON-PROFIT (Montana) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,113,836 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($408,650). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.1M
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $3.5M
What Life Line of Hope a Non-Profit does
Mission
Lifeline of Hope provides daily care to orphans through program management and financial support of children's homes, including facilitation. Orphan's receive food, shelter, clothing, education, mentoring and nurturing, life skills training, college or trade school assistance. Lifeline also educates and advocates to prevent young women from becoming single mothers.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Orphan children in 9 countries, living in group homes were supplies with all of their basic needs. Basic needs include, food, clothing, shelter, medical care, education, mentoring and nurturing, life skills training, hygiene, Bibles, etc. All homes are provided for year round. In Russia, dozens of facilities in 2 regions are given aid. Special needs are provided for upon a grant request specific to the need that falls outside the normal daily needs. All needs are fulfilled based upon importance, categorized as critical, ongoing and special. Orphan's Lifeline continued to expand sustainability initiatives in more homes and financed repairs, upgrades and special needs.
$1,406,413 spentof which $1,104,234 as grants70% of program spendingChildren's homes in 10 countries were provided with program management and facilitation services. The services include: Assistance in starting and / or managing aspects of the children's home including budget preparation, selection of all goods and services needed to operate the home, assessment of the physical, mental, emotional condition and related needs of the children. Facilitation includes purchase and delivery of goods and / or services to specific homes (primarily those in Russia), inspection of the homes for adherence to program policies, etc. Surprise visits to homes for these inspections are a part of the services provided as well. Another element is initial assessment of proposed or existing homes to verify validity and viability of the home including its location, presence of children, presence of adequate and competent caregivers and director(s), proximity to medical care and schools, etc. Includes budget analysis, collection and analysis of all receipts, photos, children's profiles, etc., etc. as well as reporting to sponsoring entities. In both foreign countries and the U.S. children are given special education on the importance of parenting and the value of a…
$502,291 spent25% of program spendingAs our programs increased in scope and scale, higher learning became a program unto itself. Having built a Vocational College as well providing a fund for dozens of young adults to attend either vocational or traditional college, we created a budget specifically for that purpose and all applications are reviewed with a cap on total expenditures for this program. Each year dozens of young adults begin their journey into secondary education and dozens graduate as well.
$100,459 spentof which $42,543 as grants5% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,009,163.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $1.9M to $2.7M (+42%).
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 6% · 2021 0% · 2022 0% · 2023 0% · 2024 0% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of LIFE LINE OF HOPE A NON-PROFIT’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 6 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $19k → $185k.
11 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 97% 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 LIFE LINE OF HOPE A NON-PROFIT’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
LIFE LINE OF HOPE A NON-PROFIT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
97% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund LIFE LINE OF HOPE A NON-PROFIT.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 62% · 2018 63% · 2019 56% · 2020 54% · 2021 65% · 2022 40% · 2023 38% — 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.
How long its funders stay
63% of LIFE LINE OF HOPE A NON-PROFIT's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
97% of LIFE LINE OF HOPE A NON-PROFIT's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $28k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Montana, across 5 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
LIFE LINE OF HOPE A NON-PROFIT runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 798 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 798 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like LIFE LINE OF HOPE A NON-PROFIT
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
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LIFE LINE OF HOPE A NON-PROFIT?
- LIFE LINE OF HOPE A NON-PROFIT (Montana) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,113,836 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($408,650). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does LIFE LINE OF HOPE A NON-PROFIT have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $1,113,836 in grants to LIFE LINE OF HOPE A NON-PROFIT, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LIFE LINE OF HOPE A NON-PROFIT?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $408,650 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LIFE LINE OF HOPE A NON-PROFIT 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 16 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