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LINCOLN COUNTY TRANSPORTATION SERVICE INC

LINCOLN COUNTY TRANSPORTATION SERVICE INC (Montana) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $28,644 to it, the largest being WESTERN MONTANA AREA VI AGENCY ON AGING INC ($28,644). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$302k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$29k
Net assets
$280k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 5%
01What it does

What Lincoln County Transportation Service Inc does

Mission

To provide safe, reliable and affordable transportation to all citizens of lincoln county, montana especially to senior citizens, the disabled and the disadvantaged.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Provided transportation services of 6,697 units. A unit of service equals one on-board or off-board of bussed clients. Fuel, maintenance, and payroll expenses are the biggest expenses utilized to provide services in adherence with the organization's mission.

    $260,931 spent$40,160 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $260,931.

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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($266k) Expenses 100 ($238k) Net assets 100 ($250k)2018 Revenue 91 ($243k) Expenses 127 ($301k) Net assets 77 ($191k)2019 Revenue 92 ($245k) Expenses 145 ($344k) Net assets 37 ($91k)2020 Revenue 107 ($284k) Expenses 93 ($221k) Net assets 62 ($154k)2021 Revenue 109 ($291k) Expenses 100 ($237k) Net assets 84 ($209k)2022 Revenue 100 ($266k) Expenses 109 ($259k) Net assets 86 ($215k)2023 Revenue 95 ($253k) Expenses 112 ($267k) Net assets 81 ($202k)2024 Revenue 113 ($301k) Expenses 110 ($261k) Net assets 97 ($241k)2025 Revenue 113 ($302k) Expenses 111 ($264k) Net assets 112 ($280k)
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Revenue (113)Expenses (111)Net assets (112)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $207k to $108k (−48%).

$260k
$207k
$108k
$165k
$225k
$233k
$219k
$254k
$286k
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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
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 66% · 2018 68% · 2019 66% · 2020 63% · 2021 77% · 2022 71% · 2023 69% · 2024 58% · 2025 67%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

87% of LINCOLN COUNTY TRANSPORTATION SERVICE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (75% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 5,485 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$29k
’17
−$58k
’18
−$100k
’19
$63k
’20
$55k
’21
$7k
’22
−$14k
’23
$40k
’24
$39k
’25
4.1
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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Listed755556555
Joined·+1+1+0+0+1+0+0+2
No longer listed·31000102
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2019: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $8k → $12k.

Funder
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total
funders
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of LINCOLN COUNTY TRANSPORTATION SERVICE 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.

Where its funders are

100% of LINCOLN COUNTY TRANSPORTATION SERVICE INC's grant income comes from Montana funders.

MT

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Montana out of state home

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

Against its field

LINCOLN COUNTY TRANSPORTATION SERVICE INC's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.

Operating margin13% · below the median
Months of reserve4.1mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)2% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,014 public safety & disaster nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

99% of spending goes to programs.

Program 99%Management 1%Fundraising 0%

Governance

5
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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 LINCOLN COUNTY TRANSPORTATION SERVICE INC?
LINCOLN COUNTY TRANSPORTATION SERVICE INC (Montana) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $28,644 to it, the largest being WESTERN MONTANA AREA VI AGENCY ON AGING INC ($28,644). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does LINCOLN COUNTY TRANSPORTATION SERVICE INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $28,644 in grants to LINCOLN COUNTY TRANSPORTATION SERVICE INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of LINCOLN COUNTY TRANSPORTATION SERVICE INC?
WESTERN MONTANA AREA VI AGENCY ON AGING INC is the largest funder on record, with $28,644 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like LINCOLN COUNTY TRANSPORTATION SERVICE 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), 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