Montana · Nonprofit
LIVINGSTON DEPOT FOUNDATION INC
LIVINGSTON DEPOT FOUNDATION INC (Montana) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $268,064 to it, the largest being PARK COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($157,219). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $568k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $268k
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What Livingston Depot Foundation Inc does
Mission
The livingston depot foundation is a non-profit organization committed to enriching the lives of residents of livingston and surrounding, communities, and tourists to the yellowstone area by: 1. Restoring, preserving and protecting the historic northern pacific depot, now a community cultural center--the livingston depot center; 2. Presenting and promoting the visual and performing arts, culture, history of the yellowstone region, and educational programs in the arts and humanities; 3. Promoting community involvement, tourism and economic development through the operation and use of the livingston depot center.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Building preservation/community cultural center the organization raises funds to preserve this historic and iconic former railroad depot through rentals of auxiliary buildings, fundraising events, and providing a venue for community celebrations and events. The organization was formed in 1985 to restore and maintain the building in perpetuity. The buidling was designed by reed & stem, the original architects for new york's grand central station. Several large-scale infrastructure projects have been undertaken through the years in order to preserve the iconic building as the anchor of the historic downtown district. Beginning in 2018, an hvac system upgrade has been providing more energy efficiency. The foudation completed an upgrade of single pane windows to increase efficiency in accordance with best practices in historic preservation. In december of 2022, the foundation obtained 151,600 in federal funding through the american rescue plan act and the city of livingston to address water and sewer infrastructure needs, including restoroom accessibility throughout the historic property. Additional fundraising and design work commenced in 2023 and continued in 2025 to improve health,…
$221,152 spent$123,218 earned by the program53% of program spendingPresenting and promoting the visual arts in 2025, the organization initiated a collaborative project with the danforth museum of art and the livingston center for art and culture to promote community-wide engagement in the arts and increase cultural tourism within park county. Artweek park county is an annual program designed to celebrate the region's artistic community by showcasing a diverse range of art forms and providing opportunities for local artists to reach broader audiences. Activities include exhibitions, workshops, performances, and other cultural programming intended to foster creativity, support local artists, and enhance the cultural vitality of the community. The organization serves as the fiscal agent for artweek park county and maintains responsibility for all related revenues and expenses pursuant to a memorandum of understanding with partner organizations. The memorandum outlines the administration and disbursement of funds and will be reviewed following the program's third year. Artweek park county's development and inaugural year were supported in part by a multi-year grant from the park county fund for the arts, a program of the park county community…
$135,125 spent$111,456 earned by the program32% of program spendingOperation of museum approximately 7,000 visitors come to the museum each year, a combination of local residents and tourists on their way to or from yellowstone national park, located about 50 miles south of the town of livingston. Museum admission fees are sold at the door and by annual membership fees. Admission revenue from 2025 was 12,678.00, and gift shop sales were 8,043.09. The museum hosts traveling art and history exhibits, as well as permanent exhibits. The depot festival of the arts show showcases artists and craftspeople from across the country to over 10,000 visitors and is held in conjunction with the annual roundup rodeo (biggest event of the year in town). Students from schools, homeschooling groups, and summer camps explore the exhibits through guided tours and activities. Museum curriculum uses primary sources to relate to both the permanent and seasonal exhibits. One unit lets students examine how this region's agricultural economy is connected through the railroad to global marketplaces.
$64,822 spent$81,130 earned by the program15% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $421,099.
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 2021 to 2022, from $933k to $1.2M (+29%).
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 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
33% of LIVINGSTON DEPOT FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 5 funders to 2 funders, grant income rose $28k → $31k.
2 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 61% 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 LIVINGSTON DEPOT FOUNDATION 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.
How concentrated its funding is
LIVINGSTON DEPOT FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
61% 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 LIVINGSTON DEPOT FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 53% · 2018 98% · 2019 51% · 2020 46% · 2021 69% · 2022 63% · 2023 68% — growing more concentrated.
“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
25% of LIVINGSTON DEPOT FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
61% of LIVINGSTON DEPOT FOUNDATION INC'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 $104k that is directly attributable, 83% of it comes from Montana funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $164k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
LIVINGSTON DEPOT FOUNDATION INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like LIVINGSTON DEPOT FOUNDATION 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
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LIVINGSTON DEPOT FOUNDATION INC?
- LIVINGSTON DEPOT FOUNDATION INC (Montana) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $268,064 to it, the largest being PARK COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($157,219). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does LIVINGSTON DEPOT FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $268,064 in grants to LIVINGSTON DEPOT FOUNDATION INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LIVINGSTON DEPOT FOUNDATION INC?
- PARK COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $157,219 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LIVINGSTON DEPOT FOUNDATION 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 8 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