Montana · Nonprofit
MAPS MEDIA INSTITUTE INC
MAPS MEDIA INSTITUTE INC (Montana) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,114,127 to it, the largest being THE GREATER MONTANA FOUNDATION ($426,500). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $598k
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $148k
What Maps Media Institute Inc does
Mission
Maps media institute is a nonprofit educational organization whose mission is to "empower, inspire, and prepare montana's next generation for success through professional media arts instruction, community engagement, and compassionate mentoring."
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Part lll, 4a: ravalli and lewis & clark counties these flagship sites offer comprehensive, free-of-charge media arts programs for grades 8-12. Based in hamilton and helena, these sites serve a broad range of students through 32-week afterschool and six-week summer programs. Classes cover diverse media arts topics, including film, design, music production, photojournalism, and podcasting, equipping youth with valuable skills.
$188,560 spentof which $1,706 as grants52% of program spendingPart lll, 4b: maps media lab statewide educational outreach: the maps media lab continued to serve rural and tribal communities statewide through workshops in filmmaking, photography, and design. In 2023, maps instructors traveled to multiple locations, offering hands-on media arts experiences to support local storytelling. Blackfeet nation: partnered with blackfeet community college to deliver an immersive workshop that trained students and staff in documenting cultural events. Participants developed essential filmmaking skills and captured the 2024 international blackfoot research conference, archiving significant presentations and keynote addresses for future generations. Fort belknap indian community: collaborated with fort belknap leaders to create a series on water rights and conservation, producing eight videos featuring tribal elders and community leaders who discussed the historical, cultural, and environmental importance of water to the community.
$121,445 spent$32,000 earned by the program33% of program spendingPart lll, 4c: client projects this program provides opportunities for youth to put their media skills to work and strengthen their communities by supporting local and statewide nonprofits. In fy23, maps partnered with organizations across montana for impactful community media projects. Montana office of public instruction (opi): collaborated with opi to produce videos for rural out-of-school programs in boulder, box elder, and lewistown. These projects highlighted local stories and were part of the opi 21st cclc initiative, which underscores the importance of quality out- of-school programming. Bitterroot water partnership: partnered with the bitterroot water partnership to create a series of narrative portraits and photo essays that showcase the bitterroot river's significance. These works, emphasizing conservation and community perspectives, were publicly exhibited and will continue to be shared across various county sites
$45,362 spent$75,427 earned by the program12% of program spendingPart lll, 4d: other exempt purpose accomplishments national and regional recognition: in fy23 maps received multiple awards, including the trailblazer in diversity award and the board of governors' award from the national academy of television arts & sciences nw chapter, highlighting maps' dedication to diversity in media arts.
$9,384 spent3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $364,751.
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 2019 to 2020, from $272k to $424k (+56%).
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.
80% of MAPS MEDIA INSTITUTE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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 4 funders to 6 funders, grant income fell $135k → $69k.
2 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 MAPS MEDIA INSTITUTE 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
MAPS MEDIA INSTITUTE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 59% · 2018 63% · 2019 52% · 2020 35% · 2021 45% · 2022 35% · 2023 43% — 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
56% of MAPS MEDIA INSTITUTE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
90% of MAPS MEDIA INSTITUTE INC's grant income comes from Montana funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $57k 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
MAPS MEDIA INSTITUTE INC has grown faster than half of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding MAPS MEDIA INSTITUTE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $196k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$196k
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 MAPS MEDIA INSTITUTE 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
91% 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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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MAPS MEDIA INSTITUTE INC: 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 MAPS MEDIA INSTITUTE INC?
- MAPS MEDIA INSTITUTE INC (Montana) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,114,127 to it, the largest being THE GREATER MONTANA FOUNDATION ($426,500). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MAPS MEDIA INSTITUTE INC have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $1,114,127 in grants to MAPS MEDIA INSTITUTE INC, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MAPS MEDIA INSTITUTE INC?
- THE GREATER MONTANA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $426,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MAPS MEDIA INSTITUTE 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 14 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