Montana · Nonprofit
MISSION VALLEY FRIENDS OF THE ARTS
MISSION VALLEY FRIENDS OF THE ARTS (Montana) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,500 to it, the largest being MONTANA HISTORY FOUNDATION ($10,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2017
- $19k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $16k
- Net assets
- $266k
What Mission Valley Friends of the Arts does
Mission
Keeping theater alive
As stated on its FY2017 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Formed in 1989 for the purpose of supporting and keeping live theater in the mission valley the mission is to provide a venue for live theater programs
The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $500 → $1k.
From the IRS filings of MISSION VALLEY FRIENDS OF THE ARTS’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
MISSION VALLEY FRIENDS OF THE ARTS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 65% 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
65% 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 MISSION VALLEY FRIENDS OF THE ARTS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
100% of MISSION VALLEY FRIENDS OF THE ARTS's grant income comes from Montana funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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
MISSION VALLEY FRIENDS OF THE ARTS's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,288 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2017
Organizations like MISSION VALLEY FRIENDS OF THE ARTS
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.
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MISSION VALLEY FRIENDS OF THE ARTS?
- MISSION VALLEY FRIENDS OF THE ARTS (Montana) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,500 to it, the largest being MONTANA HISTORY FOUNDATION ($10,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MISSION VALLEY FRIENDS OF THE ARTS have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $15,500 in grants to MISSION VALLEY FRIENDS OF THE ARTS, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MISSION VALLEY FRIENDS OF THE ARTS?
- MONTANA HISTORY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MISSION VALLEY FRIENDS OF THE ARTS 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 FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), and the filings of 2 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