Montana · Nonprofit
MISSOULA EDUCATION FOUNDATION
MISSOULA EDUCATION FOUNDATION (Montana) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $65,168 to it, the largest being DENNIS & PHYLLIS WASHINGTON FOUNDATION ($50,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $68k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $65k
- Net assets
- $117k
What Missoula Education Foundation does
Mission
To provide opportunities for enhanced student learning, foster teacher creativity and recognize the exceptional educators in missoula county public schools.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Most inspiring student awards: the 16th annual banquet continued to expand in capacity and impact. A total of 190 guests attended to support these incredible students.
$15,304 spent36% of program spendingStudent board/educators of the year: 3 accomplished, outstanding educators received the prestigious educator of the year award. The mef student board has 9 members representing the three largest high schools.
$2,377 spent6% of program spendingClassroom grants: there were 47 grant requests this year; 27 innovative projects were funded. 58% of projects directly served title one students, with approximately 4,425 total students impacted.
$25,025 spent59% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $42,706.
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 2022 to 2023, from $125k to $88k (−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.
65% of MISSOULA EDUCATION FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (95% 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $6k → $16k.
1 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 MISSOULA EDUCATION FOUNDATION’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
MISSOULA EDUCATION FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 77% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 91% · 2018 59% · 2019 71% · 2020 91% · 2021 90% · 2022 82% · 2023 93% — 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.
Where its funders are
92% of MISSOULA EDUCATION FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Montana funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $168 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
MISSOULA EDUCATION FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 4,748 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,748 philanthropy nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like MISSOULA EDUCATION FOUNDATION
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
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MISSOULA EDUCATION FOUNDATION: 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 MISSOULA EDUCATION FOUNDATION?
- MISSOULA EDUCATION FOUNDATION (Montana) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $65,168 to it, the largest being DENNIS & PHYLLIS WASHINGTON FOUNDATION ($50,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MISSOULA EDUCATION FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $65,168 in grants to MISSOULA EDUCATION FOUNDATION, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MISSOULA EDUCATION FOUNDATION?
- DENNIS & PHYLLIS WASHINGTON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MISSOULA EDUCATION FOUNDATION 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 6 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