Montana · Nonprofit
MONTANA CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY
MONTANA CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY (Montana) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $277,980 to it, the largest being Harjes Family Foundation ($75,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $198k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $278k
- Net assets
- $212k
What Montana Chamber Music Society does
Mission
The mission of montana chamber music is to advance chamber music by delivering the highest quality performances in the big sky country, and to expand ongoing cultural relevance for all by engaging a diverse public.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Program
To conduct full educational performance of classical and contemporary chamber music, free 1 hour performances to senior citizens, low income residents, public schools, and home school students in handicap accessible public buildings. Also to provide study guides for teachers.
$168,607 spentof which $2,740 as grants$48,098 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2026 Form 990. Program spending in total: $168,607.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 $43k to $123k (+189%).
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.
76% of MONTANA CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY’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. 1 of the last 5 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 5 funders, grant income rose $23k → $56k.
2 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% 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 MONTANA CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY’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
MONTANA CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 27% of grant income and the top three 67%; 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 43% · 2018 75% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 43% · 2022 41% · 2023 45% — 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.
How long its funders stay
0% of MONTANA CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
MONTANA CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY draws 57% of its grant income from funders outside Montana, across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $55k 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
MONTANA CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY is better cushioned than half of the 630 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 630 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Organizations like MONTANA CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY
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
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
65%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MONTANA CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY?
- MONTANA CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY (Montana) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $277,980 to it, the largest being Harjes Family Foundation ($75,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MONTANA CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $277,980 in grants to MONTANA CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MONTANA CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY?
- Harjes Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $75,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MONTANA CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY 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 FY2026 (financials across 2022–2026), and the filings of 12 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing