Montana · Nonprofit
MONTANA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION HOTLINE INC
MONTANA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION HOTLINE INC (Montana) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $4,750 to it, the largest being THE FLATHEAD BEACON FOUNDATION INC ($4,750). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $7k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $5k
- Net assets
- $5k
What Montana Freedom of Information Hotline Inc does
Mission
To assist journalists and the public in exercising their right, under the Montana state constitution, to observe public meetings and obtain public records, commonly known as the "right to know."
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
We pay annual retainer to a media lawyer who provides real-time advice to journalists and the public in their attempts to enforce Montana's "right to know" under the state constitution, regarding public records and public meetings.
$9,000 spent100% of program spendingWe help coordinate legal actions, usually by a coalition of Montana journalists and/or media companies, when necessary to enforce the right-to-know
$0 spent0% of program spendingWe aid journalists and the public by keeping them up-to-date on changes in the law and procedures regarding the right-to-know.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $9,000.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2020: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $750 → $2k.
From the IRS filings of MONTANA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION HOTLINE 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.
Where its funders are
MONTANA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION HOTLINE INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Montana, across 1 state in all.
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
MONTANA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION HOTLINE INC's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,635 crime & legal nonprofits under $100k, FY2023
Organizations like MONTANA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION HOTLINE 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.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MONTANA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION HOTLINE INC?
- MONTANA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION HOTLINE INC (Montana) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $4,750 to it, the largest being THE FLATHEAD BEACON FOUNDATION INC ($4,750). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MONTANA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION HOTLINE INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $4,750 in grants to MONTANA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION HOTLINE INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MONTANA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION HOTLINE INC?
- THE FLATHEAD BEACON FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $4,750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MONTANA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION HOTLINE 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 FY2023 (financials across 2023–2023), and the filings of 1 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