Montana · Nonprofit
MONTANA HOPE PROJECT INC
MONTANA HOPE PROJECT INC (Montana) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $278,763 to it, the largest being TOWN PUMP CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($90,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $820k
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $279k
- Net assets
- $5.4M
What Montana Hope Project Inc does
Mission
Granting wishes for montana children living with critical illnesses.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The goal of the hope project is to make dreams come true for critically ill children in montana. The conditions the children face typically require medical intervention and physically, emotionally, and financially drain the children and their families. The average wish granted costs about $8,800, and the most requested wish is a trip to walt disney world. Wishes over the years have included trips to hawaii, professional sports events, computers, shopping sprees, camping trips, hot tubs, vehicle restorations, caribbean cruises, a horse buggy, special bicycles, entertainment centers, video games and dream bedrooms. Whenever possible, the entire family is involved in the wish. As a way to further encourage families, the hope project also invites each wish recipient and their family to two reunions a year.granting wishes to montana children has proven to be a rewarding endeavor and has had a positive impact on those involved with the hope project. Granting wishes, hosting reunions and fund-raising events offer comfort and encouragement to families facing difficult circumstances and bring communities together in support of their neighbors. Those involved know first-hand the special…
$269,640 spentof which $110,954 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $269,640.
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 $3.4M to $4.6M (+35%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2022 4% · 2023 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
32% of MONTANA HOPE PROJECT INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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 5 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $12k → $30k.
3 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% 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 HOPE PROJECT 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
MONTANA HOPE PROJECT INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 32% of grant income and the top three 64%; 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 60% · 2018 52% · 2019 48% · 2020 57% · 2021 48% · 2022 44% · 2023 49% — 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
63% of MONTANA HOPE PROJECT 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
99% of MONTANA HOPE PROJECT 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. $41k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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 HOPE PROJECT INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 13,754 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,754 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like MONTANA HOPE PROJECT 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
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
62%
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 HOPE PROJECT INC?
- MONTANA HOPE PROJECT INC (Montana) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $278,763 to it, the largest being TOWN PUMP CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($90,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MONTANA HOPE PROJECT INC have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $278,763 in grants to MONTANA HOPE PROJECT INC, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MONTANA HOPE PROJECT INC?
- TOWN PUMP CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $90,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MONTANA HOPE PROJECT 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