Montana · Nonprofit
MONTANA INSTITUTE OF SPORT
MONTANA INSTITUTE OF SPORT (Montana) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $726,080 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($485,133). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 92% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $353k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $726k
- Net assets
- $59k
What Montana Institute of Sport does
Mission
Our purpose is to better young montanans, through physical activity. Our mission is to supercharge physical education.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Try sport (try rugby) - developed a physical education movement-based, 8-lesson curriculum centered around non-contact rugby. Curriculum, skill and game cards were developed over 6 months to cater to all gym or outside spaces, class sizes and more importantly all walks of life here in montana. We are in over 150 schools in montana, impacting the lives of over 50,000 kids.
$99,604 spent37% of program spendingDirect support of underserved sport (youth rugby) - directly supported the creation of three low-cost youth rugby programs in belgrade, billings and great falls. This provided them with playing jerseys, balls, cones and safety equipment. The cost to play was a fraction of that paid at a club sport level, making rugby accessible to all. This coincided with a relationship with adidas to provide cleats for free for those who needed it so they would be able to play.
$77,677 spent$6,760 earned by the program29% of program spendingCoach development - hosted coaching certification courses to provide the minimum requirement certification to be able to coach youth rugby in the state. Mis then provided elite coaches to come in and raise the overall standard of rugby in montana through low-cost or free seminars, coach development platforms (hudl, teambuildr) and one-on-one mentoring.
$37,951 spent14% of program spendingTournaments and events - the great northwest challenge (gnc) is a premier select-side rugby tournament designed to identify top high school talent from across the united states. Serving as a key pathway event for usa rugby, the gnc provides elite competition, exposure to national age-grade selectors, and valuable experience in high-level play. It supports player development, strengthens regional rugby programs, and offers athletes opportunities for college recruitment and advancement into national teams and academies, making it a vital step in the american rugby high-performance pathway.
$53,438 spent$24,000 earned by the program20% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $268,670.
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 $56k to $201k (+256%).
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.
91% of MONTANA INSTITUTE OF SPORT’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (18% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 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.
Board chair
Ali Behnam
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
3 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 92% 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 INSTITUTE OF SPORT’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 4 of 5 funders by total. 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 INSTITUTE OF SPORT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
92% 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 MONTANA INSTITUTE OF SPORT.
“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 MONTANA INSTITUTE OF SPORT's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $56k that is directly attributable, 89% of it comes from funders outside Montana, across 2 states.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $670k 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 INSTITUTE OF SPORT has grown faster than three-quarters of the 15,520 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 15,520 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like MONTANA INSTITUTE OF SPORT
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
62% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MONTANA INSTITUTE OF SPORT?
- MONTANA INSTITUTE OF SPORT (Montana) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $726,080 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($485,133). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 92% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does MONTANA INSTITUTE OF SPORT have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $726,080 in grants to MONTANA INSTITUTE OF SPORT, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MONTANA INSTITUTE OF SPORT?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $485,133 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MONTANA INSTITUTE OF SPORT 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 2022–2024), and the filings of 5 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