Montana · Nonprofit
MONTANA PERFORMING ARTS CONSORTIUM INC
MONTANA PERFORMING ARTS CONSORTIUM INC (Montana) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,500 to it, the largest being CREATIVE WEST ($6,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $82k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $12k
- Net assets
- $35k
What Montana Performing Arts Consortium Inc does
Mission
To support and advance the performing arts across Montana by providing collaborative booking opportunities, professional development, and resource-sharing for arts presenters, touring artists, and local communities.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Artist Showcase & Annual Conference: Organized and produced the annual October 2025 Artist Showcase & Conference in Great Falls, MT. Engaged 134 registered attendees representing 20 presenting organizations and 22 unique artist groups, providing 17 juried showcases free to 110 community members. Projected 100+ resulting performance bookings statewide for the upcoming season.
$30,305 spent47% of program spendingPresenter Development Program: Administered the Presenter Development Grant Program to strengthen local community arts organizations across Montana. Awarded direct funding sub-grants to rural and local presenting organizations to subsidize artist performance fees, lower ticket barriers, and expand access to high-quality live performing arts in underserved communities.
$17,918 spentof which $17,100 as grants28% of program spendingMembership Services & Professional Development: Maintained statewide membership services for arts presenters, artist agents, and service organizations. Launched the "Connect & Learn" professional development series (virtual workshops covering arts & health, nonprofit storytelling, conference preparation, and civic engagement). Negotiated group-buying arrangements, including covering Montana Nonprofit Association membership for all 501(c)(3) MPAC members.
$9,886 spent15% of program spendingField Building & Sector Outreach: Conducted statewide and national field building, sector advocacy, and peer education. Represented MPAC on panels and led workshops at regional conferences-including Arts Northwest, NAPAMA, Rocky Mountain Fairs Association, and Montana Nonprofit Association-to promote Montana arts opportunities, share best practices, and expand regional touring networks.
$6,235 spent10% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $64,344.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2025 to 2026, from $25k to $35k (+37%).
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.
68% of MONTANA PERFORMING ARTS CONSORTIUM INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Emily Wolfram
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of MONTANA PERFORMING ARTS CONSORTIUM 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 PERFORMING ARTS CONSORTIUM INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 57% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
57% 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 PERFORMING ARTS CONSORTIUM INC.
“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
MONTANA PERFORMING ARTS CONSORTIUM INC draws 57% of its grant income from funders outside Montana, across 2 states in all.
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 PERFORMING ARTS CONSORTIUM INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 435 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 435 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2026
Organizations like MONTANA PERFORMING ARTS CONSORTIUM 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
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MONTANA PERFORMING ARTS CONSORTIUM INC: 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 MONTANA PERFORMING ARTS CONSORTIUM INC?
- MONTANA PERFORMING ARTS CONSORTIUM INC (Montana) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,500 to it, the largest being CREATIVE WEST ($6,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MONTANA PERFORMING ARTS CONSORTIUM INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $11,500 in grants to MONTANA PERFORMING ARTS CONSORTIUM INC.
- Who is the largest funder of MONTANA PERFORMING ARTS CONSORTIUM INC?
- CREATIVE WEST is the largest funder on record, with $6,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MONTANA PERFORMING ARTS CONSORTIUM 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2026 (financials across 2021–2026), and the filings of 2 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