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MONTANA PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE

MONTANA PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE (Montana) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,026,129 to it, the largest being MONTANA HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION ($1,915,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$2.8M
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$2.0M
Net assets
$2.0M
2/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 87%
01What it does

What Montana Public Health Institute does

Mission

The Montana Public Health Institute optimizes the health and quality of life of montanans by strengthening the public health system through collaboration, leadership and the advancement of health equity.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Provide technical assistance and evaluation for the planning of certified community behavioral health clinics in montana.

    $351,236 spent
    18% of program spending
  2. Work with regional hubs to assess the landscape to identify strengths, weaknesses and barriers to services for people who use drugs and foster collaborations to create potential solutions.

    $312,500 spentof which $141,287 as grants
    16% of program spending
  3. Provide technical assistance to the montana communities engaged in crisis redesign.

    $294,823 spent
    15% of program spending
  4. Other program services consisted of the following:elc: on an ongoing basis, mtphi staff work to provide mentorship, support, and encouragement to public health professionals in the state. Mtphi has continued to build and grow communities of practice that allow for public health professionals to network and exchange ideas. This project includes a community of practice for public health medical directors, infectious disease physicians, local health department epidemiologists and public health emergency preparedness staff. 988: provide evaluation services for the 988 suicide prevention hotline. Ppw: provide technical assistance and evaluation for the pregnant and postpartum women sites. The state opioid response (sor) project allows mtphi to serve as the technical assistant for six regional hubs focused on overdose prevention efforts at the local and tribal level. This pilot project is called the opioid education and naloxone distribution program (oendp). The goal of the oendp project is to reduce opioid overdose in montana through a regional approach that focuses on opioid prevention, harm reduction strategies, increasing access to treatment and recovery services, and the…

    $1,023,842 spent
    52% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,982,401.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($517k) Expenses 100 ($162k) Net assets 100 ($354k)2021 Revenue 217 ($1.1M) Expenses 798 ($1.3M) Net assets 50 ($179k)2022 Revenue 349 ($1.8M) Expenses 961 ($1.6M) Net assets 119 ($422k)2023 Revenue 555 ($2.9M) Expenses 1403 ($2.3M) Net assets 342 ($1.2M)2024 Revenue 532 ($2.7M) Expenses 1482 ($2.4M) Net assets 439 ($1.6M)2025 Revenue 548 ($2.8M) Expenses 1488 ($2.4M) Net assets 565 ($2.0M)
202020212022202320242025
Revenue (548)Expenses (1488)Net assets (565)Peer revenue range

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 $436k to $1.3M (+204%).

$359k
$188k
$436k
$1.3M
$1.7M
$2.2M
202020212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 13% · 2021 75% · 2022 77% · 2023 85% · 2024 83% · 2025 78%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

99% of MONTANA PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (51% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 8,632 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$354k
’20
−$176k
’21
$243k
’22
$593k
’23
$343k
’24
$416k
’25
9.6
months of
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.

Chief executive

Matt Kelley

Chief executive officer

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

202020212022202320242025
Listed111112111011
Joined·+0+1+1+1+1
No longer listed·00220
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $450k → $438k.

From the IRS filings of MONTANA PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE’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 PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 95% 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

95%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 89% · 2022 98% · 2023 95% — 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.

Where its funders are

95% of MONTANA PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE's grant income comes from Montana funders.

MT
LA
GA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’20
’21
’22
’23
Montana out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

MONTANA PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 5,002 health nonprofits its size.

Operating margin15% · above the median
Months of reserve9.6mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)41% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,002 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Organizations like MONTANA PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE

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In Montana

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

82% of spending goes to programs.

Program 82%Management 18%Fundraising 0%

Governance

9
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

87%

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 PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE?
MONTANA PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE (Montana) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,026,129 to it, the largest being MONTANA HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION ($1,915,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does MONTANA PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $2,026,129 in grants to MONTANA PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of MONTANA PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE?
MONTANA HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,915,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like MONTANA PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE 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 FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 4 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