Montana · Nonprofit
NORTHWEST MONTANA VETERANS STAND DOWN
NORTHWEST MONTANA VETERANS STAND DOWN (Montana) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $481,419 to it, the largest being WHITEFISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($418,671). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 89% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $481k
- Net assets
- $3.1M
What Northwest Montana Veterans Stand Down does
Mission
Our mission at the nw montana veterans stand down and food pantry is to provide a helping hand up to low-income, at risk, and homeless veterans and their families. We hope to provide sustainable living and self-sufficiency by offering assistance with basic needs, counseling, and community resources.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
During 2023, the organization received a total of 251,635 lbs. Of nutritional food for our veterans and their immediate families. A total of 2,014 veteran households, representing 3,684 individuals, received 154,508 pounds of food. We provided 217 holiday boxes to each qualifying family, along with a trip to "santa's workshop" for presents that includes 161 children received gifts. They were able to clothe and furnish 162 households, representing men, women and children of all ages for a total valued at $10,321.25the organization also helped 1,919 individuals either borrowed or purchased medical equipment
$1,406,657 spent$138,517 earned by the program80% of program spendingIn september 2018, the organization initiated a lease of state land with camp facilities with the intent to improve the property to eventually provide rehabilitation and counseling to veterans and their families in a peaceful setting over the next three years. Since initiating the lease, the organization has started work to bring the camp back to functioning status as it was previously dormant for 12 years.in 2023, the organization is continuing to develop the camp sites in the campground area working with lake county to meet the subdivision rules to open the campground. The wastewater system has been upgraded and approved by the state inspector with recommended repairs. Continuing to work with deq to get the public water system approved to meet the subdivision rules set by lake county. New wells and pumps installed. Monthly water testing began in february to meet the requirements for pws water system. Hired an architect to begin the remodel of the lodge building and upgrades to meet current code requirements along with maintenance and upgrading of the existing buildings and grounds. The camp housed homeless veterans as volunteers who helped with forest stewardship and fire…
$361,926 spent20% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,768,583.
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 2020 to 2021, from $2.2M to $3.3M (+50%).
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: 2017 1% · 2018 1% · 2019 1% · 2020 19% · 2021 0% · 2022 0% · 2023 1% · 2024 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
75% of NORTHWEST MONTANA VETERANS STAND DOWN’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $10k → $85k.
3 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 89% 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 NORTHWEST MONTANA VETERANS STAND DOWN’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 7 of 8 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
NORTHWEST MONTANA VETERANS STAND DOWN leans on a few funders — its largest provides 87% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
91% 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 NORTHWEST MONTANA VETERANS STAND DOWN.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 73% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 76% — 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
89% of NORTHWEST MONTANA VETERANS STAND DOWN'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 $53k that is directly attributable, 76% of it comes from funders outside Montana, across 3 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $429k 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
NORTHWEST MONTANA VETERANS STAND DOWN holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 11,263 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,263 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding NORTHWEST MONTANA VETERANS STAND DOWN receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $86k on record.
- Department of Veterans Affairs$86k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like NORTHWEST MONTANA VETERANS STAND DOWN
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
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
80%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Camp Ponderosa · exempt
- Northwest Montana Veterans Food Pantry · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NORTHWEST MONTANA VETERANS STAND DOWN?
- NORTHWEST MONTANA VETERANS STAND DOWN (Montana) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $481,419 to it, the largest being WHITEFISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($418,671). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 89% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does NORTHWEST MONTANA VETERANS STAND DOWN have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $481,419 in grants to NORTHWEST MONTANA VETERANS STAND DOWN, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NORTHWEST MONTANA VETERANS STAND DOWN?
- WHITEFISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $418,671 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NORTHWEST MONTANA VETERANS STAND DOWN 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 8 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