Montana · Nonprofit
OHARA COMMONS AND SUSTAINABILITY CENTER INC
OHARA COMMONS AND SUSTAINABILITY CENTER INC (Montana) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $32,021 to it, the largest being The High Stakes Foundation ($12,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $177k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $32k
- Net assets
- $25k
What Ohara Commons and Sustainability Center Inc does
Mission
The organization utilizes and develops available resources to benefit the community through education, resource sharing and demonstration gardens in a manner which builds local economy, promotes healthy food options and develops regional food security through food hub activities. The organization's goal is to be a resource for all age groups, every socio-economic class and to develop a strong network of collaboration among other organizations, schools, government agencies and local food producers.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Local food hub program the local food hub program is dedicated to increasing year-round access to locally produced food, strengthening local agricultural activities, and building regional food security. 2024 accomplishments: - market growth & sales: grew the online farmers marketplace to include 70 unique producers, resulting in an increase in gross sales of locally sourced produce and value-added products. This directly injected funds into the local agricultural economy. - food access programs: facilitated food access and nutritional security for ravalli county residents, through partnerships with snap programs and local pantries. - operational expansion: developed and expanded food hub activities, increasing capacity and efficiency for local food aggregation and distribution.
$15,173 spent21% of program spendingOrchard & land stewardship program the orchard program preserves a 5-acre, 500-mixed fruit tree agricultural plot, utilizing it as an outdoor classroom for small-scale fruit production and sustainable land stewardship. 2024 accomplishments: - education: hosted hands-on orcharding workshops for 150 community members, covering topics from pruning and pest management to soil health and regenerative practices. - food donation: the 2024 harvest generated approximately 8,000 pounds of fruit. Over 50% (4,000+ pounds) was donated to local community centers, providing fresh, healthy nutrition to individuals facing food insecurity.
$55,737 spent77% of program spendingEducation & outreach programs education is a core component of o'hara's mission, offering resources and skills to promote healthy food systems and sustainable living for all ages and socio-economic groups. 2024 accomplishments: - program hours: delivered 250 hours of educational programming through demonstration gardens, summer camps, and year-round seminars. - workshop topics: curriculum included topics like advanced hydroponics, micro-composting, healthy-eating, seed saving, pollinator health, and traditional food preservation skills. - direct engagement: programs served over 1,200 participants with direct instruction and informal engagement on our grounds which serve as demonstration gardens year-round. - digital outreach: expanded educational outreach efforts, reaching 6,000 individuals (a 71% increase from 2023) through active social media campaigns, weekly digital newsletters, and online resource guides focused on food security and building awareness of the economic and health benefits of local food access.
$1,810 spent2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $72,720.
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.
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 $50k to $31k (−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.
36% of OHARA COMMONS AND SUSTAINABILITY CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Samantha O'Byrne
Executive director
Board chair
Susan Hardman
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $5k → $11.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% 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 OHARA COMMONS AND SUSTAINABILITY CENTER 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
OHARA COMMONS AND SUSTAINABILITY CENTER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 87%; 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 100% · 2018 67% · 2019 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
100% of OHARA COMMONS AND SUSTAINABILITY CENTER 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. $6k 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
OHARA COMMONS AND SUSTAINABILITY CENTER INC has grown faster than half of the 4,264 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,264 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding OHARA COMMONS AND SUSTAINABILITY CENTER INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $20k on record.
- Department of Agriculture$20k
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 OHARA COMMONS AND SUSTAINABILITY CENTER 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
68%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds OHARA COMMONS AND SUSTAINABILITY CENTER INC?
- OHARA COMMONS AND SUSTAINABILITY CENTER INC (Montana) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $32,021 to it, the largest being The High Stakes Foundation ($12,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does OHARA COMMONS AND SUSTAINABILITY CENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $32,021 in grants to OHARA COMMONS AND SUSTAINABILITY CENTER INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of OHARA COMMONS AND SUSTAINABILITY CENTER INC?
- The High Stakes Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $12,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like OHARA COMMONS AND SUSTAINABILITY CENTER 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 2020–2024), 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