Montana · Nonprofit
PLANT A SEED READ
PLANT A SEED READ (Montana) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,000 to it, the largest being TOWN PUMP CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($6,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2021
- $42k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $9k
- Net assets
- $33k
What Plant a Seed Read does
Mission
To promote reading in young children by providing books in households with pre-kindergarten aged children
As stated on its FY2021 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Sent one book a month to households in havre and the hi-linearea. Program had 20 volunteers that contributed 1,277 volunteer hours worth $33,815.
$30,238 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2021 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $30,238.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $1k → $100.
From the IRS filings of PLANT A SEED READ’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
PLANT A SEED READ leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 71% · 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
94% of PLANT A SEED READ's grant income comes from Montana funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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
PLANT A SEED READ runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 20,681 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 20,681 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2021
Organizations like PLANT A SEED READ
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
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PLANT A SEED READ: 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 PLANT A SEED READ?
- PLANT A SEED READ (Montana) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,000 to it, the largest being TOWN PUMP CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($6,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PLANT A SEED READ have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $9,000 in grants to PLANT A SEED READ, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PLANT A SEED READ?
- TOWN PUMP CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $6,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PLANT A SEED READ 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 FY2021 (financials across 2021–2021), and the filings of 3 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