Montana · Nonprofit
ROCKY MOUNTAIN SONGWRITER FESTIVALS INC
ROCKY MOUNTAIN SONGWRITER FESTIVALS INC (Montana) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $65,510 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($45,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 78% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2023
- $365k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $66k
- Net assets
- $58k
What Rocky Mountain Songwriter Festivals Inc does
Mission
To provide opportunities for people to learn, grow and heal through music and songwriting. These populations include individuals pursuing a career in music through educational scholarships and supporting local school music programs with grants.the rocky mountain songwriter festivals programs are the production of songwriter festivals for the purpose of promoting the art of songwriting, tourism in our host communities, and support music education in our public schools and universities. The programs include song writing contests, public performances, and classes for aspiring songwriters.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Programs
Host an event that brings seventy songwriters to our host communities to perform for our fans, playing their songs and telling the stories behind them. Professional songwriters host workshops and judge contests for aspiring songwriters and interested spectators. In 2023 seventy songwriters performed to over 6,000 people.
$287,532 spent$127,043 earned by the program91% of program spendingProvide financial assistance through grants to various educational institutionsor programs supporting music or fine rts education. In 2023, six grants were paid amounting to $ . These grants funded music education programs and purchases of musical instruments. Impact of grants provided assistance and opportunities to approximately 500 students.
$16,250 spentof which $16,250 as grants5% of program spendingProvide music and fine arts educational scholarships. In 2023, fourteen students were granted scholarships.
$10,808 spentof which $10,808 as grants3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $314,590.
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 2022 to 2023, from $69k to $96k (+39%).
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: 2021 2% · 2023 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
56% of ROCKY MOUNTAIN SONGWRITER FESTIVALS INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 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.
Board chair
Carol Kirby
Chairman
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $2k → $15k.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 78% 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 ROCKY MOUNTAIN SONGWRITER FESTIVALS 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
ROCKY MOUNTAIN SONGWRITER FESTIVALS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 69% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
96% 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 ROCKY MOUNTAIN SONGWRITER FESTIVALS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 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
78% of ROCKY MOUNTAIN SONGWRITER FESTIVALS INC'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 $15k that is directly attributable, 86% of it comes from Montana funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $51k 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
ROCKY MOUNTAIN SONGWRITER FESTIVALS INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 17,174 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,174 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2023
Organizations like ROCKY MOUNTAIN SONGWRITER FESTIVALS 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.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ROCKY MOUNTAIN SONGWRITER FESTIVALS INC?
- ROCKY MOUNTAIN SONGWRITER FESTIVALS INC (Montana) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $65,510 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($45,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 78% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ROCKY MOUNTAIN SONGWRITER FESTIVALS INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $65,510 in grants to ROCKY MOUNTAIN SONGWRITER FESTIVALS INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ROCKY MOUNTAIN SONGWRITER FESTIVALS INC?
- NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $45,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ROCKY MOUNTAIN SONGWRITER FESTIVALS 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 FY2023 (financials across 2017–2023), 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