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SEARCH AND ASSIST

SEARCH AND ASSIST (Montana) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $7,201 to it, the largest being BIRD OF PRAY FOUNDATION ($7,201). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$267k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$7k
Net assets
$137k
0/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What Search and Assist does

Mission

We exist to provide hope through our grants and programs, giving people a bright future and improving the quality of life of families and individuals in need of a hand up

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. We provided grants to local nonprofits that are meeting social and physical needs in montana

    $217,420 spent
    95% of program spending
  2. Crisis housing program-we purchased a house that will be used for temporary crisis housing for families in need. Renovations on the home have also been started

    $11,827 spent
    5% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $229,247.

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.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($80k) Expenses 100 ($38k) Net assets 100 ($50k)2021 Revenue 203 ($162k) Expenses 192 ($74k) Net assets 277 ($138k)2022 Revenue 234 ($187k) Expenses 477 ($183k) Net assets 261 ($130k)2023 Revenue 297 ($237k) Expenses 639 ($245k) Net assets 245 ($122k)2024 Revenue 335 ($267k) Expenses 644 ($247k) Net assets 275 ($137k)
20202021202220232024
Revenue (335)Expenses (644)Net assets (275)

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 $50k to $139k (+178%).

$50k
$139k
$134k
$124k
$138k
20202021202220232024
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
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$41k
’20
$88k
’21
$4k
’22
−$8k
’23
$20k
’24
1.2
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.

20232024
Listed44
Joined·+0
No longer listed·0
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'18
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of SEARCH AND ASSIST’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.

Where its funders are

100% of SEARCH AND ASSIST's grant income comes from Montana funders.

MT

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

Organizations like SEARCH AND ASSIST

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

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

94% of spending goes to programs.

Program 94%Management 6%Fundraising 0%

Governance

4
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MT

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SEARCH AND ASSIST: 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 SEARCH AND ASSIST?
SEARCH AND ASSIST (Montana) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $7,201 to it, the largest being BIRD OF PRAY FOUNDATION ($7,201). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does SEARCH AND ASSIST have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $7,201 in grants to SEARCH AND ASSIST.
Who is the largest funder of SEARCH AND ASSIST?
BIRD OF PRAY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $7,201 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like SEARCH AND ASSIST 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 1 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