Montana Land Reliance Foundation

Analysis

Montana Land Reliance Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Helena, MT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. The IRS classifies it as a supporting organisation under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Montana Land Reliance Foundation reported income of $5.4m and spending of $164k, leaving 97% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $2.0m to $5.4m (+170%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 745%. Over the whole period it spent 13% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Montana Land Reliance Foundation sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile, and in the 93rd percentile within MT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Upstate Greenways and Trails Alliance ($5.4m), Foundation for the National Laboratory of the Rockies ($5.4m) and Eo Wilson Biodiversity Foundation ($5.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 65% of the total. At year end it held assets of $39.1m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $39.1m.