Montana Farmers Union Foundation

Analysis

Montana Farmers Union Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Great Falls, MT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover food, agriculture and nutrition, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Montana Farmers Union Foundation reported income of $142k and spending of $45k, leaving 68% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $13k to $142k (+1031%), an average of +83% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 1369%. Over the whole period it spent 9.6% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Montana Farmers Union Foundation sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile, and in the 43rd percentile within MT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include PTA California Congress of Parents Teachers & Students Inc ($142k), Church Women United of Grundy County ($142k) and Wings of Refuge Inc ($142k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 78% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.2m.