Central Montana Foundation

Analysis

Central Montana Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Lewistown, MT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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, Central Montana Foundation reported income of $5.2m and spending of $5.7m, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $4.4m to $5.2m (+18%), an average of +4.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 520%. Over the whole period it spent 62% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Central Montana Foundation sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% 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 Constellation Fund ($5.2m), Womens Foundation of Massachusetts Inc ($5.2m) and United Way of Genesee County ($5.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 76% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $92k. At year end it held assets of $42.9m against liabilities of $502k, net assets of $42.4m. It reported 2 employees.