Montana Discovery Foundation

Analysis

Montana Discovery Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Helena, MT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. 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 Discovery Foundation reported income of $142k and spending of $152k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $184k to $142k (-23%), an average of -23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Montana Discovery Foundation sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% 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 Glass Recycling Foundation ($142k), Prairie Pines Pals Ltd ($142k) and Doheny State Beach Interpretive Association ($142k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 21% and program service revenue 76% of the total. At year end it held assets of $160k against liabilities of $7,478, net assets of $153k.