Montana History Foundation

HELENA, MT EIN: 81-0435459 Website

PROVIDE DEVELOPMENT AND ADVISORY LEADERSHIP FOR ORGANIZATIONS DEDICATED TO THE PRESERVATION OF MONTANA'S HISTORY AND CULTURE.

Financial Overview

From 2025 IRS Form 990-PF

Total Assets

$10.1M

+5.4% YoY

Annual Giving

$87K

-60.8% YoY

Grant Count

9

-62.5% YoY

Avg Grant Size

$10K

+4.6% YoY

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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Revenue
Expenses
Qualifying Distributions
Net Investment Income
$0$580K$1M$2M$2M202020212022202320242025
Metric202520242023
Total Assets$10,059,853$9,546,645$9,398,884
Revenue$991,871$1,572,915$1,576,959
Expenses$990,435$2,108,316$1,436,158
Qualifying Distributions
Net Investment Income$207,296$187,226$156,957
Distributable Amount

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$55K$110K$165K$221K12 grants202016 grants202120 grants202221 grants202324 grants20249 grants2025

Grant Insights

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 9 recipients in 2025

CARTER COUNTY GEOLOGICAL…$10KCITY OF SHELBY$10KCONRAD PUBLIC LIBRARY$10KHERITAGE & CULTURAL FOUN…$10KNINEPIPES MUSEUM OF EARL…$10KTREASURE COUNTY 89ER'S M…$10KWOLF POINT AREA MUSEUM$10KGEORGE MCCONE COUNTY LIB…$9KPOWDER RIVER HISTORICAL …$8K

Grant Size Distribution

102 grants across all recorded years

102<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

Giving History

Grant recipients and amounts by year

No grants recorded for .

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Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

CHARLENE PORSILDPRESIDENT/CEO$137K

From 2025 filing

NameTitleHoursCompensation
CHASE HIBBARDCHAIRMAN2
BETH MCFADDENVICE-CHAIR2
GRANT ZAHAJKOTREASURER2
HELENA MACLAYSECRETARY1
CARMINE MOWBRAYDIRECTOR1
BRENDA PETERSONDIRECTOR1
CHANTELLE NASHDIRECTOR1
DEBORA BROWNDIRECTOR1
OWEN ROBINSONDIRECTOR1
TIM GORDONDIRECTOR1
MONTY LESHDIRECTOR1
MIKE O'NEILLDIRECTOR1
CHARLENE PORSILDPRESIDENT/CEO40$136,588

Geographic Focus

Where this funder has awarded grants

Grant Distribution by State

2states

Cities

BakerBelgradeBigforkBillingsBozemanBroadusButteBynumCarterCharloChinookChoteauCircleColumbia FallsCondonConradDeer LodgeDillonEast HelenaEkalaka

Data last updated March 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings.

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