Community Foundations
Whitefish Community Foundation Inc
WHITEFISH, MT
Total revenue
$20.2M
Total expenses
$15.8M
Net assets
$62.5M
Grants received
$19.0M
229 grants
EIN
810533002
Tax year
2024
Mission
The whitefish community foundation is dedicated to enrich the quality of life in the flathead valley by fostering philanthropy, building endowments, and helping donors and nonprofits benefit our community.
Programs
4 programs
Great fish community challenge: a six-week long fundraising campaign which helped 80 nonprofits raise over $5.4m and the foundation awarded an additional $1.1m in matching grants plus $129,950 in incentive grants. The organization also processed all gifts and provided all printed materials, advertising, and marketing at an approximate cost to the organization of over $300,000.
Charitable funds: held and administered charitable funds including donor advised funds, designated funds, annuity funds and agency funds which paid out grants and scholarships totaling over $6.8m to charitable organizations and provided $255k in program support to the organization through administrative fees.
Nonprofit endowment funds: held and administered 43 endowment funds totaling over $20m for local area nonprofits and paid out endowment distributions which provided $343,082 in operating support for the recipient organizations.
Nonprofit development partnership program (npdp): offered 9 free workshops and learning opportunities, reaching 243 participants from over 100 local nonprofits, focused on key areas of nonprofit management to improve oversight, transparency, governance, operations and fundraising. Also hosted quarterly nonprofit executive director roundtables. Npdp implemented a technology program, providing grants to nonprofits to purchase and implement much needed software programs. In 2024 this program awarded 2 grants totaling $2,097 to whitefish education foundation and conrad mansion museum, both for donor database software.
Financials
FY 2024
Revenue
Expenses
People
21 listed
ALAN DAVIS
PRESIDENT
$157K
45 hrs/wk
DARIA PEREZ
CFO
$135K
45 hrs/wk
LINDA MAETZOLD
DIRECTOR
—
2 hrs/wk
CAROL ATKINSON
DIRECTOR
—
0.5 hrs/wk
JEFF ALLEN
DIRECTOR
—
0.5 hrs/wk
SHERRY LESAR
DIRECTOR
—
1 hrs/wk
LAURA GARBACZ
DIRECTOR
—
0.5 hrs/wk
MONICA PASTOR
DIRECTOR
—
1 hrs/wk
GORDON CROSS
DIRECTOR
—
1 hrs/wk
DOUG REED
VICE CHAIR
—
2 hrs/wk
ARDYCE WHISLER
DIRECTOR
—
1 hrs/wk
BRENDEN CRAIG
TREASURER
—
2 hrs/wk
JOHN WITT
DIRECTOR
—
1 hrs/wk
STACY SMITH
DIRECTOR
—
0.5 hrs/wk
MAUREEN CASEY
DIRECTOR
—
0.5 hrs/wk
CAELI QUINN
DIRECTOR
—
0.5 hrs/wk
LUCY SMITH
DIRECTOR
—
0.5 hrs/wk
HANK RICKLEFS
DIRECTOR
—
0.5 hrs/wk
BETSY BAYNE
DIRECTOR
—
0.5 hrs/wk
JAMIE SHENNAN
DIRECTOR
—
1 hrs/wk
GREG GARRISON
BOARD CHAIR
—
2 hrs/wk
Grants received
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Funded by
$19.0M from 81 funders · 229 grants · 2017–2024
$7.9M · 7 grants · 2017–2023
$3.2M · 8 grants · 2017–2023
$2.1M · 6 grants · 2020–2023
$813K · 1 grant · 2020
$410K · 2 grants · 2022–2023
$362K · 5 grants · 2018–2023
$300K · 2 grants · 2022–2023
$254K · 6 grants · 2018–2024