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Family Service

Public charity · Grantmaker Billings, MT EIN: 81-0232120 Website

Family Service prevents hunger, homelessness and poverty in Yellowstone county and surrounding areas through community involvement. This is accomplished through focusing on the core values of hope, compassion, dignity, respect, and collaboration.

Family Service at a glance

Total assets
$7,322,307
+2.4% vs 2024
Revenue (2025)
$8,404,418
-3.5% vs 2024
Net investment income (2025)
$130,644
+18.9% vs 2024
Expenses (2025)
$8,283,454
-7.7% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Family Service funds

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

States

Cities

Billings

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$100K$200K$300K$400K1 grant2019 0 grants2020 0 grants2021 0 grants2022 0 grants2023 0 grants2024 0 grants2025

In 2019 it made 1 grant totaling $311K.

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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$7,322,307$8,404,418$8,283,454——$130,644
2024$7,148,433$8,712,059$8,976,265——$109,904
2023$7,347,854$8,272,389$9,536,259——$77,807
2022$8,607,764$7,843,878$8,121,153——$284,475
2021$9,302,167$9,777,293$9,532,948——$52,901
2020$9,446,135$9,961,985$6,608,484——$65,624
2019$7,127,683$4,787,494$4,582,597$311,2311$56,724

About Family Service

Based on IRS filings

Family Service is a public charity focused on Human Services, based in Billings, MT. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $7.3M in total assets. Net investment income was $131K.

Focus Areas

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Family Service is led by Becky Reno, President since 2024 (on filings since 2020); none of the 14 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Becky Reno

    President

    Secretary → Vice President, 2022

    Vice President → President, 2024

    On filings since 2020

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ryan Cremer

    Executive Director

    On filings since 2023

    40 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Allan Karell

    Director

    Past President → Director, 2021

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ed Ulledalen

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Bobbi Owen

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jami Funyak

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mariah Wittman

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Patrick Lewis

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rachel Hess-Meech

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ryan Brosseau

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Devin Scott

    Treasurer

    Director → Secretary, 2022

    Secretary → Treasurer, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ric Heldt

    Past President

    Vice President → President, 2022

    President → Past President, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Shane Richards

    Vice President

    Director → Treasurer, 2020

    Treasurer → Vice President, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Marya Pennington

    Secretary

    Director → Secretary, 2024

    On filings since 2021

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (19)
  • Former: John Hurley (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Terry Steiner (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Sandra Bradford (2021–2024) — Director
  • Former: Bill Brown (2021–2023) — Director
  • Former: Carrie Ballard (2021–2023) — Director
  • Former: Colette Davies (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: John Heenan (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: John Jacobsen (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Stacy Brown (2019–2022) — Executive Director
  • Former: Mike Vicars (2022) — Director
  • Former: Ed McIntosh (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Lori Schmitt (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Kelly McCandless (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Lynda Ballard (2019–2020) — Secretary
  • Former: Mike Dimich (2019–2020) — Past President
  • Former: Tom Nelson (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: William Brown (2019–2020) — President
  • Former: John Walsh (2019) — Director
  • Former: Russell Pierce (2019) — Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Family Service

How large is Family Service?

Family Service reported $7.3M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $8.4M.

What is Family Service?

Family Service is a public charity focused on Human Services, based in Billings, MT. It holds $7.3M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Family Service operate?

Family Service has awarded grants in Montana.

What is Family Service's EIN?

Family Service's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 81-0232120. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(2)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 12, 2020)
  2. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 6, 2026)

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