Humanities Montana
Humanities Montana serves communities through stories and conversation. We offer experiences that nurture imagination and ideas by speaking to Montanans diverse history, literature, and philosophy.
Humanities Montana at a glance
In short: Humanities Montana gave $30K across 4 grants in 2025 (avg $7K), mostly in Montana. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $29,658
- -80.2% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 4
- -66.7% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $7,415
- -40.6% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $7,201
- Total assets
- $687,078
- +61.8% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- Montana (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated November 2026.
How to apply to Humanities Montana
Open Grants
1 open opportunity from Humanities Montana
Who Humanities Montana funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 4 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was River Arts & Books Corporatio ($9K). Together the top 4 received $30K.
Grant Size Distribution
87 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 87 grants of 87 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 4 itemized grants.
Cities
How Humanities Montana gives
- Giving fell 75% from 2022 to 2025. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $17K (2019) to $612K (2021). In 2025 it made 4 grants totaling $30K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| River Arts & Books Corporatio Roscoe, MT | Community Project | $8,800 |
| Montana History Foundation Helena, MT | Community Project | $7,840 |
| University of Montana Missoula, MT | Community Project | $6,561 |
| University of Montana Western Dillon, MT | Community Project | $6,457 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $687,078 | $1,136,799 | $796,186 | $29,658 | 4 | $8,574 |
| 2024 | $424,555 | $1,079,976 | $1,235,123 | $149,907 | 12 | $3,091 |
| 2023 | $512,838 | $1,011,229 | $902,607 | $79,097 | 8 | $1,550 |
| 2022 | $430,321 | $912,929 | $958,439 | $118,600 | 11 | $875 |
| 2021 | $548,269 | $1,292,883 | $1,390,916 | $611,713 | 52 | $2,480 |
| 2020 | $543,833 | $1,192,703 | $1,151,969 | $142,239 | 16 | $1,728 |
| 2019 | $483,931 | $993,347 | $871,188 | $16,685 | 3 | $2,380 |
About Humanities Montana
Based on IRS filings
Humanities Montana is a public charity, based in Missoula, MT. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $687K in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 4 grants totaling $30K. Net investment income was $9K.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Humanities Montana is led by Jill Baker, Executive Director on every filing since 2023; 1 of 17 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Jill Baker
Executive Director
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$47K (2024) → $90K (2025)
John Knight
Executive Director
New on the 2025 filing
No compensation reported
Lynda Grande
Finance Chair
Board → Trusteeship Chair, 2023
Trusteeship Chair → Finance Chair, 2024
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Esther Beth Sullivan
Chairman
Board → Vice Chair, 2024
Vice Chair → Chairman, 2025
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mary Hernandez
Gover. Chair
Board → Gover. Chair, 2024
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Carol Bradley
Board
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jeanette Fregulia
Vice & Grant Ch
Programs Chair → Board, 2024
Board → Vice & Grant Ch, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jennifer Corning
Board
Board → Grants Chair, 2023
Grants Chair → Board, 2024
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lathie Poole
Board
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Glory Blue Earth
Board
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Arian Randall
Board
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
David Cates
Board
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jeremy Carl
Board
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
W Clark Whitehorn
Board
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Karen Reiff
Board
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Tim Wilson
Board
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Raymond Ekness
Board
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (36)
- Former: Carla Homstad (2019–2024) — Grants Chair
- Former: David Dietrich (2019–2024) — Board Chair
- Former: Kim McMahon (2019–2024) — Former Int. Executive Director
- Former: Ray Ekness (2023–2024) — Board
- Former: April Charlo (2019–2023) — Board
- Former: Caroline Bitz (2019–2023) — Board
- Former: Debbie Garland (2019–2023) — Board
- Former: Laura Mitchell Ross (2019–2023) — Board
- Former: Ashby Kinch (2020–2023) — Board
- Former: Eric Sanders (2020–2023) — Board
- Former: Jamie Doggett (2020–2023) — Vice Chair
- Former: Randi Tanglen (2020–2023) — Former Executive Director
- Former: Ramey Growing Thunder (2021–2023) — Board
- Former: Susan Hughes (2021–2023) — Board
- Former: Francine Sprag-Willis (2023) — Board
- Former: Aaron Parrett (2019–2022) — Board
- Former: Chris Hopkins (2019–2022) — Board
- Former: Jessica Flint (2021–2022) — Board
- Former: Francine Spang-Willis (2022) — Board
- Former: Aaron Pruitt (2019–2021) — Board
- Former: Alden Big Man Jr. (2019–2021) — Board
- Former: Carmen McSpadden (2019–2021) — Board
- Former: David A. Irion (2019–2021) — Board
- Former: Mandy Smoker Broaddus (2019–2021) — Board
- Former: Glory Blue Earth-Highley (2021) — Board
- Former: Lorents Grosfield (2019–2020) — Board
- Former: Patty Dean (2019–2020) — Board
- Former: Penny Redli (2019–2020) — Board
- Former: Scott Crichton (2019–2020) — Interim Executive Director
- Former: Tobin Miller Shearer (2019–2020) — Board
- Former: Antoine Brockman (2019) — Board
- Former: Connie Daugherty (2019) — Board
- Former: Ken Egan (2019) — Executive Director
- Former: Mary McCormick (2019) — Board
- Former: Rita Collins (2019) — Board
- Former: Victoria Cech (2019) — Board
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.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $90K, to Jill Baker (Executive Dir. thru 10/2025).
Frequently asked questions about Humanities Montana
How much does Humanities Montana give each year?
Humanities Montana gave $30K across 4 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $150K across 12 grants.
What is Humanities Montana's typical grant size?
Humanities Montana's median grant in 2025 was $7,201, and its average grant was $7,415, across 4 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.
Where does Humanities Montana give grants?
Humanities Montana gives mostly in Montana: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there.
Does Humanities Montana give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 4 grants with a stated purpose on Humanities Montana's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Community Project" (4 grants).
How large is Humanities Montana?
Humanities Montana reported $687K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $1.1M.
What is Humanities Montana's EIN?
Humanities Montana's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 23-7357909. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated November 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS September 4, 2026)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS June 23, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS June 1, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 24, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS June 12, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS June 25, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS August 29, 2025)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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