Montana Bankers Association
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Montana Bankers Association at a glance
In short: Montana Bankers Association reported $2K in grants paid in 2025 (a total; its filing lists no individual grants). Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Grants paid (2025)
- $2,200 — reported as a total on the IRS filing, without an itemized list
- -74.1% vs 2024
- Total assets
- $5,004,590
- +4.3% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $719,305
- -6.0% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $27,790
- -27.1% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $819,591
- +12.3% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated October 2026.
Who Montana Bankers Association funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
4 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 3 grants of 4 (75%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
States
Cities
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $100 (2021) to $59K (2022). In 2025 it reported $2K in grants paid, as a total without an itemized list.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Montana Council of Economic Eduation Helena, MT | General Program Support | $8,500 |
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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 | $5,004,590 | $719,305 | $819,591 | $2,200 | Total only | $27,790 |
| 2024 | $4,796,862 | $764,901 | $730,064 | $8,500 | 1 | $38,108 |
| 2023 | $4,287,119 | $745,510 | $691,280 | $8,500 | 1 | $16,957 |
| 2022 | $3,937,615 | $730,559 | $664,455 | $58,500 | 2 | $12,092 |
| 2021 | $4,037,278 | $597,289 | $493,109 | $100 | Total only | $14,694 |
| 2020 | $3,312,164 | $603,045 | $639,615 | $25,000 | 1 | $11,028 |
| 2019 | $3,634,824 | $724,070 | $786,640 | $5,000 | Total only | $8,245 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About Montana Bankers Association
Based on IRS filings
Montana Bankers Association is a public charity, based in Helena, MT. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $5.0M in total assets. In 2025, it reported $2K in grants paid as a total on its IRS filing, without an itemized list. Net investment income was $28K.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Montana Bankers Association is led by Samuel Sill, President & CEO on every filing since 2024; none of the 15 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Samuel Sill
President & CEO
On filings since 2024
20 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Charlie Pipal
President
Director → Secretary & Treasurer, 2024
Secretary & Treasurer → President, 2025
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Bruce Hoyer
Director
Board Member → Director, 2020
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jake Pelczar
Director
Chair → Immediate Past Chair, 2023
Immediate Past Chair → Director, 2025
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kc Hickok
Director
Vice Chair → Chair, 2024
Chair → Director, 2025
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Tom Severson
Director
Secretary & Treasurer → Vice Chair, 2024
Vice Chair → Director, 2025
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Allen McCormick
Director
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jenny Nyrgren
Director
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Robyn Barta
Director
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ron O'Donnell
Director
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Bill Northey
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Heather Smith
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Mark Anderson
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Scott Klein
Vice Chair
Board Member → Director, 2020
Director → Vice Chair, 2025
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Shawn Wiseman
Secretary & Treasurer
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (22)
- Former: Mike Seppala (2019–2024) — Immediate Past Chair
- Former: Cary Hegreberg (2020–2024) — President & CEO
- Former: Chuck Eble (2021–2024) — Director
- Former: Sarah Jones (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: Randy Riley (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: Bill Bickle (2019–2022) — Immediate Past Chair
- Former: Desiree Elkin (2019–2022) — Secretary & Treasurer
- Former: Bill Davies (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Greg Yockey (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Gordon Johnson (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Bob Wrong (2020) — Director
- Former: Gil Johnson (2020) — Director
- Former: Kym Black (2020) — Director
- Former: Robert Galt (2020) — Immediate Past Chair
- Former: Steve Turkiewicz (2020) — Outgoing President
- Former: Bill Lucas (2019) — Chair
- Former: Bob Galt (2019) — Vice Chair
- Former: Rex Phipps (2019) — Immediate Past Chairman
- Former: Richard Kingsley (2019) — Board Member
- Former: Ryan Clevidence (2019) — Board Member
- Former: Scott Geda (2019) — Board Member
- Former: Steve Turkiewicz Mba Pres (2019) — President
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 Montana Bankers Association
How much does Montana Bankers Association give each year?
Montana Bankers Association reported $2K in grants paid in 2025 on its 2025 IRS Form 990, as a total without an itemized list of grants. In 2024 it gave $9K across 1 grant.
How large is Montana Bankers Association?
Montana Bankers Association reported $5.0M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $719K.
Where does Montana Bankers Association operate?
Montana Bankers Association has awarded grants in Montana.
What is Montana Bankers Association's EIN?
Montana Bankers Association's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 81-0169164. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 17, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 14, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS March 8, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS April 8, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS February 28, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 16, 2022)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 13, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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