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Montana Police Protective Association

Public charity · Grantmaker Great Falls, MT EIN: 81-0447516 Website

The Montana Police Protective Association serves and supports Montana law enforcement by advocating for officers, providing training, assisting police families, and giving back to the communities they protect.

Montana Police Protective Association at a glance

Total assets
$1,178,513
+10.4% vs 2024
Revenue (2025)
$462,426
+7.0% vs 2024
Net investment income (2025)
$26,996
+14.2% vs 2024
Expenses (2025)
$403,120
+9.5% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

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

Who Montana Police Protective Association funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

3 grants across all recorded years

3<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 3 grants of 3 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

States

Cities

Great FallsButtePhilipsburg

How Montana Police Protective Association gives

  • Giving fell 20% from 2021 to 2024. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$20K$40K$60K2 grants2019 1 grant2020 1 grant2021 0 grants2022 1 grant2023 1 grant2024 0 grants2025

From 2019 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $10K (2024) to $47K (2019). In 2024 it made 1 grant totaling $10K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Montana Police Protective Foundation Butte, MTDonation$10,000
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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$1,178,513$462,426$403,120——$26,996
2024$1,067,312$432,352$367,980$10,0001$23,633
2023$975,703$416,039$307,422$15,0001$17,400
2022$872,043$378,652$363,161——$17,125
2021$935,166$386,494$299,386$12,5001$14,519
2020$778,948$355,798$361,715$18,7501$17,149
2019$794,537$335,516$387,963$46,8952$17,032

About Montana Police Protective Association

Based on IRS filings

Montana Police Protective Association is a public charity, based in Great Falls, MT. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $1.2M in total assets. Net investment income was $27K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Montana Police Protective Association is led by Alexis Berger, Prior President since 2025 (on filings since 2020); 4 of 11 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Alexis Berger

    Prior President

    President → 2nd Past President, 2024

    2nd Past President → Prior President, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    5 hrs/week

    $2K (2025)

  • Daniel Smith

    Executive Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    $48K (2025)

  • Andrew Barton

    Prior President

    2nd at Large → 1st at Large, 2022

    1st at Large → Prior President, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kaleb Larson

    President

    Vice President → 1st Past President, 2024

    1st Past President → President, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Scott Conrad

    Prior Treasurer

    Treasurer → Prior Treasurer, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    10 hrs/week

    $11K (2019) → $2K (2025)

  • Michelle Knopp

    Treasurer

    At Large Director → Treasurer, 2024

    On filings since 2023

    10 hrs/week

    $4K (2024) → $10K (2025)

  • Ben Martin

    Secretary

    At Large Director → President, 2024

    President → Secretary, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    10 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Myles Connelly

    Vice President

    Secretary → Vice President, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Cody Doyle

    Member at Large

    1st at Large → Member at Large, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jake Ahmann

    Member at Large

    Secretary → Member at Large, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    10 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kodi Kaiser

    Member at Large

    Vice President → Member at Large, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    10 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (11)
  • Former: Dan Smith (2019–2024) — Executive Director
  • Former: Joshua Ames (2024) — 3rd at Large
  • Former: Sean Schoenfelder (2024) — 2nd at Large
  • Former: Anthony Hutchings (2019–2023) — At Large Director
  • Former: Matt Sayler (2019–2022) — Past President
  • Former: Ryan Pearson (2019–2022) — President
  • Former: Jason Wells (2019–2021) — Past President
  • Former: Jordan Venezio (2019–2021) — Secretary
  • Former: Jerry Williams (2019–2020) — Past Executive Director
  • Former: Bob Franke (2019) — Past President
  • Former: Tim Berger (2019) — Treasurer

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

Daniel Smith — Executive Director: $48KDaniel SmithExecutive Director$48KMichelle Knopp — Treasurer: $10KMichelle KnoppTreasurer$10KScott Conrad — Prior Treasurer: $2KScott ConradPrior Treasurer$2KAlexis Berger — Prior President: $2KAlexis BergerPrior President$2K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $48K, to Daniel Smith (Executive Director). 4 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about Montana Police Protective Association

How large is Montana Police Protective Association?

Montana Police Protective Association reported $1.2M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $462K.

Where does Montana Police Protective Association operate?

Montana Police Protective Association has awarded grants in Montana.

What is Montana Police Protective Association's EIN?

Montana Police Protective Association's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 81-0447516. 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

(5)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS January 21, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS April 30, 2021)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS November 16, 2021)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS February 19, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS July 9, 2025)

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