Nonprofit · EIN 23-7357909
HUMANTIES MONTANA
Tax-exempt · MISSOULA, MT 59812
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 31, 2025 | 990 | $1,136,799 | $796,186 | $340,613 | $687,078 | $21,595 | $665,483 |
| October 31, 2024 | 990 | $1,079,976 | $1,235,123 | -$155,147 | $424,555 | $109,323 | $315,232 |
| October 31, 2023 | 990 | $1,011,229 | $902,607 | $108,622 | $512,838 | $60,445 | $452,393 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended October 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $1,126,665
- of which government grants
- $654,628
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $8,574
- Royalties
- $110
- Other revenue
- $1,560
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $69,012
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $137,358
- Other salaries and wages
- $260,261
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $504,974
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Occupancy
- $7,878
- Depreciation
- $4,819
- Program services (functional)
- $326,154
- Management and general (functional)
- $320,519
- Fundraising (functional)
- $149,513
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $424,555
- Total assets, end of year
- $687,078
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $21,595
- Net assets, end of year
- $665,483
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $9,791
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $485,648
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $179,835
- Gross receipts
- $1,136,799
- Employees
- 7
- Volunteers
- 15
- Year formed
- 1972
- State of legal domicile
- MT
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended October 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jill Baker | Executive Dir. thru 10/2025 | 40 | $90,236 | $25,678 |
| Karen Reiff | Board Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Carol Bradley | Board Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Raymond Ekness | Board Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Esther Beth Sullivan | Chairman Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Jennifer Corning | Board Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Jeanette Fregulia | Vice & Grant Ch Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Lynda Grande | Finance Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Glory Blue Earth | Board Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Jeremy Carl | Board Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| David Cates | Board Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Tim Wilson | Board Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Mary Hernandez | Gover. Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Lathie Poole | Board Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Arian Randall | Board Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
2 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| W Clark Whitehorn | Board Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| John Knight | Executive Dir. Officer | 0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended October 31, 2024: 19 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jill Baker | Executive Dir. Officer | 40 | $47,331 | $12,225 |
| Kim McMahon | Former Int. ED | 40 | $47,800 | $0 |
| Karen Reiff | Board Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Carol Bradley | Board Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| David Dietrich | Board Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Esther Beth Sullivan | Vice Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Carla Homstad | Grants Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Jennifer Corning | Board Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Jeanette Fregulia | Board Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Lynda Grande | Finance Chair Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Glory Blue Earth | Board Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Jeremy Carl | Board Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| David Cates | Board Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Ray Ekness | Board Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Tim Wilson | Board Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Mary Hernandez | Gover. Chair Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Lathie Poole | Board Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Arian Randall | Board Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| W Clark Whitehorn | Board Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended October 31, 2023: 28 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RANDI TANGLEN | FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $98,438 | $22,638 |
| KIM MCMAHON | FORMER INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $49,754 | $12,643 |
| DAVID DIETRICH | BOARD CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JAMIE DOGGETT | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| CARLA HOMSTAD | FINANCE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JENNIFER CORNING | GRANTS CHAIR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JEANETTE FREGULIA | PROGRAMS CHAIR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LYNDA GRANDE | TRUSTEESHIP CHAIR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| GLORY BLUE EARTH | BOARD Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| CAROL BRADLEY | BOARD Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JEREMY CARL | BOARD Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DAVID CATES | BOARD Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| RAY EKNESS | BOARD Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| RAMEY GROWING THUNDER | BOARD Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MARY HERNANDEZ | BOARD Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LATHIE POOLE | BOARD Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ARIAN RANDALL | BOARD Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| FRANCINE SPRAG-WILLIS | BOARD Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ESTHER BETH SULLIVAN | BOARD Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| W CLARK WHITEHORN | BOARD Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| CAROLINE BITZ | BOARD (FORMER) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| APRIL CHARLO | BOARD (FORMER) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DEBBIE GARLAND | BOARD (FORMER) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SUSAN HUGHES | BOARD (FORMER) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ASHBY KINCH | BOARD (FORMER) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LAURA MITCHELL ROSS | BOARD (FORMER) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ERIC SANDERS | BOARD (FORMER) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JILL BAKER | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 311 BRANTLY HALL UNIV OF MONTANA, MISSOULA, MT 59812-0001
- In care of
- % UNIVERSITY OF MT
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- John Knight, 311 Brantly Hall univ of montana, Missoula, MT 59812
- Signed the 990
- John Knight, Executive Director
- Phone
- (406) 243-6022
- Website
- www.humanitiesmontana.org
- Return prepared by
- Carver Florek & James LLC
Mission
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.
Program accomplishments
- GRANTMAKING - Humanities Montana's Grantmaking program awarded grants to nonprofit organizations, libraries, museums, schools, tribal nations, scholars, and community organizations to support public humanities programming throughout Montana. During FY2025, Humanities Montana awarded grants to 25 organizations and scholars, including eight first-time grant recipients. Approximately 52% of subawards supported organizations serving communities with populations under 5,000, including American Indian communities. Grant-funded projects advanced public engagement with Montana history, literature, civic participation, cultural preservation, and Indigenous knowledge.Expenses $170,698 · grants $69,012
- SPEAKERS BUREAU - Humanities Montana's Speakers Bureau, consisting of Montana Conversations, and Speakers in the Schools, connected communities across Montana with scholars, historians, authors, tribal educators, and other humanities practitioners. During FY2025, the program completed 108 bookings, resulting in 150 presentations that reached 7,989 participants statewide. Programs were presented in libraries, museums, schools, and community organizations, with 67% occurring in rural communities, including American Indian communities. Following the April 2, 2025 termination of Humanities Montana's General Operating Support grant, 46 Montana Conversations programs and 31 Speakers in the Schools visits were canceled, reducing statewide programming until partial federal funding was restored in June 2025.Expenses $68,815
- General Council Management - expenses represent shared programmatic activities that support Humanities Montana's statewide public humanities mission across all programs and are not directly allocable to a single program service. Consistent with Humanities Montana's Profit & Loss by Class report, this amount includes payroll and related employee benefits associated with program management, planning, coordination, administration, and oversight across all programs, as well as other shared program service costs. These expenses are classified as Program Services and do not include Management and General or Fundraising expenses.Expenses $58,839
- DEMOCRACY PROJECT - Humanities Montana's Democracy Project is a nonpartisan civic education initiative that partners with public libraries to strengthen civic literacy and democratic participation through humanities-based programming. During FY2025, the program operated in 13 Montana communities, including seven full program sites and six developing sites. Teen participants met over the course of six months to identify community needs, develop civic engagement projects, collaborate with local leaders, and present their work through public community showcases. Projects addressed issues including mental health, traffic safety, environmental stewardship, school improvement, voting rights, and community spaces, strengthening youth leadership and civic participation across Montana.Expenses $27,802
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in October, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | October 31, 2025 | March 16, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | October 31, 2024 | March 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2022 | October 31, 2023 | March 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 23-7357909
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1974
- Accounting year ends
- October
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $687,078
- Income (IRS master file)
- $1,136,799
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | October 2025 | $1,136,799 | $796,186 | $687,078 | XML |
| 990 | October 2024 | $1,079,976 | $1,235,123 | $424,555 | XML |
| 990 | October 2023 | $1,011,229 | $902,607 | $512,838 | XML |
| 990 | October 2022 | $912,929 | $958,439 | $430,321 | IRS |
| 990 | October 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | October 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | October 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | October 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 23-7357909).
Questions about HUMANTIES MONTANA
- What is the EIN of HUMANTIES MONTANA?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of HUMANTIES MONTANA is 23-7357909.
- Is HUMANTIES MONTANA tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1974.
- Are donations to HUMANTIES MONTANA tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does HUMANTIES MONTANA file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of HUMANTIES MONTANA due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending October 31, 2026) is due March 15, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did HUMANTIES MONTANA last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended October 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of HUMANTIES MONTANA?
- The 990 for the year ended October 31, 2025 names John Knight.
- Who are the officers and directors of HUMANTIES MONTANA?
- The 990 for the year ended October 31, 2025 lists 17 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $90,236 (Jill Baker, Executive Dir. thru 10/2025).
- How much revenue does HUMANTIES MONTANA have?
- On its 990 for the year ended October 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,136,799, expenses of $796,186 and total assets of $687,078 at year end.
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