Nonprofit · EIN 86-3556473
MONTANA PROJECT INC
Tax-exempt · BELGRADE, MT 59714
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990-EZ | $71,194 | $98,626 | -$27,432 | $182,413 | – | $182,413 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990-EZ | $189,896 | $153,512 | $36,384 | $209,845 | – | $209,845 |
Financial details: 990-EZ for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $71,194
Expenses
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $0
- Professional fees and payments to contractors
- $85,165
- Occupancy
- $1,410
- Printing, publications and postage
- $178
- Other expenses
- $11,873
- Program services (functional)
- $98,626
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $209,845
- Total assets, end of year
- $182,413
- Total liabilities, end of year
- –
- Net assets, end of year
- $182,413
- Cash, savings and investments
- $157,063
- Gross receipts
- $71,194
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-EZ for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHRIS DIMBROWSKKI | PRESIDENT | 0.67 | $0 |
| CLAIRE EMERY | SECRETARY | 0.67 | $0 |
| CARTER WALKER | TREASURER | 1.93 | $0 |
990-EZ for the year ended December 31, 2024: 3 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| MATT HOLLOWAY | PRESIDENT | 0 | $0 |
| CARTER WALKER | SECRETARY | 0 | $0 |
| JIM CHAPMAN | TREASURER | 0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 23833 DRY CREEK RD, BELGRADE, MT 59714-8005
- Mailing address (990-N for 2021)
- 3845 Vinal Lake Rd, Troy MT 59935
- Principal officer (990-N for 2021)
- Matt Holloway, 3845 Vinal Lake Rd, Troy MT 59935
- Signed the 990-EZ
- CARTER WALKER, TREASURER
- Phone
- (406) 270-7429
- Website
- WWW.MONTANAPROJECT.ORG
- Return prepared by
- SWIFTCURRENT ACCOUNTING & TAX INC
Mission
LEISURELY SLOWING-DOWN CONVERSATIONS WITH MONTANANS, AND THOSE ATTACHED TO MONTANA, ON ISSUES OF CONNECTIVITY WITHIN AND BETWEEN THE ARTS AND SCIENCES THAT FLOURISH IN MONTANAS WIDE OPEN SPACES.
Program accomplishments
- WE PUBLISHED NUMEROUS ARTICLES/PROFILES OF OUR WORK IN MEDIA SUCH AS COWBOYS & INDIANS, MOUNTAIN OUTLAW, GAVE PUBLIC TALKS IN MAINE, CONSULTED WITH TRIBAL REPRESENTATIVES, HOSTED POET JANE HIRSHFIELD, CHRIS DOMBROWSKI, AND NUMEROUS OTHER ARTISTS, TOURED THEM INTO THE OLD BLACK RAM FOREST. WE SECURED AN ORIGINAL ARTWORK BY WOODCUT ARTISTS CLAIRE EMERY. MONTE DOLACK JUST FINISHED HIS MASSIVE PAINTING, COMMISSIONED BY US, THIS PAST WEEK. CLYDE ASPEVIG PAINTED A MAGNIFICENT LARGE PIECE LAST FALL. THIS FALL, POET JANE HIRSCHFIELD WILL VISIT AND WRITE IN THE OLD FOREST THIS FALL. RICK BASS CONTINUES TO WORK ON WHAT HAS BECOME A SHORT NOVEL, WHITEBARK, AND HAS BEEN IN CONVERSATION WITH PLAYWRIGHTS AS WELL AS SINGER/SONGWRITER SIRI SATERERN. WE ARE HONORED TO BE WORKING WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CONFEDERATED SALISH AND KOOTENAI TRIBES. CORWIN CLAIRMONT, A MEMBER OF THE TRIBE'S CULTURAL COMMITTEE, HAS ATTENDED MANY BLACK RAM CONCERTS AND IS PLANNING A TRIP TO THE OLD FOREST THIS YEAR TO BEGIN PLANNING AN ART PROJECT IN SUPPORT OF ITS PROTECTION. WE'VE ALSO MET WITH OUTLAW PARTNERS IN BIG SKY TO PLAN FUTURE EVENTS AND FUNDRAISERS WITH THE GUITAR. THE BLACK RAM GUITAR WAS PLAYED BY JEFF AMENT AT PEARL JAM'S "IT TAKES A VILLAGE" EVENT AT GRIZZLY STADIUM LAST SUMMER; WE ALSO PLAYED IT IN THE COMMUNITY OF SEELEY LAKE. BY FAR THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE YEAR WAS THE BLACK RAM GUITAR FESTIVAL, PRESENTED TO A SOLD-OUT AUDIENCE AT THE WILMA IN MISSOULA. WE ALSO PLAYED AT AN ART GALLERY IN MISSOULA AND A BREWERY. MONTANA SINGER SONGWRITER ROB QUIST TOURED THE OLD FOREST AND WROTE A SONG FOR BLACK RAM AND PLAYED IT IN THE FOREST HE AND BLACKFEET SINGER/SONGWRITER JACK GLADSTONE ARE GOING TO BE FEATURED IN A STORY ABOUT THIS CAMPAIGN IN THE MAGAZINE, COWBOYS & INDIANS. ARTICLES IN HIGH COUNTRY NEWS AND ECOTONE ARE ALSO FORTHCOMING. WE JOINED PATAGONIA IN SUPPORTING THE HISTORIC OUR CHILDREN'S TRUST CASE VERSUS THE STATE OF MONTANA WITH REGARD TO THE RIGHT BY ALL MONTANANS TO HAVE A CLEAN AND ENVIRONMENT. LEAD PLAINTIFFS BADGE AND RYAN AND BUSSE PLAYED THE GUITAR AND SANG AT THE CONCERT IN MISSOULA, JACK GLADSTONE AND CLIMATE SCIENTIST/WORLD RENOWNED VIOLINIST PICO ALT. MISSOULA'S MOST BELOVED MUSICIANS, CAROLINE KEYS, NATE BIEHL, AND GIBSON HARTWELL, ALONG WITH JENNY WHITE OF BUTTE, PLAYED AND SAYING THAT THE WILMA, SINGER, SONGWRITER SERIES, ETC. BILL MCKIBBEN WAS THE EMCEE AND WE WERE HONORED TO HAVE A WELCOMING DRUMMING BY LESLIE CAYE AND FRIENDS. TEXAS FOLK ROCKER JAMES MCMURTRY WAS THE HEADLINE, AND JEFFREY FOUCAULT ALSO PLAYED. BETH ANN FENNELLY GAVE A POETRY READING. ARTIST LAUREN STROHACKER COLLABORATED WITH RICK BASS TO CREATE AN ORIGINAL SPOKEN WORD-AND-IMAGE PRESENTATION. WE GAVE TWO PECHAKUCHA PRESENATIONS TO SOLD-OUT AUDIENCES AT THE ELLEN IN BOZEMAN, MT. WE TOURED THE OLD FOREST AT BLACK RAM WITH NUMEROUS POETS AND ARTISTS, INCLUDING PHOTOGRAPHER PETER KAYAFAS. WE VISITED BEND, OREGON - BREEDLOVE GUITARS - AND CONVINCED JEFF BRIDGES TO COMMISSION SIX MORE GUITARS AS PART OF HIS AND BREEDLOVE'S IN THIS TOGETHER SUSTAINABILITY CAMPAIGN. BREEDLOVE IS MAKING A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN. WE ALSO PLAYED TWO EVENTS WITH THE BLACK AND WHITE FISH. AND WE'RE FEATURED PROMINENTLY IN THE WHITEFISH REVIEW'S SPECIAL MUSIC ISSUE CONDUCTED OUTREACH TO WILDLANDS FESTIVAL AND HOPE TO HAVE THE GUITAR PRESENT THERE THIS YEAR. WE HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF A BLACK RAM GUITAR FESTIVAL IN TEXAS. THE GUITAR ALSO PLAYED AT THE LONGSTAFF HOUSE IN MISSOULA, WITH GUITAR PRODIGY RICHARD SMITH. THE GUITAR PLAYED IN RED LODGE WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM TIPPET RISE IN ATTENDANCE. WE CONTINUE TO BE IN CONTACT WITH T BONE BURNETT AND OTHER NASHVILLE-AREA SONGWRITERS SUCH AS ABOUT WRITING SONG(S) FOR THE GUITAR. AND WE WILL CONTINUE WORKING WITH R A BEATTIE TO COMPLETE A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN, WHICH WILL BE SHOWN AT FILM FESTIVALS AROUND THE COUNTRY. WHAT WE DO A STATEWIDE "SOCIETY TO MATCH OUR SCENERY" BOOK CLUB (FROM THE FAMOUS WALLACE STEGNER WISH FOR OUR BELOVED WEST) THINGS WE LIKEPRODUCT REVIEWS AND PROFILES OF THE BEST OF MONTANAS SMALL BATCH MAKERS AND CRAFTERS CONSERVE OUR LANDSUPPORT AND INFORMATION ON HOW TO PROTECT OPEN SPACE THROUGH CONSERVATION EASEMENTS. ITS OUR OPEN SPACES THAT INSPIRE THE ARTISTS AND ARTISANS WHO ARE SO MUCH PART OF MONTANAS FABRIC OF BEING MENTORING PROGRAMWE SEEK TO CONNECT YOUNG ARTISTS TO APPRENTICESHIPS AND WORKSHOPS WITH ESTABLISHED MAKERS AND CRAFTERS SOME ITEMIZED SPECIFICS: GRANT DEVELOPMENTCHRIS BUNTING, OLIVE HERSHEY, OAK FOUNDATION, GOLDMAN, PACKARD, SUSAN O CONNOR. RED ANTS PANTS ATTENDANCE (FOUR DAYS)OUTREACH TO MUSICIANS AND FESTIVAL- GOERS ABOUT THE GUITAR. ONGOING KEVIN KOPP CALLS AND MEETINGS. MICHAEL & ALYSSA CALLS AND SUMMER FIELD TRIPS, DAN SULLIVAN (JEFF BRIDGES) OUTREACH, NUMEROUS FIELD TRIPS INTO BLACK RAM. DESIGN/WRITE/PRINT CLIMATE AID POSTER, PROGRAM, WEBSITE. OUTREACH TO TERRY TEMPEST WILLIAMS AND MAGGIE ROGERS, COLIN MELOY, RICHARD AND TRACY STONE-MANNING, MTPR, MICHELLE RISHO, CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY. EXPLORED WRITERS HELL WORKSHOP EPISODE DEVELOPMENT WITH CHRIS DOMBROWSKI AND SARAH CALHOUN. SUSTAINED AND CONTINUED OUTREACH WITH MICHAEL AND ALYSSA O BRIENCONCERT PLANNING. RESEARCHED BEN & JERRYS FOUNDATION, HIGH STAKES, CINNABAR, REYNOLDS, CHARLOTTE MARTIN, PATAGONIA, BREEDLOVE GUITARS, AND OTHER FOUNDATIONS. SUSTAINED KEVIN KOPP DISCUSSIONS, PICK UP OF GUITAR, OUTREACH TO MIKE JONES (SOUND ENGINEER). WROTE OP-EDS FOR MISSOULA; PORTLAND, ME; BOZEMAN; HELENA; FLATHEAD AND OTHER MONTANA PUBLICATIONS. OUTREACH TO JEFF BRIDGES/DAN SULLIVAN. TOOK ADA LIMON, VAUGHN FIELDER AND LEXI ADAMS INTO THE OLD FOREST AND FOLLOWED UP ON PRESS. OLIVE HERSHEY OUTREACH, CHRIS DOMBROWSKI CALL, SARAH CALHOUN, CHRIS BUNTING AND BUNTING FOUNDATION. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS UPDATE FOR WEBSITE OUTREACH TO DAN SULLIVAN. CONTACTED 30-PLUS MUSICIANS (MOSTLY MT-BASED) YEAR-LONG OUTREACH/CONVERSATION WITH OLIVE HERSHEY OF HERSHEY FOUNDATION, AS WELL AS CHRIS DOMBROWSKI FOR WORKSHOP. AMY MARTIN, GIBSON HARTWELL, STELLARONDO OUTREACH, BILL PAYNE OF LITTLE FEAT, BRANDI CARLILE, NEIL YOUNG, CAROLINE KEYS, BONNIE RAITT, INDIGO GIRLS AND SEVERAL OTHERS. CO-HOSTED DINNER FOR MUSICIANS. MORE OUTREACH TO MAGGIE ROGERS, TERRY TEMPEST WILLIAMS, BILL MCKIBBEN AND DANI MORRISON/MUSEUM OF THE ROCKIES. THEATER LETTER TO MISSOULA CHILDREN'S THEATER FOR WHITEBARK. HOSTED SUSAN O CONNOR. JOAN MALOOF OUTREACH WITH OLD GROWTH NETWORK. STEADY CONTACT WITH CLIMATE FOREST CAMPAIGN. OUTREACH TO STEPHANENNE HARDING WITH CEQ. OUTREACH TO DAVID TAYLOR, TEXAS MUSIC CONTACTS. DICK MANNING, DAN S. AND M. MIDDLETON, FILM FOOTAGE. CONTINUED PLANNING AND OUTREACH WITH MICHAEL AND ALYSSA. OBRIEN, MERRILL AUDITORIUM WORK. TRIP TO MISSOULA FOR FILMINGCAROLINE, NATE BIEHL, GIBSON, AND FILMMAKER JASPER PAYNE. BEGAN WORK ON SCRIPT AND FICTIONAL TREATMENT FOR WHITEBARK OUTREACH TO DR. JESSE LOGAN FOR CONSULTING. MET WITH JOANNE GARDNER AND JOHN LOWELL IN DECEMBER FOR FUTURE CLIMATE AID.Expenses $98,626
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 December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990-EZ on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990-EZ on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990-EZ on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 86-3556473
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2021
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Arts, culture and humanities (A20)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $182,413
- Income (IRS master file)
- $71,194
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990-EZ | December 2025 | $71,194 | $98,626 | $182,413 | IRS |
| 990-EZ | December 2024 | $189,896 | $153,512 | $209,845 | XML |
| 990-EZ | December 2023 | $158,000 | $54,139 | $173,461 | IRS |
| 990-EZ | December 2022 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-N for 2021 Officer: Matt Holloway | December 31, 2021 | ≤ $50,000 receipts | – | – | e-Postcard |
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 86-3556473).
Questions about MONTANA PROJECT INC
- What is the EIN of MONTANA PROJECT INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of MONTANA PROJECT INC is 86-3556473.
- Is MONTANA PROJECT INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2021.
- Are donations to MONTANA PROJECT INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does MONTANA PROJECT INC 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 MONTANA PROJECT INC due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did MONTANA PROJECT INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990-EZ for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of MONTANA PROJECT INC?
- The 990-N for 2021 names Matt Holloway.
- Who are the officers and directors of MONTANA PROJECT INC?
- The 990-EZ for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 3 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
- How much revenue does MONTANA PROJECT INC have?
- On its 990-EZ for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $71,194, expenses of $98,626 and total assets of $182,413 at year end.
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