Funding search · EIN 873907363 · Sheridan, WY

Western Futures Fund

Name: Western Futures Fund grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

59
grants reported: $11.5M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $75,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Institute for Responsive Government Action1 grant · $1.9M
Your Community Pac1 grant · $1.5M
Keep Country First Policy Action1 grant · $1.1M
Retire Career Politicians1 grant · $970,000
907 Initiative3 grants · $625,000
Votes Idaho Corporation2 grants · $541,750
Clean and Prosperous America Education Fund1 grant · $500,000
Alaska Jobs Coalition1 grant · $400,000
Utah Leads1 grant · $370,000
Working Montanans1 grant · $300,000

Giving over time

$3.0M

2022

$1.8M

2023

$6.8M

2024

Grant history

All 59 reported grants, largest first.

$1.9M
Institute for Responsive Government Action · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
$1.5M
Your Community Pac · Wilmington, DE · 2024
General purpose
$1.1M
Keep Country First Policy Action · Washington, DC · 2022
General purpose
$970,000
Retire Career Politicians · Washington, DC · 2024
General purpose
$500,000
Clean and Prosperous America Education Fund · Seattle, WA · 2024
General purpose
$486,750
Votes Idaho Corporation · Boise, ID · 2022
General purpose
$400,000
Alaska Jobs Coalition · Anchorage, AK · 2024
General purpose
$370,000
Utah Leads · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022
General purpose
$300,000
Working Montanans · Billings, MT · 2024
General purpose
$275,000
907 Initiative · Anchorage, AK · 2023
General purpose
$252,000
Middle Fork Strategies · Helena, MT · 2023
General purpose
$250,000
907 Initiative · Anchorage, AK · 2022
General purpose
$250,000
Big Sky Voters Pac · Missoula, MT · 2022
General purpose
$200,000
Nmm · Lincoln, NE · 2024
General purpose
$150,000
Alaskans for Posterity · Anchorage, AK · 2023
General purpose
$145,000
Conservation Voters of Idaho · Boise, ID · 2023
General purpose
$130,000
Montana Trial Lawyers Association · Helena, MT · 2022
General purpose
$110,000
Wyoming Way Pac · Jackson, WY · 2022
General purpose
$100,000
907 Initiative · Anchorage, AK · 2024
General purpose
$100,000
Montanans for Election Reform Action Fund · Helena, MT · 2024
General purpose
$100,000
Way Back Pac · Sheridan, WY · 2024
General purpose
$100,000
Wyoming Way Pac · Lingle, WY · 2024
General purpose
$100,000
Your Nebraska · Omaha, NE · 2024
General purpose
$100,000
Alaskans for Fair Courts · Anchorage, AK · 2023
General purpose
$100,000
Anchorage Care for Kids · Anchorage, AK · 2023
General purpose
$100,000
Montana Values Action Fund · Missoula, MT · 2022
General purpose
$95,000
Montana State Afl-Cio · Helena, MT · 2024
General purpose
$80,000
Alaskans for Better Elections · Anchorage, AK · 2023
General purpose
$75,000
Wyoming Donor Alliance · Jackson, WY · 2024
General purpose
$75,000
Montana State Afl-Cio · Helena, MT · 2023
General purpose
$70,000
Shelter Jh · Jackson, WY · 2023
General purpose
$60,000
Idahoans United for Women and Families · Boise, ID · 2024
General purpose
$60,000
Western Organization of Resource Councils · Billings, MT · 2023
General purpose
$55,000
Open Democracy Pac · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose
$55,000
Votes Idaho Corporation · Boise, ID · 2023
General purpose
$50,000
A Better Big Sky · Missoula, MT · 2024
General purpose
$50,000
Anchorage School Bond Yes · Anchorage, AK · 2024
General purpose
$50,000
Secure Elections Project · Helena, MT · 2024
General purpose
$50,000
Way Back Pac · Sheridan, WY · 2023
General purpose
$50,000
A Better Big Sky · Missoula, MT · 2022
General purpose
$50,000
Way Back Pac · Sheridan, WY · 2022
General purpose
$45,000
A Better Big Sky · Missoula, MT · 2023
General purpose
$44,000
Alaska State Afl-Cio · Anchorage, AK · 2023
General purpose
$40,000
Voter Defense Association of South Dakota · Sioux Falls, SD · 2023
General purpose
$32,500
Utah Donor Collaborative · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023
General purpose
$30,000
Better Wyoming Action and Research · Laramie, WY · 2024
General purpose
$30,000
Wild Montana Action Fund · Helena, MT · 2022
General purpose
$27,125
Kansas Values Institute · Lawrence, KS · 2023
General purpose
$25,000
Alaska Progressive Donor Table · Anchorage, AK · 2023
General purpose
$25,000
Alliance for a Better Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023
General purpose
$25,000
Wild Montana Action Fund · Helena, MT · 2023
General purpose
$20,000
Votes Idaho Company · Boise, ID · 2024
General purpose
$20,000
O2 Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023
General purpose
$20,000
Utah Women and Politics Pac · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023
General purpose
$20,000
Better Wyoming · Laramie, WY · 2022
General purpose
$13,500
Western States Strategies · Portland, OR · 2022
General purpose
$12,500
She'S Electable · Omaha, NE · 2022
General purpose
$10,000
O2 Ut · South Salt Lake, UT · 2024
General purpose
$10,000
Western States Strategies · Portland, OR · 2024
General purpose

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.