Bayne Foundation Inc
Whitefish, MT · EIN 46-1579882. Reported 97 grants totalling $1,044,758 to 54 organizations across tax years 2019-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Bayne Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,000 and $10,208; the smallest was $100 and the largest $85,471. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitefish Community Foundation | Whitefish, MT | $344,159 | 6 | 5 | 2024 |
| Cato Institute | Washington, DC | $166,177 | 6 | 6 | 2024 |
| Institute for Justice | Arlington, VA | $135,703 | 6 | 6 | 2024 |
| The Columbus Foundation | Columbus, OH | $75,562 | 8 | 5 | 2024 |
| Dream Adaptive Recreation | Whitefish, MT | $40,810 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nationwide Children's Hospital | Silver Spring, MD | $30,318 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Seeds of Caring | Colombus, OH | $23,636 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Ohio State University Foundation | Columbus, OH | $23,597 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Flathead Warming Center | Kalispell, MT | $19,958 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| North Valley Music School | Whitefish, MT | $19,110 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Samaritan House | Kalispell, MT | $15,386 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Sisters in Shelter | Tiffin, OH | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Northwest Veterans Food Pantry | Kalispell, MT | $10,193 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hilliard Food Pantry | Hillard, OH | $10,060 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Whitefish Legacy Partners | Whitefish, MT | $9,555 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Abbie Shelter | Kalispell, MT | $9,256 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Code Girls United | Kalispell, MT | $8,163 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Angel Flight | Santa Monica, CA | $7,839 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| K9S for Warriors | Ponte Vedra, FL | $6,623 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Samaritan House | San Mateo, CA | $5,163 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| North Valley Food Bank | Whitefish, MT | $5,097 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| CASA for Kids of Flathead County | Kalispell, MT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Flathead Food Bank | Kalispell, MT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Grand Rapids Art Museum | Grand Rapids, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Montana State Parks Foundation | Missoula, MT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sparrows Nest of Nw Montana | Kalispell, MT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Archie Bray Foundation | Helena, MT | $4,777 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mikerowe Works Foundation | Santa Monica, CA | $4,161 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Owl Research Institute | Charlo, MT | $3,732 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Missoula Food Bank & Community Center | Missoula, MT | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pelotonia | Columbus, OH | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Amazing Place Music | Whitefish, MT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Montana Casagal Association | Missoula, MT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Turning Point | San Diego, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Flying Horse Farms | Mount Gilead, OH | $2,090 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Glacier Symphony Orchestra & Chorale | Kalispell, MT | $2,060 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Opportunity Resources Inc | Missoula, MT | $2,060 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Children's Hunger Alliance | Columbus, OH | $1,071 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Climate Ride | Missoula, MT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Huckleberry House-Columbus | Columbus, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Montana Land to Hand | Whitefish, MT | $988 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ruling Our Experiences Inc (rox) | Columbus, OH | $842 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Free Cycles | Missoula, MT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Harper's Corner Foundation Inc | Columbus, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Highland Youth Garden | Columbus, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mt Innocence Project | Missoula, MT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Two Bear Therapeutics Riding Center | Whitefish, MT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Gildas Club Twin Cities | Minnetonka, MN | $412 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Cecilia Music Center | Grand Rapids, MI | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Camp Mak-a-Dream | Gold Creek, MT | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Als Association | Arlington, VA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Childrens Hospital | Silver Spring, MD | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Children's Hospital | Silver Spring, MD | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Make a Wish Foundation of Michigan | Brighton, MI | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
19 of 54 (35%) received money in more than one year over the 6 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 44%, across 5 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- The Columbus Foundation
ADAPTIVE SPORTS CONNECTION/ADAPTIVE BIKES - The Ohio State University Foundation
James Cancer Research Hospital
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 71 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 4 | $121,344 | $17,436 |
| 2020 | 9 | $93,598 | $1,500 |
| 2021 | 10 | $156,399 | $5,432 |
| 2022 | 34 | $226,459 | $4,889 |
| 2023 | 25 | $213,274 | $3,000 |
| 2024 | 15 | $233,684 | $10,208 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 50% of this one's giving went to organizations in Montana. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Montana.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Bayne Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 6 returns (tax years 2019-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 1435 Whitefish Hills Drive, Whitefish, MT, 59937. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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