Totals
- Total revenue
- $643,051
- Total expenses
- $587,690
- Contributions and grants received
- $629,404
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $13,647
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $606,586
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $25,171
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $581,415
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $361,834
- Management and general expenses
- $58,571
- Fundraising expenses
- $167,285
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $361,834
Program services were 61.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Line items
Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$629,404
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3 · Investment income
total $13,647 · excluded $13,647
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $326,507 · program services $175,890 · management and general $10,593 · fundraising $140,024
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $6,123 · program services $4,720 · management and general $615 · fundraising $788
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $26,282 · program services $13,899 · management and general $909 · fundraising $11,474
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11g · Fees: other
total $153,706 · program services $113,043 · management and general $32,897 · fundraising $7,766
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $6,489 · program services $6,489
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13 · Office expenses
total $4,050 · program services $2,877 · fundraising $1,173
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14 · Information technology
total $11,183 · program services $6,637 · management and general $1,178 · fundraising $3,368
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17 · Travel
total $21,542 · program services $14,037 · management and general $5,567 · fundraising $1,938
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $6,300 · program services $6,300
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24a · Other expenses: EVENTS AND RETREATS
total $13,297 · program services $13,297
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24b · Other expenses: RENT
total $6,420 · management and general $6,420
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24c · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSE
total $3,364 · program services $3,364
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24d · Other expenses: SUPPLIES
total $1,877 · program services $731 · management and general $392 · fundraising $754
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24e · All other expenses
total $550 · program services $550
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $241,212 · end of year $283,610
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $357,633 · end of year $321,265
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $5,504 · end of year $1,711
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $78,295 · end of year $2,765
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $22,406
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $346,054 · end of year $541,415
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $180,000 · end of year $40,000
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
FOUNDED IN 2020, THE FRONTIER INSTITUTE (FI) ELEVATES OBJECTIVE RESEARCH AND POWERFUL STORIES TO CULTIVATE INFORMED CIVIC LEADERS DEDICATED TO BREAKING DOWN GOVERNMENT BARRIERS SO THAT ALL MONTANANS CAN THRIVE.
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EXPERT POLICY RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS: WE BRING IN EXPERTS TO PROVIDE ORIGINAL RESEARCH, COMMENTARY AND SOUND POLICY SOLUTIONS FOR THE MOST PRESSING ISSUES FACING MONTANA.OUTREACH: WE PRODUCE ENGAGING RESOURCES AND HOST EDUCATIONAL EVENTS TO EQUIP MONTANANS WITH THE KNOWEDGE AND CONNECTIONS NEEDED TO OVERCOME MISGUIDED GOVERNMENT POLICY AND DO GREAT THINGS.BUILD COALITIONS: WE HELP BRING THE RIGHT PEOPLE TOGETHER TO MAKE POLICY CHANGE HAPPEN.
Expenses $361,834
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Joseph CocoJOSEPH COCO
CHAIRMAN
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Daniel ZolnikovDANIEL ZOLNIKOV
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Scot MillerSCOT MILLER
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Lawrence W ReedLAWRENCE W REED
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dr Kathleen BrownDR KATHLEEN BROWN
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Rick HillRICK HILL
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Nels SwandalNELS SWANDAL
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Matthew SchreiberMATTHEW SCHREIBER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Kendall CottonKENDALL COTTON
PRESIDENT, EX OFFICIO OFFI
- Total calculated
- $97,306
- From this org
- $97,306
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 11 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202503219349311260
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