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MONTANA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION

EIN 81-0250363 BUTTE, MT

Largest nonprofits in Montana

Revenue 2023
$9,836,871
Expenses 2023
$6,319,952

Program services were 69.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B110
Classification
2000
Street
1300 W PARK ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE MONTANA TECH FOUNDATION IS TO ADVANCE THE TEACHING, RESEARCH, AND PUBLIC SERVICE ENDEAVORS OF MONTANA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY BY GENERATING PRIVATE CONTRIBUTIONS TO SUPPLEMENT THE INSTITUTION'S STATE AND FEDERAL REVENUES FOR CAPITAL, OPERATING, AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE FUNDS. ESTABLISHED IN 1967 UNDER STATE OF MONTANA LAW, THE FOUNDATION IS THE CATALYST AND CONDUIT THROUGH WHICH GIFTS AND ENDOWMENT INCOME FLOW TO PROVIDE IMMEDIATE AND LONG-TERM SUPPORT FOR MONTANA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY AND ALL OF ITS PROGRAMS. THE FOUNDATION IS A MECHANISM THROUGH WHICH PRIVATE SUPPORT IS RAISED AND MANAGED FOR THE SOLE BENEFIT OF MONTANA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY. OVERSEEN BY A BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND STAFFED BY A TEAM OF DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONALS, THE FOUNDATION ADMINISTERS ALL GIFTS IN A BUSINESS-LIKE MANNER IN ACCORDANCE WITH DONORS' WISHES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ADVANCE THE TEACHING, RESEARCH, AND PUBLIC SERVICE ENDEAVORS OF MONTANA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY.

  • THE MONTANA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION PROVIDED THE MONTANA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY WITH PRIVATE DOLLARS TO ADVANCE ITS MISSION TO CONNECT STUDENTS TO A NETWORK OF PEOPLE, OPPORTUNITIES AND EXPERIENCE THAT EMPOWER THEM TO CHANGE THE WORLD. THE FOUNDATION PROVIDED $1.8 MILLION IN SCHOLARSHIPS TO 551 STUDENTS AND $2.6 MILLION TO ASSIST DEPARTMENTS WITH PURCHASES OF EQUIPMENT, SUPPLIES AND FACULTY SUPPORT.

    Expenses $4,384,430 · Grants $3,359,198

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Jaime Heppler

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $234,596
    From this org
    $190,593
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,003
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $179,375
    Bonus
    $10,558
    Other
    $660
    Deferred
    $16,523
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,480
    Filer's total
    $234,596
  • Luke Meyer

    VICE PRESIDENT OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $178,626
    From this org
    $142,361
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,265
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $135,500
    Bonus
    $6,201
    Other
    $660
    Deferred
    $14,905
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,360
    Filer's total
    $178,626
  • Lance J Allen

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $10,517
    From this org
    $10,517
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Bob Shepherd

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bryan Larson

    OUTGOING CHAIR (THRU 2/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Josh Vincent

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kristen Manson

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jerri Doyle

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nicki Miller Houston

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kathy Arnold

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dave Burger

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bill Daily

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jon Cherry

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gary Kolstad

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jonna Laslovich

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Leo McCarthy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dennis Garbarino

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Leo McArthy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $9,836,871
    Expenses
    $6,319,952
    Contributions
    $7,509,781
    Grants paid
    $3,359,198
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $43,480,742
    Expenses
    $12,320,425
    Contributions
    $42,903,714
    Grants paid
    $9,901,336

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,181,089
    Expenses
    $7,193,518
    Assets (EOY)
    $66,302,899
  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,987,188
    Expenses
    $4,882,897
    Assets (EOY)
    $62,802,705
  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,830,837
    Expenses
    $5,766,992
    Assets (EOY)
    $50,088,966
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,934,648
    Expenses
    $6,522,506
    Assets (EOY)
    $49,610,748
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,035,077
    Expenses
    $8,879,545
    Assets (EOY)
    $49,171,096

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

  • MONTANA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

    $2,608,999

    2022 STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS, PROFESSORSHIP SUPPLEMENTS, AND PROGRAM DISTRIBUTIONS

  • MONTANA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

    $2,464,666

    2023 STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS, PROFESSORSHIP SUPPLEMENTS, AND PROGRAM DISTRIBUTIONS

  • 2022 GENERAL OPERATIONS

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2023 return

  • MONTANA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

    UNIVERSITY · MT

California fundraising campaigns

Campaigns run by paid fundraisers, commercial coventurers and thrift stores naming this organization, as California published them. Both figures are as filed, and what the first one counts depends on the campaign type — a coventurer or a thrift store files its own sales rather than money collected for the charity. The 990 reports this only as a yearly total, never per campaign.

  • RUFFALO NOEL LEVITZ LLC

    $8,326 raised

    2021 Commercial Fundraiser

    -$4,293 to charity

  • RUFFALO NOEL LEVITZ LLC

    $9,167 raised

    2020 Commercial Fundraiser

    $9,167 to charity

  • RUFFALO NOEL LEVITZ LLC

    $6,935 raised

    2020 Commercial Fundraiser

    $6,935 to charity

Amounts are as filed and do not add up: a commercial coventurer reports one promotion's whole gross once for each charity that shared in it. A campaign may also name more than one registered charity, in which case it appears on each.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.