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EDUCATION FOUNDATION FOR BILLINGS PUBLIC SCHOOLS

EIN 81-0452904 BILLINGS, MT

Revenue 2023
$3,071,273
Expenses 2023
$1,282,893

Program services were 87.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
415 N 30TH 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 EDUCATION FOUNDATION FOR BILLINGS PUBLIC SCHOOLS PROVIDES SUPPORT TO EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS THROUGH PHILANTHROPY, CONNECTION, AND COLLABORATION. WE STRIVE TO GIVE ALL STUDENTS THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO REACH THEIR GREATEST POTENTIAL AND TO DEVELOP INTO ENGAGED AND PRODUCTIVE CITIZENS.

  • EXPENSES INCURRED THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES AND RESOURCES TO BILLINGS PUBLIC SCHOOLS STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS.

    Expenses $558,602 · Grants $558,602

  • THE FOUNDATION PROVIDES GRANTS TO BILLINGS PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS USING PROCEEDS FROM FUNDRAISING EFFORTS TO DEVELOP AND ENHANCE OPPORTUNITY FOR LEARNING AND GROWTH.

    Expenses $138,726 · Grants $138,726

  • THE FOUNDATION OPERATIONS FOOD INSECURITY PROGRAMS INCLUDE BACKPACK MEALS AND FOOD PANTRIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN IN BILLINGS PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO ENSURE STUDENTS HAVE FOOD ON WEEKENDS AND SCHOOL BREAKS. BY WORKING CLOSELY WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IN THE CITY, THE FOOD INSECURITY PROGRAMS HAVE BECOME A PART OF A COORDINATED EFFORT TO END HUNGER AND POVERTY IN BILLINGS.

    Expenses $239,337

  • THE FOUNDATION OFFERS CLASSROOM GRANTS TO EDUCATORS IN BILLINGS PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO ENCOURAGE INNOVATION AND EXCELLENCE IN THE SCHOOLS. APPLICANTS MUST DEMONSTRATE EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTION METHODS THAT INSPIRE STUDENTS TO LEARN. THE PROGRAM GENERALLY PROVIDES SEED MONEY FOR MATERIAL COSTS AND CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT ENABLING PROJECTS TO CONTINUE LONG PAST THE INITIAL FUNDING.THE FOUNDATION OFFERS DONOR ENDOWMENT DISTRIBUTIONS TO EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS IN BILLINGS PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE FORM OF SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS CONSISTENT WITH DONOR RESTRICTIONS AND THE FOUNDATION'S MISSION ON A CONSISTENT BASIS IN AMOUNTS ESTABLISHED BY DONOR INTENT.THE FOUNDATION OFFERS A SUMMER READING PROGRAM "READING ROCKS" FROM MID-JUNE UNTIL THE END OF JULY. READING ROCKS RUNS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE FREE/REDUCED FEE LUNCH IN THE PARKS PROGRAM, ENCOURAGING BILLINGS KIDS TO CONTINUE READING IN THE SUMMER. MANY CHILDREN WHO DON'T READ IN THE SUMMER LOSE MONTHS IN THEIR READING LEVELS AND FALL BEHIND IN SCHOOL. SUMMER READING IS VITAL FOR A CHILD'S EDUCATION.SATURDAY LIVE IS A DAY-LONG, ALL SCHOOL DISTRICT, OUTDOOR CARNIVAL BENEFITING BILLINGS PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THIS FAMILY ORIENTED EVENT BRINGS HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS,PARENTS, EDUCATORS, AND BUSINESS LEADERS TOGETHER FOR ONE OF THE LARGEST SCHOOL CARNIVALS IN THE COUNTRY. SCHOOL GROUPS USE THEIR PROCEEDS FOR THE FOLLOWING:TECHNOLOGY, BOOK PURCHASES, FIELD TRIPS, TRAVEL EXPENSES FOR CLUBS, UNIFORMS, SCHOOL MATERIALS, AND SPECIAL ASSEMBLIES.SUPPORT AND DEVELOPMENT OF TEEN PANTRY WITHIN THE SCHOOLS TO CURB AND MITIGATE THE OCCURANCE OF FOOD INSECURITY FOR STUDENTS.SCHOOL DISTRICT HOMELESS TEEN FUNDING TO CURB AND MITIGATE THE OCCURANCE OF STUDENTS INCURRING HOME INSECURITY.

    Expenses $186,804

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.

  • SHANNON CHRISTENSEN

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • GREG BENJAMIN

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LINDA MARRS-MORFORD

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • APRIL KEIPPEL

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KORRINE RICE

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SHANE RICHARDS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SCOTT ANDERSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JULIE ASHER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • PETE BOLENBAUGH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LORNEL BAKER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CHRIS DORR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KELLY EDWARDS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JEANNE MANSKE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ROSS MCLINDEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • AJ MILLER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CORY MOORE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SOMMER REINHARDT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JENNIFER SMITH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KIM THEIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KRISTIN WAGNER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KELLY MCCANDLESS

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $63,654
    From this org
    $63,654
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    29.23

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,071,273
    Expenses
    $1,282,893
    Contributions
    $2,461,086
    Grants paid
    $697,329
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,114,753
    Expenses
    $922,613
    Contributions
    $781,880
    Grants paid
    $558,144

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

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,068,447
    Expenses
    $809,127
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,570,365

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,206,335
    Expenses
    $798,366
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,339,940

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $869,676
    Expenses
    $687,483
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,282,262

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $793,933
    Expenses
    $627,922
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,176,165

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $771,713
    Expenses
    $671,072
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,991,522

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $622,931
    Expenses
    $877,165
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,842,726

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $943,936
    Expenses
    $920,832
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,821,728

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,505,166
    Expenses
    $1,182,513
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,804,504

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $915,698
    Expenses
    $618,286
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,171,153

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

  • BILLINGS PUBLIC SCHOOLS

    $208,497

    2023 DONOR RESTRICTED GRANTS

  • BILLINGS PUBLIC SCHOOLS

    $138,710

    2022 DONOR RESTRICTED GRANTS

  • BILLINGS PUBLIC SCHOOLS

    $123,020

    2023 CLASSROOM GRANTS

  • BILLINGS PUBLIC SCHOOLS

    $105,980

    2023 ENDOWMENT FUNDS GRANTS

  • BILLINGS PUBLIC SCHOOLS

    $104,473

    2022 CLASSROOM GRANTS

  • BILLINGS PUBLIC SCHOOLS

    $97,813

    2022 ENDOWMENT FUNDS GRANTS

  • VARIOUS BILLINGS SCHOOLS AND CLUBS

    $57,190

    2023 SUV RAFFLE FUNDS

  • VARIOUS BILLINGS SCHOOLS AND CLUBS

    $48,570

    2022 SUV RAFFLE FUNDS

  • BILLINGS PUBLIC SCHOOLS

    $46,487

    2022 SATURDAY LIVE FUNDS

  • BILLINGS PUBLIC SCHOOLS

    $37,296

    2023 SATURDAY LIVE FUNDS

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

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

  • SCHOOL DISTRICT #2

    GOVERNMENT · SCHOOL DISTRICT · MT

  • LAUREL SCHOOL DISTRICT

    GOVERNMENT · SCHOOL DISTRICT · MT

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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.