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MONTANA FOOD BANK NETWORK INC

EIN 81-0421243 MISSOULA, MT

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Revenue 2024
$36,122,184
Expenses 2024
$32,648,220

Program services were 95.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
K31Z
Classification
1000
Street
5780 ALLOY S

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 · 2024

Mission

OUR MISSION: TO END HUNGER IN MONTANA THROUGH FOOD ACQUISITION AND DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION, AND ADVOCACY. WE ARE THE ONLY STATEWIDE HUNGER ORGANIZATION, PROVIDING EMERGENCY FOOD AND INCREASING FOOD ACCESS AMONG NEEDY CHILDREN, SENIORS AND FAMILIES IN ALL 56 COUNTIES AND ALL 7 RESERVATIONS, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR OVER 330 NETWORK PARTNERS. WITH ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS OF JUST 4.7%, WE ARE A PRIVATE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT IS THE ONLY FULLY PRIVILEGED MONTANA MEMBER OF FEEDING AMERICA, THE NATIONAL HUNGER ORGANIZATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

END HUNGER IN MT THROUGH EMERGENCY FOOD & PURSUIT OF LASTING SOLUTIONS.

  • EMERGENCY FOOD DISTRIBUTION - THE MONTANA FOOD BANK NETWORK (MFBN) IS MONTANA'S ONLY STATEWIDE FOOD BANK. WE WORK WITH THE NATIONAL HUNGER-FIGHTING ORGANIZATION, FEEDING AMERICA, AND HAVE DEVELOPED SEVERAL PROGRAMS SPECIFICALLY TO ADDRESS THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES OF ACCESSING FOOD IN MONTANA. WE WORK WITH OVER 330 OTHER HUNGER-FIGHTING PARTNERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE TO IMPROVE FOOD ACCESS AND SHARE INFORMATION TO ADDRESS HUNGER AND ITS ROOT CAUSES. LAST YEAR WE DISTRIBUTED 16,143,311 POUNDS OF FOOD TO OUR NETWORK PARTNERS THROUGHOUT MONTANA. MFBN PARTNERS WITH LOCAL EMERGENCY FOOD PROGRAMS, SCHOOLS AND SENIOR CENTERS TO FEED THOSE WHO MAY OTHERWISE GO HUNGRY. WE DELIVER FOOD ACROSS THE 150,000 SQUARE MILES OF MONTANA FROM LARGER TOWNS TO REMOTE COMMUNITIES AND INDIAN RESERVATIONS THAT OFTEN RELY ON MFBN TO PROVIDE MOST OF THE FOOD THEY DISTRIBUTE. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS SUCH AS THE BACK PACK PROGRAM, SCHOOL PANTRY, MAIL-A-MEAL AND MOBILE FOOD PANTRY. THE BACK PACK AND SCHOOL PANTRY PROGRAMS PROVIDE SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD FOR SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN AND THEIR YOUNGER SIBLINGS ON WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS FROM SCHOOL. MAIL-A-MEAL SHIPS EMERGENCY FOOD BOXES TO PEOPLE IN VERY REMOTE AREAS OF MONTANA WITHOUT OTHER SERVICES NEARBY. THE MOBILE FOOD PANTRY PARTNERS WITH SOCIAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS IN UNDERSERVED OR UNSERVED COMMUNITIES FOR FOOD DISTRIBUTION UNTIL A MORE PERMANENT SOLUTION IS ESTABLISHED.

    Expenses $30,702,883 · Grants $29,275,331 · Revenue $3,110,495

  • POLICY ADVOCACY AND OUTREACH PROGRAM - IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING EMERGENCY FOOD, MFBN WORKS TO END HUNGER THROUGH PUBLIC POLICY SOLUTIONS AT THE LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL LEVELS. MFBN WORKS WITH LEGISLATORS, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND THE HUNGER-RELIEF COMMUNITY TO ENSURE THAT ENDING HUNGER IS A PRIORITY. MFBN STRIVES TO ENSURE THAT PUBLIC FOOD PROGRAMS ARE MAXIMIZED TO SUPPORT MONTANANS. BY COLLECTING INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC AND PRIVATE MONTANA FEEDING PROGRAMS AND THROUGH A BIENNIAL CLIENT HUNGER SURVEY, MFBN THEN EDUCATES THE PUBLIC AND POLICY MAKERS ABOUT HUNGER AND FOOD INSECURITY IN MONTANA. DATA COLLECTED FROM THE HUNGER SURVEY IS USED TO TARGET MFBN'S OUTREACH ACTIVITIES FOR SNAP (SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM), SUMMER FOOD PROGRAM AND OTHER PUBLIC FOOD PROGRAMS. WITH THE ADDITION OF A BENEFIT ACCESS COORDINATOR, MFBN IS ALSO ABLE TO PROVIDE CLIENTS WITH ONE-ON-ONE ASSISTANCE TO NAVIGATE THE COMPLEX PUBLIC BENEFITS PROCESS. THE PUBLIC POLICY PROGRAM GOAL IS TO ENCOURAGE LONG TERM SOLUTIONS TO HUNGER IN MONTANA WITH BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.

    Expenses $478,478 · Grants $59,001

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Gayle Carlson

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $161,550
    From this org
    $155,910
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,640
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $155,910
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,640
    Filer's total
    $161,550

  • Kevin Condit

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ross Tillman

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tiffani Swanson

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Scott Kesler

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Matt Baldassin

    PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Keith Haas

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mary Lehman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marie Hirsch

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jessica Proctor

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Enos

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chris Ewing

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Karen Byrnes

    BOARD MEMBER

    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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $36,122,184
    Expenses
    $32,648,220
    Contributions
    $32,814,267
    Grants paid
    $29,334,332
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $36,097,621
    Expenses
    $33,029,842
    Contributions
    $32,596,177
    Grants paid
    $29,640,486
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $35,387,210
    Expenses
    $32,787,710
    Contributions
    $31,813,178
    Grants paid
    $29,543,740

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

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $33,382,833
    Expenses
    $31,290,603
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,986,724

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $27,308,796
    Expenses
    $26,374,975
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,018,338

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $25,877,263
    Expenses
    $24,266,685
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,671,808

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $21,035,473
    Expenses
    $21,060,577
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,041,769

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $18,153,390
    Expenses
    $18,322,391
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,000,418

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $17,009,256
    Expenses
    $16,896,998
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,141,845

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $14,078,395
    Expenses
    $13,739,142
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,220,241

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,387,614
    Expenses
    $13,177,191
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,899,798

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,568,376
    Expenses
    $13,397,292
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,678,061

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $11,693,624
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,483,325

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

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.

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 11 November 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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.