TRIGG-C M RUSSELL FOUNDATION INC

EIN 81-6003526 GREAT FALLS, MT

Revenue 2024: $6,939,994
Expenses 2024: $3,760,391

Program services were 23.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
NTEE code: A510
Classification: 1200
Street: 400 13TH ST N

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

THE MISSION OF THE TRIGG-C.M. RUSSELL FOUNDATION, INC. (D.B.A. THE C.M. RUSSELL MUSEUM) IS TO COLLECT, PRESERVE, RESEARCH, INTERPRET AND EDUCATE ON THE ART AND LIFE OF CHARLES M. RUSSELL; THE ART AND LIFE OF HIS CONTEMPORARIES; AND THE ART OF PRECEDING AND ENSUING GENERATIONS THAT DEPICTS AND FOCUSES ON THE CULTURE, LIFE AND COUNTRY OF RUSSELL'S WEST.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MISSION OF THE TRIGG-C.M. RUSSELL FOUNDATION, INC. (D.B.A. THE C.M. RUSSELL MUSEUM) IS TO COLLECT, PRESERVE, RESEARCH, INTERPRET AND EDUCATE ON THE ART AND LIFE OF CHARLES MARION RUSSELL; THE ART AND LIFE OF HIS CONTEMPORARIES; AND THE ART OF PRECEDING AND ENSUING GENERATIONS THAT DEPICTS AND FOCUSES ON THE CULTURE, LIFE AND COUNTRY OF RUSSELL'S WEST.

COLLECTIONS AND EXHIBITIONS:IN 2025, THE C.M. RUSSELL MUSEUM WELCOMED 30,584 VISITORS IN PERSON AND VIRTUALLY. THE MUSEUM CONTINUED TO DISPLAY THE WORKS OF CHARLES M. RUSSELL THEMATICALLY, SUPPORTED BY PERMANENT GALLERIES SUCH AS A COLLECTOR'S VISION: C.M. RUSSELL WORK FROM COLLECTOR TOM PETRIE, TALES FROM THE SADDLE: COME RIDE ALONG, SELECTIONS FROM THE COLLECTION, AND INVENTING THE WEST & MANUFACTURING THE WORLD.THE MUSEUM PRESENTED TWELVE MAJOR ROTATING EXHIBITIONS, INCLUDING DISCOVERING RUSSELL: THE MCKAY COLLECTION; MODEST YET MASTERFUL: SMALL SCALE MASTERWORKS BY CHARLES M. RUSSELL; CAPTURING THE WEST: JOSEPH HENRY SHARP & EDWARD S. CURTIS; EXPEDITION WEST: A JOURNEY ON THE UPPER MISSOURI, 18321834; IS IT A REAL RUSSELL?; BEFORE THE COWBOY ARTIST: THE EARLY WORKS OF CHARLES M. RUSSELL; INNER LIGHT: THE ART OF TOM GILLEON; CORWIN "CORKY" CLAIRMONT: A RETROSPECTIVE OF ACTIVISM AND ART; THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF ROBERT OSBORN; GREETINGS FROM CHARLIE; SPEECHLESS: THE ART OF BLACKFEET ARTIST JOHN LOUIS CLARKE; AND THE RUSSELL EXHIBITION AND SALE.THE MUSEUM HOSTED FREE EVENING EXHIBIT OPENINGS FOR MEMBERS AND, TO ENSURE AFFORDABLE ACCESS FOR THE COMMUNITY, OFFERED ONE FREE SATURDAY ADMISSION PER MONTH FROM OCTOBER THROUGH APRIL, WHICH SERVED 671 ATTENDEES DURING THE WINTER SEASON. IN ADDITION, 1,613 PEOPLE PARTICIPATED IN VIRTUAL TOURS, AND 855 MEMBERS VISITED THROUGH FREE ADMISSION BENEFITS, EXPANDING BOTH DIGITAL AND MEMBER ENGAGEMENT. OUTREACH GREW THROUGH DIGITAL AND PRINT ADVERTISING AS WELL AS SOCIAL MEDIA, INCREASING AWARENESS AND PARTICIPATION. STAFF SAFEGUARDED BOTH PERMANENT AND LOANED WORKS BY IMPROVING COLLECTION CARE AND ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS. IN 2025, THE MUSEUM ALSO RECEIVED DONATED ART AND ARTIFACTS VALUED AT $23,600, FURTHER STRENGTHENING THE COLLECTION AND ADVANCING THE MUSEUM'S MISSION.

Expenses $513,805 · Revenue $2,107,395
MUSEUM SERVICES:THE TRIGG-RUSSELL FOUNDATION, INC. OPERATES AND MAINTAINS THE C.M. RUSSELL MUSEUM IN ALIGNMENT WITH ITS MISSION. OPERATIONS STAFF ENSURED SAFETY AND SECURITY FOR VISITORS, STAFF, VOLUNTEERS, AND COLLECTIONS DURING ALL OPEN HOURS. MAINTENANCE STAFF SUPPORTED THE FACILITY AND GROUNDS, WHILE GUEST RELATIONS WELCOMED AND SERVED MUSEUM VISITORS.MUSEUM SERVICES INCLUDED EVENT COORDINATION, MEMBERSHIP, VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT, AND THE MUSEUM STORE, WHICH PROMOTES THE MUSEUM'S IMAGE THROUGH MERCHANDISE CONNECTED TO CHARLES M. RUSSELL AND WESTERN ART. THE MUSEUM ALSO OFFERED FREE COMMUNITY PROGRAMS SUCH AS LECTURES, SADDLES & SPURS, AND THE ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM, HELPING SUSTAIN VISITATION, MEMBERSHIP, AND VOLUNTEER PARTICIPATION WHILE REINFORCING THE MUSEUM'S ROLE AS A CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE.

Expenses $262,764 · Revenue $112,294
EDUCATION/PUBLIC PROGRAMS:TO SUPPORT ITS MISSION, THE MUSEUM OFFERED FREE ADMISSION DURING WESTERN ART WEEK, WHICH SERVED 715 COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THE MUSEUM ALSO HOSTED A PUBLIC SYMPOSIUM FEATURING SCHOLARS IN WESTERN ART AND HISTORY. DURING 2025, 820 FOURTH- AND FIFTH-GRADE STUDENTS TOURED THE MUSEUM AS PREPARATION FOR THE 55TH ANNUAL FIFTH-GRADE ESSAY CONTEST, IN WHICH STUDENTS WROTE ON THE THEME "WHY CHARLIE RUSSELL IS IMPORTANT." WINNING ESSAYS WERE RECOGNIZED AT A PUBLIC PROCLAMATION CEREMONY.OTHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS REACHED BROAD AUDIENCES: 966 ATTENDEES PARTICIPATED IN SADDLES & SPURS, A FAMILY-ORIENTED ARTS-AND-CRAFTS EVENT; 90 COMMUNITY MEMBERS ATTENDED SUNDAY SAMPLER, A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WITH THE GREAT FALLS MUSEUMS CONSORTIUM; AND 294 ATTENDEES JOINED LECTURES AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, MANY OFFERED VIRTUALLY TO EXTEND ACCESS BEYOND GREAT FALLS. EDUCATION STAFF CONTINUED TO ADAPT OFFERINGS TO ENSURE SAFE IN-PERSON OPPORTUNITIES WHILE BROADENING VIRTUAL REACH.

Expenses $87,237 · Revenue $3,660

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.

TIM CASHMAN

VICE CHAIR/CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

10
OWEN ROBINSON

DIRECTOR/VICE CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
KEVIN WHEELAN

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
GARY BEHM

DIRECTOR/SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
CRAIG R BARRETT

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
RICHARD BISHOFF

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
NORMAN BOOK

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
LAURA BREHM

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
LISA BUTTERS

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
DUGAN COBURN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
JIM CRONK

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
JILL CROSS

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
MICHAEL J DADY

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
DAN FIEHRER

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
MIKE HAYES

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
PETER HOLLATZ

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
STEVE JOHNSON

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
DENNY KELLOGG

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
DAVID J KORNDER

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
ANNE MARTINEZ

CHAIR/DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
MIKE MILBURN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
JIM PETERSON

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
TOM PETRIE

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

8
ROBIN RASMUSSEN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
LOREN SOLBERG

SECRETARY/DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1

The first 25 listed. 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

2024

Revenue

$6,939,994

Expenses

$3,760,391

Contributions

$2,990,836

Grants paid

$0
2023

Revenue

$3,383,240

Expenses

$3,472,502

Contributions

$1,231,321

Grants paid

$0
2022

Revenue

$3,612,847

Expenses

$3,192,320

Contributions

$1,349,594

Grants paid

$2,500

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2024	$6,939,994	$3,760,391	$2,990,836	$0
2023	$3,383,240	$3,472,502	$1,231,321	$0
2022	$3,612,847	$3,192,320	$1,349,594	$2,500

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

$5,459,758

Expenses

$3,461,122

Assets (EOY)

$23,014,318
2021 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2020 · 990

Revenue

$6,338,416

Expenses

$3,411,768

Assets (EOY)

$22,641,198
2020 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2019 · 990

Revenue

$7,016,483

Expenses

$3,021,321

Assets (EOY)

$19,836,012
2018 · 990

Revenue

$5,723,548

Expenses

$3,615,259

Assets (EOY)

$16,251,739
2017 · 990

Revenue

$4,757,452

Expenses

$3,782,105

Assets (EOY)

$13,998,666

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2024	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2023	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2022	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2021	990	$5,459,758	$3,461,122	$23,014,318
2021	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2020	990	$6,338,416	$3,411,768	$22,641,198
2020	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2019	990	$7,016,483	$3,021,321	$19,836,012
2018	990	$5,723,548	$3,615,259	$16,251,739
2017	990	$4,757,452	$3,782,105	$13,998,666

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

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

CHARLIE RUSSELL RIDERS FOUNDATION INC

$50,000

2024 CASH ASSISTANCE TOWARDS THE DAN OSTERMILLER MUSTANG PROJECT, WHICH WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE CHARLIE RUSSELL RIDER SCULPTURE GARDEN AT THE MUSEUM.
MONTANA COWBOY HALL OF FAME & WESTERN HERITAGE CENTER INC

$37,827

2024 DEVELOPMENT OF PERMANENT EXHIBIT AT CM RUSSELL MUSEUM
MONTANA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

$13,491

2023 ANNUAL DISTRIBUTION
MONTANA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

$12,466

2024 ANNUAL DISTRIBUTION
MONTANA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

$12,190

2022 ANNUAL DISTRIBUTION
VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

$10,000

2023 FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
THE US CHARITABLE GIFT TRUST

$10,000

2024 FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
THE US CHARITABLE GIFT TRUST

$10,000

2023 FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

$7,760

2024 ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

$7,115

2023 ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES

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 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 23 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.