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LEWIS & CLARK FOUNDATION

EIN 81-0471734 GREAT FALLS, MT

Revenue 2024
$292,273
Expenses 2024
$212,537

Program services were 59.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
T70Z
Classification
1000
Street
4201 GIANT SPRINGS RD

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

TO CHAMPION THE EFFORTS OF THE LEWIS AND CLARK INTERPRETIVE CENTER WHICH EDUCATES THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE SAGA OF THE CORPS OF DISCOVERY, THE PEOPLE THEY ENCOUNTERED AND THE WILD LANDS THEY EXPLORED.

  • THE LEWIS & CLARK FOUNDATION PROVIDES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE LEWIS AND CLARK INTERPRETIVE CENTER LOCATED IN GREAT FALLS, MT TO UPHOLD ITS ENDEAVOR TO REMAIN THE PREMIER SOURCE OF LIFELONG LEARNING AND SHARED APPRECIATION FOR THE CULTURES, AND WILD LANDS OF THE LEWIS & CLARK EXPEDITION.

    Expenses $47,376 · Revenue $1,234

  • THE LEWIS & CLARK FOUNDATION OPERATES THE PORTAGE CACHE STORE AT THE LEWIS AND CLARK INTERPRETIVE CENTER. THE PORTAGE CACHE STORE SELLS BOOKS AND ART COVERING THE LEWIS & CLARK EXPEDITION AS WELL AS RELATED NATIVE AMERICAN EVENTS/HISTORICAL LORE AND ALSO SELLS PERIOD ITEMS. ITEMS SOLD IN THE STORE ARE INTENDED TO PROVIDE VISITORS TO THE LEWIS AND CLARK INTERPRETIVE CENTER WITH AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EXPANDING UPON THE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE PROVIDED AT THE LEWIS AND CLARK INTERPRETIVE CENTER. ANY PROFITS FROM THE STORE ARE USED TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF THE LEWIS & CLARK FOUNDATION.

    Expenses $71,420 · Revenue $56,360

  • THE LEWIS & CLARK FOUNDATION SPONSORS LCIC PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AND ADMISSION FOR RURAL SCHOOLS. $1,609 WAS DISBURSED SPECIFICALLY FOR SCHOOL ADMISSIONS; FUNDING, MATERIALS, AND STAFF TIME WAS ALSO PROVIDED TO SUPPORT LCIC PROGRAMS AND ENCOURAGE CHILDREN AND PARENTS TO VISIT THE CENTER.

    Expenses $7,478

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • ELIZABETH MOORE

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR-RETIRED

    Total calculated
    $61,500
    From this org
    $61,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • KELLY PALADINO

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR-INCOMING

    Total calculated
    $36,243
    From this org
    $36,243
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • SARA MAYBEN

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • LYNN ROHRER

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • HEATHER KUBAS

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • JUDY BYRNE

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • THOMAS RISBERG

    PRESIDENT - OUTGOING

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • BECKY YOUNKIN

    PRESIDENT UNTIL 03/25

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • TONY ARETZ

    VICE PRESIDENT - OUTGOING

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • BOB VINSON

    PAST-PRESIDENT - OUTGOING

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • STEVE KELLER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KYLE REEDY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DEREK FRENCH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • AJ GREFF

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GRANT GRISAK

    DIRECTOR-OUTGOING

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JEFF HEIMEL

    DIRECTOR-OUTGOING

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TONYA JORGENSON

    DIRECTOR-OUTGOING

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAN MORANO

    DIRECTOR-OUTGOING

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KC BANIK

    DIRECTOR-OUTGOING

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LAVELLE VAN VOAST

    DIRECTOR-OUTGOING

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $292,273
    Expenses
    $212,537
    Contributions
    $202,957
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $259,068
    Expenses
    $195,774
    Contributions
    $158,656
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $281,618
    Expenses
    $190,860
    Contributions
    $224,843
    Grants paid
    $0

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
    $284,479
    Expenses
    $190,872
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,219,875

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $254,381
    Expenses
    $212,519
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,242,025

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $113,253
    Expenses
    $156,968
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,159,774

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $247,114
    Expenses
    $228,679
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,157,416

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $193,953
    Expenses
    $185,432
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,129,889

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $205,543
    Expenses
    $181,936
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,126,073

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $198,091
    Expenses
    $190,247
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,113,675

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $196,985
    Expenses
    $188,774
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,101,166

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $237,314
    Expenses
    $216,660
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,159,480

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $229,276
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,105,822

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

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 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.