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SHODAIR CHILDRENS FOUNDATION

EIN 81-0365625 HELENA, MT

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Revenue 2023
$4,225,836
Expenses 2023
$10,040,018

Program services were 84.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
E24I
Classification
2700
Street
PO BOX 5539

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).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO LEND FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO MONTANA CHILDREN'S HOME AND HOSPITAL (DBA SHODAIR CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL).

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROMOTE AND FURTHER OPERATIONS OF THE MONTANA CHILDREN'S HOME AND HOSPITAL.

  • CONTRIBUTED $7,582,500 TO SHODAIR CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND $900,000 TO SHODAIR CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOR COSTS INCURRED BY THE HOSPITAL TO STAFF AND OPERATE, INCLUDING OPERATIONAL COVERAGE COSTS. RAISED $925,825 FROM THE CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK PARTNERS.

    Expenses $8,482,500 · Grants $8,482,500 · Revenue $697,996

As filed on the 2023 return.

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.

  • Dr Joel Maes

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • John Nordwick

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Justin Evans

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Rita Gowen

    BOARD MEMBER (THRU SEP 2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Galen Hollenbaugh

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Steven Johnson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Dr David Lechner

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Emily McVey

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Dick Meeker

    BOARD MEMBER (THRU SEP 2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Joseph Shevlin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Sandra Smith

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Eric Strauss

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Dr Edward Surbrugg

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Len Wheeler

    BOARD MEMBER (THRU SEP 2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Craig Aasved

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $412,478
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $351,162
    Other
    $61,316
    Hours/week
    10 + 30 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $343,962 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $7,200 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $19,800 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $41,516 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $412,478 related
  • Keith Meyer

    FOUNDATION DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $173,345
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $147,931
    Other
    $25,414
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $137,931 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $10,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $8,521 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $16,893 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $173,345 related
  • Kelley Gentry

    INTERIM CFO

    Total calculated
    $77,196
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $74,925
    Other
    $2,271
    Hours/week
    10 + 30 related
  • Maria Valedenegro

    FORMER CFO

    Total calculated
    $120,945
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $102,414
    Other
    $18,531
    Hours/week
    10 + 30 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $102,414 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $6,450 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $12,081 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $120,945 related

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
    $4,225,836
    Expenses
    $10,040,018
    Contributions
    $1,668,559
    Grants paid
    $8,482,500
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $7,184,745
    Expenses
    $8,748,221
    Contributions
    $3,475,958
    Grants paid
    $7,866,030

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
    $3,707,984
    Expenses
    $10,005,927
    Assets (EOY)
    $32,536,990
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,287,927
    Expenses
    $4,306,871
    Assets (EOY)
    $31,692,359
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,866,651
    Expenses
    $1,190,312
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,544,295
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,692,165
    Expenses
    $1,057,309
    Assets (EOY)
    $18,800,818
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,692,165
    Expenses
    $1,057,309
    Assets (EOY)
    $18,800,818
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,768,967
    Expenses
    $1,303,189
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,744,735
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,371,405
    Expenses
    $1,101,329
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,057,313
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,562,858
    Expenses
    $1,912,429
    Assets (EOY)
    $18,336,491
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,594,052
    Expenses
    $1,696,569
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,922,939
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,808,928
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,147,775

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

Declared as related by

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 SOUNK.

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 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.