Montana Legal Services Association
EIN 81-0298262 · files IRS Form 990, Schedule I
Where it gives
By cause and by place, from its own returns.
By cause
The cause each recipient registered with the IRS
Mostly grants abroad and recipients without a US registration. Shown, never hidden.
By place
Dollars received, by the recipient's state
half the top state or more10–50%2–10%under 2%
Grants abroad and place not on file: 3 grants · $200.6k
Who it funds most
20 of its 20 grantees were funded in more than one year.
Montana Legal Services Association's own IRS Form 990, Schedule I returns, as filed, in USD
Who funds the same organisations
Counted over its 20 largest grantees, leaving out fiscal sponsors and donor-advised funds, which share an address rather than a cause. A fact, not a partnership.
Its board and officers
From its latest return.
Form 990 Part VII, tax year 2024, filing 202522569349300602
Name and title as its own return lists them. No pay, no address. A photograph appears only where the person's own organisation or a free licence publishes one, credited beside it; otherwise none. Anyone can ask to be removed: hello@philanova.ai.
Its money
What it gave, held and paid, by year.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Return | Assets, year end | Grants paid | Charitable spending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Form 990 | $3.0m | — | $9.9m |
| 2023 | Form 990 | $2.4m | — | $9.8m |
As filed, in US dollars. Assets at fair market value where the return gives it.
Its returns6 filings
| Tax year | Form | Filing | Where to read it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202611879349301366 | IRS batch file |
| 2024 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202522569349300602 | IRS batch file |
| 2023 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202443209349300514 | IRS batch file |
| 2022 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202343149349302334 | IRS batch file |
| 2021 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202243189349308054 | IRS batch file |
| 2020 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202133199349306973 | IRS batch file |
An IRS batch file holds many returns; the filing number finds this one inside it.
The record as filedEvery table this page has always shown, in full.open
Montana Legal Services Association made 59 grants across 2023–2025, totalling $3.8m as filed.
- Grants
- 59
- Total, as filed
- $3.8m
- Years
- 2023–2025
- Filed in
- USD
Who it funds
| Organisation | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| NAICJA | 2 | $621.2k |
| TEXAS RIOGRANDE LEGAL AID | 3 | $290.9k |
| LEGAL AID OF NEBRASKA | 3 | $261.8k |
| OKLAHOMA INDIAN LEGAL SERVICES | 3 | $236.1k |
| DAKOTA PLAINS LEGAL SERVICES | 3 | $212.8k |
| DNA PEOPLE'S LEGAL SERVICES | 3 | $208.9k |
| NEW MEXICO LEGAL AID | 3 | $200.6k |
| IDAHO LEGAL AID SERVICES INC | 3 | $198.5k |
| NEVADA LEGAL SERVICES | 3 | $186.8k |
| ALASKA LEGAL SERVICES | 3 | $170.3k |
| UTAH LEGAL SERVICES | 3 | $165.0k |
| CALIFORNIA INDIAN LEGAL SERVICES | 3 | $163.3k |
| ANISHINABE LEGAL SERVICES | 3 | $157.3k |
| MICHIGAN INDIAN LEGAL SERVICES | 3 | $157.1k |
| WISCONSIN JUDICARE INCINDIAN LAW OFFICE | 3 | $151.2k |
By year
| Year | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 19 | $943.7k |
| 2024 | 20 | $1.3m |
| 2025 | 20 | $1.6m |
Where this came from
Identifier US-EIN-810298262. Register: Internal Revenue Service (US). Machine-readable: JSON.
What this page does not know
- Wrong if: a figure recovered from a subtotal is read as the sum of the recovered rows. A subtotal divides onto a whole penny whatever its parts did, so rows the per-row rule refuses are inside these figures.
- What they say they exist to do
- What each grant was for
- What they fund, by theme
- Balance sheet and financials
- Who runs it
- Whether they accept proposals
- Their own record on the register
- No website on file
- Leadership not yet identified