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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 46-1289268

The Discovery Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Missoula, MT. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 3 grants and $106,500 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $106,500

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $1,043,212

  • Tax year 2023

    $96,625

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $1,300,673

  • Tax year 2022

    $53,865

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $1,413,760

  • Tax year 2021

    $36,300

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $1,008,822

  • Tax year 2020

    $64,114

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $1,023,653

  • Tax year 2019

    $10,600

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $1,056,315

  • Tax year 2018

    $10,900

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $1,070,960

Grants paid in 2024

3 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Individual

    Operations

    $94,500
  2. University of Montana FoundationMissoula, MT

    Operations

    $8,000
  3. Missoula County Public SchoolsMissoula, MT

    Scholarships

    $4,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Education1 grant $8,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Montana2 grants $12,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Kirby ChristianDirector Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Barbara ChristianDirector Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Calvin ChristianDirector Hours 0.25Pay $0

The return

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