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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 81-0417522

Ila B Dousman Fund Inc

A private foundation in Whitefish, MT. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 9 grants and $47,750 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), 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

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact person
On file
Phone
On file
Mailing address
On file
Form and materials
On file
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
Funds may not be used for political purposes or propaganda

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Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $47,750

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $62,357

  • Tax year 2024

    $69,500

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $44,701

  • Tax year 2023

    $75,250

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $53,161

  • Tax year 2022

    $95,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $51,821

  • Tax year 2021

    $57,750

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $53,730

  • Tax year 2020

    $38,500

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $47,376

  • Tax year 2019

    $60,250

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $58,178

  • Tax year 2018

    $88,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $56,139

Grants paid in 2025

9 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Whitefish Community Foundation Great Fish Challenge - Multiple 501(C)(3)Whitefish, MT

    Charitable contribution

    $30,250
  2. Whitefish Community FoundationWhitefish, MT

    Charitable contribution

    $5,000
  3. ACLU of Montana FoundationMissoula, MT

    Charitable contribution

    $3,000
  4. Planned Parenthood of MontanaBillings, MT

    Charitable contribution

    $3,000
  5. Flathead Valley Community College FoundationKalispell, MT

    Charitable contribution

    $1,500
  6. Sacred Sites ResearchAlbuquerque, NM

    Charitable contribution

    $1,500
  7. Salish Kootenai College Scholarship FundPablo, MT

    Charitable contribution

    $1,500
  8. Habitat for HumanityKalispell, MT

    Charitable contribution

    $1,000
  9. Montana Innocence ProjectMissoula, MT

    Charitable contribution

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $5,00037% of the total
  2. Civil rights1 grant $3,00022% of the total
  3. Health1 grant $3,00022% of the total
  4. Arts and culture1 grant $1,50011% of the total
  5. Crime and legal aid1 grant $1,0007% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Montana8 grants $46,250
  2. New Mexico1 grant $1,500

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Bart EricksonPRESIDENT Hours 2.5Pay $0
  • Kristin TaborEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Hours 2.5Pay $6,750
  • Carole EricksonVICE PRESIDENT Hours 2.5Pay $0

The return

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