Nibs and Edna Allen Foundation
Miles City, MT · EIN 81-0480143. Reported 73 grants totalling $518,575 to 34 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Nibs and Edna Allen Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,900 and $10,000; the smallest was $400 and the largest $28,100. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Custer County Educational Fd Inc | Miles City, MT | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Waterworks Art Museum | Miles City, MT | $68,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Miles City Convent Keepers | Miles City, MT | $62,900 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Range Riders Inc | Miles City, MT | $53,800 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Custer County District High School | Miles City, MT | $31,900 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Broadus Voluntr Fire Dept Inc | Broadus, MT | $15,200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Custer County Food Bank Inc | Miles City, MT | $15,200 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Montana 4-H Foundation Inc | Glendive, MT | $14,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Keep Miles City Beautiful | Miles City, MT | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Miles City Public Library | Miles City, MT | $12,250 | 7 | 3 | 2024 |
| Highland Park Elementary School | Miles City, MT | $12,050 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Miles City Police Protective Assoc | Miles City, MT | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Custer County Rural Voluntr Fire Co | Miles City, MT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gamma Beta 14177 | Baker, MT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pregnancy Outreach Clinic | Miles City, MT | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Fairgrounds | Miles City, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Miles City Bluegrass Festival Inc | Miles City, MT | $7,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Eastern Montana CASA-Gal Inc | Miles City, MT | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Miles City Unified School District | Miles City, MT | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Prairie County Econ Develop Council | Terry, MT | $5,200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Carter County Geological Society | Ekalaka, MT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ekalaka Public Schools | Ekalaka, MT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Knowlton Cemetery Association | Ismay, MT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Miles City Public Schoolshighland | Miles City, MT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Miles Community College Foundation | Miles City, MT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Custer County Fund for Animals | Miles City, MT | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fallon Village Council | Fallon, MT | $3,375 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wake Up and Lace Up | Miles City, MT | $3,100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Custer County Sheriffs Protect Asso | Miles City, MT | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| First Presbyterian Church | Miles City, MT | $2,900 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Custer County Senior Citizens | Miles City, MT | $2,700 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rural Health Development Inc | Miles City, MT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Washington Middle School | Miles City, MT | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sacred Heart School | Miles City, MT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
12 of 34 (35%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 53%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Custer County Educational Fd Inc
EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS SUPPORT - Waterworks Art Museum
ART EDUCATION PROGRAM SUPPORT - Miles City Convent Keepers
PAINT SOFFIT, WINDOWS, DOOR, ENTRY - Custer County District High School
PURCHASE TRACK TIMING SYSTEM - Broadus Voluntr Fire Dept Inc
FUND BATTERY POWERED TOOL - Montana 4-H Foundation Inc
REPLACE FAIRGROUND POULTY BARN
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 35 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 14 | $146,825 | $5,725 |
| 2022 | 16 | $108,300 | $4,700 |
| 2023 | 20 | $119,150 | $3,250 |
| 2024 | 23 | $144,300 | $5,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Montana.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Nibs and Edna Allen Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 1435, Miles City, MT, 59301. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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