Glacier Institute
“Provide transformative educational experiences in and about Glacier National Park.”
3 funders on the record, 71 cents of every dollar to the work.
The work
What they do
Field education partner for Glacier National Park. Runs outdoor education courses, youth programs, and adult field seminars.
Every year they sign one sentence and file it with the federal government: “Strengthening connections to the natural world through outdoor education.” as filed.
Where the money went, FY2025
The work, and what it cost
We Specialize in in-Depth
$1.6M, 71% of spendingField oriented adult and youth outdoor.
Read it as they filed it
WE SPECIALIZE IN IN-DEPTH, FIELD ORIENTED ADULT AND YOUTH OUTDOOR.
IRS Form 990 Part III for fiscal year 2025, signed under penalty of perjury.
Follow the dollar
71 cents of every dollar goes to the work
Read it as a snapshot, not a scorecard. Splits move year to year with grants and campaigns, and healthy shops live all across this range.
$1,568,859 programs, $576,492 management, $67,661 fundraising. Form 990, FY2025.
The backers
Backed, each with its source, by Whitefish Community Foundation, Fanwood Foundation and M J Murdock Charitable Trust, latest filing FY25.
The people
Who does the work
Honesty note: leadership comes from each year’s federal filing, so it can run a year behind. If it’s out of date, tell us. Work at the Glacier Institute? Claim this page.
Those 146 volunteers are people who decided this ground was theirs to defend. If the Glacier Institute is fighting for your place too, the matchmaker will find your way in.
Find your way inThe filings
15 years of filings
Total revenue by fiscal year as filed. Point at or tap the line for any year.
| Year | Revenue |
|---|---|
| 2011 | $327,325 |
| 2012 | $257,805 |
| 2013 | $352,124 |
| 2014 | $344,108 |
| 2015 | $605,405 |
| 2016 | $474,817 |
| 2017 | $440,130 |
| 2018 | $415,624 |
| 2019 | $447,996 |
| 2020 | $76,531 |
| 2020 | $320,770 |
| 2021 | $977,493 |
| 2022 | $1,110,307 |
| 2023 | $1,502,450 |
| 2025 | $2,624,757 |
From $327K in 2011 to $2.6M in FY25, across 15 public filings (none on record for 2024). FY25 is the highest year on file.
The returns as e-filed with the IRS, 2 years:
- FY2025Download the return
- FY2024Download the return
Source: IRS Form 990 e-file data, each return by its IRS object id, served by ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer. A year in the chart without a link here is read from a later return’s own history table; its return is on ProPublica’s page for the group.
Their ground
The places they defend
See every threatened place on one map, and who stands for each.
The Montana congressional delegation averages 3 of 100 on public lands. See the full scorecard
Ways in
How to help
Straight to their own donation page. Your dollar never passes through us.
Give on their site ↗Show upVolunteer with themFind their volunteer door on their own site.
Find it on their site ↗SpeakComment and callOpen comment windows and call scripts for fights like these, ready to send.
Public Lands Action NetworkFollowWatch the mapEvery threatened place in the country, tracked, with who stands for each.
Threatened Lands MapStand with the Glacier Institute
The mission is theirs. The backing is yours.