THE MONTANA PROJECT INC
EIN 86-3556473 · Arts & Culture (A20)
What they do
WE PUBLISHED NUMEROUS ARTICLES/PROFILES of OUR WORK IN MEDIA SUCH AS COWBOYS & INDIANS, MOUNTAIN OUTLAW, GAVE PUBLIC TALKS IN MAINE, CONSULTED WITH TRIBAL REPRESENTATIVES, HOSTED POET JANE HIRSHFIELD, CHRIS DOMBROWSKI, and NUMEROUS OTHER ARTISTS, TOURED THEM INTO THE OLD BLACK RAM FOREST. WE SECURED AN ORIGINAL ARTWORK BY WOODCUT ARTISTS CLAIRE EMERY. MONTE DOLACK JUST FINISHED HIS MASSIVE PAINTING, COMMISSIONED BY US, THIS PAST WEEK. CLYDE ASPEVIG PAINTED A MAGNIFICENT LARGE PIECE LAST FALL. THIS FALL, POET JANE HIRSCHFIELD WILL VISIT and WRITE IN THE OLD FOREST THIS FALL. RICK BASS CONTINUES to WORK ON WHAT HAS BECOME A SHORT NOVEL, WHITEBARK, and HAS BEEN IN CONVERSATION WITH PLAYWRIGHTS AS WELL AS SINGER/SONGWRITER SIRI SATERERN. WE ARE HONORED to BE WORKING WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CONFEDERATED SALISH and KOOTENAI TRIBES. CORWIN CLAIRMONT, A MEMBER of THE TRIBES CULTURAL COMMITTEE, HAS ATTENDED MANY BLACK RAM CONCERTS and is PLANNING A TRIP to THE OLD FOREST THIS YEAR to BEGI
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Leadership and board
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Board and leadership roster (3)
CARTER WALKERTREASURER
CHRIS DIMBROWSKKIPRESIDENT
CLAIRE EMERYSECRETARY
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2021
- Location
- 23833 DRY CREEK RD, BELGRADE, MT 59714-8005
- County
- Gallatin
- In care of
- CARTER WALKER
- Primary officer
- CARTER WALKER, TREASURER
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2025
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2025
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- SWIFTCURRENT ACCOUNTING & TAX INC
- NTEE classification
- Arts & Culture (A20)
- IRS tax category
- Arts & Culture