Montana Fuel Funds
- The Energy Share program in Montana is funded by voluntary contributions
from individuals, organizations, churches, and utilities. In 2010
it paid $895,803 in benefits for fuel bill obligations or emergency heating system
repairs. The fund is unique in that it provides assistance as
a loan rather than a grant and encourages recipients to repay
their loans so that the money can be used to help another household
in need.
In 1997, Energy Share established an endowment, made possible by state legislation that provides a 50 percent tax credit for planned gifts and corporate donations to a qualifying endowment.
- Emergency funds from small electric cooperatives
LEVERAGING
2010: $1.1 million
2009: $1.4 million
2007: $1.4 million
2006: $1.5 million
2005: $1.8 million
2004: $1 million
2003: $688,670
2002: $578,540
2001: $580,228
2000: $405,288
1999: $162,612
1998: $162,612
1997: $166,188
1996: $112,293
1995: $96,601