
Bozeman non-profit faces $400,000 shortfall in funds
BOZEMAN, Mont. — A Bozeman non-profit is facing a $400,000 shortfall in funds for its day-to-day operations that support families in crisis.
Over the past year, Family Promise has served 391 families and 645 children through one of their five programs.
But the cost to run their programs isn’t cheap, the total cost to run their program services is $3,496,931.
However, the non-profit heavily relies on grants and contributions from the community, which totaled $3,571,792.
But if you look at Family Promise’s total income and total expenses side by side, where’s all of their funding going towards?
The non-profit posted a release last week that described how a significant amount of the donations received this year were directed to the development of the ‘A Journey Home Campus,’ a new initiative aimed at combating homelessness in the Gallatin Valley.
While this project is a major step forward in their mission to reduce family homelessness, the need for donations to sustain their core programs, such as emergency shelter, case management, and family support services, remains a pressing concern.
“We’ve never asked for help in the community to this level. However, we’re so thankful because everybody is really supporting that effort where we’ve raised almost four million dollars. But yet, we’re suffering in one area,” said Christel Chvilicek, Family Promise executive director.
Chvilicek said the non-profit is having discussions about what would happen if they don’t have a good end of year fundraising season.
There’s the possibility of cutting programs or staff, although Family Promise is taking the challenges day by day and remaining proactive.
“This is going to be a multi-step process of what is the final decision. And our community continues to reach out and be supportive as they have been in the past, maybe all of those conversations go by the wayside,” said Chvilicek.
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