• 814 miles of trail constructed/maintained• 733 acres protected from wildfire• 24,010 plants and trees planted• 7,730 trail structures constructed/repaired• 150,000 rainbow trout tagged for biological

studies of fish stocking programs

• 54,270 acres treated for noxious weeds• 947 acres of habitat/wetlands enhanced• 1,176 homes weatherized• 24,900 hazardous or fallen trees cleared• 114,250 prairie dog burrows treated to

restore endangered black-footed ferrets

THE POWER OF SERVICE

In 2014, 421 MCC corps members served

359,864 hours in 145 Montana communities with

376 nonprofits, schools, agencies, partners, and donors

to recruit 1,780 volunteers and leverage $2 million

in AmeriCorps funds into over $5.8 million

in services to the public in every Montana county.

For more information: Jono McKinney, President & CEO206 N Grand Ave • Bozeman, MT 59715

(406) 587-4475 • jonomckinney@mtcorps.org • www.mtcorps.orgMCC is recognized as tax-exempt by the IRS under Section 501(c)(3), Tax ID #81-0467431

ANNUAL REPORT 2014

FINANCIALSMCC competes nationally for AmeriCorps funding and leverages it with other support to engage young people in service to meet priority public needs. For more detailed financial information, visit MCC at www.mtcorps.org.

Source of Funds

AmeriCorps Grants

Project Partnerships

Contributions & Grants

Total

$2,053,957

$3,480,340

$234,081

$5,768,378

1

2

3

1

2

3

1

2

3

1

2

3

36%

60%

4%

Use of Funds

$5,252,025

$448,715

$5,700,740

Program Support

Admin & Fundraising

Total

1

2

1

2

1

2

92%

8%

“I learned so much about myself and working with others. My crew left every piece of land we encountered better than when we found it. I was surprised how much my goals shifted from just doing good project work with my crew to a greater sense of purpose for the community at large.”

CONTINUING A POWERFUL LEGACYWith the start of the CCC in 1933, conservation corps have been instrumental in deploying young people to projects where they can achieve significant on-the-ground results. In 2014 MCC corps members were the caretakers of 814 miles of trails in our most cherished public places, like the Bob Marshall Wilderness, the Rattlesnake Recreation Area, and Glacier and Yellowstone National Parks. They also treated over 54,000 acres for invasive weeds, which cause billions of dollars in damages and losses on habitat, watersheds, farms, and ranchlands. While noteworthy, results like these are magnified tenfold when MCC corps members realize that their ability to impact the world is far greater than even these conservation achievements.

By weaving together leadership development, civic engagement, and training with hands-on service in the outdoors, MCC helps young people develop vital competencies that build a foundation for achieving success throughout life. MCC helps participants develop specifically in the critical areas of leadership, communication and teambuilding, service and citizenship, stewardship, and hard work for quality results. Through their service, our corps members experience the full measure of their character and discover their capacity to lead in their lives and communities.

MCC fundamentally believes that, now more than ever, the civic engagement of young people is vital for both their individual development and a well-functioning democracy. MCC believes that the true power of a corps experience is in helping young people realize their ability and responsibility to be leading citizens in strengthening the civic, social, and conservation fabric of our nation.

• Geoffrey Birnbaum – Missoula• Swep Davis – Bozeman• Leslie DeWitt – Kalispell• Heather Grenier – Bozeman• James Hedges – Bozeman• Robert Hermes – Lakeside• Matt Jennings – Missoula • Martha Kauffman – Bozeman

• Steve Kratville – Missoula• Jan Lombardi – Helena• Gina McIntyre Colton – Billings• Lynda Moss – Billings• Steve Nelsen – Helena• Chris Pope – Bozeman• Karen Walsh – Bozeman

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Natalie W. (Expedition ‘14) passing the torch to new MCC members.

$50,000 & ABOVE: National Fish & Wildlife Foundation $10,000 - $49,999: Cross Charitable Foundation • Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation • REI $5,000 - $9,999: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana • Cinnabar Foundation • Robert & Carol Hermes • Mountain Bike Missoula • Murphy Oil USA, Inc. $1,000 - $4,999: Edwin & Marieluise Artzt • Beartooth Back Country Horsemen • Carol Bibler & Jim Watson • Gina McIntyre Colton & Shane Colton • Tim & Kathy Crawford, Pheasant Farms LLC • Davis Charitable Trust • Swep & Brenda Davis • Bruce Ennis & Maggie Davis • Larry & Pamela Garlick • Gregg & Renee Harris • Martha & John Kauffman • Steve & Sandy Kratville • Max & Betty Swanson Foundation • Jono & Laurie McKinney • Richardson McKinney • Mysun Charitable Foundation • NorthWestern Energy • Chris & Maddy Pope • Thoroughfare Foundation • K.C. & Karen Walsh $500 - $999: Theresa Bushman • Teresa & Lee Gault • Chase & Emily Hibbard • Debbie & Tom Lewis • Joe McCarty & Priscilla Wisner • Missoula Community Foundation • Montana Trail Crew • Hayley Mortimer • Owenhouse ACE Hardware • Lisa & William Pieringer • Pam Pipal • Laura & Dave Roe • Mary Shannon $100 - $499: Kathy & Robert Bean • Daniel Berkman • Lisa & Ken Boone • Cricket & Rex Brien • Todd & Brooke Buchanan • Amie Butler • Mario Colucci • Courtney Dressler • Marni Edmiston • Bill & Marylou Frawley • Janet & Daniel Fruechte • Smai Fullerton • Robert & Susan Gault • James Gilliam • Randy & Nora Gray • Heather Grenier • Greg & Jane Hanchett • James Hedges & Leslie Allen • Sean Holbine • Matt & Kate Jennings • Jerry Meyers Aviation • Cassidy & Cliff Kipp • Sarah Lamanuzzi • Joanna Litt • Michael Lopez • Richard Lyon • Mr. & Mrs. B. Lee Mallory • Kathy & Jeff Marker • McDowell Foundation • Joseph & Theresa Meek • Jonathan Morgan • Tina & Toby Morse • Myhre Family Foundation Fund • Steve & Judy Nelsen • Eric Newman • Alan & Nancy Nicholson • Aurora Northerner • Northrop Grumman Information Systems • Oboz Footwear • Tracy Oulman & Thomas Rudolph • Judythe Patberg • Tim & Lorna Paulson • George Risi & Willa Craig • Edward Rosenthal • Scott & Andrea Rosenzweig • Maureen & Mike Scharf • Mark Stafford • State Employees’ Combined Giving Campaign • Shannon Stober • Paul Strom & Janis Hayes-Strom • TicketPrinting.Com • Breanna Truelove • Tim Warner & Heather Margolis • Beth Wells • Wendy & Sven Wigert • Yellowstone Valley Brewing Company • Patricia & Jeff Zais UP TO $99: ableBanking Customers • AmazonSmile • Baja Fresh/Canyon Burger • Hannah Baker • Kathy Berg & Edward Fersch • Josh Blew • Jennifer Bobka • Warren & Mary Kate Boling • Matthew Bowser & Nia Vestal • Lucianne Brieger & Steve Elliott • William Brown & Amy Gibler Brown • Dyan & John Burroughs • Gary & Cynthia Campbell • Therese & Craig Cardosi • Zachary Cardosi • Thomas & Rhonda Christensen • Mike & Judy Clayton • Emily Cox • Vincent & Margaret D’Angelo • Denise deBombelles • Joan & Eric Dentler • David & Marjorie Dewing • Lisa & Leon Doney • Mark & Joy Earls • Mattie & James Easter • Deana & Stan Fry • Dan Gengler & Lucy Morell-Gengler • Mark & Heidi Genito • Bruce & Gloria George • Lisa Green • Lucy Greer • Kathie & Douglas Haacke • Layla Haberman • Michel Hafner • Donald & Sue Anne Hoem • John Ilgenfritz & Sheena Wilson • Julie & Frank Irizarry • Craig Johnson • Elizabeth Jones • Sevim & Geoffrey Jumper • Dr. Leonard & Sandra Kamen • Mary Kennedy • Miranda Kersten • Vicky M. Kipp • Laura & Karl Koenig • Chris & Vicki Kolstad • Richard & Carol Leeman • Christopher & Barbara Manos • Paul Matalonis & Kathy Livingston • Patricia Mazurek • Margaret & John McCadden • Sherina McIntyre • Kelly & Kim McKeehan • Montana Legislative Audit Division • Tom Moose • Natalie Morgan • Lynda Moss • Norine Nagle • Jan & Robert Nitcher • Mary Nittinger • Erik Nugent • Nancy Orong • Leon & Theresa Pattyn • Melvin & Wendy Pendergraph • Gary & Siobhan Peters • James Preston • Maia Rauschenberg • Joyce E Rawson Revocable Trust • Rosemary Rivera & Ray Parker • Tracy Rogers • Sarah Scarborough • Judith Schillo • Debbie & Lee Slupianek • Tamar Small • Warren & Priscilla Smith • Nick Sovner & Cheri Thornton • Cathy Stewart & Jeffery Padgett • Rhyno Stinchfield • Pat & Trina Stivers • Rick & Susan Stone • John & Kelly Sveen • Chuck & Gigi Swenson • Kevin Sylvester • Charlsey Thornton & Lisa Slupianek • Bobby Tillett • Chris Trombley • Mary & Roy Tunby • Paul Valent • Carrie Wade • Vicki Watson • Russell & Katherine Whisler • Stephen & Leslie Wilder • Chris & Diane Wyder • Adam Zais

THANK YOU, PHILANTHROPIC PARTNERS!

Gifts to MCC give a growing number of young people the opportunity to learn, live, and serve in the outdoors to develop as leaders, stewards, and citizens. Alumni donors are listed below in bold.

Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness Foundation • Avista Corporation • Badlands Natural History Association • Beartooth Recreational Trails Association • Big Sky Orogenic Racing & Events • Billings West High School • Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation • Boy Scouts of America • Bozeman High School • Brendan House • Broadwater Conservation District • Bureau of Land Management • Bureau of Reclamation • Central School Museum • Citizens for a Better Flathead • Cities of Billings, Helena, Kalispell & Missoula • Community Action Partnership of NW MT • Defenders of Wildlife • Downtown Billings Partnership • Five Valleys Land Trust • Flathead County Library System • Flathead Food Bank • Flathead Valley Community College • Flathead Youth Home • Friends of the Lewistown Trails Inc. • Friends of the Missouri River • Friends of the Wild Swan • Fort Belknap Community Council • Foy’s to Blacktail Trails • Gallatin Valley Land Trust • Garden City Harvest • Glacier National Park Conservancy • Habitat for Humanity • Habitat ReStore • Heart of the Valley Animal Shelter • Hedges Elementary School • Helena Youth Homes • Humane Society of the US • Immanuel Lutheran Communities • Jack Creek Preserve • Kalispell Downtown Business Association • Kalispell Middle School • Missoula County Weed District • Monforton School • Montana Association of Conservation Districts • Montana Audubon • Montana Chapter of the Safari Club • Montana Department of Natural Resources & Conservation • Montana Department of Public Health & Human Services • Montana Department of Transportation • Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks • Montana FoodCorps • Montana Outdoor Science School • Montana Raptor Conservation Center • Montana Waterfowl Foundation • Montana Watershed Coordination Council • Mountain Water Company • MSU Alumni Foundation • National Park Service • National Resource Conservation Service • Nature Conservancy • North Valley Food Bank • North Valley Senior Center • Nourish The Flathead • Owl Research Institute • Prickly Pear Land Trust • Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation • Samaritan House • Selway-Bitterroot Frank Church Foundation • Special Friends Advocacy • Special K Ranch • St. Vincent de Paul • Sun River Watershed Group • Swan Ecosystem Center • Trout Unlimited • Trust for Public Lands • US Fish & Wildlife Service • US Forest Service • Watershed Consulting LLC • Whitefish Community Center • Whitefish Legacy Partners • World Wildlife Fund • Xanterra Parks & Resorts • Yellowstone River Parks Association

THANK YOU, CONSERVATION PARTNERS!

MCC is proud to join the Corporation for National & Community Service and Montana Governor’s Office of Community Service to celebrate 20 years of AmeriCorps service to Montana communities.