Editor’s note: E-City Beat continues our series on local NPOs and their publicly available financial information. Sources include https://www.propublica.org/ and https://www.causeiq.com/. ECB will be regularly publishing similar information on such organizations, large and small, in the interest of public transparency. The information on our blog is gleaned from the 2024 990 filed and available in PDF on propublica’s site….
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Great Falls NPOs – Benefis Is The Largest
Editor’s note: E-City Beat continues our series on local NPOs and their publicly available financial information. Sources include https://www.propublica.org/ and https://www.causeiq.com/. ECB will be regularly publishing similar information on such organizations, large and small, in the interest of public transparency. Benefis Hospitals, Inc. (2024 Form 990 Breakdown) Filing Date: November 13, 2025Organization: Benefis Hospitals, Inc.Location:…
Great Falls/Cascade County NPOs: GFDA Financial Breakdown
Editor’s note: E-City Beat continues our series on local NPOs, and here we start with some publicly available financial information on a local NPO, Great Falls Development Alliance. Sources include https://www.propublica.org/ and https://www.causeiq.com/. ECB will be regularly publishing similar information on such organizations, large and small, in the interest of public transparency. Great Falls Development…
Great Falls/Cascade County Nonprofit Organizations
This is the first in an E-City Beat series on local NPOs. We start with a comparison of the seven most populous Montana counties, ranked by nonprofit‑to‑population ratio, using the following sourced data. Nonprofit Density in Montana’s 7 Most Populous Counties Ranked by NPOs per 1,000 residents 1. Cascade County 2. Yellowstone County 3. Gallatin…
Breaking News – 4.9 Earthquake Shakes Great Falls
January 29, 2026 at 12:41 PM earthquake shakes, rattles, and rolls Great Falls, MT area.
CTR Computers Blowout Sale
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Great Falls/Cascade County Elections 2026
Here are some important dates from the Cascade County Elections office for candidates and voters for the upcoming 2026 election cycle. E-City Beat will be covering the local candidates, issues, and campaigns – and following the money. Stay tuned.
Evolving Misconceptions About Higher Education In America
Editors note: The following is a guest article submitted by Theodore Bacon. It only takes a small degree of casual observation to see that the quality of a university education and the students it produces has been on decline for several decades now. This is in no means unique to higher education, as k-12 seems…
GF Pools Close Early, Fireworks To The Ballot, Anaconda Suspect Search
Great Falls community pools will only remain open through August 17 due to lifeguard shortage, from KRTV.https://www.krtv.com/news/great-falls-news/great-falls-pools-are-closing-early-this-season Great Falls city commission votes 4-1 to send fireworks restrictions inside city limits ordinance to the November ballot, from The Electric.https://theelectricgf.com/2025/08/05/city-commission-sends-fireworks-to-november-ballot/ Intensive manhunt for Anaconda murder suspect, Michael Brown, continues as of this writing. From MTPR.https://www.mtpr.org/montana-news/2025-08-05/three-dozen-law-enforcement-agencies-search-for-anaconda-murder-suspect
Independence Day: Facts And History
Independence Day in the United States, commonly known as the Fourth of July, commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. On that day, the thirteen American colonies formally declared their independence from Great Britain, marking the birth of the United States of America. Colonial Tensions with Britain Move Toward Independence…









