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Architectural plan view of the Counting House — a banking-hall interior with a teller counter, ledger desks behind it, and a small vault recess at the rear. Hand-drafted in oxidized navy ink on parchment.

Montana financial profile

2-Section Cohort (cohort 5) · State Land Board (ex officio)

Substrate v1.3 · Last reviewed 2026-05-01 · Read the state dossier

Permanent fund corpus

Awaiting State Disclosure

The substrate doesn't yet have a verified corpus value for Montana. This is a known gap in the editorial workstream (B-025 hand-curation pass), not an indication that no fund exists.

Most recent distribution

Awaiting State Disclosure

Federal grant acreage

5,198,258 acres Verified

Transparency status

Disclosure unknown

The state has a federal trust but neither corpus nor recent distribution is in the substrate yet. Awaiting state disclosure or future substrate work.

Governance form

Classification: State Land Board (ex officio)

Montana Board of Land Commissioners (Land Board): Governor, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Auditor, Attorney General, Secretary of State (constitutional ex-officio five-member board, Article X, § 4 of the 1972 Constitution)

Market value of the Montana Public School Trust Fund over time, $718 million as of June 30, 2024.
Market value of the Montana Public School Trust Fund over time, managed by the Montana Board of Investments. Source: Advocates for School Trust Lands , Montana Trust Lands Report (Tonia Day, data as of June 30, 2024). Reproduced for the library by permission.