First Interstate Bancsystem Foundation
Billings, MT · EIN 81-0465899. Reported 5,361 grants totalling $24.9M to 3,200 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$2,500median grant
$24.9Mgranted, 2021-2025
3,200recipients, as named on its returns
47%of grantees funded again the next year
$23.7Massets, latest filing
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. First Interstate Bancsystem Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $2,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $5,000; the smallest was $20 and the largest $687,546. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
3,200 recipient names appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Blackbaud Giving Fund | Daniel Island, SC | $1,350,724 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Special Olympics Montana | Great Falls, MT | $522,418 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Whitefish Community Foundation | Whitefish, MT | $248,585 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Leadership Wyoming | Casper, WY | $165,220 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Montana Food Bank Network Inc | Missoula, MT | $160,067 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Second Harvest Inland Northwest | Spokane, WA | $154,730 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| E4E Relief | Charlotte, NC | $151,995 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Four Bands Community Fund | Eagle Butte, SD | $142,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Junior Achievement of South Dakota | Sioux Falls, SD | $141,751 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Leadership Montana Inc | Bozeman, MT | $128,680 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Yellowstone Ice Foundation | Billings, MT | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship | New York, NY | $124,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| United Way of the Black Hills | Rapid City, SD | $109,127 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Montana State University Foundation | Bozeman, MT | $103,600 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Tumbleweed Runaway Program | Billings, MT | $103,160 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| United Way of Treasure Valley Inc | Boise, ID | $102,630 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Community Leadership and Development Inc (cldi) | Billings, MT | $100,942 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Feeding South Dakota | Sioux Falls, SD | $99,338 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Plenty Doors Community Development Corporation | Crow Agency, MT | $95,833 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Montana Rescue Mission | Billings, MT | $93,754 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Billings Clinic Foundation | Billings, MT | $91,327 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Helena Food Share Inc | Helena, MT | $89,841 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| Thrive | Bozeman, MT | $87,764 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Rocky Mountain College | Billings, MT | $87,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Leadership South Dakota | Sioux Falls, SD | $83,053 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| YWCA of Billings | Billings, MT | $81,329 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Montana Community Development Corporation | Missoula, MT | $80,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Cobre Valley Hospital | Globe, AZ | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sioux Falls Cares Inc | Sioux Falls, SD | $71,545 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| United Way of Yellowstone County | Billings, MT | $70,573 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Helping Hands in Hardin | Hardin, MT | $70,176 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Ada County | Garden City, ID | $68,102 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Newhouse Inc | Kansas City, MO | $67,900 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| St Vincent Healthcare Foundation | Billings, MT | $65,680 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Central Wyoming | Casper, WY | $65,290 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mountain Shadow Association | Bozeman, MT | $65,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Yellowstone County | Billings, MT | $63,152 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Community Entry Services | Riverton, WY | $63,000 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| High Desert Museum | Bend, OR | $61,570 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Childrens Home Society of South Dakota | Sioux Falls, SD | $61,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Volunteers of America Northern Rockies | Sheridan, WY | $60,205 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Lincoln Community Foundation Inc | Lincoln, NE | $60,025 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| United Way of Jackson County Inc | Medford, OR | $58,696 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| Montana Nonprofit Association Inc | Helena, MT | $58,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Women's and Children's Alliance | Boise, ID | $57,797 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Providence Montana Hospital and Health Foundation | Missoula, MT | $57,030 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Greater Missoula Family YMCA | Missoula, MT | $56,035 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Junior Achievement of Lincoln Inc | Lincoln, NE | $55,923 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| United Way of Lincoln and Lancaster County | Lincoln, NE | $55,880 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Billings Catholic Schools Foundation | Billings, MT | $55,760 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Cda Backpack Program | Hayden, ID | $55,497 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Native American Community Development Corporation | Browning, MT | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mountainstar Family Relief Nursery | Bend, OR | $54,238 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Giving Plate Inc | Bend, OR | $53,926 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Food Bank of Lincoln Inc | Lincoln, NE | $53,900 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Eagle Mount - Billings | Billings, MT | $53,156 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Family Access Network Foundation | Bend, OR | $53,053 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Idaho Foodbank | Meridian, ID | $52,965 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Family Promise of Spokane | Spokane, WA | $52,943 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wellspring Family Services | Seattle, WA | $52,660 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Casper Family YMCA | Casper, WY | $52,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Foundation of Montana State University-Billings | Billings, MT | $51,860 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Habitat for Humanity International Inc | Sheridan, WY | $51,000 | 5 | 2 | 2025 |
| Black Hills Area Community Foundation | Rapid City, SD | $50,908 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Wyoming Food for Thought Project | Casper, WY | $50,905 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mofi | Missoula, MT | $50,270 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Rural America Initiative | Rapid City, SD | $50,145 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Billings School District | Billings, MT | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Iowa Central Community College | Fort Dodge, IA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Riverpeak Health | Riverton, WY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| St Peters Health Foundation | Helena, MT | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Montana Council on Economic Education | Helena, MT | $49,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Idaho Nonprofit Center | Boise, ID | $48,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Teen Closet | Spokane, WA | $47,700 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Food for Lane County | Eugene, OR | $47,420 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Every Child Central Oregon | Redmond, OR | $47,296 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Habitat for Humanity of the Greater Teton Area | Jackson, WY | $46,708 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Education Foundation for Billings Public Schools | Billings, MT | $46,654 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Yellowstone Valley Animal Shelter Inc | Billings, MT | $46,409 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Black Hills State University Foundation | Spearfish, SD | $45,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| St Johns Health Foundation | Jackson, WY | $45,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Five Valleys Land Trust | Missoula, MT | $45,400 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Greater Missoula Family Young Mens Christian Association | Missoula, MT | $45,200 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Sanctuary One | Jacksonville, OR | $44,385 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| South Dakota Community Foundation | Pierre, SD | $43,440 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Jackson Hole Therapeutic Riding Association | Teton Village, WY | $43,235 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Harvest Against Hunger | Seattle, WA | $43,030 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mountain Home Montana Inc | Missoula, MT | $42,710 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Community Leadership and Development Inc | Billings, MT | $42,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Hrdc Bozeman | Bozeman, MT | $42,193 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Compass Center for Families | Sheridan, WY | $42,180 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Western South Dakota Senior Services Inc | Rapid City, SD | $41,945 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Domestic Abuse Women's Network (dawn) | Kent, WA | $40,720 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Livingston Food Pantry of Park County | Livingston, MT | $40,711 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Montana State University Alumni Foundation | Bozeman, MT | $40,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Family Service Inc | Billings, MT | $40,267 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Wise Wonders Childrens Museum Inc | Billings, MT | $40,245 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Montana Community Foundation Inc | Helena, MT | $40,228 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Childsafe Colorado Inc | Fort Collins, CO | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Community Cancer Fund | Spokane, WA | $40,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Missoula Butterfly House and Insectarium | Missoula, MT | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Nonprofit Association of Oregon | Portland, OR | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Red Lodge Area Community Foundation | Red Lodge, MT | $40,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Great Falls Community Food Bank | Great Falls, MT | $39,937 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| St Luke's Health Foundation | Boise, ID | $39,650 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| E4E Relief LLC | Atlanta, GA | $38,713 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Family Inc | Council Blfs, IA | $38,620 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| The Isaac Foundation | Spokane, WA | $38,546 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| Idaho Community Foundation Inc | Hayden, ID | $38,100 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Human Resource Development Council of District Ix Inc | Bozeman, MT | $38,025 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Monument Health Rapid City Hospital Inc | Rapid City, SD | $38,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Alliance for Youth Inc | Great Falls, MT | $37,800 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Family Promise of North Idaho | Coeur D Alene, ID | $37,770 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Arc of Spokane | Spokane, WA | $37,670 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Learning Lab Inc | Garden City, ID | $37,665 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Habitat for Humanity La Pine Sunriver | Sunriver, OR | $37,620 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Heart Ministry Center Inc | Omaha, NE | $37,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Share Omaha | Omaha, NE | $37,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Washington Gorge Action Programs | Bingen, WA | $37,269 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Habitat for Humanity International Inc | Des Moines, IA | $37,200 | 3 | 2 | 2025 |
| Gardiner Food Pantry of Park County | Gardiner, MT | $36,877 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Bend | Bend, OR | $36,560 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Montana Council Economic Education | Helena, MT | $36,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Partners Hope Foundation | Missoula, MT | $35,550 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Innovia Foundation | Spokane, WA | $35,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| New Visions Homeless Services | Council Blfs, IA | $35,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Safe Harbor | Aberdeen, SD | $35,355 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Make-a-Wish Nebraska | Omaha, NE | $35,250 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| First Stop Help Center | Lander, WY | $35,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Johnson County Friends Feeding Friends | Buffalo, WY | $35,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Montana Hospital Association | Helena, MT | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Neighborhood Housing Services Inc of Great Falls | Great Falls, MT | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| University of Nebraska Foundation | Lincoln, NE | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Spokane Edible Tree Project | Spokane, WA | $34,680 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| Climb Wyoming | Laramie, WY | $34,345 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Oregon Food Bank Inc | Portland, OR | $34,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| The Children's Village | Coeur D Alene, ID | $33,945 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Florence Crittenton Family Services | Helena, MT | $33,750 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Victims of Violence Intervention Program Inc | Spearfish, SD | $33,745 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Watson Children's Shelter | Missoula, MT | $33,478 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Wesley Community Services (wesleylife Meals on Wheels) | Des Moines, IA | $33,470 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Council of Community Services | Gillette, WY | $33,450 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Seeds of Hope Inc | CASA Grande, AZ | $33,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Great Falls Development Authority | Great Falls, MT | $32,950 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Yellowstone CASA Inc | Billings, MT | $32,870 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Youth Crisis Center Inc | Casper, WY | $32,700 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Constructing Hope Pre- Apprenticeship Program | Portland, OR | $32,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Oneheart | Rapid City, SD | $32,420 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| High Hope Employment Services Inc | Milan, MO | $32,300 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Cine Billingsdba Art House Cinema | Billings, MT | $32,263 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Eagles Hope Transitions | Riverton, WY | $32,100 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Watertown Area People Against Child Hunger | Watertown, SD | $32,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Absarokee Community Foundation | Absarokee, MT | $31,960 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Carroll College | Helena, MT | $31,960 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Love and Sonshine Ministries | Billings, MT | $31,800 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Denver Rescue Mission | Wellington, CO | $31,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| World Affairs Council of Montana | Missoula, MT | $31,450 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Greater Impact Inc | Bozeman, MT | $31,202 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Habitat for Humanityrogue Valley | Medford, OR | $31,170 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Family Nurturing Center | Medford, OR | $31,045 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Flatirons Habitat for Humanity | Lafayette, CO | $31,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Newbo City Market | Cedar Rapids, IA | $31,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mercer County Area Development Corporation | Princeton, MO | $30,927 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Seed to Table Oregon | Sisters, OR | $30,660 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Madras Community Food Pantry | Madras, OR | $30,650 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Josephine County Food Bank | Grants Pass, OR | $30,630 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| The Way Home Mt | Miles City, MT | $30,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Chartiable Assistance to Community's Homeless Inc (catch Inc) | Boise, ID | $30,285 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Kids Intervention & Diagnostic Service Center Inc | Bend, OR | $30,170 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Advocacy & Resource Center | Sheridan, WY | $30,110 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Boulder County Rsvp Bourd Inc Dba Cultivate | Boulder, CO | $30,040 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Care and Share Commanity Outreach | Sunriver, OR | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies the Montana Coalition | Helena, MT | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jackson Hole Airport | Jackson, WY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Laboratory to Combat Human Trafficking | Denver, CO | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lane County Diaper Bank | Springfield, OR | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Montana Servant Leadership | Missoula, MT | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Nonprofit Association of the Midlands | Omaha, NE | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Northeast Youth Center | Spokane, WA | $30,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Rapid City Regional Hospital Foundation | Rapid City, SD | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sheridan County YMCA | Sheridan, WY | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Society of St Vincent De Paul | Ashland, OR | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Teton Youth and Family Services Inc | Jackson, WY | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Hope Center for Kids | Omaha, NE | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Gratitude in Action Foundation | Billings, MT | $29,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Neighborhood Housing Services of the Black Hills | Deadwood, SD | $29,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| North Valley Food Bank Inc | Whitefish, MT | $29,300 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Project Intentional Inc | Waterloo, NE | $29,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Habitat for Humanity Mid Yellowstone Valley | Billings, MT | $28,880 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Good Shepherd Clinic | Spearfish, SD | $28,840 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Park County Community Foundation | Livingston, MT | $28,840 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Badlands National Park Conservancy | Rapid City, SD | $28,750 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Dog Tag Buddies | Shepherd, MT | $28,650 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Project Patchwork | Milwaukie, OR | $28,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Fremont County Inc | Canon City, CO | $28,493 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Witco Inc | Caldwell, ID | $28,090 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Connection Homeless Shelter Inc | North Platte, NE | $28,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Zone Afterschool Program | Norfolk, NE | $28,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Ringgold County Development Corp | Mount Ayr, IA | $27,800 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Family Support Network | Billings, MT | $27,720 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| CASA | Helena, MT | $27,685 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Clark County Food Bank | Vancouver, WA | $27,660 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Story County Inc | Ames, IA | $27,650 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| One City United | Waterloo, IA | $27,525 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Story County Inc | Ames, IA | $27,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Custer County Community Table | Miles City, MT | $27,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Klamath Crisis Center | Klamath Falls, OR | $27,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Leap Charities Inc | Boise, ID | $27,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Northwest Infant Survival Alliance Sids Foundation of Washington | Coeur D Alene, ID | $27,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Newtown-Harris R-III | Newtown, MO | $27,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Flathead Food Bank Inc | Kalispell, MT | $27,345 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Helping Ends Meet Food Program | Chamberlain, SD | $27,260 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| United Way of Weld County | Greeley, CO | $27,215 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Micah House Corporation | Council Blfs, IA | $27,188 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Healing Reins Therapeutic Riding Center | Bend, OR | $27,176 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Yellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch Foundation | Billings, MT | $27,160 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Metro Community Services Inc | Caldwell, ID | $27,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mills County Storehouse | Glenwood, IA | $27,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Our Foster Kids Inc | Grants Pass, OR | $26,875 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Big J Show Cares | Billings, MT | $26,800 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Greater Gallatin United Way | Bozeman, MT | $26,774 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Heart of Oregon Corps | Bend, OR | $26,750 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Hope Center | Rapid City, SD | $26,720 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Habitat for Humanity International Inc | Aberdeen, SD | $26,640 | 5 | 2 | 2025 |
| Montana School for the Deaf and the Blind Foundation | Great Falls, MT | $26,595 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Bags of Love | Eugene, OR | $26,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| CASA of Jackson County Inc | Medford, OR | $26,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Care Corps Lifehouse | Fremont, NE | $26,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| East River Foster Parent Network | Sioux Falls, SD | $26,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Northern Hills Area CASA Program | Spearfish, SD | $26,495 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Horses Spirits Healing | Billings, MT | $26,275 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Center for Restorative Youth Justice | Kalispell, MT | $26,180 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of the Sun Corridor | CASA Grande, AZ | $26,100 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Salvation Army Kroc Center | Coeur Dalene, ID | $25,838 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Bend-Redmond Habitat for Humanity | Bend, OR | $25,770 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Call to Freedom | Sioux Falls, SD | $25,650 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Pcm Food Pantry | Prairie City, IA | $25,625 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Reedsport Church of God | Reedsport, OR | $25,625 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mainstream Living Inc | Ames, IA | $25,605 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Voices of Hope of Lincoln Inc | Lincoln, NE | $25,600 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Crossroads Center (crossroads Mission Avenue) | Hastings, NE | $25,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Healing House Inc | Kansas City, MO | $25,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Joshuas Storehouse & Distribution Center | Casper, WY | $25,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Montana Hope Project Inc | Helena, MT | $25,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Midwest Food Bank Arizona Division | Normal, IL | $25,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mobridge Regional Hospital | Mobridge, SD | $25,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| St John's Lutheran Ministries Inc | Billings, MT | $25,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Family Center - La Familia | Fort Collins, CO | $25,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Women's Rural Advocacy Programs Inc (wrap) | Marshall, MN | $25,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Spokane County | Spokane, WA | $25,499 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
1,260 of 3,200 (39%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 47%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- The Blackbaud Giving Fund
Employee Giving Program Distributions - Feeding South Dakota
Neighbors Feeding Neighbors - Jackson Hole Airport
Beautifying the Airport Project - Montana Hospital Association
Leadership Development Rural Critical Access Hospitals CEOs - St Peters Health Foundation
Petes Place Daycare Project - Montana Community Foundation Inc
Rural Community Initiative
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 3,450 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 925 | $2,993,171 | $1,000 |
| 2022 | 1,375 | $6,070,011 | $1,155 |
| 2023 | 1,536 | $6,003,777 | $1,149 |
| 2024 | 758 | $4,788,499 | $2,500 |
| 2025 | 767 | $4,996,554 | $2,500 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
29% of its giving went to organizations in Montana. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund207 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc190 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc174 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program104 shared recipientsAmerican Endowment Foundation98 shared recipientsCharities Aid Foundation America76 shared recipients
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $2,500. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Montana.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from First Interstate Bancsystem Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 401 North 31ST Street 400, Billings, MT, 59101. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
EIN 81-0465899 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded.
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