Funders

Foundations in Montana That Accept Grant Applications

Every one of these 44 foundations is based in Montana, gave to at least ten organizations we could identify, filed a return covering 2023 or later, and did not tell the IRS it funds only organizations it picks itself. Roughly three in four private foundations do tell the IRS exactly that; those are not listed here.

44foundations accepting requests
$314.5Mgranted between them
4,444funding relationships mapped

Ordered by number of organizations funded. A foundation supporting sixty groups is a far more realistic prospect than one writing two very large cheques, which is why this is not ranked by dollars.

FoundationBased inMedian grantOrganizationsTotal granted
First Interstate Bancsystem FoundationBillings$1,7812,023$19.9M
Dennis & Phyllis Washington FoundationMissoula$10,000494$190.2M
Town Pump Charitable FoundationButte$2,000470$13.6M
Headwaters Health FoundationMissoula$7,500136$23.2M
Sample Foundation IncBillings$5,000116$3.6M
Montana Healthcare FoundationBozeman$25,000112$22.0M
The High Stakes FoundationMissoula$20,000110$4.8M
Treacy FoundationHelena$15,00089$4.3M
Elizabeth a Lynn FoundationLakeside$10,00076$1.5M
Five Points FoundationBozeman$2,50058$1.7M
Harold W Sweatt FoundationBig Sky$3,00054$473K
The Bill & Rosemary Gallagher FoundationMissoula$5,00048$1.4M
Charles M Bair Family TrustBillings$15,00045$4.1M
Max and Betty Swanson FoundationMissoula$1,50040$604K
Bayne Foundation IncWhitefish$5,00037$1.0M
Lynn & Helen N Clark CrtBillings$5,00037$677K
Lippard-Clawiter FoundationGreat Falls$5,75033$2.0M
Leroy and Claris Strand FoundationGeyser$1,50031$338K
Cobb FoundationGreat Falls$1,00031$233K
Telemachus Foundation to EmpowerStevensville$7,62526$1.1M
The Greater Montana FoundationHelena$14,75026$1.4M
Boe Brothers FoundationGreat Falls$3,00025$1.1M
Jane S Heman Foundation IncStevensville$20,00023$3.2M
Alice Lee Lund Charitable TrustGreat Falls$22,94422$4.1M
Ray Lanyon FundBillings$4,00020$181K
Nibs and Edna Allen FoundationMiles City$5,00019$519K
Marshall and Mary BrondumMissoula$5,00018$292K
Ge Mcdonald FoundationBillings$5,00018$711K
Signal Peak Community FoundationHelena$5,00017$1.0M
Gertrude Kamps Memorial FoundationBillings$5,00017$772K
Sands Memorial Foundation IncHavre$5,00015$382K
The Bentley FoundationBillings$10,00014$567K
Lyle & Gail Grimes Char FoundationMissoula$1,00014$90K
Solid Rock FoundationLivingston$1,50014$88K
Walter & Frances Green Charitable TrustBillings$1,00013$242K
First Interstate Bank Centennial Youth FoundationBillings$1,50013$75K
Yvonne Mansfield Animal Welfare FundBillings$2,50012$133K
Montana Mental Health TrustHelena$25,00012$1.7M
Mary Alice Fortin Foundation for YouthBillings$2,00012$50K
Annie Maclay Leffingwell FoundationMissoula$2,00012$70K
Ila B Dousman Fund IncWhitefish$1,50011$298K
Pennmont FoundationBozeman$4,52211$419K
Herb Waltermire Comm Enhancement FndtGreat Falls$5,00010$236K
The Darcy Lynn Dengel Foundation IncLewistown$2,00010$154K

New Montana foundations, as they file

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