Foundations that fund human services in Montana
These 25 foundations made grants to human services in Montana in the most recent IRS filing I have for each. None of them ticked the box for giving only to preselected organizations, and each filing gives application instructions or a website. That doesn't prove a foundation takes applications, and some on this list may not. The text below is copied from the filings, most of them for tax year 2024, so check a foundation's website or call before you apply.
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Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation
- $500,000 to Mountain Home Montana Inc, Missoula: Opening another door to brighter futures: hillside, a capital campaign for women and...
- $75,000 to Child Bridge, Bigfork: Trauma-informed parent coaching for foster families who care for abused and neglected...
- $20,000 to Casa for Kids Inc, Kalispell: Focus program
How to apply: Grant applications should be submitted via the online application found at www.dpwfoundation.org.
Deadlines: Grant applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, with decisions generally made within 90 days.
Restrictions: Generally limited to 501(c)(3) organizations with an emphasis on organizations that provide direct services to economically and socially disadvantaged youth special needs individuals and their families, as well as education programming in...
First Interstate Bancsystem Foundation Inc
- $25,000 to Mountain Shadow Association, Bozeman: General Operating Support
- $25,000 to Eureka Childhood Development Foundation, Eureka: General Operating Support
- $25,000 to Western Montana Chapter for the Prevention of Elder Abuse, Missoula: General Operating Support
How to apply: Refer to Foundation website for online application.
Deadlines: Refer to Foundation website for online application.
Restrictions: The grants are intended to serve the communities of interest to First Interstate Bank.
Town Pump Charitable Foundation
- $40,000 to Action Inc, Butte: Summer meals
- $16,000 to Yellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch Foundation, Billings: Adopt a family
- $15,000 to Action Inc, Butte: Weather emergency grant
How to apply: The foundation requires a written grant request describing the charitable program to be supported by the grant request. Section 501(c)(3) organizations, other than a recognized church, must provide a copy of their irs determination letter with the grant request. For grants of...
Restrictions: Grants are primarily awarded to montana organizations for charitable uses in montana. Only in extraordinary circumstances are grants made to organizations that are not recognized section 501 (c)(3) organizations or governmental units....
Headwaters Health Foundation of Western Montana
- $360,000 to Zero To Five Montana, Helena: Zero to five
- $125,000 to Never Alone Recovery Support Services, Pablo: General support
- $32,500 to Empower Mt, Missoula: General support
How to apply: Visit website for most current info www.headwatersmt.org
Deadlines: Visit website for most current info www.headwatersmt.org
Restrictions: Visit website for most current info www.headwatersmt.org
Montana Healthcare Foundation
- $25,000 to Human Resource Development Council of District Ix Inc, Bozeman: Quality improvements in supportive housing
- $25,000 to Friends of the Children - Eastern Montana, Billings: Public partnerships & sustainability for long term youth mentoring
- $25,000 to Florence Crittenton Home & Services, Helena: Establishing youth maternity home as a licensed medicaid residential setting
How to apply: Visit www.mthf.org for application information.
Deadlines: Visit www.mthf.org for submission deadlines.
Restrictions: Visit www.mthf.org for funding restrictions.
Sample Foundation Inc
- $15,000 to Family Promise of Gallatin Valley, Bozeman: High-capacity appliances homeless family housing
- $15,000 to Big Sky Senior Services, Billings: Safeguarding seniors through in-home supports - big sky senior services
- $12,000 to Mountain Home Montana, Missoula: Opening another door for brighter futures
How to apply: Letter giving organizational background and purposes, specific need & amount requested. Attach 501(c)(3) irs determination letter.
Deadlines: August 1
Restrictions: Generally limited to organizations in the state of montana & collier county florida (historically). No grants will be provided to religious or political organizations or tax supported institutions.
Pacificsource Foundation for Health Improvement
- $50,000 to Youth Homes, Missoula: Shelter & group home services & supports for vulnerable youth
- $50,000 to Mountain Home Montana, Missoula: Expansion of services for high needs mothers & children, including trauma informed...
- $25,000 to Mountain Shadow Association, Lodge Grass: Culturally specific early childhood & kinship caregiver educators for tribal community...
How to apply: Applications may be submitted online using the online grant portal located at the following website: https://www.grantinterface.com/home/logon?urlkey=pacificsource. The application process begins with the submission of a letter of intent (loi). Loi(s) are reviewed semiannually...
Deadlines: See statement 12 for submission deadlines
Restrictions: See statement 11 for restrictions and limitations on awards
Max and Betty Swanson Foundation
- $14,000 to Loving Loic Foundation, Bozeman: Help fund pkan gene therapy development.
- $3,000 to Mountain Home Montana, Missoula: Operating expenses
- $3,000 to Missoula Aging Services, Missoula: Meals on wheels program
How to apply: See application form attached
Deadlines: None at this time
Restrictions: Generally limited to the missoula, mt area
The Scripps Howard Foundation
- $2,500 to Angels in Camo, Great Falls: Community Market Grant
- $1,785 to Family Service Inc, Billings: Community Impact Campagin - ARSF matching dollars
- $1,250 to Billings Family Ymca Inc, Billings: Volunteer Gift
Montana Mental Health Trust
- $50,000 to Greater Impact Inc, Bozeman: Behavioral health services
- $49,652 to Mountain Home Montana, Missoula: Integrated behavioral health services
- $22,500 to Friends of the Children - Eastern Montana, Billings: Behavioral health services
How to apply: The foundation requires a written grant request describing the charitable program to be supported by the requested grant. Section 501(c)(3) organizations, other than a recognized church, must provide a copy of their irs determination letter with the grant request. The grant...
Deadlines: September 30th
Restrictions: The "grant application guidelines" of the trust, provided at its website, identify five project types that are provided preferential consideration pursuant to the trust's grantmaking policies. Detailed descriptions of these project types...
Alice Lee Lund Charitable Trust
- $53,000 to Yellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch Foundation, Billings: Charitable
- $40,000 to Great Falls Rescue Mission, Great Falls: Charitable
- $7,500 to Mountain Home Montana Inc, Missoula: Charitable
How to apply: Requests should be submitted online at www.alicelundtrust.org
Deadlines: Quarterly
Restrictions: Geographic area - the state of montana, tipp city, ohio, and western north dakota. Charitable type activities focused in education, healthcare, relief of poverty, public services, and animal welfare - particular emphasis on organizations...
Charles M Bair Family Trust C/O Us Bank Na
- $40,000 to Billings Family Ymca, Billings: Grant for childcare sensory upgrades.
- $30,000 to Yellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch Foundation, Billings: Grant for bathroom updates.
- $26,525 to Riverstone Health Foundation, Billings: Grant for Alert GPS
How to apply: Applicants must use the grant application found on the the website at charlesmbairtrusts.org/grants.html, noting any new provisions for the year. Additionally, the application must include an IRS Determination Letter, Form 990 or 990EZ, current operating budget and balance...
Deadlines: March 1st
Restrictions: Please refer to the application found at www.charlesmbairtrusts.org/grants.html for restrictions and limitations on awards.
Marshall and Mary Brondum Special Assistance Foundation Inc
- $10,000 to Missoula Aging Services, Missoula: Local support
- $3,000 to Peace Place, Great Falls: Local support
- $1,000 to Mountain Home Montana, Missoula: Local support
How to apply: Application form attached
Deadlines: 45 days prior to quarterly meetings apr, jul, oct, jan
Restrictions: Primarily northwest usa
The Ruth and Vernon Taylor Foundation Montana
- $110,000 to Help Center Inc, Bozeman: Renovations, furnishings, technology
- $110,000 to Family Promise of Gallatin Valley Inc, Bozeman: A journey home campus
How to apply: No specific form required.
Deadlines: No submission deadlines.
Restrictions: No restrictions or limitations.
The Steele-Reese Foundation Xxxxx1004
- $20,000 to North Valley Food Bank, Whitefish: General operation
- $15,000 to Bread Basket Inc, Ronan: General operation
How to apply: Online application
Deadlines: March 1
Restrictions: Funds rural education, rural human services, rural conservation and preservation, rural health and rural arts and humanities.
The Bentley Foundation
- $20,000 to Child Bridge, Bigfork: Philanthropic Purposes
- $10,000 to Community Leadership & Development Inc, Billings: Philanthropic Purposes
How to apply: Contact foundation
Deadlines: Contact foundation
Lippard-Clawiter Foundation
- $18,500 to Big Sandy Rotary Club, Big Sandy: Programs
- $2,500 to Knees Community Club, Brady: Programs
How to apply: The filing names a contact. Use the filings link above.
Deadlines: September 30
Restrictions: Organizations located in chouteau county, montana
Herb Waltermire Comm Enhancement Fndt Inc
- $13,338 to Peace Place, Great Falls: General operations
- $5,087 to Kairos Youth Services, Great Falls: Deck repairs and aim high program.
How to apply: Applications available upon request
Ge Mcdonald Foundation
- $10,000 to Billings Family Ymca, Billings: Program Sponsorship
- $2,500 to Community Leadership and Development Inc, Billings: Program Sponsorship
How to apply: The grant application needs to be submitted to The GE McDonald Foundation. Information that needs to be included on the application includes the project title, the geographic area to be served, the client group and the size of that group. Also the total project cost, the...
Deadlines: Contact Foundation at mailing address.
Restrictions: The GE McDonald Foundation is operated exclusively for religious, educational, environmental, or other charitable purposes. Limitations are not placed on geographical areas, charitable fields, or amounts requested.
Pennmont Foundation
- $6,500 to Ywca of Missoula, Missoula: Exempt purpose
- $4,500 to Help Center, Bozeman: Assist funding for crisis situations
How to apply: Letter stating nature and amount requesting. Include copy of exemption letter received from irs.
Deadlines: September 30th
Gibson Gives Foundation Dba Gibson Gives
- $2,999 to Summit Well, Bozeman: For program use/fundraising efforts for program use.
- $2,699 to Loving Loic Foundation, Bozeman: For program use/fundraising efforts for program use.
How to apply: Applications can be submitted via gibson.submittable.com/submit
Deadlines: Donation requests are reviewed on a monthly basis after the end of each month.
Restrictions: Awards benefit those who bring education or healing through music specific programs where guitar is used.
Wk Kellogg Foundation
- $200,000 to National Indigenous Womens Resource Center, Lame Deer: Promise of an Equitable Future
How to apply: See "how to apply" at www.wkkf.org/grantseekers/#how-to-apply
Deadlines: Proposals for grants may be submitted at any time through the website, www.wkkf.org
Restrictions: See "our priorities" (what we fund) on our website, www.wkkf.org/what-we-fund/
Jane S Heman Foundation Inc C/O Bob Thomas
- $50,000 to Mountain Home Montana, Missoula: Low cost housing project
How to apply: The following information should be in a one-page document. - organization name, website, address, email, phone contact information - organization's tax id number - organization purpose/mission - primary contact person - person submitting grant (if different than primary contact...
Deadlines: Application deadlines are february 1st, may 1st, august 1st, and october 1st.
Restrictions: Grants are made to benefit the residents of western montana (that area of montana west of the continental divide) in the area of education and to alleviate the suffering of individuals afflicted by disease and the assistance and relief of...
Plank Stewardship Initiative
- $29,000 to Women in Ranching Inc, Cohagen: Ranching education for women
How to apply: Applications will be evaluated for their potential to enhance sustainable stewardship in the northern great plains by demonstrating the ability of the proposed project and/or program (s) to fulfill one or more grant criteria components by achieving the results described in the...
Deadlines: Annually on march 31st via email to milward.simpson@plankstewardship.org
Restrictions: Our granting efforts are to strengthen the economic and ecological sustainability of rangelands in the northern great plains. The grants must be focused on one or more of the following psi mission-specific categories: 1) succession...
The Mcknight Foundation
- $25,000 to Child Bridge, Big Fork: for general operating support
How to apply: Please see the end of the return for the additional attachments containing the information for Lines 2b - 2d.
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