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Montana Community Foundation Inc

To create a culture of giving so montana communities can flourish.

$11M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
316
Itemized grants FY2025
263
Organizations funded FY2024
33%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$7.7M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$12,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$441,900
Organizations funded a year
137 to 263
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
9
Total assets, FY2025
$215M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Montana Community Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 37% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.3M went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

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Human ServicesHealthEducationCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureEnvironmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving301$7.3M25%
FY2024263$6.2M33%
FY2023205$4.4M22%
FY2022195$4.8M28%
FY2021170$4.5M24%
FY2020172$2.8M24%
FY2019137$2.0M22%
FY2018222$2.8M52%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$6.0MEducation$4.8MHealth$4.8MPhilanthropy$4.2MCommunity Improvement$4.0MHuman Services$3.3MRecreation & Sports$1.8MHousing & Shelter$1.7MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 643 grantees
All grantees of Montana Community Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
West Yellowstone Foundation$1,334,463962%
Dahl Memorial Healthcare Association Inc$1,008,529412%
The University of Montana Foundation$945,34791%
Southeastern Montana Development Corporation$929,944519%
Montana Rescue Mission$522,59676%
Great Falls Symphony Assoc Inc$520,26098%
Stanford Open$500,003284%
Yellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch Foundat$477,90481%
American Indian Institute$461,424930%
Yellowstone Art Museum$451,17094%
School Community Development Council$419,621997%
Sowers International$415,000320%
Alberta Bair Theater Corporation$407,12093%
The Myrna Loy$374,43896%
Montana Professional Teaching Foundation$368,286892%
Sae International$360,00070%
Boys and Girls Club of the Northern Cheyenne Nation$357,232715%
Montana State University Foundation Inc$346,12990%
Rural Health Development Inc$325,000131%
Holter Museum of Art$324,89498%
Billings District Council of the Society of St Vin$321,736812%
Billings Catholic Schools Foundation$317,72873%
The Foundation for the Diocese of Helena Inc$300,00014%
Bigfork Center for the Performing Arts Foundation Ltd$283,451920%
Zootown Arts Community Center$277,000324%
The Peoples Partners for Community Development$246,80938%
Apostles Lutheran Church$244,1839n/a
Boys and Girls Clubs of Cascade County$243,78185%
Intermountain Deaconess Childrens Services$237,55591%
Western Montana Creative Initiatives$231,000525%
Helena Education Foundation$219,44499%
Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies the Montana Coalition Inc$211,067211%
Absarokee Community Foundation$209,6699n/a
Blackfeet Reservation Development Fund Inc$203,1428n/a
Flathead Valley Community College Foundation Inc$193,06692%
Montana Wilderness Association$188,84891%
Greater Gallatin United Way Inc$183,03691%
Sweet Grass Community Health Care Foundation$178,347536%
American Prairie Foundation$175,50040%
Community Leadership & Development Inc$167,58753%
Bigfork Development Company$165,156915%
Friends of the Pioneer Museuminc$164,628986%
Community Crisis Center LLC$164,000112%
Native American Development Corporaton$161,00021%
United Way of the Lewis and Clark Area Inc$152,48894%
Montana State University Billings Foundation & Alumni$152,01491%
Proactive Living Facility Inc$150,000150%
Flathead Library Foundation$150,00034%
Five Valleys Land Trust$149,60091%
Department of Public Health & Human Services$145,8443n/a
Missoula Civic Symphony Association$144,40293%
Young Women's Christian Association of Billings Montana$144,20843%
Roundup Memorial Hospital Association$143,53290%
Bozeman Library Friends and Foundation$142,91793%
Intermountain Planned Parenthood$141,39090%
Education Foundation for Billings Public Schools$139,63492%
Prickly Pear Land Trust$139,02991%
School Administrators of Montana$137,90378%
Helena Food Share Inc$135,46281%
Carter County Geological Society$134,536414%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$132,20460%
Bridgercare$131,78421%
Walla Walla University$130,06620%
Schoolhouse History and Art Center$124,140249%
Montana Audubon$123,58092%
Young Men's Christian Association of Helena Inc$122,83691%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Yellowstone County$120,00023%
Helena Area Habitat for Humanity$119,05367%
Montana Arts Council$118,0946n/a
Bozeman Symphony Society$117,30852%
United Way of Cascade County$116,38291%
Montana Budget and Policy Center$115,25034%
Benefis Health System Foundation Inc$112,52390%
Jefferson Valley Community Foundation$110,580971%
Center for Restorative Youth Justice$110,00032%
Gods Love Inc$109,75293%
Leadership Montana Inc$109,63447%
St Peter's Health Foundation$109,46391%
Humane Society of Western Montana$109,25291%
The Montana Land Reliance$107,54690%
Gallatin Valley Land Trust$107,40851%
Fort Peck Fine Arts Council$106,11493%
Ovando School District$104,2317n/a
ACLU of Montana Foundation Inc$103,46463%
Elizabeth Scott Wellness Initiative$103,0141n/a
Glasgow Scotties Booster Club$100,353917%
Sesame Workshop$100,00010%
Bread of Life Church$100,0002n/a
Hab Development Corporation$100,0001n/a
North Valley Food Bank$98,10023%
Trigg - C M Russell Foundation Inc$98,01590%
Domestic and Sexual Violence Services of Carbon County$97,80042%
Nye Community Foundation$97,5559n/a
RiverStone Health Foundation$95,77292%
Billings Food Bank Inc$94,43760%
NACDC Financial Services Inc$94,41732%
Tumbleweed Runaway Program Inc$93,81182%
Roberts Community Foundation Inc$93,271926%
Southeast Montana Area Revitalization Team$92,496216%
Museum of the Rockies Inc$90,30290%
Broadwater Productions Inc Grandstreet Theatre$89,83991%
Glacier Symphony Orchestra and Chorale$89,78392%
Helena Symphony Society$88,26182%
Family Service$88,24060%
Stevensville Community Foundation Incorporated$86,4239n/a
Messengers for Health$85,74425%
Plains Public Schools #1$85,7023n/a
International Choral Festival Inc$85,368919%
Rocky Mountain College$85,20580%
Missoula Art Museum$85,16681%
Miles Community College$85,1462n/a
Gallatin Ice Foundation Inc$85,00032%
Family Promise of Gallatin Valley Inc$85,00042%
Lewis & Clark Foundation$84,39897%
Rural Behavioral Health Institute$84,10022%
The Montana Learning Center At Canyon Ferry Lake$83,63268%
Indian Law Resource Center$82,46391%
Butte Emergency Food Bank$81,08671%
Eastern Montana Community Mental Health Center$81,00011%
Rosebud County$80,7865n/a
YWCA of Billings Endowment Foundation Inc$80,625520%
Alliance for the Wild Rockies Inc$80,36595%
Town of West Yellowstone$80,0006n/a
The Friends of Irish Studies in the West$79,36599%
Mineral County Community Foundation$77,780914%
Montana Environmental Information Center$76,99342%
Yellowstone Historic Center Inc$76,50074%
Boy Scouts of America Montana Council$75,49790%
Raise Montana$75,000119%
Mountain Shadow Association$75,000113%
Butte Silver Bow Primary Health Care Clinic Inc$75,00010%
Fast Blackfeet$75,00016%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Eastern Montana$73,90492%
Mountain Home Montana Inc$73,90051%
Archie Bray Foundation$73,60891%
Human Resource Development Council of District IX Inc$70,99430%
International Hunter Education Association-Usa$70,79292%
Range Riders Inc$70,704619%
World Museum of Mining$70,44792%
Friends of the Children - Montana$70,00023%
Custer County Food Bank Inc$65,720421%
Glasgow Evangelical Church$65,4728n/a
Yellowstone Wildlife Sanctuary$65,40292%
YWCA Helena$65,12931%
Red Ants Pants Foundation$64,93245%
Western Heritage Center$64,72892%
Nova Center for the Performing Arts$64,54795%
Miracle of America Story Inc$64,08279%
The Salvation Army$63,9906n/a
Butte Silver Bow Community Foundation$63,943947%
Childrens Oncology Camp Foundation$63,20061%
Friendship House of Christian Service Inc$63,02391%
Blackfeet Tribe$61,9949n/a
Foundation for Animals$61,295915%
Violence Free Crisis Line$61,00016%
Yellowstone River Parks Association$60,97394%
The Angel Fund$60,19484%
Montana Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence$60,00021%
Bigfork Aces$60,000213%
Planned Parenthood Advocates of Montana$60,00027%
First United Methodist Church$60,0006n/a
Forsyth Public Schools$58,9563n/a
Ecology Project International$58,93230%
Rosebud County Search and Rescue$58,8132n/a
Youth Dynamics Inc$58,50030%
Miles Community College Foundation$58,406112%
Montana State University$58,3064n/a
Missoula Food Bank & Community Center$58,12060%
World Central Kitchen Inc$57,83240%
Montana Food Bank Network Inc$57,05340%
Family Promise of Yellowstone Valley$56,90027%
West Yellowstone Ski Education Foundation$56,500317%
Billings Symphony Society$56,42591%
Ulm Public Schools$55,7304n/a
Columbus Community Foundation$55,268611%
Bitterroot Early Learning Network$55,000118%
Little Ranger Learning Center$54,07346%
Billings Studio Theatre Inc$53,54682%
Partners for Parks Foundation$53,331344%
Plymouth Congregational Church$52,5249n/a
O'Fallon Historical Society$52,5242n/a
Special Olympics Montana Inc$52,50040%
Miles City Area Chamber of Commerce$52,16423%
Gallatin County Election Department$51,9154n/a
Wibaux County Nursing Home$51,7777n/a
Montana State University-Northern Foundation$51,50030%
Central Montana Childcare Alliance$51,000133%
University of Rochester$50,80050%
Blue Bird LifeWays$50,60026%
Hockaday Museum of Art$50,32984%
Neighborhood Housing Services Inc of Gf$50,00011%
Fallon County Mental Health Council$50,0001n/a
Butte Native Wellness Center$50,00012%
Big Brothers Big Sisters Of NORTHWEST MONTANA$50,000116%
Northeast Montana Health Services$49,80510%
Chase Hawks Memorial Association Inc$49,595511%
Philipsburg Area Educational Foundation$49,55378%
Miles City Public Library$49,4872n/a
Plenty Doors Community Development Corporation$49,30923%
Helena Youth Soccer Association$49,08592%
Great Falls Rescue Mission$49,07350%
Hinsdale School$48,8259n/a
Forsyth Golf Course Foundation$48,0002n/a
Center for Mental Health$47,43590%
Catalyst Montana$46,23521%
Montana Nonprofit Association$45,82814%
Code Girls United$45,60024%
The Roxy Theater$45,55316%
Indian Family Health Clinic of Great Falls Inc$45,00011%
Chief Cliff Fire Support Inc$45,000261%
Salish Kootenai College Inc$45,00020%
Inseparable Inc$45,0001n/a
Arlee Community Development Corporation$45,000110%
West Yellowstone Senior Center$45,0005n/a
Boys and Girls Club of the Flathead Reservation and Lake County$44,85841%
The Shriners' Hospital for Children$44,82520%
A Scott Jackson Trucking Inc$44,6821n/a
Manhattan High School$43,3623n/a
Pretty Eaglewoman Resource Foundation$43,3002n/a
Rocky Mountain Bible Mission$43,0814n/a
Trinity Lutheran Church$43,0378n/a
Big Sky Community Organization$42,39450%
Heroes and Horses Inc$42,18132%
Baker Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture$41,980215%
Yellowstone Forever$41,60850%
Bighorn Basin Paleotological Institute$40,65632%
Accelerate Montana$40,60020%
Colstrip Hospital District$40,5941n/a
Liberty Village Arts Center and Gallery$40,5004n/a
North Toole Countysunburst Fire Department$40,4002n/a
Action Inc$40,00011%
Poverello Center Inc$39,80740%
The Original Montana Club$39,50053%
Bozeman Public Schools Foundation Inc$38,84548%
Eagle Mount$38,79621%
Womens Opportunity and Resource Development Inc$38,665410%
YWCA Missoula$38,41760%
Watson Children's Shelter Inc$37,97851%
Trust Montana Inc$37,72313%
Great Falls Public Schools Foundation$37,63151%
Eastern Montana Economic Development Authority$37,0511n/a
ZooMontana Inc$37,00041%
Bigger Sky Kids Inc$36,2893n/a
Northeast Montana Health Services Charitable Foundation Inc$36,2151n/a
Montana Homeownership Network Inc$35,50020%
Custer Network Against Domestic Abuse$35,40017%
Montana Abortion Access Program$35,40022%
Fort Peck Tribes$35,3091n/a
Aspen-Abuse Support & Prevention Education Network$35,00024%
Sacred Heart School$35,0001n/a
The Her Campaign$35,00018%
Friends of Public Radio Inc Co Yellowstone Public Radio$34,92541%
Child Bridge Inc$34,40011%
Confederated Salish and Kootenai$34,3091n/a
Fort Belknap Community Economic Develop Ment Corporation$34,30917%
Chippewa Cree Tribe$34,3091n/a
Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians$34,3091n/a
Friendship Center of Helena Inc$34,19642%
Congregation Beth Aaron$33,6382n/a
Home Atherton Volunteer Fire Department$33,5002n/a
Keep Miles City Beautiful$33,16329%
St Thomas More Academy$32,3752n/a
Beartooth Resource Conservation and Development Area Inc$32,04023%
Wolf Point Area Museum Inc$31,700349%
United Way of Missoula County$31,47241%
Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples Inc$30,40020%
Missoula International School$30,00030%
Poplar School District$30,0001n/a
Safe Harbor Inc$30,00013%
Northeast Montana Veterans Memorial Fund$30,0001n/a
Island Mountain Community Development Financial Institution Inc$30,00014%
Quality of Life Corporation$30,0001n/a
Montana Continuum of Care Coalition$30,000114%
Share Our Strength$30,00010%
Walleyes Unlimited of Montana$30,00014%
Forever Forsyth Inc$29,950275%
Hopa Mountain Inc$29,44932%
Our Redeemer Lutheran Church$29,3424n/a
Catholic Medical Mission Board Inc$29,00040%
Butte Spirit Center$28,89513%
Miles City Convent Keepers$28,000113%
Lewis and Clark Humane Society$27,90422%
Florence Crittenton Home and Services$27,82020%
Noxon Public Schools$27,7503n/a
Montana Natural History Center$27,50941%
Winnett Aces Inc$27,20012%
Phillips County Community Foundation$27,1093n/a
Montana Conservation Corps Inc$27,00030%
Billings Golden K Kiwanis Foundation$26,6915n/a
Humanities Montana$26,50551%
Headwaters Resource Conservation and Development Area Inc$26,18412%
Big Sky Youth Empowerment Project Inc$25,50020%
Shriners Hospitals for Children$25,50020%
Womens Resource Center$25,40014%
Montana Hope Project Inc$25,22817%
Montana Youth Youth Challenge Foundation$25,0002n/a
Helena Indian Alliance Inc$25,00011%
Community Health Partners Inc$25,00010%
Great Northern Development Corporation$25,00021%
New Agrarian School$25,000125%
Sacred Defense Fund$25,0001n/a
Evergreen School District$25,0001n/a
Liberty County Museum Assn$25,0003n/a
Horses Spirits Healing Inc$25,00018%
Friends of Francis$25,000121%
Bread Basket Incorporated$25,0001n/a
Bighorn Valley Health Center Inc$25,00010%
Northern Cheyenne Tribe$25,0001n/a
Anaconda Pca Family Resource Center$25,000117%
Empower Mt$25,00014%
Lakeview Ladies Association$25,0001n/a
Reach Inc$23,99930%
Youth Homes$23,98930%
Opportunities Inc$23,30420%
Custer County Sheriffs Protective Association$23,0002n/a
Montana Children's Home and Hospital$22,50020%
Bitter Root Land Trust$22,50021%
Bear Paw Development Corp$22,50021%
University of Providence$22,30440%
Montana Wilderness School$22,00021%
Eastern Plains Economic Development Corporation$21,90727%
Veterans of Foreign Wars Foundation$21,85020%
Wellness in Action$21,00034%
First United Methodist Church$20,8004n/a
Thrive Inc$20,73521%
Emerson Center for the Arts and Culture$20,67440%
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc$20,48530%
Snowy Mountain Development Corp$20,40011%
Waterworks Art Museum$20,32518%
Samaritan House Inc$20,0001n/a
Random Acts of Silliness$20,00025%
Divine Mercy Academy Inc$20,00023%
Bigfork Art and Cultural Center$20,00017%
The Bushnell Foundation$20,00011%
Timberline Disc Golf Inc$20,0001n/a
Tamarack Grief Resource Center Inc$20,0001n/a
Catholic Relief Services$20,0003n/a
Kiwanis Foundation of Montana$20,0001n/a
Montana Outdoor Science School$19,5001n/a
Northern Cheyenne Food Pantry$19,50018%
Aware Inc$19,00020%
Museum Inc$18,70029%
International Rescue Committee INC$18,23520%
Custer County Rural Volunteer Fire Company$18,0002n/a
Girl Scouts of Montana and Wyoming$17,87730%
Original Montana Club Cooperative Association$17,8001n/a
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$17,57320%
Valley Christian School$17,47120%
Shelter Solutions for Central Montana$17,0001n/a
Rose Park PTA$17,000221%
Ulm Fire Fee Service Area$16,7992n/a
Frank Hervey Cook Trust$16,75731%
Animeals$16,50031%
Lewis & Clark Library Foundation$16,38233%
Wibaux County$16,3052n/a
Red Lodge Music Festival Inc$16,10533%
Roman Catholic Diocese of Helena Montana a Corporation Sole$16,0001n/a
St Labre Indian School$16,0002n/a
Mission to the World$16,0001n/a
Two Rivers Growth Inc$15,9501n/a
City of Glasgow$15,9371n/a
Stafford Animal Shelter$15,62720%
Mountainview Medical Center Inc$15,52430%
Friends of FMC Foundation Inc$15,512111%
Montana Amateur Sports Inc Dba Big Sky State Games$15,50031%
Billings Family YMCA Inc$15,02410%
My Neighbor in Need$15,00022%
406 Family Aid Foundation$15,0001n/a
Libby Volunteer Fire Department$15,0001n/a
Miles City Youth Baseball Association$15,000110%
Missoula Parks & Recreation$15,0001n/a
Eagle Mount Great Falls$15,0001n/a
Children First$15,00016%
Seeley Lake Volunteer Fire Company$15,0001n/a
Seeley Lake Area Chamber of Commerce$15,0001n/a
Rural Resilience$15,00014%
Mennonite Central Committee U S$15,0001n/a
Helmville Volunteer Fire Department$15,0001n/a
Eureka Area Chamber of Commerce$15,0001n/a
American Lung Association$15,00010%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$15,00020%
St Vincent Healthcare Foundation Inc$14,9661n/a
Energy Share of Montana Inc$14,68420%
American Cancer Society Inc$14,56720%
Concerns of Police Survivors Inc$14,56720%
Legal Voice$14,5001n/a
Stanford Library Guild Inc$14,389114%
Center Pole$14,00020%
Red Lodge Fire Rescue$14,0001n/a
Chester Joplin Inverness Public Schools$14,0002n/a
Blue Mountain Clinic Inc$13,57220%
Turner Volunteer Fire Department$13,3601n/a
Deer Lodge Food Pantry$13,26829%
Society for Preservation & Encourmt of Barbershop Quartet Singing Amer$13,1581n/a
Libby Food Pantry Inc$13,00016%
North Central Montana Economic Development District$13,00013%
Lincoln Volunteer Fire Department$13,0001n/a
West Kootenai Fire Protection Company$13,0001n/a
Special K Ranch$12,58310%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Western Montana$12,50012%
Lewis & Clark County$12,5001n/a
Friends of Montana Shakespeare in the Parks$12,31821%
Miles City Youth Soccer Association$12,3001n/a
Young Life$12,05010%
Farm in the Dell International$12,0301n/a
Missoula Downtown Foundation Inc$12,00015%
Emmett Public School Foundation In$12,0001n/a
Womens International Network for Guatemalan Solutions Inc$12,00011%
Park Hill Congregational Church$12,0002n/a
Paris Gibson Square Inc$11,71421%
Spay Montana$11,67023%
City of Forsyth$11,5811n/a
Sand Coulee Vol Fire Dept$11,5001n/a
Hospice Care Foundation Inc$11,5001n/a
Town of Plevna$11,3001n/a
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Montana$11,28121%
Yellowstone Valley Animal Shelter$11,26521%
Selway-Bitterroot Foundation Inc$11,00011%
Fredonia College Foundation of the State University of New York Inc$11,00010%
Community Giving Assistance Towards Empl$10,99517%
Friends of Big Sky Education$10,80021%
Warriors & Quiet Waters Foundation Inc$10,75010%
Liberty Place Inc$10,67510%
Holy Spirit Parish$10,5001n/a
Montanans for Choice$10,50011%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$10,50020%
Boys and Girls Club of Red Lodge and the Beartooth Front Inc$10,38921%
Northern Plains Resource Council$10,1501n/a
Helena Symphony Society Foundation Inc$10,134168%
Beartooth Billings Clinic Foundation$10,08922%
Stone Child College$10,00010%
Public Citizen Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Honor Flight Inc$10,00010%
Elk River Exchange Inc$10,0001n/a
Roots Family Collaborative$10,00015%
NAMI-Billings$10,00018%
Ravalli Services Corporation$10,00010%
Hi-Line Health Foundation Inc$10,00012%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Yellowstone County$10,000111%
Spread the Vote Inc$10,00011%
Love Has Come Inc$10,000114%
Swan View Coalition Inc$10,0001n/a
Working Quiet$10,0001n/a
Blackfeet Community College$10,00010%
High Country News$10,0001n/a
All Nations Health Center Inc$10,00010%
Help Center Inc$10,00011%
Friends of the Children Eastern Montana$10,00011%
The University of Montana$10,0001n/a
The Paradise Center$10,000110%
American Computer Museum LTD$10,00013%
University of California San Francisco Foundation$10,00010%
Bigfork Food Bank Inc$10,00011%
Awareness Network$10,0001n/a
Great Plains Gathering$10,0001n/a
Fallon County$10,0001n/a
Great Falls Area Chamber of Commerce Foundation$10,000180%
Congregation Har Shalom$10,0001n/a
First Congressional United Church of Christ$10,0001n/a
Central Montana Community Cupboard Inc$10,0001n/a
Bridge Foundation$10,0001n/a
National Indigenous Womens Resource Center Inc$10,00010%
Citizens for a Better Flathead$10,000112%
Flathead Warming Center Inc$10,00011%
First United Methodist Church of Great Falls$10,0001n/a
Harvest Food Pantry Inc$10,0001n/a
Partners for Justice Inc$10,00010%
God's Love We Deliver Inc$10,00010%
The Cms Fund$10,0001n/a
Parents Lets Unite for Kids$10,00021%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Montana Inc$10,00011%
Big Sky Community Housing Trust Bscht$10,00010%
Cabinet Resource Group$10,0001n/a
Mental Health America of Montana Inc$10,00014%
Miles City Wrestling Club Inc$10,000112%
Spring Into Sight Foundation Inc$10,0001n/a
Support & Techniques for Empowering People (Dba Step)$10,00011%
Gamma Beta 14177$10,0001n/a
Home Resource Inc$9,84711%
Love and Sonshine Ministries$9,50011%
The Glacier-Two Medicine Alliance$9,5001n/a
Haven$9,23511%
Pregnancy Outreach Clinic of Miles City Inc$9,15014%
Tri-Lakes Fire Service Area$9,0001n/a
Plains-Paradise Rural Fire District$9,0001n/a
Off the Streets Corporation$9,0001n/a
Boulevard Volunteer Fire Dept$9,0001n/a
Polson Fire Department$9,0001n/a
York First Rescue Inc$9,0001n/a
Montana History Foundation$8,97611%
Upper Blackfoot Valley Historical Society$8,8001n/a
Opportunity Resources Inc$8,65210%
Boys and Girls Club of Yellowstone County Endowment Foundation$8,53411%
Gratitude in Action Foundation$8,50011%
Empowered by Divine Growth Foundation$8,5001n/a
Montana Council of Economic Education$8,50017%
Landons Legacy Foundation$8,50011%
Townsend K-12 Schools$8,5001n/a
Swan Valley Connections$8,50011%
Redwater Valley Ambulance Service$8,50015%
Wibaux County Senior Citizens Inc$8,4771n/a
Friends Forever Mentoring$8,23515%
National Coalition Building Institu$8,23512%
American Civil Liberties Union Inc$8,2351n/a
Petra Academy Inc$8,22610%
Kiwanis-Club Foundation of Billings Heights$8,0001n/a
Gildford Volunteer Fire Department$8,0001n/a
Coutts-Sweet Grass Lions Club$8,0001n/a
Colstrip Sportsmens Club$8,0001n/a
Pregnancy Resource Center of Helena Dba Options Womens Clinic$8,00011%
Bull Lake Rural Fire District$8,0001n/a
Powell County Search and Rescue Inc$8,0001n/a
Northeast Montana Stat Air Ambulance$8,00010%
Marion Fire District$8,0001n/a
Billings Exchange Clubs Child Abuse$8,00013%
Limitless Kids Montana Inc$8,0001n/a
Trinity Lutheran Church$7,9071n/a
Miles City Unified School District #1$7,8651n/a
Sunburst School District$7,8301n/a
Big Brothers & Sisters of Butte$7,82614%
John Ellis Endowment$7,7421n/a
St Peter's Cathedral$7,5651n/a
Corvallis Schools Foundation$7,5001n/a
Park County Rural Fire Dept$7,5001n/a
Sunburst Community Center Foundation$7,5001n/a
H E P Club$7,5001n/a
Aluutaalaahu Many Arrows Community Development Corporation$7,5001n/a
4 Ranges Community Recreation Foundation Inc$7,50010%
Butte Rescue Mission$7,50011%
Flathead Industries$7,50010%
Colstrip Trap Club$7,5001n/a
Family Support Network$7,46612%
Harlem Volunteer Fire Dept Inc$7,2501n/a
Mary Queen of Peace Parish$7,2461n/a
Sanders Co Council on Aging$7,10011%
Benton Avenue Cemetery Foundation Inc$7,0841n/a
Missoula Rural Fire District$7,0001n/a
Montana City Volunteer Fire Department$7,0001n/a
Milestown Community Improvement Inc$7,0001n/a
Fuego Inc$7,0001n/a
Basin Volunteer Fire Department$7,0001n/a
Rotary International$7,0001n/a
Joliet Volunteer Fire Department$7,0001n/a
Sun Prairie Rural Volunteer Fire Department$7,0001n/a
Fairfield Volunteer Fire Department$7,0001n/a
Missouri Valley Marketing$7,0001n/a
Manchester Volunteer Fire Department$7,0001n/a
Cascade City Rural Fire Department$7,0001n/a
Arlee Volunteer Fire Department$7,0001n/a
Harrison Norris Pony Rural Fire District$7,0001n/a
Choteau Volunteer Fire Department$7,0001n/a
Project Ascent$7,00018%
Grass Range Rural Fire District$7,0001n/a
Thai Theatre Foundation Inc$7,0001n/a
Frenchtown Rural Fire District$7,0001n/a
Big Sandy Volunteer Fire Department$7,0001n/a
American Association of University Women$7,0001n/a
Bushnell University Fka Northwest Christian University$6,98210%
Montana Racial Equity Project$6,72016%
City of Baker$6,6001n/a
Lil Buds Day Care Inc$6,54611%
Sander County Community Development Corporation$6,50019%
Ravalli County Economic Development Authority$6,50012%
Sweet Memorial Nursing Home$6,50010%
Geraldine Volunteer Fire Department$6,5001n/a
Kootenai River Development Council Inc$6,500111%
City of Wolf Point$6,4901n/a
Hardin School District 17h 1$6,3001n/a
Phillips County Sheriffs Office$6,2671n/a
Darby Community Public Library$6,1001n/a
On Your Wayfergus Co$6,0001n/a
Bear Paw Volunteer Fire Department$6,0001n/a
Ukraine Trustchain$6,00010%
Lincoln County Public Library Foundation$6,00014%
University of Minnesota Foundation$6,00010%
Wolf Creek Volunteer Fire Company$6,0001n/a
Vaughn Volunteer Fire Department$6,0001n/a
Maui United Way$6,00010%
Blackfeet Eco Knowledge$6,0001n/a
Dawson County Arts Unlimited Corporation$6,0001n/a
City of Townsend$6,0001n/a
Colgate University$6,00010%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society Greater Northwest Chapter$6,0001n/a
Family Promise of Great Falls$6,00012%
Great Falls Community Food Bank Inc$6,00010%
Marysville Rural Fire District$6,0001n/a
City of Boulder$6,0001n/a
University of Wyoming Foundation$5,80010%
Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd$5,7951n/a
University Congregational Church of Missoula Montana$5,7441n/a
Chester United Methodist Church$5,7301n/a
Broadwater County$5,6001n/a
Billings Clinic Foundation$5,50010%
Heifer Project International$5,50010%
Northwest Montana Community Land Trust Inc$5,50011%
Jefferson High School$5,5001n/a
Billings Catholic Schools$5,5001n/a
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$5,50010%
Great Falls Public Library Foundation$5,37011%
Peace Lutheran Church$5,3561n/a
YWCA Great Falls$5,25011%
Billings Public Library Foundation Inc$5,22611%
Kinsey Irrigation District$5,2251n/a
Mission Valley Aquatics$5,2111n/a
Carroll College$5,17510%
Missoula Area Youth Hockey Assn$5,15710%
Shepherd Volunteer Fire Dept Inc$5,06411%
Mosaic Church$5,0451n/a
Big Sky Country National Heritage Area Inc$5,0001n/a
Gallatin Valley Foundation for Economic Development Inc Dba Prospera Foundation$5,0001n/a
First Presbyterian Church Foundation Inc$5,0001n/a
Silver Bow Youth Leadership Inc$5,00013%
Humane World for Animals Inc$5,00010%
City of Missoula$5,0001n/a
Alpine Theatre Project Inc$5,00011%
Dupuyer Volunteer Fire Department$5,0001n/a
Darby Fire Dept$5,00013%
American Jobs for Americas Youth Montana$5,000119%
Haley Bench Volunteer Fire Department$5,0001n/a
Footloose Montana$5,000137%
Planned Parenthood Great Northwest Hawaii Alaska Indiana and Kentucky$5,00010%
Indian Nations Conservation Alliance$5,00012%
Partnership for Children$5,00010%
Poplar Volunteer Fire Department$5,0001n/a
Madison County Emergency Management Fire Warden$5,0001n/a
Alpine Artisans Inc$5,00018%
Montanas Outdoor Legacy Foundation$5,00011%
Belfry Volunteer Fire$5,0001n/a
Nhn$5,00013%
Lolo Community Church$5,0001n/a
Swan Valley Community Foundation$5,0001n/a
Darby Bread Box$5,00018%
First United Methodist Church$5,0001n/a
Victor Volunteer Rural Fire District$5,0001n/a
McCone County Health Center Inc$5,00010%
Broadview Vfd$5,0001n/a
International Association of Fire Fighters$5,0001n/a
Catholic Foundation of Eastern Montana Inc$5,0001n/a
Custer County$5,0001n/a
Hogeland Volunteer Fire Department$5,0001n/a
Superior Volunteer Fire Department$5,0001n/a
Lake County$5,0001n/a
East Glacier Park Vfd$5,0001n/a

Where it is load-bearing

Montana Community Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 21 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWest Yellowstone Foundation: $1,334,463 over 9y, 62% of budgetDahl Memorial Healthcare Association Inc: $1,008,529 over 4y, 12% of budgetThe University of Montana Foundation: $945,347 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetSoutheastern Montana Development Corporation: $929,944 over 5y, 19% of budgetMontana Rescue Mission: $522,596 over 7y, 5.9% of budgetGreat Falls Symphony Assoc Inc: $520,260 over 9y, 8.1% of budgetStanford Open: $500,003 over 2y, 84% of budgetYellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch Foundat: $477,904 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetAmerican Indian Institute: $461,424 over 9y, 30% of budgetYellowstone Art Museum: $451,170 over 9y, 4.2% of budgetSchool Community Development Council: $419,621 over 9y, 97% of budgetSowers International: $415,000 over 3y, 20% of budgetAlberta Bair Theater Corporation: $407,120 over 9y, 3.5% of budgetThe Myrna Loy: $374,438 over 9y, 6.2% of budgetMontana Professional Teaching Foundation: $368,286 over 8y, 92% of budgetSae International: $360,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of the Northern Cheyenne Nation: $357,232 over 7y, 15% of budgetMontana State University Foundation Inc: $346,129 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetRural Health Development Inc: $325,000 over 1y, 31% of budgetHolter Museum of Art: $324,894 over 9y, 7.7% of budgetBillings District Council of the Society of St Vin: $321,736 over 8y, 12% of budgetBillings Catholic Schools Foundation: $317,728 over 7y, 2.6% of budgetThe Foundation for the Diocese of Helena Inc: $300,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetBigfork Center for the Performing Arts Foundation Ltd: $283,451 over 9y, 20% of budgetZootown Arts Community Center: $277,000 over 3y, 24% of budgetThe Peoples Partners for Community Development: $246,809 over 3y, 7.8% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of Cascade County: $243,781 over 8y, 5.0% of budgetIntermountain Deaconess Childrens Services: $237,555 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetWestern Montana Creative Initiatives: $231,000 over 5y, 25% of budgetHelena Education Foundation: $219,444 over 9y, 9.3% of budgetHealthy Mothers Healthy Babies the Montana Coalition Inc: $211,067 over 2y, 11% of budgetFlathead Valley Community College Foundation Inc: $193,066 over 9y, 1.7% of budgetMontana Wilderness Association: $188,848 over 9y, 1.0% of budgetGreater Gallatin United Way Inc: $183,036 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetSweet Grass Community Health Care Foundation: $178,347 over 5y, 36% of budgetAmerican Prairie Foundation: $175,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCommunity Leadership & Development Inc: $167,587 over 5y, 3.3% of budgetBigfork Development Company: $165,156 over 9y, 15% of budgetFriends of the Pioneer Museuminc: $164,628 over 9y, 86% of budgetCommunity Crisis Center LLC: $164,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetNative American Development Corporaton: $161,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetUnited Way of the Lewis and Clark Area Inc: $152,488 over 9y, 4.0% of budgetMontana State University Billings Foundation & Alumni: $152,014 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetProactive Living Facility Inc: $150,000 over 1y, 50% of budgetFlathead Library Foundation: $150,000 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetFive Valleys Land Trust: $149,600 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetMissoula Civic Symphony Association: $144,402 over 9y, 2.7% of budgetYoung Women's Christian Association of Billings Montana: $144,208 over 4y, 3.4% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Dennis & Phyllis Washington FoundationMT182.2× affinity162 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation · Town Pump Charitable Foundation · Treacy Foundation · Montana Healthcare Foundation · Gianforte Family Charitable Trust · Headwaters Health Foundation of Western Montana · Sample Foundation Inc · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · The High Stakes Foundation · Whitefish Community Foundation Inc · The Steele-Reese Foundation Xxxxx1004 · Op & We Edwards Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Montana Community Foundation Inc

How much does Montana Community Foundation Inc give?
Montana Community Foundation Inc reported 316 itemized grants totaling $7,745,287, out of $10,809,611 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 137 and 263 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Montana Community Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (15%), Education (12%), Health (12%).
Who are Montana Community Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: West Yellowstone Foundation ($1.3M), Dahl Memorial Healthcare Association Inc ($1.0M), The University of Montana Foundation ($945k).
Does Montana Community Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Montana Community Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation, Town Pump Charitable Foundation, Treacy Foundation.
Where is Montana Community Foundation Inc based?
Montana Community Foundation Inc is based in MT.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 660 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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