Montana · Private foundation
Morris and Helen Silver Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $7k
- Granted FY2023
- 5
- Grants FY2023
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 80%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $3,414
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 11
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 2
- Total assets, FY2023
- $3.8M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 80% of the organizations Morris and Helen Silver Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 85% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 15% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 5 | $7k | 80% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $23k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $34k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $23k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $132k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $45k | 60% |
| FY2017 | 11 | $54k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rocky Mountain Ballet Theatre | $79,875 | 6 | 9% |
| The LifeGuard Group Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Summit for Parkinsons | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Equus Projects Inc Dancing With Horses | $8,000 | 2 | 20% |
| Missoula Art Museum | $2,750 | 2 | 0% |
| Watson Children's Shelter Inc | $2,480 | 1 | 0% |
| River Pines Horse Sanctuary | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Dunrovin | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Crystal Peaks Youth Ranch Co | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rocky Mountain Ballet Theatre | $79,875 | 6 | 9% |
| The LifeGuard Group Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Summit for Parkinsons | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Equus Projects Inc Dancing With Horses | $8,000 | 2 | 20% |
| Missoula Art Museum | $2,750 | 2 | 0% |
| Watson Children's Shelter Inc | $2,480 | 1 | 0% |
| River Pines Horse Sanctuary | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Dunrovin | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Crystal Peaks Youth Ranch Co | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Grizzly Rodeo Association | $150 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($93k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Morris and Helen Silver Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: The Bill & Rosemary Gallagher Foundation · Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Morris and Helen Silver Foundation with peer funders
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About Morris and Helen Silver Foundation
- How much does Morris and Helen Silver Foundation give?
- Morris and Helen Silver Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $6,564 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 11 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Morris and Helen Silver Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Health (35%), Arts & Culture (32%), Crime & Legal (6%).
- Who are Morris and Helen Silver Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research ($100k), Rocky Mountain Ballet Theatre ($80k), The LifeGuard Group Inc ($20k).
- Does Morris and Helen Silver Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 80% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Morris and Helen Silver Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Morris and Helen Silver Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Bill & Rosemary Gallagher Foundation, Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation, First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc.
- Where is Morris and Helen Silver Foundation based?
- Morris and Helen Silver Foundation is based in MT.
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