Montana · Private foundation
Oakland Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $587k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 47%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $165,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 15
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $9.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 47% of the organizations Oakland Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 56% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 44% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $300k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 16 | $587k | 44% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $535k | 47% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $527k | 60% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $360k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $200k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Falls Public Schools Foundation | $390,372 | 4 | 14% |
| Special Olympics Montana Inc | $260,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Department of Public Health & Human Services | $250,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Eagle Mount | $181,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Great Falls Rescue Mission | $145,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Neighborhood Housing Services Inc of Gf | $125,000 | 3 | 4% |
| United Way of Cascade County | $122,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Montana | $105,000 | 2 | 12% |
| Great Falls Community Ice Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 38% |
| Benefis Health System Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Falls Public Schools Foundation | $390,372 | 4 | 14% |
| Special Olympics Montana Inc | $260,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Department of Public Health & Human Services | $250,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Eagle Mount | $181,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Great Falls Rescue Mission | $145,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Neighborhood Housing Services Inc of Gf | $125,000 | 3 | 4% |
| United Way of Cascade County | $122,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Montana | $105,000 | 2 | 12% |
| Great Falls Community Ice Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 38% |
| Benefis Health System Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Great Falls Area Chamber of Commerce Foundation | $35,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Special K Ranch | $34,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Family Promise of Great Falls | $30,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Great Falls Scottish Rite Childhood Language Disorders Clinic | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Warriors & Quiet Waters Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Thomas Child & Family Center | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Peace Place | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($315k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Oakland Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 12 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Montana Community Foundation Inc · Town Pump Charitable Foundation · Alice Lee Lund Charitable Trust · Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Davidson Family Foundation · Zeller-Knowles Foundation Inc · Browning Kimball Foundation · Gianforte Family Charitable Trust · Herb Waltermire Comm Enhancement Fndt Inc · James M & Frances M Wylder Foundation
How this is measured
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About Oakland Family Foundation
- How much does Oakland Family Foundation give?
- Oakland Family Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $586,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 15 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Oakland Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (19%), Recreation & Sports (19%), Philanthropy (14%).
- Who are Oakland Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Great Falls Public Schools Foundation ($390k), Special Olympics Montana Inc ($260k), Department of Public Health & Human Services ($250k).
- Does Oakland Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 47% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Oakland Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Oakland Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc, Montana Community Foundation Inc, Town Pump Charitable Foundation.
- Where is Oakland Family Foundation based?
- Oakland Family Foundation is based in MT.
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