· Private foundation
Paul Milan and Cynthia Long Foster 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k11 grants · $52k
- $10k–50k9 grants · $110k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Great Falls Community Food Bank | $20,000 |
| Family Promise of GF | $15,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $15,000 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Cascade County | $10,000 |
| District 4 HRDC - Havre Food Bank | $10,000 |
| Education Foundation for Billings Public Schools | $10,000 |
| YWCA Billings | $10,000 |
| Tumbleweed | $10,000 |
| MSUB Foundation | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $7,500 |
| Lopez Island Family Resource Center | $7,500 |
| Children's Museum | $5,000 |
| Montana Free Press | $5,000 |
| Art House | $5,000 |
| Montana BioScience Alliance | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $51k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 2% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
18 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 29% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $116k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- COCASA OF CASCADE COUNTY7× · 2018–2024 · $14k · revenue +49%
- CCCLARK COUNTY FOOD BANK3× · 2021–2023 · $13k · revenue +57%
- BTBILLINGS TRAILNET6× · 2017–2022 · $12k · revenue +71%
Funded once
- WWWise Wonders Museumone grant, 2020 · $2k
- EAExplorers Academyone grant, 2020 · $2k
- BPBILLINGS PUBLIC SCHOOLSone grant, 2021 · $2k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Our mission: to end hunger in montana through food acquisition and distribution, education, and advocacy. we are the only statewide hunger organization, providing emergency food and increasing food access among needy children, seniors and…
Provide food for individuals in need
To advance responsible tax, budget, and economic policies through credible research and analysis in order to promote opportunity and fairness for all Montanans.
To create and sustain an optimal business climate, business prosperity and a strong montana economy through advocacy, education and collaboration, working to provide an empowered and educated workforce, reduce business growth obstacles,…
The Flathead Food Bank strives to elimnate hunger in the Flathead Valley through collaborative partnerships creating effective solutions to connect and strengthen individuals, families and the community through access to healthy nutritious…
To enhance community vitality by inspiring community giving and strengthening nonprofits
The montana state parks foundation raises private support to enhance the visitors experience and build advocates for montanas state parks and recreation heritage.
The mblc exists to encourage and enact business-friendly policies that create good-paying jobs and make montana a better place to live. the primary purpose of the mblc is to educate the public on important business issues, enable citizens…
The mission of the montana farm bureau foundation (mfbfo) is to support montana agriculture through education, research, and community support, with a special emphasis for the development of our youth.
Land to hand's mission is to build a strong community food system that fosters socially just ways of accessing food. we accomplish this mission through our food access and education programs.
To build upon the economic base in flathead county by assisting business startups and expansion activities with resources and valuable connections. montana west delivers local business economic development services targeted to impact job…
The mission of the montana land reliance (mlr) is to partner with landowners to provide permanent protection for private lands that are significant for agricultural production, fish and wildlife habitat, and open space.
How this is measured
18 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 18 of the 42 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds TUMBLEWEED RUNAWAY PROGRAM INC ↗
- Who funds GREAT FALLS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds CASA OF CASCADE COUNTY ↗
- Who funds CLARK COUNTY FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds BILLINGS TRAILNET ↗
- Who funds LOPEZ ISLAND FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER ↗
- Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF CASCADE COUNTY ↗
- Who funds EDUCATION FOUNDATION FOR BILLINGS PUBLIC SCHOOLS ↗
- Who funds SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC ↗
- Who funds FOOD IN NEED OF DISTRIBUTION INC ↗
- Who funds SMART READING ↗
- Who funds Montana Bioscience Alliance ↗
- Who funds MONTANA FREE PRESS ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF COACHELLA VALLEY ↗
- Who funds Holocaust Center For Humanity ↗
- Who funds LOCAL MEDIA FOUNDATION ↗
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 · Town Pump Charitable Foundation · Montana Community Foundation Inc · Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · The Albertsons Companies Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Paul Milan and Cynthia Long Foster Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Paul Milan and Cynthia Long Foster Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Smart Reading: 3% of income from government
How this is measured
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