Montana · Private foundation
Pioneer Federal Community Foundation Inc
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.
- $60k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 21
- Grants FY2025
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 35%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $16,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 22
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 35% of the organizations Pioneer Federal Community Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k 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 | 21 | $60k | 24% |
| FY2024 | 20 | $54k | 35% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $52k | 48% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $57k | 38% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $50k | 28% |
| FY2020 | 22 | $49k | 32% |
| FY2019 | 20 | $50k | 30% |
| FY2018 | 21 | $45k | 62% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rialto Community Theater Inc | $52,430 | 8 | 15% |
| The Univ of Montana-Western Foundation | $29,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Powell County Memorial Hospital Assoc | $19,195 | 5 | 0% |
| Powell County Medical Foundation | $18,000 | 7 | 5% |
| Banzai Inc | $15,990 | 2 | n/a |
| Deer Lodge Food Pantry | $15,000 | 9 | 4% |
| Everfi Inc | $8,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Southwest Montana Arts Council | $7,500 | 3 | 4% |
| Beaverhead Community Wood Bank Ministry Inc | $6,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Leaf Foundation | $5,200 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 32 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rialto Community Theater Inc | $52,430 | 8 | 15% |
| The Univ of Montana-Western Foundation | $29,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Powell County Memorial Hospital Assoc | $19,195 | 5 | 0% |
| Powell County Medical Foundation | $18,000 | 7 | 5% |
| Banzai Inc | $15,990 | 2 | n/a |
| Deer Lodge Food Pantry | $15,000 | 9 | 4% |
| Everfi Inc | $8,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Southwest Montana Arts Council | $7,500 | 3 | 4% |
| Beaverhead Community Wood Bank Ministry Inc | $6,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Leaf Foundation | $5,200 | 2 | n/a |
| Grasshopper Valley Volunteer Fire Company | $5,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Friends of Leos | $4,700 | 4 | n/a |
| Rising Star Academy | $3,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Womens Resource Center | $2,900 | 1 | 0% |
| Powell County Literacy Program | $2,900 | 3 | 2% |
| Barrett Hospital Foundation Inc | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Deer Lodge Medical Center Auxiliary | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Deer Lodge Youth Board Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Beaverhead Trails Coalition | $2,400 | 2 | 0% |
| Powell County Search and Rescue Inc | $1,605 | 1 | n/a |
| Washington State University | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Rocky Mountain College | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Gordon College | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Utah State University | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Carroll College | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Pioneer Mountain Education Foundation | $1,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Powell Youth Sports Club Inc | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Miles Community College | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Southwestern Montana Family YMCA Inc | $1,365 | 1 | 0% |
| Backpacks for Kids | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Beaverhead Travel Company | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| National Child Safety Council | $225 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 50 recipients with no EIN on record ($238k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Pioneer Federal Community Foundation Inc 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: Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation · Town Pump Charitable Foundation · Treacy Foundation · Montana Community Foundation Inc · The Steele-Reese Foundation Xxxxx1004 · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Pioneer Federal Community Foundation Inc
- How much does Pioneer Federal Community Foundation Inc give?
- Pioneer Federal Community Foundation Inc reported 21 grants totaling $60,400 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 22 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Pioneer Federal Community Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (36%), Arts & Culture (14%), Health (11%).
- Who are Pioneer Federal Community Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Rialto Community Theater Inc ($52k), The Univ of Montana-Western Foundation ($29k), Powell County Memorial Hospital Assoc ($19k).
- Does Pioneer Federal Community Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 35% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Pioneer Federal Community Foundation Inc 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 Pioneer Federal 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 Pioneer Federal Community Foundation Inc based?
- Pioneer Federal Community Foundation Inc is based in MT.
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