· Private foundation
The Aj Blain Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
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 $10k8 grants · $33k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| LOVE & SONSHINE MINISTRIES | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $7,600 |
| WE THE PEOPLE LAUREL HIGH | $7,000 |
| YOUTH LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT | $5,000 |
| ROCKY MOUNTAIN COLLEGE | $4,525 |
| DIANA SHAY PLLC | $3,000 |
| GIRL SCOUTS OF MONTANA | $2,500 |
| JUNIOR LEAGUE OF BILLINGS | $2,500 |
| GRAVITAS LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE | $1,000 |
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 (FY19–24, $33k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-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.
12 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 3 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, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- RMROCKY MOUNTAIN COLLEGE5× · 2018–2025 · $312k · revenue +29%
- IGIndividual grant recipient4× · 2017–2020 · $121k
- DSDIANA SHAY PLLC5× · 2021–2025 · $118k
Funded once
- BCBILLINGS CLINIC FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +51%
- FOFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - MONTANAgraduatedone grant, 2023 · $16k · revenue +100%
- FOFRIENDS OF CHILDRENone grant, 2024 · $15k
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.
To provide a safe, stable , and nurturing home where young mothers can discover their strengths, and their children can experience the joys of childhood.
At the heart of our work is our flagship program, an eight-month educational experience offering participants a unique opportunity to develop strong leadership skills along with personal and professional growth. we also offer a variety of…
Friends of the children - eastern montana has a mission of impacting generational change by empowering youth who are facing the greatest obstacles through relationships with professional mentors - 12+ years, no matter what. 92% go on to…
Friends of the children utah has a mission of impacting generational change by empowering youth who are facing the greatest obstacles through relationships with professional mentors 12+ years, no matter what. 92% go on to enroll in…
Inspiring wyoming's leaders through exploration and connection.
Billings clinic's mission is quality, compassionate cre for all, with a vision of reimagining health care through connection, service and innovation.
Caring people, preparing youth for life.
Empowermt creates a more just and inclusive society by developing youth and adult leaders who work to end mistreatment, correct systemic inequities, and strengthen communities. empowermt envisions a montana where each person is respected…
Friends - portland commits to standing alongside our community's youth as they work to overcome barriers to their success. each child receives 1:1 support and guidance from a salaried, professional mentor (called a friend), from…
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,…
To advocate for children and youth, drive systemic reeform, and boldly challenge the status quo so every young person who has experienced trauma or instability has the opportunity to thrive.
Big brothers big sisters of utah's vision is that all children achieve success in life. our mission is to create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth.
How this is measured
12 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. 12 of the 37 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 ROCKY MOUNTAIN COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds JUNIOR LEAGUE OF BILLINGS INC ↗
- Who funds BILLINGS CLINIC FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds TUMBLEWEED RUNAWAY PROGRAM INC ↗
- Who funds LOVE AND SONSHINE MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - MONTANA ↗
- Who funds EAGLE MOUNT BILLINGS ↗
- Who funds CORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds HATCH ↗
- Who funds GROWTHSKILLS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds LANDONS LEGACY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FRIENDSHIP HOUSE OF CHRISTIAN SERVICE INC ↗
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 · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Montana Community Foundation Inc · Town Pump Charitable Foundation · Donald & Carol Roberts Foundation in Memory of Virginia K Weston Inc · Gianforte Family Charitable Trust · Melvin & Lois Hoiness Foundation · Charles M Bair Family Trust · Dan & Jeanne Scott Family Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Aj Blain Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Aj Blain Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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