Montana · Private foundation
The Louvin 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.
- $169k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $7,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations The Louvin Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 | 15 | $169k | 7% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $107k | 7% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $135k | 7% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $97k | 29% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $103k | 9% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $66k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $64k | 22% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $45k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Rescue Mission | $135,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Habitat for Humanity Mid Yellowstone Valley | $67,500 | 8 | 2% |
| Faith Evangelical Church | $65,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Family Promise of Yellowstone Valley | $54,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Education Foundation for Billings Public Schools | $50,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Yellowstone River Parks Association | $35,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Family Service | $30,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Yellowstone County | $27,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Billings Public Library Foundation Inc | $21,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Yellowstone Valley Animal Shelter | $18,500 | 8 | 0% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Rescue Mission | $135,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Habitat for Humanity Mid Yellowstone Valley | $67,500 | 8 | 2% |
| Faith Evangelical Church | $65,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Family Promise of Yellowstone Valley | $54,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Education Foundation for Billings Public Schools | $50,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Yellowstone River Parks Association | $35,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Family Service | $30,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Yellowstone County | $27,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Billings Public Library Foundation Inc | $21,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Yellowstone Valley Animal Shelter | $18,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Head Start Inc | $18,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Angelas Piazza Inc | $18,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Child Bridge Inc | $18,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Tumbleweed Runaway Program Inc | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| St John's Foundation | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($218k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Louvin 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: First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Montana Community Foundation Inc · The Mary Alice Fortin Foundation · Town Pump Charitable Foundation · Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Donald & Carol Roberts Foundation in Memory of Virginia K Weston Inc · Sample Foundation Inc · Mkm Foundation Inc · Brosovich Family Foundation · Billings Community Foundation · Gianforte Family Charitable Trust
How this is measured
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About The Louvin Foundation
- How much does The Louvin Foundation give?
- The Louvin Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $169,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Louvin Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (32%), International (27%), Education (11%).
- Who are The Louvin Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Montana Rescue Mission ($135k), Habitat for Humanity Mid Yellowstone Valley ($68k), Faith Evangelical Church ($65k).
- Does The Louvin Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Louvin 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 The Louvin Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc, Montana Community Foundation Inc, The Mary Alice Fortin Foundation.
- Where is The Louvin Foundation based?
- The Louvin Foundation is based in MT.
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