Montana · Community foundation
Valley County Community Foundation
To educate the community on the value of philanthropy and to fund projects in five areas of common life in valley county: arts and culture, basic human needs, economic development, education, and natural resources and conservation.
- $75k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
Read this first · the figures below need context
61% of Valley County Community Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Montana Community Foundation Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 1 organization directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Itemized, FY2025
- $25k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 4
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.9M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations Valley County Community Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 48% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k 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 | 1 | $10k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $23k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $63k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $33k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $10k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $25k | 75% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $28k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Glasgow | $105,044 | 5 | n/a |
| Glasgow High School | $24,135 | 3 | n/a |
| Glasgow Reds American Legion Baseball | $19,206 | 2 | 15% |
| Hinsdale School | $9,266 | 1 | n/a |
| Opheim Schools | $6,582 | 1 | n/a |
| St Marie Fire Department | $6,194 | 1 | n/a |
| Opheim Youth Organization | $5,973 | 1 | 4% |
| Glasgow Kiwanis Swim Team | $5,093 | 1 | n/a |
| Glasgow City County Library | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Two Rivers Growth Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
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About Valley County Community Foundation
- How much does Valley County Community Foundation give?
- Valley County Community Foundation reported 2 itemized grants totaling $24,760, out of $74,791 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 4 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Valley County Community Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (75%), Recreation & Sports (17%), Education (4%).
- Who are Valley County Community Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: City of Glasgow ($105k), Glasgow High School ($24k), Glasgow Reds American Legion Baseball ($19k).
- Does Valley County Community Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Valley County Community Foundation based?
- Valley County Community Foundation is based in MT.
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