Foundations · IRS 990 filings

Foundations in Montana

453
foundations
$226M
grants paid, FY2023–FY2025
139
say they accept unsolicited
$5,000
median grant

Grantlas lists 453 foundations based in Montana — 413 private foundations and 40 grantmaking charities such as community foundations and United Ways — from their 990-PF and Form 990 filings for FY2023–FY2025. Together they paid out $226 million in grants in their latest filing year, and 139 of them (31%) say they accept unsolicited requests. The most common cities are Billings (93), Bozeman (50) and Missoula (46).

139 of them say on their 990-PF that they accept unsolicited requests. Foundations accepting applications in Montana.

Top 25 of 453 foundations

All 25 foundations below say on their 990-PF that they accept unsolicited requests. Another 114 in this list say so too. Ranked by what they paid in grants in their latest filing.

Foundations in Montana
Dennis & Phyllis Washington FoundationMissoula, MT$10,000$50M$242–$5MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Headwaters Health FoundationMissoula, MT$7,500$6.3M$3,500–$595,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Montana Healthcare FoundationBozeman, MT$25,000$5.2M$5,000–$200,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
First Interstate BancSystem FoundationBillings, MT$2,500$5M$65–$687,546FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Town Pump Charitable FoundationButte, MT$1,000$2.8M$500–$110,900FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Cross Charitable FoundationBozeman, MT$20,000$2.6M$5,000–$100,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Treacy FoundationHelena, MT$15,000$2.4M$1,000–$102,500FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Charles M Bair Memorial TrustBillings, MT$22,248$1.8M$1,224–$575,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Jorgensen Charitable Trust - ClosingBillings, MT$10,000$1.3M$5,000–$1.3MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The High Stakes FoundationMissoula, MT$20,000$1.1M$1,000–$60,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Charles M Bair Family TrustBillings, MT$15,000$1M$2,000–$75,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Jane S Heman Foundation IncStevensville, MT$25,000$910,038$2,000–$131,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Montana Pool Service FoundationMissoula, MT$81,875$880,628$5,000–$242,100FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Gilhousen Family FoundationBozeman, MT$837,950$837,950—FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Alice Lee Lund Charitable TrustGreat Falls, MT$22,500$822,082$7,500–$250,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Sample Foundation IncBillings, MT$5,000$555,315$1,000–$20,000FY2023Locked: fit score and contacts
Signal Peak Community FoundationHelena, MT$5,773$553,256$578–$133,788FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Lippard-Clawiter FoundationGreat Falls, MT$5,000$536,428$500–$87,890FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Rapp Family Foundation IncHamilton, MT$3,437$528,520$200–$47,584FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Elizabeth A Lynn FoundationLakeside, MT$20,000$448,402$4,000–$55,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Hemp-Corley Foundation IncWhitefish, MT$441,043$441,043—FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Cinnabar FoundationBozeman, MT$8,000$440,500$6,000–$418,500FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Bill & Rosemary Gallagher FoundationMissoula, MT$5,000$379,500$1,000–$55,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Greater Montana FoundationHelena, MT$10,000$372,250$3,000–$47,737FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Montana Opioid Abatement TrustBillings, MT$70,000$334,638$11,198–$115,200FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
  • Median grant and grant range come from the 990-PF grant schedule; a dash means there is none to report.
  • “One grant” means a schedule with a single grant — no median, nothing to range over. “One amount” means several grants, all the same size.

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Data from 990-PF and Form 990 filings, FY2023–FY2025. Updated November 8, 2026.