Private foundations · 990-PF data

Foundations accepting grant applications in Montana

111
foundations
$22.9M
grants paid, FY2023–FY2025
$3,400
median grant

Grantlas lists 111 private foundations based in Montana whose latest 990-PF says they accept unsolicited requests, from filings for FY2023–FY2025. Together they paid out $22.9 million in grants in their latest filing year. The most common cities are Billings (38), Great Falls (13) and Missoula (10).

“Accepts unsolicited requests” is a box the foundation ticked on its 990-PF — not a promise to read your letter. Check the foundation’s own site before you write.

See all 334 foundations in Montana, including the ones that give by invitation only.

Top 25 of 111 foundations

Ranked by how many grants they made last year, most first. Another 86 are not shown.

Foundations accepting grant applications in Montana
First Interstate BancSystem FoundationBillings, MT763$2,500$5M$65–$687,546FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Hawkins Scholarship FoundationGreat Falls, MT283$900$256,400$800–$2,500FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Treacy FoundationHelena, MT103$15,000$2.4M$1,000–$102,500FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Rapp Family Foundation IncHamilton, MT96$3,437$528,520$200–$47,584FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Marshall and Mary BrondumMissoula, MT77$2,322$266,053$177–$13,950FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Sample Foundation IncBillings, MT76$5,000$555,315$1,000–$20,000FY2023Locked: fit score and contacts
The High Stakes FoundationMissoula, MT73$20,000$1.1M$1,000–$60,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Harold W Sweatt FoundationBig Sky, MT65$3,000$264,000$500–$27,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Leroy and Claris Strand FoundationStanford, MT62$2,000$201,017$395–$15,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Max and Betty Swanson FoundationMissoula, MT60$1,000$139,750$500–$16,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Cobb FoundationGreat Falls, MT51$1,000$84,400$250–$7,500FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Lippard-Clawiter FoundationGreat Falls, MT50$5,000$536,428$2,400–$65,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Charles M Bair Family TrustBillings, MT49$15,000$1M$2,000–$75,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Bill & Rosemary Gallagher FoundationMissoula, MT44$5,000$379,500$1,000–$55,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Gebhardt Scholarship FoundationRoundup, MT41$3,000$121,800$1,200–$4,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Charles M Bair Memorial TrustBillings, MT40$22,248$1.8M$1,224–$575,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Walter & Frances Green Charitable TrustBillings, MT40$1,025$60,700$250–$4,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Trailwest FoundationLolo, MT35$1,250$41,045$500–$2,500FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Brosovich Family FoundationBillings, MT34$2,500$175,000$500–$36,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Don'T Be a JerkBozeman, MT33$1,000$102,558$125–$20,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Jane S Heman Foundation IncStevensville, MT30$25,000$910,038$2,000–$130,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
For the Children IncWhitefish, MT30$870$38,337$264–$5,784FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Harry and Winnie McNay Education TrustBillings, MT27$600$19,000$400–$1,175FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Jarecki FoundationPolson, MT25$1,000$33,200$200–$11,100FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
John & Ann Taylor Scholarship TrustGreat Falls, MT24$2,500$84,658$500–$15,506FY2025Locked: 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 filings, FY2023–FY2025. Updated September 27, 2026.