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Foundations That Fund Animal Welfare in Montana

Imperigo has identified 130 funders that made 793 grants totaling $144.5M to 80 animal welfare organizations in Montana, with a median grant of $15K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Animal Welfare Funding in Montana

Total granted $144.5M
Funders 130
Grants 793
Organizations funded 80

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Inc Group Return
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $25.2M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$97.8M
2. Boone and Crockett Club Foundation Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.5M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$7.4M
3. Wild Sheep Legacy Foundation Attn Bryan Bartlett
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $839K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$2.5M
4. Nevada Bighorns Unlimited Reno Chapter
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $250K · through 2024 · 46.0% of their giving
$594K
5. Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund
11 grants to 3 organizations · largest $400K · through 2024 · 6.2% of their giving
$1.9M
6. Whitefish Community Foundation Inc
20 grants to 6 organizations · largest $216K · through 2024 · 2.7% of their giving
$1.3M
7. Minnesota-Wisconsin Chapter Foundation for North American Wild
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $199K · through 2024 · 11.2% of their giving
$273K
8. Eastern Chapter of the Foundation for No
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $34K · through 2024 · 19.3% of their giving
$122K
9. R & H Miller Charitable Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $113K · through 2023 · 25.0% of their giving
$113K
10. Park County Community Foundation
18 grants to 3 organizations · largest $70K · through 2024 · 4.3% of their giving
$507K
11. Cabelas Outdoor Fund
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $150K · through 2019 · 10.6% of their giving
$200K
12. Mzuri Wildlife Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $75K · through 2024 · 13.4% of their giving
$120K
13. Foundation for North American Wild Sheep Montana Chapter
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $27K · through 2024 · 46.7% of their giving
$72K
14. Billings Junior Womans Club Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2020 · 100.0% of their giving
$25K
15. Red Lodge Area Community Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $21K · through 2024 · 4.0% of their giving
$70K
16. Seeley Lake Community Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024 · 4.9% of their giving
$37K
17. Foundation to Decrease World Suck
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $39K · through 2025 · 1.2% of their giving
$145K
18. Sweet Grass Community Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $44K · through 2024 · 2.7% of their giving
$60K
19. Iowa Chapter of the Foundation for North American
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $33K · through 2024 · 1.8% of their giving
$85K
20. Whitefish Credit Union Association
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $14K · through 2024 · 5.7% of their giving
$24K
21. Montana Community Foundation Inc
24 grants to 8 organizations · largest $14K · through 2024
$198K
22. National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
7 grants to 4 organizations · largest $650K · through 2023
$1.2M
23. Petsmart Charities Inc
16 grants to 6 organizations · largest $80K · through 2024
$339K
24. Petco Love
13 grants to 6 organizations · largest $50K · through 2024
$202K
25. One Valley Community Foundation
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $28K · through 2024
$60K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to animal welfare work in Montana, not by dollar totals alone — a foundation that concentrates its giving here is usually a better prospect than a larger one for which this is a rounding error. 14 of the funders counted here are donor-advised fund sponsors, which grant on behalf of individual donors and accept no applications; they are marked and ranked last.

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About This Data

A grant appears here when a funder reported it on its IRS Form 990 and the recipient organization is classified under the NTEE group covering animal welfare work, with an address in Montana. Grants are counted from the 2025 filing year backward.

Some 990 grant schedules list a recipient by name and address without an EIN, and those grants cannot be matched to a classification — so the totals above represent identifiable animal welfare funding in Montana, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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