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Foundations That Fund Arts & Culture in Montana

Imperigo has identified 159 funders that made 996 grants totaling $38.9M to 160 arts & culture organizations in Montana, with a median grant of $15K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Arts & Culture Funding in Montana

Total granted $38.9M
Funders 159
Grants 996
Organizations funded 160

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Montana Community Foundation Inc
136 grants to 34 organizations · largest $250K · through 2024 · 9.0% of their giving
$2.9M
2. Whitefish Community Foundation Inc
55 grants to 13 organizations · largest $300K · through 2025 · 5.5% of their giving
$3.5M
3. Park County Community Foundation
35 grants to 6 organizations · largest $185K · through 2024 · 12.6% of their giving
$1.5M
4. Custer County Art Center Foundation Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $52K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$164K
5. Billings Preservation Society Endowment Trust
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $21K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$135K
6. Montana Broadcasters Association
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $31K · through 2024 · 91.6% of their giving
$120K
7. Helena Area Community Foundation
5 grants to 5 organizations · largest $14K · through 2022 · 15.2% of their giving
$59K
8. One Valley Community Foundation
13 grants to 8 organizations · largest $111K · through 2025 · 3.2% of their giving
$276K
9. Seeley Lake Community Foundation
9 grants to 1 organization · largest $13K · through 2025 · 10.9% of their giving
$80K
10. Red Lodge Area Community Foundation
8 grants to 2 organizations · largest $25K · through 2025 · 6.1% of their giving
$141K
11. Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $38K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$38K
12. Western Montana Area VI Agency on Aging Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $55K · through 2024 · 3.8% of their giving
$197K
13. Sweet Grass Community Foundation
9 grants to 2 organizations · largest $21K · through 2024 · 5.7% of their giving
$129K
14. Uptown Optimist Club of Great Falls
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $9K · through 2023 · 23.8% of their giving
$17K
15. Missoula Convention and Visitors Bureau Destination Missoula
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$10K
16. Rei Cooperative Action Fund
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024
$215K
17. Bicentennial Apartments
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $10K · through 2024 · 6.4% of their giving
$16K
18. Whitefish Credit Union Association
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $10K · through 2023 · 4.0% of their giving
$17K
19. Billings Rotary Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $6K · through 2025 · 6.5% of their giving
$6K
20. Association of Tribal Archives Libraries & Museums
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2023 · 1.0% of their giving
$35K
21. Central Montana Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $40K · through 2023
$91K
22. Yellowstone Country Montana Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $12K · through 2024 · 2.3% of their giving
$12K
23. The Map Fund Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2020
$38K
24. Orange County Community Foundation
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $134K · through 2024
$324K
25. The James Family Charitable Trust
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2023
$100K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to arts & culture 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. 12 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 arts & culture 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 arts & culture funding in Montana, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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