Montana · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Community Improvement in Montana

Imperigo has identified 166 funders that made 695 grants totaling $74.6M to 93 community improvement organizations in Montana, with a median grant of $23K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Community Improvement Funding in Montana

Total granted $74.6M
Funders 166
Grants 695
Organizations funded 93

Top Funders — page 2 of 4

26. Groundswell Fund
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $125K · through 2024
$240K
27. United Philanthropy Forum
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $80K · through 2020
$80K
28. Advocacy Action Fund Inc
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $160K · through 2024
$230K
29. American Association of Nurse Anesthetists
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $64K · through 2020
$108K
30. Service Employees International Union Local 775
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2023
$100K
31. National Farmers Union Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $23K · through 2019 · 1.0% of their giving
$23K
32. Humanities Montana
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $10K · through 2023 · 1.5% of their giving
$16K
33. The New World Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $33K · through 2023
$68K
34. Fort Benton Community Improvement Association
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $5K · through 2019 · 3.1% of their giving
$5K
35. Rochester Area Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2024
$60K
36. Rockefeller Family Fund Inc
5 grants to 3 organizations · largest $50K · through 2023
$122K
37. Hopewell Fund
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $169K · through 2024
$226K
38. Berks County Community Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2021
$50K
39. Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $205K · through 2024
$270K
40. Community Foundation for San Benito County
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2022
$60K
41. Maine Community Foundation Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $80K · through 2024
$145K
42. Whitefish Community Foundation Inc
5 grants to 3 organizations · largest $26K · through 2024
$60K
45. The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2024
$66K
46. Jewish Communal Fund
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $350K · through 2019
$350K
48. California Community Foundation
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $175K · through 2024
$205K
49. Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $155K · through 2019
$155K
50. The Minneapolis Foundation
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $30K · through 2024
$92K
53. The Rhode Island Community Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2024
$60K
54. The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $50K · through 2024
$80K
55. Silicon Valley Community Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $150K · through 2024
$300K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to community improvement 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. 10 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 community improvement 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 community improvement funding in Montana, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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