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 4 of 4

98. Democracyfirst C/O Verdolino & Lowey PCRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $250K · through 2022 · 2.1% of their giving
$250K
99. Protect Our Winters Action FundRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$20K
100. Strategic Victory FundRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $750K · through 2023
$750K
101. Committee on StatesRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2024 · 1.9% of their giving
$150K
102. Gallatin Development Corporation DBA ProsperaRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2020 · 14.6% of their giving
$20K
103. Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) IncRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $200K · through 2024
$300K
104. State VoicesRegrantor
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $141K · through 2024
$300K
105. Organizing Empowerment Project IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2024 · 2.8% of their giving
$100K
106. First Nations Development InstituteRegrantor
13 grants to 6 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024
$405K
107. Big Mountain Commercial Assn IncRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $5K · through 2020 · 24.8% of their giving
$10K
108. Climate Imperative FoundationRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.0M · through 2023
$1.0M
109. Ndn Collective IncRegrantor
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $250K · through 2024
$325K
110. Proteus Fund IncRegrantor
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $150K · through 2024
$435K
111. Sixteen Thirty FundRegrantor
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $500K · through 2024
$1.1M
112. Center for Community Change ActionRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $150K · through 2020
$150K
113. Renew Missouri AdvocatesRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $9K · through 2021 · 14.3% of their giving
$9K
114. New Venture FundRegrantor
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $900K · through 2023
$1.6M
115. Windward FundRegrantor
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $245K · through 2024
$740K
116. Oklahoma Native Assets Coalition IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $16K · through 2020 · 7.6% of their giving
$16K
117. Montana History FoundationRegrantor
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $10K · through 2023 · 4.0% of their giving
$29K
118. Farm Aid IncRegrantor
8 grants to 2 organizations · largest $20K · through 2024 · 1.3% of their giving
$84K
119. The Reinvestment Fund IncRegrantor
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $136K · through 2024
$221K
120. Montana Higher Education Student Assistance CorporationRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2022 · 4.4% of their giving
$20K
121. Tides AdvocacyRegrantor
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $250K · through 2024
$310K
122. NEO Philanthropy IncRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $400K · through 2020
$525K

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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