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Foundations That Fund Education in Montana

Imperigo has identified 250 funders that made 1,303 grants totaling $145.0M to 169 education organizations in Montana, with a median grant of $20K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Education Funding in Montana

Total granted $145.0M
Funders 250
Grants 1,303
Organizations funded 169

Top Funders — page 2 of 4

26. Turner Institute of Ecoagriculture Inc C/O Christine Hung
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $40K · through 2022 · 6.1% of their giving
$40K
27. Indian River Community Foundation Inc
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024
$413K
28. American Association of State Compensation Insurance Funds
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2022 · 33.3% of their giving
$10K
29. Montana Pharmacy Association
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$10K
30. Montana Womens Run
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $6K · through 2024 · 8.2% of their giving
$23K
31. Humanities Montana
4 grants to 3 organizations · largest $14K · through 2021 · 3.9% of their giving
$43K
32. Montana Justice Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $49K · through 2021 · 1.9% of their giving
$81K
33. Run Wild Missoula Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $11K · through 2020 · 7.4% of their giving
$21K
34. Roundup for Safety Inc
5 grants to 4 organizations · largest $10K · through 2025 · 3.8% of their giving
$38K
35. The Chicago Community Trust
7 grants to 4 organizations · largest $3.0M · through 2023
$3.3M
36. Helena Area Community Foundation
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $11K · through 2022 · 5.3% of their giving
$21K
37. Whitefish Credit Union Association
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $8K · through 2024 · 4.6% of their giving
$20K
38. Marin Community Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $900K · through 2024
$925K
39. The James Family Charitable Trust
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $150K · through 2023
$193K
40. Ascendium Education Solutions Inc
12 grants to 2 organizations · largest $96K · through 2024
$579K
41. 3 Rivers Telephone Cooperative Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2022 · 6.0% of their giving
$8K
42. Orange County Community Foundation
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $500K · through 2023
$510K
43. United Way of Butte and Anaconda
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2020 · 6.0% of their giving
$8K
44. Project Apis M Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2020
$50K
45. Elks National Foundation Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $78K · through 2024
$226K
47. Innovia Foundation
11 grants to 4 organizations · largest $23K · through 2024
$162K
49. The Bessemer Giving Fund C/O Bessemer Trust Company Trustee
5 grants to 3 organizations · largest $150K · through 2024
$374K
53. Deloitte Foundation
9 grants to 3 organizations · largest $23K · through 2022
$133K
54. The Greater Cincinnati Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $245K · through 2024
$280K
56. American Chemical Society
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2024
$90K

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

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