Montana · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Environment & Conservation in Montana

Imperigo has identified 283 funders that made 2,280 grants totaling $155.3M to 142 environment & conservation organizations in Montana, with a median grant of $19K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Environment & Conservation Funding in Montana

Total granted $155.3M
Funders 283
Grants 2,280
Organizations funded 142

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Yellowstone Club Community Foundation
23 grants to 8 organizations · largest $2.4M · through 2023 · 39.4% of their giving
$5.7M
2. Heart of the Rockies Foundation
14 grants to 7 organizations · largest $602K · through 2024 · 46.9% of their giving
$2.3M
3. Whitefish Community Foundation Inc
67 grants to 18 organizations · largest $354K · through 2024 · 8.1% of their giving
$3.8M
4. Park County Community Foundation
40 grants to 13 organizations · largest $167K · through 2024 · 15.1% of their giving
$1.8M
5. Montana Community Foundation Inc
86 grants to 23 organizations · largest $60K · through 2024 · 4.0% of their giving
$1.3M
6. Mennen Environmental Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2025 · 15.9% of their giving
$295K
7. Montana Watershed Coordination Council Inc
19 grants to 14 organizations · largest $50K · through 2024 · 41.7% of their giving
$211K
8. Run Wild Missoula Inc
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $52K · through 2024 · 61.7% of their giving
$172K
9. One Valley Community Foundation
14 grants to 8 organizations · largest $85K · through 2024 · 7.4% of their giving
$464K
10. Igrb Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $500K · through 2022 · 6.7% of their giving
$500K
11. National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
44 grants to 21 organizations · largest $1.3M · through 2023
$6.8M
12. Seeley Lake Community Foundation
14 grants to 3 organizations · largest $12K · through 2025 · 17.0% of their giving
$126K
13. Havre Day Activity Center Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2024 · 82.6% of their giving
$100K
14. The Jeremy and Hannelore Grantham Environmental Trust
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $924K · through 2024
$1.9M
15. Marin Community Foundation
33 grants to 15 organizations · largest $2.7M · through 2024
$4.2M
16. Red Lodge Area Community Foundation
8 grants to 2 organizations · largest $24K · through 2024 · 6.8% of their giving
$118K
17. Whitefish Credit Union Association
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $10K · through 2024 · 10.6% of their giving
$46K
18. Equation Campaign and Global Climate Legal Defense
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $200K · through 2024 · 2.0% of their giving
$220K
19. Florida Certified Organic Growers and Consumers Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $84K · through 2024 · 3.7% of their giving
$97K
20. Big Sky Owners Association Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $17K · through 2019 · 100.0% of their giving
$17K
21. Foundation to Decrease World Suck
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $37K · through 2024 · 1.3% of their giving
$151K
22. Foundation for North American Wild Sheep Montana Chapter
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $16K · through 2024 · 10.4% of their giving
$16K
23. California Community Foundation
13 grants to 5 organizations · largest $1.5M · through 2024
$1.8M
24. Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma
17 grants to 3 organizations · largest $250K · through 2024
$948K
25. Silicon Valley Community Foundation
13 grants to 9 organizations · largest $4.0M · through 2024
$4.3M

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to environment & conservation 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. 13 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 environment & conservation 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 environment & conservation funding in Montana, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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