Montana · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Public & Societal Benefit in Montana

Imperigo has identified 90 funders that made 287 grants totaling $29.9M to 35 public & societal benefit organizations in Montana, with a median grant of $25K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Public & Societal Benefit Funding in Montana

Total granted $29.9M
Funders 90
Grants 287
Organizations funded 35

Top Funders — page 3 of 4

51. Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncDonor-advised
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $15K · through 2024
$34K
52. A Better Big SkyRegrantor
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $1.3M · through 2024 · 19.1% of their giving
$1.9M
53. Center on Budget and Policy PrioritiesRegrantor
19 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2024 · 2.1% of their giving
$1.2M
54. Catalyst MontanaRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $120K · through 2024 · 60.8% of their giving
$120K
55. Wilderness Society Action FundRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $70K · through 2019 · 16.3% of their giving
$140K
56. Sixteen Thirty FundRegrantor
10 grants to 3 organizations · largest $2.0M · through 2024
$4.5M
57. Fidelis Center for Law & PolicyRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $380K · through 2024 · 5.2% of their giving
$380K
58. Western Organization of Resource Councils Education ProjectRegrantor
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $313K · through 2024 · 2.6% of their giving
$745K
59. Atlas Economic Research FoundationRegrantor
9 grants to 2 organizations · largest $88K · through 2024 · 3.5% of their giving
$374K
60. New Venture FundRegrantor
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $2.8M · through 2023
$4.8M
61. Veterans Navigation NetworkRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$20K
62. Climate Ride IncRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $104K · through 2024 · 2.3% of their giving
$160K
63. Deployus IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $300K · through 2025
$300K
64. State Policy NetworkRegrantor
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $145K · through 2025
$260K
65. Charles Koch InstituteRegrantor
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $250K · through 2022
$298K
66. Greater Yellowstone CoalitionRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2024 · 2.3% of their giving
$55K
67. Veterans of Foreign Wars of The United StatesRegrantor
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $45K · through 2024
$235K
68. Pacific Legal FoundationRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2022 · 4.9% of their giving
$15K
69. Western Organization of Resource CouncilsRegrantor
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $16K · through 2024 · 2.0% of their giving
$26K
70. The 85 FundRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $200K · through 2023
$400K
71. Hello NeighborRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2023 · 3.6% of their giving
$8K
72. Mercatus Center IncRegrantor
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $100K · through 2021
$126K
73. Stock Farm Greater Ravalli FoundationRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $12K · through 2024 · 1.8% of their giving
$12K
74. Missoula Community FoundationRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024 · 1.1% of their giving
$17K
75. Ndn Collective IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2023
$100K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to public & societal benefit 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. 11 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 public & societal benefit 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 public & societal benefit funding in Montana, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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