Montana · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Recreation & Sports in Montana

Imperigo has identified 181 funders that made 881 grants totaling $54.3M to 106 recreation & sports organizations in Montana, with a median grant of $18K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Recreation & Sports Funding in Montana

Total granted $54.3M
Funders 181
Grants 881
Organizations funded 106

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Whitefish Community Foundation Inc
85 grants to 21 organizations · largest $831K · through 2025 · 8.7% of their giving
$5.5M
2. Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $625K · through 2023 · 6.9% of their giving
$1.5M
3. Charities Through Jeremy
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $426K · through 2020 · 100.0% of their giving
$426K
4. One Valley Community Foundation
15 grants to 4 organizations · largest $275K · through 2025 · 6.6% of their giving
$566K
5. Daybreak Rotary Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $150K · through 2024 · 93.9% of their giving
$150K
6. Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund
7 grants to 3 organizations · largest $500K · through 2024 · 2.8% of their giving
$870K
7. National Wilderness Stewardship Alliance
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $80K · through 2025 · 7.1% of their giving
$214K
8. Farmers and Ranchers For Montana
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $64K · through 2020 · 20.4% of their giving
$64K
9. George Grant Chapter of Trout Unlimited
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $35K · through 2024 · 54.6% of their giving
$40K
10. Community Foundation of Elkhart County Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $500K · through 2024
$1.1M
11. Montana Police Protective Association
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $19K · through 2020 · 43.9% of their giving
$31K
12. Care Camps Foundation
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $51K · through 2025 · 2.2% of their giving
$234K
13. Midway USA Foundation Inc
12 grants to 1 organization · largest $85K · through 2024 · 1.2% of their giving
$384K
14. Roundup for Safety Inc
8 grants to 6 organizations · largest $10K · through 2025 · 6.1% of their giving
$61K
15. Madison Gallatin Chapter of Trout Unlimited
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $17K · through 2024 · 12.8% of their giving
$28K
16. Fairfield Education and Community Assoc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2024 · 10.9% of their giving
$30K
17. Beta Sigma Phi Charitable Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024 · 7.3% of their giving
$40K
18. Montana Community Foundation Inc
27 grants to 10 organizations · largest $40K · through 2024
$302K
19. Montana Womens Run
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024 · 10.0% of their giving
$28K
20. Central Montana Foundation
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024 · 1.1% of their giving
$248K
21. Yellowstone Club Community Foundation
12 grants to 5 organizations · largest $50K · through 2023 · 1.3% of their giving
$192K
22. Red Lodge Area Community Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $26K · through 2025 · 3.0% of their giving
$70K
23. Park County Community Foundation
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $65K · through 2024 · 1.3% of their giving
$155K
24. Mission Valley Aquatics Spe
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2020 · 100.0% of their giving
$8K
25. National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $826K · through 2024
$1.8M

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to recreation & sports 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. 12 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 recreation & sports 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 recreation & sports funding in Montana, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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