Montana · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Recreation & Sports in Montana

Imperigo has identified 178 funders that made 826 grants totaling $50.6M to 103 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 $50.6M
Funders 178
Grants 826
Organizations funded 103

Top Funders — page 2 of 4

26. Plant-for-the-Planet US
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $90K · through 2020 · 1.5% of their giving
$90K
27. Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2023 · 4.0% of their giving
$30K
28. National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
4 grants to 3 organizations · largest $826K · through 2023
$1.4M
29. The Martis Fund
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $108K · through 2020 · 1.1% of their giving
$108K
30. United States Swimming Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $5K · through 2020 · 100.0% of their giving
$5K
31. Red Lodge Area Community Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $14K · through 2024 · 2.5% of their giving
$43K
32. Valley County Community Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $11K · through 2020 · 5.5% of their giving
$19K
33. Halliburton Charitable Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2024 · 1.0% of their giving
$100K
34. C4 Recovery Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2020 · 6.2% of their giving
$10K
35. Whitefish Credit Union Association
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2024 · 3.4% of their giving
$14K
36. Traders4acause
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $31K · through 2023 · 1.5% of their giving
$31K
37. Arizona Sportsmen for Wildlife Conservation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2023 · 1.9% of their giving
$20K
38. Seeley Lake Community Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2025 · 2.1% of their giving
$15K
39. Rei Cooperative Action Fund
5 grants to 3 organizations · largest $40K · through 2024
$80K
40. Boys & Girls Clubs of America (Group Return)
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $144K · through 2023
$333K
41. Missoula Tourism Business Improvement District
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2019 · 3.3% of their giving
$8K
42. Yellowstone Country Montana Inc
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $6K · through 2024 · 2.1% of their giving
$11K
43. The Discovery Land Company Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $40K · through 2019
$40K
44. California Community Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $150K · through 2024
$600K
45. Park City Community Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $59K · through 2024
$59K
46. United States Endowment for Forestry
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $82K · through 2020
$82K
47. Humanities Montana
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $7K · through 2020 · 1.2% of their giving
$13K
48. Community Foundation Boulder County
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2021
$100K
49. Nra Foundation Inc
8 grants to 5 organizations · largest $27K · through 2024
$67K
52. Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/a Greater Des Moines Community Fdn
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2023
$108K

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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