First Interstate Bancsystem Foundation Inc
Private foundation · Billings, MT · EIN 81-0465899 · reported 2023–2025 · files as First Interstate Bancsystem Foundation
3,061grants reported
$2,500median award
$500lower quartile
$20smallest grant
$15.8Mtotal paid
33states reached
3years giving
This looks like a corporate giving programme, not a foundation that reads applications. It reported 3,061 grants, a volume no grants committee reviews one by one. In programmes this size the recipient is usually chosen by an employee or a customer, so a letter from you is unlikely to reach a decision. The record below is still real and worth reading, but treat it as history rather than a prospect.
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 105 of its 3,061 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $440K in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
401 North 31st Street 400
Billings, MT 59101-1200
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| The Blackbaud Giving Fund | Daniel Island, SC | $687,546 |
| The Blackbaud Giving Fund Employee Giving Program Distributions | Daniel Island, SC | $663,178 |
| Yellowstone Ice Foundation New Ice Rink | Billings, MT | $125,000 |
| Special Olympics Montana | Great Falls, MT | $110,980 |
| Special Olympics Montana Inc | Great Falls, MT | $103,000 |
| Special Olympics Montana Inc | Great Falls, MT | $102,500 |
| E4E Relief LLC | Charlotte, NC | $69,813 |
| Whitefish Community Foundation Inc Great Fish Challenge | Whitefish, MT | $59,490 |
| Tumbleweed Runaway Program | Billings, MT | $57,430 |
| Whitefish Community Foundation | Whitefish, MT | $53,782 |
| Billings School District Daylis Stadium Project | Billings, MT | $50,000 |
| Junior Achievement of South Dakota Financial Education | Sioux Falls, SD | $50,000 |
| Riverpeak Health | Riverton, WY | $50,000 |
| Leadership Wyoming | Casper, WY | $50,000 |
| Leadership Montana Inc | Bozeman, MT | $48,400 |
| Habitat for Humanity International Inc | Casper, WY | $43,000 |
| Montana State University Alumni Foundation | Bozeman, MT | $40,500 |
| Wise Wonders Childrens Museum Inc Financial Education | Billings, MT | $40,245 |
| Mountain Shadow Association | Bozeman, MT | $40,000 |
| Rocky Mountain College | Billings, MT | $40,000 |
| E4E Relief LLC Emergency Relief | Atlanta, GA | $38,713 |
| Montana Food Bank Network Inc | Missoula, MT | $38,503 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Ada County | Garden City, ID | $37,964 |
| Four Bands Community Fund Inc Workforce Development | Eagle Butte, SD | $37,500 |
| Cda Backpack Program | Hayden, ID | $37,412 |
| Second Harvest Inland Northwest | Spokane, WA | $37,338 |
| Junior Achievement of South Dakota | Sioux Falls, SD | $36,330 |
| Mountain Home Montana Inc | Missoula, MT | $36,025 |
| Idaho Community Foundation Inc Nonprofit Education | Boise, ID | $36,000 |
| Helping Hands in Hardin | Hardin, MT | $36,000 |
| Feeding South Dakota Neighbors Feeding Neighbors | Sioux Falls, SD | $35,500 |
| Junior Achievement of South Dakota | Sioux Falls, SD | $35,000 |
| Habitat for Humanity of the Greater Teton Area | Jackson, WY | $34,983 |
| Second Harvest Inland Northwest | Spokane, WA | $33,589 |
| Florence Crittenton Family Services | Helena, MT | $33,250 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Central Wyoming | Casper, WY | $32,950 |
| Whitefish Community Foundation Inc | Whitefish, MT | $32,698 |
| Community Entry Services Inc | Riverton, WY | $32,500 |
| Mountainstar Family Relief Nursery | Bend, OR | $32,500 |
| Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship | New York, NY | $31,500 |
| Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship | New York, NY | $31,500 |
| High Desert Museum | Bend, OR | $31,000 |
| Flatirons Habitat for Humanity | Lafayette, CO | $30,500 |
| Teen Closet | Spokane, WA | $30,400 |
| Domestic Abuse Women's Network (dawn) | Kent, WA | $30,330 |
| Alliance for Youth Inc | Great Falls, MT | $30,000 |
| Jackson Hole Airport Beautifying the Airport Project | Jackson, WY | $30,000 |
| Leadership Wyoming | Casper, WY | $30,000 |
| Montana Community Development Corporation | Missoula, MT | $30,000 |
| Neighborhood Housing Services Inc of Great Falls | Great Falls, MT | $30,000 |
| United Way of Treasure Valley Inc | Boise, ID | $30,000 |
| Isaac Foundation | Spokane, WA | $29,000 |
| Leadership Montana Inc | Bozeman, MT | $28,000 |
| Livingston Food Pantry of Park County | Livingston, MT | $28,000 |
| Madras Community Food Pantry | Madras, OR | $28,000 |
| Ringgold County Development Corp | Mount Ayr, IA | $27,500 |
| Care and Share Commanity Outreach | Sunriver, OR | $27,500 |
| Johnson County Friends Feeding Friends | Buffalo, WY | $27,500 |
| Josephine County Food Bank | Grants Pass, OR | $27,500 |
| Share Omaha Disaster Relief | Omaha, NE | $27,500 |
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