Greater Montana Foundation
Private foundation · Helena, MT · EIN 81-6009847 · reported 2023–2025 · files as The Greater Montana Foundation
64grants reported
$12Kmedian award
$8,000lower quartile
$3,000smallest grant
$1.1Mtotal paid
3states reached
3years giving
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
1750 N Washington St
Helena, MT 59601-1204
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Montana Broadcasters Association EB AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN COMMERCIAL BROADCASTING AND SUPPORT FOR A U.S. SENATE DEBATE. | Clancy, MT | $47,737 |
| Montana Broadcasters Association EB AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN COMMERCIAL BROADCASTING. | Clancy, MT | $45,000 |
| Montana Broadcasters Association EB AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN COMMERCIAL BROADCASTING. | Bonner, MT | $40,000 |
| Friends of Montana PBS SUPPORT FOR NUMEROUS PROGRAMS INCLUDING BACKROADS OF MONTANA, 11TH AND GRANT, AND NEW PROGRAMS. | Bozeman, MT | $37,500 |
| Montana PBS FOR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THE FRIENDS OF MONTANA PBS PROGRAM FUND. | Bozeman, MT | $35,000 |
| Montana Television Networkkxlh TO SUPPORT THE ONGOING STORYTELLING SERIES, "UNDER THE BIG SKY," ABOUT THE DRIVERS OF COMMERCE IN MO | Helena, MT | $35,000 |
| Friends of Montana PBS SUPPORT FOR NUMEROUS PROGRAMS INCLUDING BACKROADS OF MONTANA, 11TH AND GRANT, AND NEW PROGRAMS. | Bozeman, MT | $35,000 |
| From the Heart Productions SUPPORT FOR THE PRODUCTION OF THE FILM "HEALING UNDER THE BIG SKY" ABOUT EQUINE THERAPY IN MONTANA A | Oxnard, CA | $33,000 |
| From the Heart Productions FOR MONTANA SESSIONS, A COLLECTION OF SHORT FILMS FEATURING SOME OF MONTANA'S FINEST MUSICIANS PERFO | Oxnard, CA | $30,000 |
| Maps Media Institute SUPPORTS THE GENERAL OPERATIONS OF MAPS MEDIA INSTITUTE. | Hamilton, MT | $30,000 |
| Maps Media Lab SUPPORTS THE MAPS FORT BELKNAP COMMUNITY PROGRAM, WHICH WILL PROVIDE YEAR-ROUND FREE PROFESSIONAL ME | Hamilton, MT | $30,000 |
| Maps Media Institute CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR MAPS MEDIA INSTITUTE. | Hamilton, MT | $25,000 |
| Maps Fort Belknap CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR OPERATING THE MAPS MEDIA INSTITUTE-FORT BELKNAP PROGRAM. | Hamilton, MT | $25,000 |
| University of Montana Foundation CONTINUED PROGRAM SUPPORT IN VARIOUS RADIO, ONLINE, AND STREAMING PROGRAMMING. | Missoula, MT | $25,000 |
| National Geographic Society SUPPORT FOR THE PRODUCTION OF THE FILM "THE GRIZZLY AMONG US" FOCUSED ON GRIZZLY BEARS IN MONTANA AN | Washington, DC | $25,000 |
| Maps Media Institute CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR THE AWARD-WINNING FREE AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM SERVING FOUR COUNTY SCHOOLS. | Hamilton, MT | $25,000 |
| Maps Media Lab CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR THE SUCCESSFUL STATEWIDE OUTREACH PROGRAM. | Hamilton, MT | $25,000 |
| Montana Public Radio CONTINUED PROGRAM SUPPORT IN VARIOUS RADIO, ONLINE, AND STREAMING PROGRAMMING. | Missoula, MT | $25,000 |
| University of Montana School of Journalism IN CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR VARIOUS STUDENT PRODUCTIONS AND INTERNSHIPS. | Missoula, MT | $24,000 |
| University of Montana School of Journalism IN CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR VARIOUS STUDENT PRODUCTIONS AND INTERNSHIPS. | Missoula, MT | $23,250 |
| Montana Public Radio CONTINUED PROGRAM SUPPORT IN AREAS SUCH AS GENERAL ECONOMIC REPORTING AND OTHER PROGRAMS. | Missoula, MT | $22,500 |
| Montana Free Press FOR BROADCAST EXPANSION PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR MONTANA FREE PRESS JOURNALISM. | Helena, MT | $20,000 |
| Benchmark Wrestling SUPPORT FOR PRODUCTION OF THE FILM "BENMARCK" ABOUT A WRESTLING JOURNEY. | Augusta, MT | $20,000 |
| From the Heart Productions FOR MONTANA SESSIONS, A COLLECTION OF SHORT FILMS FEATURING SOME OF MONTANA'S FINEST MUSICIANS PERFO | Oxnard, CA | $20,000 |
| University of Montana School of Journalism IN CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR VARIOUS PROGRAMS AND FOR THE PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT. | Missoula, MT | $20,000 |
| Montana Free Press FOR BROADCAST EXPANSION PROVIDING MONTANA FREE PRESS JOURNALISM TO BROADCAST STATIONS ACROSS MONTANA | Helena, MT | $20,000 |
| Friends of Montana PBS (cooke City Avalanche) SUPPORTS PRODUCTION OF A 60 MINUTE FILM ON COOKE CITY, MT, WHICH HOLDS A UNIQUE POSITION AS ONE OF T | Bozeman, MT | $20,000 |
| Western Native Voice SUPPORT FOR WESTERN NATIVE VOICE: EXPANDING HORIZONS PROGRAMMING AND FILM. | Billings, MT | $15,000 |
| Bear Hug Cattle Company TO SUPPORT A THREE-PART FILM SERIES ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION'S SUPPORT OF TRANSITIONING VETERANS. | Manhattan, MT | $15,000 |
| Montana Free Press NEW SEASON OF THE "LONG STREETS PROJECT." | Helena, MT | $15,000 |
| Extreme History Project TO SUPPORT THE PRODUCTION OF TWO DOCUMENTARIES ABOUT SIX PROMINENT WOMEN IN MONTANA HISTORY. | Bozeman, MT | $15,000 |
| Uss Montana Committee SUPPORTED THE TRANSPORTATION OF A VIDEOGRAPHY CREW TO ATTEND THE COMMISSIONING OF THE USS MONTANA IN | Big Fork, MT | $14,000 |
| Mineral County Museum and Historical Society SUPPORT FOR PRODUCTION OF "TAFT, THE WICKEDIST CITY" FILM BASED ON THE BOOK. | Superior, MT | $10,000 |
| Extreme History Project SUPPORT FOR EPISODE 3 OF "THE STORY OF US: THE WOMEN WHO SHAPED MONTANA". | Bozeman, MT | $10,000 |
| Friends of Yellowstone Public Radio SUPPORT FOR MARKETING AND JOURNALISM EXPANSION AT YPR. | Billings, MT | $10,000 |
| Simulation in Motion SUPPORT FOR THE PRODUCTION OF THE FILM "NO ONE LEFT TO COME: MONTANA'S RURAL EMS CRISIS" FOCUSED ON | Helena, MT | $10,000 |
| Turtle Island Tales TO SUPPORT "TURTLE ISLAND TALES," A PBS LEARNING MEDIA PROGRAM FOCUSED ON INDIGENOUS FOODS, HEALTH A | Bozeman, MT | $10,000 |
| Montana State University School of Film & Photography TO FUND PRODUCTION OF "ONE IN FIVE HUNDRED," A DOCUMENTARY FILM ABOUT THE 2022 YELLOWSTONE PARK FLOO | Bozeman, MT | $10,000 |
| Glacier National Park Conservancy (rise UP Montana) 60 MINUTE PRODUCTION "JOURNEY TO THE SUN." | Columbia Falls, MT | $10,000 |
| Big Sky Film Institute (when They Were Here) PRODUCTION OF A FEATURE-LENGTH DOCUMENTARY "WHEN THEY WERE HERE," THAT IS MEANT TO BRING TO LIFE THE | Missoula, MT | $10,000 |
| Inclusive Outdoors Project (lotus Producers) SUPPORTS THE PROJECT "MODIFY-AN ADAPTIVE SNOW MACHINING FILM," WHICH FOLLOWS THREE ADAPTIVE ATHLETES | Bozeman, MT | $10,000 |
| Working Quiet Butte (beyond Yellowstone) SUPPORTS A NEW AUDIO PROJECT THAT WILL TELL THE STORIES OF MONTANA THAT ARE AT RISK OF BEING LOST AN | Butte, MT | $10,000 |
| Montana Historical Society SUPPORT THE PRODUCTION OF A VIDEO TO BE DISPLAYED AS PART OF MONTANA HOMELAND GALLERY "TRIBES TODAY" | Helena, MT | $10,000 |
| Montana Casagal Association SUPPORT PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF A THREE-PART VIDEO SERIES, WHICH WILL RAISE AWARENESS OF MONT | Missoula, MT | $10,000 |
| Vox Box Arts Collective (fireside Films) SUPPORT FOR A FEATURE FILM "YOU CAN CALL ME JAMIE." | Glendale, CA | $10,000 |
| Cine Billings (beartooth Films) PREPARING THE FILM "RETURN," WHICH IS THE STORY OF RETIRED GREEN BERET, JIM MARKEL, FOR PUBLIC BROAD | Billings, MT | $9,500 |
| Friends of the Montana Constitution SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS ABOUT THE UPCOMING CONSTITUTIONAL ANNIVERSARY: DID YOU KNOW, THE 19 | Billings, MT | $8,000 |
| North Missoula Community Development Corporation SUPPORT FOR THE PRODUCTION OF THE FILM "FROM THE GROUND UP: A STORY OF COMMUNITY PRESERVATION AND MI | Missoula, MT | $8,000 |
| The Philipsburg Arts Fund SUPPORT FOR THE PRODUCTION OF THE FILM "NASHVILLE TO NOWHERE" FOCUSED ON MUSICIANS MOVING AND WORKIN | Philipsburg, MT | $8,000 |
| Alternative Energy Resources Organization TO SUPPORT PRODUCTION OF "MOTHER RANGE," A DOCUMENTARY SEEKING TO HUMANIZE MONTANA'S MEAT INDUSTRY. | Helena, MT | $8,000 |
| Sweet Grass Arts Alliance SUPPORTS PRODUCTION OF A FEATURE-LENGTH DOCUMENTARY FILM THAT WILL REVEAL THE UNIQUE ART AND LIFE OF | Big Timber, MT | $8,000 |
| Archie Bray Foundation SUPPORTS SEASON FOUR OF THE POPULAR BRICKYARD PODCAST NETWORK. | Helena, MT | $7,500 |
| Tell US Something SUPPORT FOR TELL US SOMETHING-LIVE STORYTELLING "LOST AND FOUND". | Missoula, MT | $5,000 |
| United Way of Missoula County SUPPORT FOR THE PRODUCTION OF THE FILM "FROM SHELTER TO STABILITY: THE TSOS STORY" FOCUSED ON HOMELE | Missoula, MT | $5,000 |
| Leadership Montana TO SUPPORT "LISTEN FIRST MONTANA," A SERIES OF PODCASTS ABOUT THE 1ST YEAR OF THE COVID PANDEMIC. | Helena, MT | $5,000 |
| Crazy Mountain Museum TO FUND PRODUCTION OF A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT JESSICA ZEMSKY, 100 YR-OLD MONTANA ARTIST. | Big Timber, MT | $5,000 |
| Billings Good Evening LLC TO FUND PRODUCTION OF "YOUR OPINION PLEASE," A DOCUMENTARY ALLOWING FOR LIVE FEEDBACK ON CULTURAL IS | Billings, MT | $5,000 |
| One Montana TO SUPPORT BRIEF VIDEOS, INCLUDING "OUTSIDE KIND," TO PROMOTE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES AND WORKING LANDSC | Bozeman, MT | $5,000 |
| Nate Chute Foundation TO SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS FOR FLATHEAD COUNTY SCHOOLS ABOUT THE WARNING SIGNS OF | Whitefish, MT | $5,000 |
| Montana Television Networkkrtv TO FUND A REPORTER'S TRAVEL TO DC TO COVER THE PROGRESS OF THE 2023 FARM BILL. | Great Falls, MT | $4,500 |
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