Children & Youth grants for nonprofits in Montana
205 private foundations reported 650 children & youth grants to organizations in Montana on IRS 990-PF returns for tax year 2022 or later, $11M in all. 68 of them are based in Montana.
Foundations that fund children & youth in Montana
20 of the 205: profiles in our foundation directory first, then by the number of children & youth grants to Montana organizations on their latest return. Each shows its largest such grants.
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Gave $2.8M in 2024
Town Pump Charitable Foundation
Butte, MT · latest return: tax year 2024- Boys & Girls Club of Yellowstone County, Billings - Program support$15,000
- Helena Symphony, Helena - Youth symphony program$15,000
- Coats for Kids Inc, Kalispell - Coats for kids$10,000
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Gave $50M in 2024
Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation
Missoula, MT · latest return: tax year 2024- Mountain Home Montana Inc, Missoula - Opening another door to brighter futures: hillside, a capital campaign for women and children$500,000
- Code Girls United, Kalispell - Code girls united after school coding program$80,000
- Mct Inc, Missoula - Mentoring montana youth through theater participation: touring with the missoula children's theatre$75,000
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Amazonsmile Foundation
Seattle, WA · latest return: tax year 2023- Missoula International School, Missoula - General support$417
- Boys & Girls Club of Richland County Montana, Sidney - General support$360
- Little Rangers Learning Center, West Yellowstone - General support$316
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Gave $555K in 2023
Sample Foundation Inc
Billings, MT · latest return: tax year 2023- Friends of the Children - Montana, Missoula - Passenger van for youth adventures & program transportation$15,000
- Boys & Girls Club of the Flathead Reservation and Lake County, Ronan - Behavioral health expansion for better child outcomes$15,000
- Boys & Girls Club of Richland County, Sidney - Game room equipment$11,500
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The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation
Atlanta, GA · latest return: tax year 2024- Boys & Girls Club of the Northern Cheyenne Nation, Lame Deer - General operating support$70,000
- Little Big Horn College, Crow Agency - 2024 summer youth program vision quest$50,000
- Big Sky Youth Empowerment Project Inc, Bozeman - Youth mental health program$30,000
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Gave $5M in 2025
First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc
Billings, MT · latest return: tax year 2025- Coles Pantry, Billings - Neighbors Feeding Neighbors$25,000
- Boys & Girls Club of Yellowstone County, Billings - General Operating Support$11,000
- Tumbleweed Runaway Program Inc, Billings - general Operating Support$8,000
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Edward Jones Foundation
St Louis, MO · latest return: tax year 2024- Girls Thrive Inc, Helena - Youth development$1,000
- Glendive Senior All-Nighter, Glendive - Youth development$580
- Boy Scouts of America - Montana Council, Great Falls - Youth development$500
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Gave $57.2M in 2025
Otto Bremer Trust
St Paul, MN · latest return: tax year 2025- Montana Children's Home & Hospital Dba Shodair Childrens Hospital, Helena - Child mental health$200,000
- Child Bridge Inc, Missoula - Foster care and adoption$100,000
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Yellowstone County, Billings - Youth development and citizenship skills$100,000
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Gianforte Family Charitable Trust
Bozeman, MT · latest return: tax year 2024- Code Girls United, Kalispell - Charitable purpose$40,000
- Indian Youth Camp Inc, Bigfork - Charitable purpose$15,000
- The Rock Youth Center, Bozeman - Charitable purpose$12,500
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Gave $116.6M in 2024
M J Murdock Charitable Trust
Vancouver, WA · latest return: tax year 2024- Friends of the Children - Montana, Missoula - New program staff$75,000
- Montana Outdoor Science School, Bozeman - New development staff$48,750
- Code Girls United, Kalispell - New executive director$19,000
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Gave $34.9M in 2024
William Randolph Hearst Foundation
New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024- University of Montana Missoula, Missoula - To support Montana Media Lab Youth Voices program$200,000
- Missoula Children's Theatre, Missoula - To provide participatory theater experiences for youth$100,000
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Gave $18.7M in 2024
Highmark Foundation
Pittsburgh, PA · latest return: tax year 2024- TeamSmile Inc, Riverside - Three-Year grant (2024-2026) to provide free dental care to underserved youth across the country by…$110,000
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Gave $7M in 2025
Bnsf Railway Foundation
Fort Worth, TX · latest return: tax year 2025- Yellowstone Ice Foundation, Billings - Youth$100,000
- Electric City Optimist Club, Great Falls - Youth$1,000
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Newman's Own Foundation
Westport, CT · latest return: tax year 2024- Charityvest - Intertribal Agriculture Council, Billings - Regenerative agriculture programming for native youth$50,000
- Grapevine 2024 - Intertribal Agriculture Council, Billings - Regenerative agriculture programming for native youth$10,000
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Gave $7.3M in 2024
The Scripps Howard Foundation
Cincinnati, OH · latest return: tax year 2024- Girls On Shred, Missoula - Volunteer Gift$1,250
- Girls On Shred, Missoula - Volunteer Gift$500
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Alumbra Innovations Foundation
Bentonville, AR · latest return: tax year 2024- Ecology Project International, Missoula - To support youth and teacher programs in Mexico$729,500
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Annie E Casey Foundation Inc
Baltimore, MD · latest return: tax year 2024- Montana Budget & Policy Center, Helena - Support various KIDS COUNT activities$225,000
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Novo Foundation
Hurley, NY · latest return: tax year 2024- Boys & Girls Club of the Northern Cheyenne Nation, Lame Deer - General support$150,000
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Gave $24.3M in 2024
The Spencer Foundation
Chicago, IL · latest return: tax year 2024- University of Montana, Missoula - Supporting indigenous children in rural montana$125,855
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Gave $14.5M in 2024
Dentaquest Partnership for Oral Health Advancement Inc
Boston, MA · latest return: tax year 2024- Montana State University Foundation, Bozeman - This grant, through the school-Based and School-Linked Initiatives to Improve Oral Health RFP, will launch…$125,000
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Organizations several of these foundations fund
Montana organizations that received children & youth grants from two or more of the foundations above, on the same returns.
| Organization | Funders | Grants total |
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| Big Sky Youth Empowerment Project Inc Bozeman | 5 | $140,290 |
| Friends of the Children - Montana Missoula | 5 | $132,517 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Richland County Sidney | 4 | $56,860 |
| Boys & Girls Club of the Northern Cheyenne Nation Lame Deer | 3 | $228,500 |
| Code Girls United Kalispell | 3 | $139,000 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Missoula County Missoula | 3 | $41,248 |
| Coles Pantry Billings | 3 | $30,039 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Yellowstone County Billings | 3 | $26,310 |
| The Nurturing Center Browning | 3 | $22,636 |
| Girl Scouts of Montana and Wyoming Billings | 3 | $1,828 |
How to use this list
A foundation is listed because its own latest tax return itemizes grants to organizations in Montana that we classify as children & youth, by the purpose the foundation wrote or by the recipient's IRS activity code. Their typical grant is the middle of the funders' own typical grants across everything they fund. Start with funders whose typical grant is close to what you need and whose past recipients look like your organization, then open the profile for all of its grants and any application instructions.
Of these 205 foundations, 81 describe how to apply on their latest return; many others give only to organizations they already know. A badge such as Gave $1.2M in 2024 repeats what the latest return reports; it does not mean the foundation is accepting proposals now.
Facts on this page come from the foundation's own IRS Form 990-PF filings as published by the IRS. Grantvello does not know whether a foundation is accepting proposals right now: a past grant is not an open opportunity. Always confirm current guidelines with the funder before applying.