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short stories about our partners’ impact

Read how our partners are working to inspire, innovate, and improve the lives of people across Montana!

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What Makes Us Human

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“Relationships are the foundation of the human experience, but as our work team progressed through RW360, I realized how little time I spent building relationships,” says Thomas Risberg, who directs the Sober Life Program at Alliance for Youth. The nonprofit organization recently completed RW360’s Relational Wisdom program. Relational Wisdom is an enhanced form of emotional […]

FBC soccer group

Small and Mighty

Most Christians know the story of the mustard seed—a tiny seed that grows into a tree of great stature and reach. Fellowship Baptist Church in Lockwood, Montana, exemplifies that concept. With a congregation of just 30 members, Fellowship Baptist Church’s reach extends far beyond the pews. Church Administrator Ray Willis, a missionary since 2008, says […]

Park Kids

Helping 1,000 Children

“I never saw a request that went unmet,” says Dee Kale, CarePortal coordinator for Kalispell’s Easthaven Baptist Church. Along with hundreds of volunteers, Kale helps area children in need by providing basics, from books to beds. Kale works with Aaron Scofield of Promise686, which launched its Montana operation in January. Scofield serves a seven-county network […]

Eagle Mount Family Camp

All in the Family

Eagle Mount Bozeman changed their game plan last year. When the COVID pandemic paused in-person activities, the nonprofit started calling participant families to hear ideas and address concerns. That feedback provided a platform for in-person, individual family events in 2020 offered through their new family engagement program. The 2021 program, led by Maggie Lowry, includes […]

Great Falls Rescue family

Service through Compassion

“We had to get creative,” says Development Director Carrie Matter, discussing how the Great Falls Rescue Mission rethought its fundraising banquet last spring. Forced to forgo the event, the mission raised equivalent donations (over $54,000) through the new Week of Compassion, which encouraged community members to support the mission by giving up a meal and donating […]

Protectors Peak Retreat 9-20

Supporting Montana LEOs

Getting away from it all may not be for everyone, just coming out of a pandemic. But law enforcement officers have faced one of their toughest years in recent memory and just might be ready for a retreat. Our new partner, Protectors’ Peak, is expanding their reach this summer to offer a July 8-11 Retreat […]

Aubrey Parker Butte Literacy

More than Mere Tutoring

Aubrey Parker moved to Montana from Colorado in early 2020, one math exam shy of her GED. Despite COVID-19 shutdowns at the Butte Silver Bow Public Library and the fact that Montana doesn’t offer GED testing, the Butte Literacy Program provided a tutor and arranged for her exam at the library. Parker passed. She was […]

RFK rock climbing

Expanding Reach in Montana

When many Montana organizations curtailed services in 2020, Royal Family Kids expanded their outreach. “We’ve offered more activities to more kids than ever before,” says Amy Rowan, who with husband Joseph runs the RFK programs in Three Forks. Royal Family Kids offers foster children a summer camp as well as a mentoring program. “Multiple donors […]

T Rex

Responding to New Needs

When COVID-19 struck this spring, Young Life Montana was opening new chapters across the state. Restrictions on group meetings, however, prompted the youth outreach organization to pivot, according to Montana-Wyoming Director Keith Dow. Young Life members still wanted to meet and Young Lives teen moms needed increased help. Both groups responded. “Kids today have a whole life […]

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Neighbors Helping Neighbors

How do you really know the issues your neighbors are facing? Simple—you talk to them. The Missoula Interfaith Collaborative (MIC) is partnering with congregations, nonprofits, and community organizations to assess and address the needs of Missoula residents during the current COVID-19 health crisis. “It’s all about neighbors connecting with each other,” says Rebecca Pettit, development […]

Eligibility Criteria

Tax status:  We only fund work done by organizations ruled to have tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

Geographic location:  In most cases, our funding is limited to organizations in Montana.  We will occasionally provide funding to organizations that operate nationally, when their work aligns with our focus areas and impacts the nation as a whole.  We rarely fund work overseas unless we have a personal connection with the group doing the work.

Funding amounts:  We do not generally fund projects where we are the sole providers of funding, nor do we like to account for more than 50% of the budget for a project (and in most cases, less).  In addition, we prefer to start with smaller amounts for organizations that we have not worked with in the past.

Focus areas: We limit our funding to work that falls within one of our focus areas:

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