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The Greater Montana Foundation: 22 grants to organizations, $372,250 (tax year ended December 2025)
The Greater Montana Foundation, a private foundation in Helena, MT, paid 22 grants to organizations totaling $372,250 in its tax year ended December 2025, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on July 2, 2026. The largest was $45,000 to Montana Broadcasters Association in Clancy, MT for eb awards for excellence in commercial broadcasting..
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- EIN
- 816009847
- Based in
- Helena, MT
- Assets
- $12,987,852
- Grants paid
- $372,250
- Tax year ended
- December 2025
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2025
From the Form 990-PF filed July 2, 2026, IRS object ID 202611839349100111. It reported $372,250 in grants paid; 22 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Broadcasters Association | Clancy, MT | Eb awards for excellence in commercial broadcasting. | $45,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Montana PBS | Bozeman, MT | For continued support of the friends of montana pbs program fund. | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| From the Heart Productions | Oxnard, CA | Support for the production of the film "healing under the big sky" about equine therapy in montana and continued support for the production of "the montana sessions" next season of episodes. | Arts, culture and humanities | $33,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Maps Fort Belknap | Hamilton, MT | Continued support for operating the maps media institute-fort belknap program. | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Maps Media Institute | Hamilton, MT | Continued support for maps media institute. | Arts, culture and humanities | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| National Geographic Society | Washington, DC | Support for the production of the film "the grizzly among us" focused on grizzly bears in montana and the issues surrounding them. | Education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| University of Montana Foundation | Missoula, MT | Continued program support in various radio, online, and streaming programming. | Education | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| University of Montana School of Journalism | Missoula, MT | In continued support for various student productions and internships. | $23,250 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Benchmark Wrestling | Augusta, MT | Support for production of the film "benmarck" about a wrestling journey. | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Montana Free Press | Helena, MT | For broadcast expansion providing support for montana free press journalism. | Arts, culture and humanities | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Western Native Voice | Billings, MT | Support for western native voice: expanding horizons programming and film. | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Extreme History Project | Bozeman, MT | Support for episode 3 of "the story of us: the women who shaped montana". | Arts, culture and humanities | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Friends of Yellowstone Public Radio | Billings, MT | Support for marketing and journalism expansion at ypr. | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Mineral County Museum and Historical Society | Superior, MT | Support for production of "taft, the wickedist city" film based on the book. | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Simulation in Motion | Helena, MT | Support for the production of the film "no one left to come: montana's rural ems crisis" focused on the lack of ambulances in rural montana. | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Friends of the Montana Constitution | Billings, MT | Support for public announcements about the upcoming constitutional anniversary: did you know, the 1972 montana constitution. | Education | $8,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| North Missoula Community Development Corporation | Missoula, MT | Support for the production of the film "from the ground up: a story of community preservation and missoula's white pine housing development". | Community improvement and capacity building | $8,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Philipsburg Arts Fund | Philipsburg, MT | Support for the production of the film "nashville to nowhere" focused on musicians moving and working in montana. | Arts, culture and humanities | $8,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Tell Us Something | Missoula, MT | Support for tell us something-live storytelling "lost and found". | Arts, culture and humanities | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| United Way of Missoula County | Missoula, MT | Support for the production of the film "from shelter to stability: the tsos story" focused on homelessness in missoula. | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Yellowstone Western Heritage Center Foundation | Billings, MT | Support for the production of the film "equally different: uncovering the history of disability in montana". | $4,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Code Girls United | Kalispell, MT | Support for podcast expansion of code girls on air. | Youth development | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed July 8, 2025, IRS object ID 202511899349100811. It reported $359,737 in grants paid; 20 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Broadcasters Association | Clancy, MT | Eb awards for excellence in commercial broadcasting and support for a u.s. senate debate. | $47,737 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Friends of Montana PBS | Bozeman, MT | Support for numerous programs including backroads of montana, 11th and grant, and new programs. | Arts, culture and humanities | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| From the Heart Productions | Oxnard, CA | For montana sessions, a collection of short films featuring some of montana's finest musicians performing live in outdoor locations throughout the state. | Arts, culture and humanities | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Maps Media Institute | Hamilton, MT | Supports the general operations of maps media institute. | Arts, culture and humanities | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Maps Media Lab | Hamilton, MT | Supports the maps fort belknap community program, which will provide year-round free professional media arts education for youth in the fort belknap indian community. | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Montana Public Radio | Missoula, MT | Continued program support in various radio, online, and streaming programming. | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Montana School of Journalism | Missoula, MT | In continued support for various student productions and internships. | $24,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Friends of Montana PBS (cooke City Avalanche) | Bozeman, MT | Supports production of a 60 minute film on cooke city, mt, which holds a unique position as one of the deadliest avalanche regions in north america, with a winter population under 100 residents. | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Montana Free Press | Helena, MT | For broadcast expansion providing montana free press journalism to broadcast stations across montana. | Arts, culture and humanities | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Big Sky Film Institute (when They Were Here) | Missoula, MT | Production of a feature-length documentary "when they were here," that is meant to bring to life the missing and murdered indigenous women and girls crisis in montana. | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Glacier National Park Conservancy (rise Up Montana) | Columbia Falls, MT | 60 minute production "journey to the sun." | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Inclusive Outdoors Project (lotus Producers) | Bozeman, MT | Supports the project "modify-an adaptive snow machining film," which follows three adaptive athletes with disabilities in the backcountry of southwest montana on snow machines. | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Montana Casagal Association | Missoula, MT | Support production and distribution of a three-part video series, which will raise awareness of montana casa's programs and showcase the positive impact montana casa has in its communities. | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Montana Historical Society | Helena, MT | Support the production of a video to be displayed as part of montana homeland gallery "tribes today" display within the new montana heritage center. | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Vox Box Arts Collective (fireside Films) | Glendale, CA | Support for a feature film "you can call me jamie." | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Working Quiet Butte (beyond Yellowstone) | Butte, MT | Supports a new audio project that will tell the stories of montana that are at risk of being lost and forgotten. | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Cine Billings (beartooth Films) | Billings, MT | Preparing the film "return," which is the story of retired green beret, jim markel, for public broadcast. | $9,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Sweet Grass Arts Alliance | Big Timber, MT | Supports production of a feature-length documentary film that will reveal the unique art and life of famed western photographer, barbara van cleve. | $8,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Archie Bray Foundation | Helena, MT | Supports season four of the popular brickyard podcast network. | Education | $7,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Center for Restorative Youth Justice | Kalispell, MT | Supports the production of "sharing the story of cryj," a film project to illustrate the origins and program evolution of center for restorative justice. | Human services | $3,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Arts, culture and humanities | $216,000 |
| Education | $65,500 |
| Community improvement and capacity building | $8,000 |
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $5,000 |
| Youth development | $3,000 |
| Human services | $3,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| Montana | $633,987 |
| California | $73,000 |
| District of Columbia | $25,000 |
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Updated July 2, 2026. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.