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The Melsness Family Foundation: 20 grants to organizations, $453,102 (tax year ended December 2025)
The Melsness Family Foundation, a private foundation in Stevensville, MT, paid 20 grants to organizations totaling $453,102 in its tax year ended December 2025, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on May 14, 2026. The largest was $101,241 to One Spirit in Rapid City, SD for to provide assistance to lakota children and families with material needs.
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- EIN
- 912154965
- Based in
- Stevensville, MT
- Assets
- $980,609
- Grants paid
- $453,102
- Tax year ended
- December 2025
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2025
From the Form 990-PF filed May 14, 2026, IRS object ID 202641349349105414. It reported $453,102 in grants paid; 20 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| One Spirit | Rapid City, SD | To provide assistance to lakota children and families with material needs | Human services | $101,241 | apps.irs.gov |
| Watsons Childrens Shelter | Mussoula, MI | To provide safety, nurturing, and stability to children & families through quality services and trauma-informed care. | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Gig Harbor Kiwanis International | Gig Harbor, WA | Service projects to improve the life of children in gig harbor and the world | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Project 150 | Reno, NV | To provide free support and services to homeless, displaced, and disadvantaged high school students so they can remain in school, graduate, and build bright futures. | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Vine Maple Place | Maple Valley, WA | To end family homelessness in south king county, resulting in healthier communities where every child and parent has a stable home to grow and thrive. | Human services | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| South Sound Care Foundation | Tacoma, WA | South sound care foundation brings the opportunity for life saving, cutting edge cancer clinical trials to all patients in the south sound. | Medical research | $34,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Caring for Kids | Fircrest, WA | To help raise healthy, happy, productive kids who are ready to learn! | Youth development | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Food and Backpacks 4 Kids | Lakebay, WA | To meet the nutritional needs of hungry children and families at times when other resources are not available and to be a stable source of healthy foods for those who need it most. | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Serving Our Kids Foundation | Henderson, NV | To provide hope and a brighter future for at-risk, food-insecure children by providing them a weekly, weekend meal bag through a vast group of donors, advocates and volunteers who work to help us end | Human services | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Compassion Washington | Tacoma, WA | To unite with communities to share the compassion of christ by providing free healthcare clinics and fighting human trafficking. | Human services | $12,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Step By Step | Puyallup, WA | To transform the lives of at-risk pregnant women, so they will deliver healthy babies, embrace positive parenting, and establish safe homes and secure futures. | $12,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Coffee Oasis | Tacoma, WA | Restoring communities through compassionate youth programs and coffee businesses. | $12,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Youth for Christ | Tacoma, WA | To have a noticeable spiritual impact on pierce county by engaging 11-19 year olds in the life long journey of following jesus christ. yfc reaches young people everywhere, working together with the lo | $12,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Sibling Strong | Port Orchard, WA | To reunite brothers and sisters with washington ties, who are separated because of foster care, kinship care and through adoption for summer camp and day events that reinforce sibling connection, enco | Human services | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sitka Community Recreation | Stika, AK | Sitka counseling prevents and reduces the harmful effects of mental illness and substance abuse in the lives of youth, adults, and families. | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Ravalli County 4-H Ffa | Hamilton, MT | 4-h is a community of young people across america who are learning leadership, citizenship and life | $6,261 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | Seattle, WA | For research and education for cystic fibrosis | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Bitterroot Humane Association | Hamilton, MT | To build a compassionate community where pets and people thrive. | $250 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Bitterroot Land Trust | Hamilton, MT | To protect the water, wildlife, working farms and ranches, and access to recreational lands that connect people to the beautiful open lands of the bitterroot valley, montana by partnering with willing | $250 | apps.irs.gov | |
| CM Russell Museum - Program for Kids | Great Falls, MT | To collect, preserve, research, interpret, and educate on the art and life of charles marion russell | $100 | apps.irs.gov |
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed May 9, 2025, IRS object ID 202531299349103068. It reported $429,790 in grants paid; 20 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| One Spirit | Rapid City, SD | To provide assistance to lakota children and families with material needs | Human services | $92,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Next Chapter | Tacoma, WA | Empowering the women in our community and their children to thrive | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Watsons Childrens Shelter | Mussoula, MI | To provide safety, nurturing, and stability to children & families through quality services and trauma-informed care. | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Project 150 | Reno, NV | To provide free support and services to homeless, displaced, and disadvantaged high school students so they can remain in school, graduate, and build bright futures. | $40,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Gig Harbor Kiwanis International | Gig Harbor, WA | Service projects to improve the life of children in gig harbor and the world | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| South Sound Care Foundation | Tacoma, WA | South sound care foundation brings the opportunity for life saving, cutting edge cancer clinical trials to all patients in the south sound. | Medical research | $32,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Stevensville Pantry Partners | Stevensville, MT | For food banks | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Sitka Community Recreation | Stika, AK | Sitka counseling prevents and reduces the harmful effects of mental illness and substance abuse in the lives of youth, adults, and families | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Food and Backpacks 4 Kids | Lakebay, WA | To meet the nutritional needs of hungry children and families at times when other resources are not available and to be a stable source of healthy foods for those who need it most. | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Compassion Washington | Tacoma, WA | To unite with communities to share the compassion of christ by providing free healthcare clinics and fighting human trafficking. | Human services | $12,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Step By Step | Puyallup, WA | To transform the lives of at-risk pregnant women, so they will deliver healthy babies, embrace positive parenting, and establish safe homes and secure futures. | $12,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Coffee Oasis | Tacoma, WA | Restoring communities through compassionate youth programs and coffee businesses. | $12,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Youth for Christ | Tacoma, WA | To have a noticeable spiritual impact on pierce county by engaging 11-19 year olds in the life long journey of following jesus christ. yfc reaches young people everywhere, working together with the lo | $12,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Serving Our Kids Foundation | Henderson, NV | To provide hope and a brighter future for at-risk, food-insecure children by providing them a weekly, weekend meal bag through a vast group of donors, advocates and volunteers who work to help us end | Human services | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Adopt-A-Native-Elder Program | Salt Lake City, UT | To provide food and other support for elders of the native dine people | $7,190 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Bitterroot Performing Arts Council | Hamilton, MT | To bring our community together through the presentation of performing arts experiences. | Arts, culture and humanities | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | Seattle, WA | For research and education for cystic fibrosis | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| CM Russell Museum - Program for Kids | Great Falls, MT | To collect, preserve, research, interpret, and educate on the art and life of charles marion russell | $500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation | San Antonio, TX | The sssf manages clay target and action shooting youth development programs in which adult coaches and other volunteers use shooting sports to teach and demonstrate sportsmanship, responsibility, hone | Recreation and sports | $500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Montana Food Bank Network | Missoula, MT | To end hunger in montana through food acquisition and distribution, education, and advocacy. | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $100 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Human services | $298,241 |
| Medical research | $66,500 |
| Youth development | $25,000 |
| Arts, culture and humanities | $1,000 |
| Recreation and sports | $500 |
| Food, agriculture and nutrition | $100 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| Washington | $408,500 |
| South Dakota | $193,241 |
| Nevada | $110,000 |
| Michigan | $100,000 |
| Montana | $33,461 |
| Alaska | $30,000 |
| Utah | $7,190 |
| Texas | $500 |
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Updated May 14, 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.