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Zeller-Knowles Foundation

Name: Zeller-Knowles Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

175
grants reported: $875,505
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $1,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

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Cascade County Historical Society8 grants · $99,000
Great Falls Municipal Band6 grants · $69,000
Central Christian Church14 grants · $67,300
Family Promise of Great Falls4 grants · $61,000
Recycle Montana6 grants · $51,500
Uptown Optimist Foundation8 grants · $42,550
St Ann Church4 grants · $42,500
Montana School for the Deaf and Blind Foundation3 grants · $40,000
Sun River Valley Lions Community Foundation2 grants · $40,000
Simms High School4 grants · $33,300

Giving over time

$133,005

2022

$203,300

2023

$242,100

2024

$297,100

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 175 grants.

$40,000
Cascade County Historical Society · Great Falls, MT · 2023
Sun River Cemetery Assn landscaping and other maintenance projects of the cemetery fund
$27,000
Central Christian Church · Great Falls, MT · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Simms High School · Simms, MT · 2024
Merja robotics team travel expenses to attend the robotics competition in Houston, TX, and general purpose
$20,000
Cascade County Historical Society · Great Falls, MT · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
Family Promise of Great Falls · Great Falls, MT · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
Great Falls Municipal Band · Great Falls, MT · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
Hi-Ine Future Foundation · Malta, MT · 2025
For the advancement of the Malta Swimming Pool
$20,000
Sun River Valley Lions Community Foundation · Fort Shaw, MT · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
Childrens Museum of Montana · Great Falls, MT · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
Family Promise of Great Falls · Great Falls, MT · 2024
wages of a development staff person
$20,000
Great Falls Municipal Band · Great Falls, MT · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
Montana School for the Deaf and Blind Foundation · Great Falls, MT · 2024
updates to the bowling alley
$20,000
Sun River Valley Lions Community Foundation · Simms, MT · 2024
building remodeling project of the historic lumber yard
$20,000
Uptown Optimist Foundation · Power, MT · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
Family Promise of Great Falls · Great Falls, MT · 2023
Support Community Relations position fund
$17,000
Snowy Mountain Development Corporation · Lewistown, MT · 2022
Calvary Cemetery Metis Memorial Marker
$16,000
Recycle Montana · Winifred, MT · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$15,000
Great Falls-Cascade County Senior Citizens Center · Great Falls, MT · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$15,000
Montana School for the Deaf and Blind Foundation · Great Falls, MT · 2025
Bowling Alley remodel fund
$15,000
Great Falls Municipal Band · Great Falls, MT · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$14,000
Central Christian Church · Great Falls, MT · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$13,500
Recycle Montana · Winifred, MT · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$12,500
St Ann Church · Fort Shaw, MT · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$12,000
Cascade County Historical Society · Great Falls, MT · 2022
Roof for the Historic Lumber Yard building in Simms, MT and The History Museum tribune archive project
$10,200
Simms High School · Simms, MT · 2024
Charitable Event
$10,100
Simms High School · Simms, MT · 2023
Charitable Event
$10,000
Friends of the Little Belts · Great Falls, MT · 2025
To help publish maps for hikers and off road users in various Montana Mountain Ranges
$10,000
Sun River Valley Historical Society · Simms, MT · 2025
to cover expense for moving the barn
$10,000
Uptown Optimist Foundation · Power, MT · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Cascade County Historical Society · Great Falls, MT · 2024
Ursuline Project 2024
$10,000
St Ann Church · Fort Shaw, MT · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Cascade County Historical Society · Great Falls, MT · 2023
Charitable Event
$10,000
Central Christian Church · Great Falls, MT · 2023
CROP Walk and the efforts of church world service in Elkhart, IN fund
$10,000
St Ann Church · Fort Shaw, MT · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
St Johns Lutheran Church · Great Falls, MT · 2023
Missionary work in Africa fund
$10,000
Uptown Optimist Foundation · Power, MT · 2023
Support Youth Programs
$10,000
Great Falls Scottish Rite Childhood Language Disor · Great Falls, MT · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Recycle Montana · Winifred, MT · 2022
To assist with the building of recycling trailers by schools
$10,000
St Ann Church · Fort Shaw, MT · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$9,000
Great Falls Clinic Legacy Foundation · Great Falls, MT · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$9,000
Housed Great Falls · Great Falls, MT · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$9,000
Simms High School · Simms, MT · 2025
To help BPA to Attend National Conference
$8,000
Housed Great Falls · Great Falls, MT · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$8,000
Housed Great Falls · Great Falls, MT · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$8,000
Central Christian Church · Great Falls, MT · 2022
Church World Service
$7,500
Great Falls Clinic Legacy Foundation · Great Falls, MT · 2022
Pledge for Children's Play Area
$7,500
Great Falls Clinic Legacy Foundation · Great Falls, MT · 2022
Children's Play Area
$7,000
Recycle Montana · Winifred, MT · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Extreme History Project · Bozeman, MT · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Great Falls Scottish Rite Childhood Language Disor · Great Falls, MT · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Montana School for the Deaf and Blind Foundation · Great Falls, MT · 2025
New Music Program at MSDB
$5,000
North Eugene High School · Eugene, OR · 2025
Band Trip fund
$5,000
The Salvation Army · Spokane, WA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Great Falls Genealogy Society · Great Falls, MT · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Great Falls Scottish Rite Childhood Language Disor · Great Falls, MT · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Montanta Historical Society · Helena, MT · 2024
To support the Art Installation project in the People & Lands of Montana exhibit
$5,000
Cascade County Historical Society · Great Falls, MT · 2023
general operating costs of Sand Coulee volunteer fire department fund
$5,000
Fil Am Great Falls · Great Falls, MT · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Great Falls Municipal Band · Great Falls, MT · 2023
Charitable Event
$5,000
Madison Middle School · Eugene, OR · 2023
Theatre and Music program at Madison middle school
$4,500
Great Falls Municipal Band · Great Falls, MT · 2023
Charitable Event
$4,500
Great Falls Municipal Band · Great Falls, MT · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$4,000
Simms High School · Simms, MT · 2022
Charitable Event
$3,500
Alliance for Youth · Great Falls, MT · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$3,000
City of Great Falls · Great Falls, MT · 2025
to complete the purchase and installation of signage for the historic St. Peter's Mission
$3,000
Friends of Montana Shakespeare in the Parks · Bozeman, MT · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$3,000
McLaughlin Research Institute for Biomedical Scien · Great Falls, MT · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$3,000
Pet Paw-See · Great Falls, MT · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Childrens Museum of Montana · Great Falls, MT · 2023
Lighting Project
$2,500
Recycle Montana · Winifred, MT · 2023
Charitable Event
$2,500
Recycle Montana · Winifred, MT · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$2,400
Great Falls Community Concert Association · Great Falls, MT · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Big Sky Country National Heritage Area · Great Falls, MT · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
J C Adams Stone Barn Co · Fort Benton, MT · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Missouri River Open Lands Preservation · Great Falls, MT · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Montana Congress of Parents Teachers Students · Great Falls, MT · 2025
Pay for School Lunches
$2,000
Montana Congress of Parents Teachers Students · Great Falls, MT · 2025
to purchase children's Lunches
$2,000
Montana Museum of Railroad History · Great Falls, MT · 2025
To help update the control system
$2,000
Big Sky Country National Heritage Area · Great Falls, MT · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
J C Adams Stone Barn Co · Fort Benton, MT · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Big Sky Country National Heritage Area · Great Falls, MT · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Central Christian Church · Great Falls, MT · 2023
support of the Mercy Home project by the Lydia group and Helping Hands Christmas Campaign
$2,000
Central Christian Church · Great Falls, MT · 2023
AED and lawn mower fund
$2,000
J C Adams Stone Barn Co · Fort Benton, MT · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Sun River Valley Historical Society · Great Falls, MT · 2023
concrete footings for the historic barn which is being moved to Historic Fort Shaw fund
$1,750
Uptown Optimist Foundation · Power, MT · 2024
Children's Receiving Home Project
$1,500
Friends of Montana Pbs · Bozeman, MT · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$1,500
Great Falls Clinic Legacy Foundation · Great Falls, MT · 2025
Charitable Event
$1,500
Pet Paw-See · Great Falls, MT · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$1,500
Sun River Valley Historical Society · Great Falls, MT · 2024
website design fund
$1,200
Great Falls Community Concert Association · Great Falls, MT · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$1,200
Great Falls Community Concert Association · Great Falls, MT · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,200
Great Falls Community Concert Association · Great Falls, MT · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
American Prairie Foundation · Bozeman, MT · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Cda Comm Theater & Academy · Coeur D Alene, ID · 2025
Middle School Acting School
$1,000
Central Christian Church · Great Falls, MT · 2025
Church World Service
$1,000
Central Christian Church · Great Falls, MT · 2025
Charitable Event
$1,000
Central Christian Church · Great Falls, MT · 2025
Great Falls FISH, Inc.
$1,000
Great Falls Clinic Legacy Foundation · Great Falls, MT · 2025
To provide NEW Bath Rugs and Top Sheets for the Guest Rooms
$1,000
Great Falls Theatre Company · Great Falls, MT · 2025
General & Unrestricted

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