Funding search · EIN 363606913 · Missoula, MT

Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation

Name: Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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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.

1,564
grants reported: $139.2M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. 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.

Where the money goes

K-12 and youth programs across Montana communities
Scholarships and vocational/trades training, including Horatio Alger partnerships
Hospital and health facility construction, heavily Eisenhower Medical Center
Teacher preparation and education research at University of Montana
Basic needs for children: foster care, food, shelter, mentoring
Arts education, youth theater, symphony and ballet outreach

Typical grant

Half of all grants land between $4,000 and $20,000, with a $10,000 median, so the everyday check is small and program-specific. The very large gifts, $1M to $5M, go to named capital projects and endowed programs at a short list of institutions the family already backs: Eisenhower Medical Center, the Montana Historical Society, University of Montana Foundation, Horatio Alger. Repeat giving is the norm, with many awards written as multi-year spans like "2023 - 2025" and quarterly operational support to affiliated organizations.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“SCHOLARSHIP”
“OPERATIONAL AND PROGRAMMATIC SUPPORT”
“TRADES TRAINING”
“YOUTH PROGRAMS”
“AFTER SCHOOL”
“CAPITAL CAMPAIGN”

Positioning adjacent work

Anchor to Montana youth outcomes; they fund teacher preparation, remediation, and afterschool learning far more than pure research.
Ask $10,000 to $40,000 for a first program grant; seven-figure requests go to existing named relationships.
Name the Montana counties and school districts served. Missoula, Butte, Great Falls, Helena and Bozeman recur constantly.
Frame skills work as trades and technical career pathways, echoing their Camosun, BCIT and diesel technician grants.

Worth knowing: This is overwhelmingly a Montana foundation, 1,301 of 1,564 grants, with a secondary Pacific Northwest and British Columbia footprint tied to family ties and a Palm Desert, California cluster around Eisenhower Medical Center that absorbs $12.5M by itself. A handful of repeat grantees, University of Montana Foundation, Washington Kids Foundation, Horatio Alger, Young Life, take a large share of dollars, so the big money looks relationship-driven while the small grants spread widely across Montana nonprofits.

41 grants matching “flathead” · $425,250

$20,000
Montana Land To Hand (Farm Hands - Nourish the Flathead) · Whitefish, MT · 2024
Land to hand, farm to school education program
$20,000
Habitat for Humanity of Flathead Valley · Kalispell, MT · 2024
2024 construction materials
$20,000
Flathead Community Health Center Inc Dba Greater Valley Health Center · Kalispell, MT · 2024
Support for school-based services
$15,000
Flathead Warming Center · Kalispell, MT · 2024
2024 operating support
$15,000
Montana Natural History Center · Missoula, MT · 2024
Visiting naturalist in the schools expansion to lower flathead valley
$11,250
Flathead Valley Community College Foundation · Kalispell, MT · 2024
2024 scholarships
$10,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nw Montana (Fka Flathead County) · Kalispell, MT · 2024
General operating activities
$10,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nw Montana (Fka Flathead County) · Kalispell, MT · 2024
2024 operating support
$10,000
Flathead Warming Center · Kalispell, MT · 2024
2024 holiday giving
$10,000
Flathead Food Bank · Kalispell, MT · 2024
2024 holiday giving
$7,000
Flathead County Library Foundation Dba Imagineif Library Foundation · Kalispell, MT · 2024
Early literacy outreach program
$5,000
Flathead Lutheran Bible Camp · Kalispell, MT · 2024
Camp scholarships 2024
$5,000
Brain Injury Alliance of Montana · Missoula, MT · 2024
Big sky challenge missoula and flathead hikes
$2,000
Montana Land To Hand (Farm Hands - Nourish the Flathead) · Whitefish, MT · 2024
2024 holiday giving
$20,000
Habitat for Humanity of Flathead Valley · Kalispell, MT · 2023
Lakeside affordable home project - covid extension
$20,000
Montana Land To Hands (Farm Hands - Nourish the Flathead) · Whitefish, MT · 2023
Land to hand, farm to school education program
$15,000
Flathead Warming Center · Kalispell, MT · 2023
2023 operating support
$15,000
Montana Natural History Center · Missoula, MT · 2023
Visiting naturalist in the schools expansion to lower flathead valley
$15,000
Habitat for Humanity of Flathead Valley · Kalispell, MT · 2023
2023 construction materials
$11,250
Flathead Valley Community College Foundation · Kalispell, MT · 2023
2023 scholarships
$10,000
Flathead Food Bank · Kalispell, MT · 2023
2023 holiday giving
$10,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nw Montana (Fka Flathead County) · Kalispell, MT · 2023
2023 operating support
$10,000
Flathead Warming Center · Kalispell, MT · 2023
2023 holiday giving
$7,000
Flathead County Library Foundation Dba Imagineif Library Foundation · Kalispell, MT · 2023
Early literacy outreach program
$5,000
Girls On the Run Flathead Valley · Kalispell, MT · 2023
Expansion of girls on the run grades 3-5 and heart & sole grades 6-8
$5,000
Brain Injury Alliance of Montana · Missoula, MT · 2023
Big sky challenge missoula and flathead hikes
$3,000
Mission Valley Live · Polson, MT · 2023
Arts education in the schools on the flathead reservation
$2,000
Montana Land To Hands (Farm Hands - Nourish the Flathead) · Whitefish, MT · 2023
2023 holiday giving
$20,000
Habitat for Humanity of Flathead Valley · Kalispell, MT · 2022
Lakeside affordable home project - covid extension
$15,000
Montana Natural History Center · Missoula, MT · 2022
Visiting naturalist in the schools expansion to lower flathead valley
$15,000
Flathead Warming Center · Kalispell, MT · 2022
2022 operating support
$11,250
Flathead Valley Community College Foundation · Kalispell, MT · 2022
2022 scholarships
$10,000
Flathead Warming Center · Kalispell, MT · 2022
2022 holiday giving
$10,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nw Montana (Fka Flathead County) · Kalispell, MT · 2022
2022 operating support
$7,500
Flathead Food Bank · Kalispell, MT · 2022
2022 holiday giving
$7,000
Flathead County Library Foundation Dba Imagineif Library Foundation · Kalispell, MT · 2022
Early literacy outreach program
$6,500
Montana Land To Hands (Farm Hands - Nourish the Flathead) · Whitefish, MT · 2022
Double snap dollar incentive program (lincoln and flathead county)
$5,000
Flathead Lutheran Bible Camp · Kalispell, MT · 2022
Camp scholarships 2021
$5,000
Flathead Lutheran Bible Camp · Kalispell, MT · 2022
Camp scholarships 2022
$3,000
Mission Valley Live · Polson, MT · 2022
Arts education in the schools on the flathead reservation
$1,500
Montana Land To Hands (Farm Hands - Nourish the Flathead) · Whitefish, MT · 2022
2022 holiday giving

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Eisenhower Medical Center Foundation7 grants · $27.5M
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund1 grant · $22.5M
State of Montana - Montana Historical Society7 grants · $16.0M
Young Life - Wfr12 grants · $12.7M
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund1 grant · $6.1M
Horatio Alger Association of Canada1 grant · $5.0M
University of Montana Foundation11 grants · $4.4M
Washington Kids Foundation18 grants · $3.2M
University of Montana Foundation - 21st Century Teaching & Learning Initiat3 grants · $2.5M
University of Montana Foundation - Edready3 grants · $2.1M

Giving over time

$46.7M

2022

$47.7M

2023

$44.8M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 1,564 grants.

$22.5M
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Cincannati, OH · 2022
To further philanthropic goals of the washington family
$6.1M
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
To further philanthropic goals of the washington family
$5.0M
Eisenhower Medical Center Foundation · Rancho Mirage, CA · 2024
Cardiac and vascular institute building construction
$5.0M
Eisenhower Medical Center Foundation · Rancho Mirage, CA · 2024
Fourth floor of the washington family center specialty clinics building
$5.0M
Horatio Alger Association of Canada · 2024
Horatio alger vocational & technical education scholarship program
$5.0M
State of Montana - Montana Historical Society · Helena, MT · 2024
Montana heritage center
$5.0M
Eisenhower Medical Center Foundation · Rancho Mirage, CA · 2023
Cardiac and vascular institute building construction
$5.0M
State of Montana - Montana Historical Society · Helena, MT · 2023
Montana heritage center
$5.0M
Eisenhower Medical Center Foundation · Rancho Mirage, CA · 2022
Cardiac and vascular institute building construction
$5.0M
State of Montana - Montana Historical Society · Helena, MT · 2022
Montana heritage center
$3.7M
University of Montana Foundation · Missoula, MT · 2024
Pjw college of education scholars program and institute for positive education
$3.0M
Young Life - Wfr · Antelope, OR · 2023
Muddy road
$2.5M
Eisenhower Medical Center Foundation · Rancho Mirage, CA · 2024
Washington family health center 2
$2.5M
Eisenhower Medical Center Foundation · Rancho Mirage, CA · 2023
Washington family health center 1
$2.5M
Eisenhower Medical Center Foundation · Rancho Mirage, CA · 2022
Washington family health center
$2.1M
Young Life - Wfr · Antelope, OR · 2023
Muddy road
$2.0M
Young Life - Wfr · Antelope, OR · 2023
Muddy road
$1.5M
Young Life - Wfr · Antelope, OR · 2023
Muddy road
$1.3M
Camosun College Foundation · 2024
The camosun trades training centre with indigenous first building focus
$1.3M
Xavier College Preparatory High School · Palm Desert, CA · 2024
New field project - grant
$1.1M
Young Life - Wfr · Antelope, OR · 2024
Muddy road
$1.1M
University of Montana Foundation - 21st Century Teaching & Learning Initiat · Missoula, MT · 2023
21c-360
$1.0M
David Foster Foundation the · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General operations
$1.0M
Montana Food Bank Network · Missoula, MT · 2023
Big sky. Big solutions.
$1.0M
Montana Rescue Mission · Billings, MT · 2023
Montana rescue mission unified campus
$1.0M
State of Montana - Montana Historical Society · Helena, MT · 2023
Montana history & civics education endowment
$1.0M
Young Life - Wfr · Antelope, OR · 2023
Muddy road
$945,549
Bcit Foundation · 2023
The dennis & phyllis washington trades foundation for youth program - building futures together initiative
$800,000
University of Montana Foundation - 21st Century Teaching & Learning Initiat · Missoula, MT · 2024
21c-360
$700,000
University of Montana Foundation - Edready · Missoula, MT · 2024
Expansion of edready montana - mathematics and english remediation and skill readiness for students
$700,000
University of Montana Foundation - Edready · Missoula, MT · 2023
Expansion of edready montana - mathematics and english remediation and skill readiness for students
$700,000
University of Montana Foundation - Edready · Missoula, MT · 2022
Expansion of edready montana - mathematics and english remediation and skill readiness for students
$635,000
Montana Pediatrics · Missoula, MT · 2023
Montana pediatrics after hours expansion
$630,299
University of Montana Foundation - 21st Century Teaching & Learning Initiat · Missoula, MT · 2022
21st century teaching and learning initiative
$568,342
Washington Kids Foundation · 2024
2024 operational and programmatic support - q2
$550,000
Florence Crittenton Home & Services · Helena, MT · 2023
Florence crittentons child enrichment center expansion
$508,000
Montana Meth Project · Missoula, MT · 2023
Paint the state - statewide education and outreach with all montana schools
$502,830
Washington Kids Foundation · 2024
2024 operational and programmatic support - q1
$500,000
Education Design Lab · Washington, DC · 2024
Scaling learner opportunity and economic growth across montana
$500,000
Greater Missoula Family Ymca · Missoula, MT · 2024
Mike halligan aquatics center
$500,000
Horatio Alger Association · Alexandria, VA · 2024
Educational fund contribution
$500,000
Mountain Home Montana · Missoula, MT · 2024
Opening another door to brighter futures: hillside, a capital campaign for women and children
$500,000
Young Life - Wfr · Antelope, OR · 2024
Muddy road
$500,000
Education Design Lab · Washington, DC · 2023
Scaling learner opportunity and economic growth across montana
$500,000
Montana Food Bank Network · Missoula, MT · 2023
Big sky. Big solutions.
$500,000
Montana Rescue Mission · Billings, MT · 2023
Montana rescue mission unified campus
$500,000
Horatio Alger Association · Alexandria, VA · 2022
Career & technical education scholarship
$461,761
Bcit Foundation · 2024
The dennis & phyllis washington trades foundation for youth program - building futures together initiative
$460,000
University of Montana Foundation · Missoula, MT · 2022
Elevate u
$455,000
Young Life - Wfr · Antelope, OR · 2022
Washington family ranch improvements
$405,000
Young Life - Wfr · Antelope, OR · 2022
Washington family ranch improvements
$390,000
Young Life - Wfr · Antelope, OR · 2022
Washington family ranch improvements
$375,951
Washington Kids Foundation · 2023
2023 operational and programmatic support - q1
$375,850
United Way British Columbia · 2023
Community champions in sema:th (sumas) first nation and skwah first nation
$370,993
Washington Kids Foundation · 2023
2023 operational and programmatic support - q3
$365,000
Montana Pediatrics · Missoula, MT · 2024
Montana pediatrics after hours expansion
$364,488
Washington Kids Foundation · 2023
2023 operational and programmatic support - q4
$350,000
Montana Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education · Helena, MT · 2022
Montana's future at work
$340,613
Washington Kids Foundation · 2022
2022 operational and programmatic support - q3
$337,310
University of Montana Foundation - Scholarships · Missoula, MT · 2023
Washington presidential leadership scholarship endowment
$335,295
Washington Kids Foundation · 2022
2022 operational and programmatic support - q4
$315,000
City & County of Butte-Silver Bow - Stodden Park · Butte, MT · 2022
Stodden park revitalization
$304,984
Washington Kids Foundation · 2024
2024 operational and programmatic support - q4
$299,783
Washington Kids Foundation · 2024
2024 operational and programmatic support - q3
$290,831
Washington Kids Foundation · 2023
2023 operational and programmatic support - q2
$252,816
Washington Kids Foundation · 2022
2022 operational and programmatic support - q2
$250,000
Park County Community Foundation · Livingston, MT · 2024
Park county community nonprofit investments
$250,000
Horatio Alger Association · Alexandria, VA · 2023
In honor of bill gates
$250,000
Kennedy Center the · Arlington, VA · 2023
Arts programming & reach campaign
$250,000
Montana Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education · Helena, MT · 2023
Montana's future at work
$250,000
Park County Community Foundation · Livingston, MT · 2023
Park county community nonprofit investments
$250,000
Kennedy Center the · Arlington, VA · 2022
Arts programming & reach campaign
$250,000
Park County Community Foundation · Livingston, MT · 2022
Park county community nonprofit investments
$250,000
Ywca Billings · Billings, MT · 2022
Saving and changing lives of women and children who are victims of domestic violence and poverty
$235,351
Washington Kids Foundation · 2022
2022 operational and programmatic support - q1
$200,981
Fraser River Discovery Centre Society · 2022
Indigenous and fraser river education programs
$200,000
Montana Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education · Helena, MT · 2024
Montana's future at work
$187,500
Challenge Aspen · Snowmass Village, CO · 2024
In honor of jim crown
$187,500
Challenge Aspen · Snowmass Village, CO · 2023
In honor of jim crown
$185,575
Friends of Haac · Alexandria, VA · 2023
In honor of amar doman
$180,000
Montana Tech Foundation - Scholarships · Butte, MT · 2024
Rolin erickson montana resources opportunity scholarship
$180,000
Montana Tech Foundation - Scholarships · Butte, MT · 2023
Rolin erickson montana resources opportunity scholarship
$180,000
Young Life - Wfr · Antelope, OR · 2022
Washington family ranch improvements
$175,000
Treasure State Foundation · Helena, MT · 2024
Imagination library - montana
$175,000
City & County of Butte-Silver Bow - Stodden Park · Butte, MT · 2022
Stodden park revitalization
$160,000
Horatio Alger Association · Alexandria, VA · 2023
College of idaho scholarship
$160,000
Horatio Alger Association · Alexandria, VA · 2022
College of idaho scholarship
$150,000
Horatio Alger Association - Mt Scholarship · Alexandria, VA · 2023
Horatio alger montana undergraduate scholarship program
$150,000
University of Montana Foundation · Missoula, MT · 2022
Mansfield center - american democracy project
$147,254
Cwb Welding Foundation (Fka Cwa Foundation) · 2024
Building skilled trades and technology-based career possibilities through education, innovation and collaboration
$120,000
Horatio Alger Association · Alexandria, VA · 2024
College of idaho scholarship
$120,000
Montana Tech Foundation - Scholarships · Butte, MT · 2022
Rolin erickson montana resources opportunity scholarship
$118,850
Bcit Foundation · 2022
The dennis & phyllis washington foundation open arms expansion
$112,950
Bcit Foundation · Syracuse, NY · 2023
The dennis & phyllis washington foundation open arms expansion
$112,820
Sarah McLachlan School of Music Society · 2024
Teaching artists at som
$100,000
Butte Rescue Mission · Butte, MT · 2024
Center of hope renovation
$100,000
Mainstreet Uptown Butte · Butte, MT · 2024
2024 - 2026 montana folk festival
$100,000
Special Olympics Montana · Great Falls, MT · 2024
2024-2026 state summer games
$100,000
Mainstreet Uptown Butte · Butte, MT · 2023
2021 - 2023 montana folk festival
$100,000
Montana Dept of Health & Human Services - Montana No Kid Hungry · Helena, MT · 2023
Montana no kid hungry

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