Funding search · EIN 461187037 · Great Falls, MT

Buchanan Family Foundation

Name: Buchanan Family 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.

98
grants reported: $156,146
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $1,000
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

business school scholarship administration appeal buchanan catholic francis

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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.

3 grants matching “lama” · $12,000

$5,000
Partnerships for Change · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General operating - for lama tenzin-india
$4,000
Partnerships for Change · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General operating - for lama tenzin-india
$3,000
Partnerships for Change · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General operating - for lama tenzin-india

Top recipients

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

Missoula Butterfly House & Insectarium3 grants · $15,000
Deliverfund3 grants · $14,000
Cm Russell Museum3 grants · $12,500
Partnerships for Change3 grants · $12,000
Child Bridge3 grants · $8,746
Gary Sinise Foundation3 grants · $8,000
Wounded Warrior Project3 grants · $7,000
Diocese of Helena3 grants · $6,000
Watson Children'S Shelter3 grants · $6,000
Montana Business Professionals of America1 grant · $5,000

Giving over time

$53,600

2022

$58,200

2023

$6,746

2024

$37,600

2025

Grant history

All 98 reported grants, largest first.

$5,000
Deliverfund · Dallas, TX · 2025
General operating
$5,000
Partnerships for Change · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General operating - for lama tenzin-india
$5,000
Missoula Butterfly House & Insectarium · Missoula, MT · 2024
General operating
$5,000
Cm Russell Museum · Great Falls, MT · 2023
General operating
$5,000
Deliverfund · Dallas, TX · 2023
General operating
$5,000
Missoula Butterfly House & Insectarium · Missoula, MT · 2023
General operating
$5,000
Cm Russell Museum · Great Falls, MT · 2022
General operating
$5,000
Missoula Butterfly House & Insectarium · Missoula, MT · 2022
General operating
$5,000
Montana Business Professionals of America · Billings, MT · 2022
Scholarship program
$4,000
Child Bridge · Bigfork, MT · 2023
General operating
$4,000
Gary Sinise Foundation · Woodland Hills, CA · 2023
General operating
$4,000
Partnerships for Change · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General operating - for lama tenzin-india
$4,000
Deliverfund · Dallas, TX · 2022
General operating
$3,000
Diocese of Helena · Helena, MT · 2025
Annual catholic appeal - st francis xavier parrish
$3,000
Missoula Butterfly House and Insectarium · Missoula, MT · 2025
General operating
$3,000
Wounded Warrior Project · Topeka, KS · 2023
General operating
$3,000
Child Bridge · Bigfork, MT · 2022
General operating
$3,000
Gary Sinise Foundation · Woodland Hills, CA · 2022
General operating
$3,000
Partnerships for Change · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General operating - for lama tenzin-india
$3,000
Wounded Warrior Project · Topeka, KS · 2022
General operating
$2,500
Cm Russell Museum · Great Falls, MT · 2025
General operating
$2,500
Grizzly Riders International · Missoula, MT · 2023
General operating
$2,000
Missoula Food Bank · Missoula, MT · 2025
General operating
$2,000
Watson Children'S Shelter · Missoula, MT · 2025
General operating
$2,000
Diocese of Helena · Helena, MT · 2023
Annual catholic appeal - st francis xavier parrish
$2,000
Intermountain · Helena, MT · 2023
General operating
$2,000
Missoula Food Bank · Missoula, MT · 2023
General operating
$2,000
University of Montana Foundation · Missoula, MT · 2023
School of business scholarship
$2,000
Watson Children'S Shelter · Missoula, MT · 2023
General operating
$2,000
Grizzly Riders International · Missoula, MT · 2022
General operating
$2,000
Intermountain · Helena, MT · 2022
General operating
$2,000
University of Montana Foundation · Missoula, MT · 2022
School of business scholarship
$2,000
Watson Children'S Shelter · Missoula, MT · 2022
General operating
$1,746
Child Bridge · Bigfork, MT · 2024
General operating
$1,500
Great Falls Central Catholic High School · Great Falls, MT · 2023
General operating
$1,500
Poverello Center · Missoula, MT · 2023
General operating
$1,500
Great Falls Central Catholic High School · Great Falls, MT · 2022
General operating
$1,500
Poverello Center · Missoula, MT · 2022
General operating
$1,000
Flathead Lake Bio Station · Polson, MT · 2025
General operating
$1,000
Gary Sinise Foundation · Woodland Hills, CA · 2025
General operating
$1,000
Great Falls Central Catholic High School · Great Falls, MT · 2025
General operating
$1,000
Montana Community Foundation Fbo Um · Helena, MT · 2025
John and sheila buchanan fnd. Fbo of u of m school of business administration
$1,000
Montana Sheriffs and Peace Officers Assn · Miles City, MT · 2025
General operating
$1,000
Neighborworks Great Falls · Great Falls, MT · 2025
General operating
$1,000
Poverello Center · Missoula, MT · 2025
General operating
$1,000
University of Montana Foundation · Missoula, MT · 2025
School of business scholarship
$1,000
Wounded Warrior Project · Topeka, KS · 2025
General operating
$1,000
Ywca · Missoula, MT · 2025
General operating
$1,000
American Legion Nat Headquarters · Tulsa, OK · 2023
General operating
$1,000
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2023
General operating
$1,000
Flathead Lake Bio Station · Polson, MT · 2023
General operating
$1,000
Montana Community Foundation Fbo Um · Helena, MT · 2023
John and sheila buchanan fnd. Fbo of u of m school of business administration
$1,000
Montana Sheriffs & Peace Officers Assn · Miles City, MT · 2023
General operating
$1,000
Neighborworks Great Falls · Great Falls, MT · 2023
General operating
$1,000
The Uso · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating
$1,000
Veterans of Foreign Wars of United States · Milford, NH · 2023
General operating
$1,000
Ywca · Missoula, MT · 2023
General operating
$1,000
Diocese of Helena · Helena, MT · 2022
Annual catholic appeal - st francis xavier parrish
$1,000
Flathead Lake Bio Station · Polson, MT · 2022
General operating
$1,000
Missoula Food Bank · Missoula, MT · 2022
General operating
$1,000
Montana Community Foundation Fbo Um · Helena, MT · 2022
John and sheila buchanan fnd. Fbo of u of m school of business administration
$1,000
Montana Sheriffs & Peace Officers Assn · Miles City, MT · 2022
General operating
$1,000
Ywca · Missoula, MT · 2022
General operating
$500
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2025
General operating
$500
Friends of Bigfork Fire Department · Bigfork, MT · 2025
General operating
$500
Shodair Children'S Hospital · Helena, MT · 2025
General operating
$500
Shriners Hospitals for Children · Ranson, WV · 2025
General operating
$500
St Jude Children'S Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2025
General operating
$500
Students for Life of America · Fredericksburg, VA · 2025
General operating
$500
The Uso · Washington, DC · 2025
General operating
$500
Veterans of Foreign Wars of United States · Milford, NH · 2025
General operating
$500
Friends of Bigfork Fire Department · Bigfork, MT · 2023
General operating
$500
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation · Des Moines, IA · 2023
General operating
$500
Shodair Children'S Hospital · Helena, MT · 2023
General operating
$500
Shriners Hospitals for Children · Ranson, WV · 2023
General operating
$500
St Jude Children'S Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2023
General operating
$500
American Legion Nat Headquarters · Tulsa, OK · 2022
General operating
$500
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2022
General operating
$500
Friends of Bigfork Fire Department · Bigfork, MT · 2022
General operating
$500
Neighborworks Great Falls · Great Falls, MT · 2022
General operating
$500
Shodair Children'S Hospital · Helena, MT · 2022
General operating
$500
Shriners Hospitals for Children · Ranson, WV · 2022
General operating
$500
St Jude Children'S Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2022
General operating
$500
The Uso · Washington, DC · 2022
General operating
$500
Veterans of Foreign Wars of United States · Milford, NH · 2022
General operating
$400
Alice Lloyd College · Pippa Passes, KY · 2025
General operating
$400
Alice Lloyd College · Pippa Passes, KY · 2023
General operating
$400
Students for Life of America · Fredericksburg, VA · 2023
General operating
$300
Habitat for Humanity · Americus, GA · 2025
General operating
$300
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation · Des Moines, IA · 2025
General operating
$300
Habitat for Humanity · Americus, GA · 2023
General operating
$300
Habitat for Humanity · Americus, GA · 2022
General operating
$300
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation · Des Moines, IA · 2022
General operating
$200
Alice Lloyd College · Pippa Passes, KY · 2022
General operating
$200
Students for Life of America · Fredericksburg, VA · 2022
General operating
$100
Manning Foundation · Great Falls, MT · 2025
General operating
$100
Manning Foundation · Great Falls, MT · 2023
General operating
$100
Manning Foundation · Great Falls, MT · 2022
General operating

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.