Montana Justice Foundation

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

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

• Montana Legal Services Association4 grants · $1.6M
• Trust Montana2 grants · $69,732
• Department of Public Health and Human Services1 grant · $64,664
• University of Montana Foundation1 grant · $48,750
• Ywca Billings4 grants · $40,625
• Montana Fair Housing4 grants · $37,999
• Eastern Montana Casa Gal3 grants · $33,500
• Partners for Justice1 grant · $30,000
• Haven1 grant · $25,000
• Billings Mediation Center2 grants · $20,000

Giving over time

Grant history

All 42 reported grants, largest first.

• $616,150

  Montana Legal Services Association · Helena, MT · 2024

  General operating support funds including staff salaries.

• $481,150

  Montana Legal Services Association · Helena, MT · 2023

  Legal aid

• $305,567

  Montana Legal Services Association · Helena, MT · 2021

  Legal aid

• $215,000

  Montana Legal Services Association · Helena, MT · 2022

  Legal aid

• $64,664

  Department of Public Health and Human Services · Helena, MT · 2023

  Fund the salary, benefits and cell phone reimbursement of the project coordinator of the senior financial services position for one year.

• $56,250

  Trust Montana · Missoula, MT · 2021

  Legal aid

• $48,750

  University of Montana Foundation · Missoula, MT · 2021

  Education program

• $30,000

  Partners for Justice · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

  Sustain existing public defense/restorative support for individuals entangled in the criminal legal system of the confederated salish and kootenai tribes on the flathead reservation.

• $25,000

  Haven · Bozeman, MT · 2024

  Support salaries for two legal advocates. Contribution to a pool of translation funds for legal services for survivors with limited english proficiency and interpretation for those who are deaf or hard of hearing

• $15,000

  Montana Fair Housing · Butte, MT · 2024

  Assist victims of discrimination in securing counsel with expertise in non-discrimination laws when needed. Securing translators in court cases when needed. Salaries for portions of staff salary.

• $15,000

  Ywca Billings · Billings, MT · 2024

  Pay part of the ywca legal and victim services administrator's salary and benefits whose typical case load in 15active cases at a time with an average of 120 victims assisted annually.

• $13,482

  Trust Montana · Missoula, MT · 2022

  Legal aid

• $13,000

  Billings Mediation Center · Billings, MT · 2024

  Training expenses. Support for 16th judicial trainees. Contract for ed to perform conflict resilience project tasks and court support.

• $12,000

  Eastern Montana Casa Gal · Miles City, MT · 2024

  Recruitment, travel, training, advocating and mentoring of casa volunteers in the 7th, 15th, 16th, and 17th judicial districts in addition to the tribal fort peck assiniboine sioux tribal children.

• $12,000

  Eastern Montana Casa Gal · Miles City, MT · 2023

  Recruitment/training and retention of new and existing volunteers and public service events

• $10,000

  Montana Innocence Project · Missoula, MT · 2024

  Support for implementing staff attorney to conduct place-based work amongst montana's rural and indigenous communities. 10% will support the staff attorney's salary.

• $10,000

  Ywca Billings · Billings, MT · 2023

  Funding for free civil legal consultation, advocacy, and referrals to victims in billings and the surrounding region (reduces wait time and no fees).

• $10,000

  Ywca Billings · Billings, MT · 2022

  Legal aid

• $9,999

  Montana Fair Housing · Butte, MT · 2023

  Costs associated with the translation of documents, distribution of documents and development of and distribution of materials and posts focusing on the montana human rights act.

• $9,500

  Eastern Montana Casa Gal · Miles City, MT · 2021

  Recruitment, training and mentoring volunteers for casa program

• $8,000

  Casa of Hill County · Havre, MT · 2023

  Travel/meals, materials, registration for training new and existing volunteers

• $8,000

  Montana Innocence Project · Missoula, MT · 2023

  Support for implementing staff attorney to conduct place-based work amongst montana's rural and indigenous communities. 10% will support the staff attorney's salary.

• $7,500

  Casa of Missoula · Missoula, MT · 2024

  Improve casa presence in in all 4th judicial district courts. Educational opportunities for casa volunteers including training.

• $7,500

  Safe Harbor · Ronan, MT · 2024

  Assist victims living on the flathead reservation and lake county in securing legal assistance so as to not navigate the legal system on their own. Overhead costs of court fees, supplies, lodging for victims providing t… read allAssist victims living on the flathead reservation and lake county in securing legal assistance so as to not navigate the legal system on their own. Overhead costs of court fees, supplies, lodging for victims providing testimony, printing of documents less
• $7,500

  Sanders County Coalition for Families · Thompson Falls, MT · 2024

  Court filing fees, guardian ad litem and settlement master fees and costs, expert witness fees and costs, mediation service fees, translation service fees

• $7,500

  Casa of Missoula · Missoula, MT · 2023

  Recruitment/training and retention of new and existing volunteers

• $7,500

  Safe Harbor · Ronan, MT · 2023

  Ongoing delivery of free legal assistance to low-income domestic violence survivors

• $7,500

  Montana Fair Housing · Butte, MT · 2022

  Legal aid

• $7,500

  Safe Harbour · Ronan, MT · 2022

  Child advocacy program

• $7,000

  Casa of Yellowstone County · Billings, MT · 2024

  Four rounds of extensive pre-service training for new advocates.

• $7,000

  Center for Restorative Youth Justice · Kalispell, MT · 2024

  Hiring of youth conferencing coordinator. Training and maintenance and expansion of existing services.

• $7,000

  Billings Mediation Center · Billings, MT · 2023

  Increase access to alternative dispute resolution

• $7,000

  Casa of Yellowstone County · Billings, MT · 2023

  Recruitment/training and retention of new and existing volunteers

• $7,000

  Casa for Kids · Kalispell, MT · 2022

  Child advocacy program

• $6,200

  Casa of Lake & Sanders Counties · Polson, MT · 2024

  Expand public awareness of casa services. Continued coordination with staff and volunteers to include training, and outreach.

• $6,000

  Casa of Yellowstone County · Billings, MT · 2022

  Improve the administration of justice and access to services for children in foster care

• $6,000

  Community Dispute Resolution Center of Missoula County · Missoula, MT · 2022

  Expanding alternative dispute resolution services to low-income montanans

• $5,625

  Ywca Billings · Billings, MT · 2021

  Legal aid

• $5,500

  Casa of Lake & Sanders Counties · Polson, MT · 2023

  Recruitment/training and retention of new and existing volunteers.

• $5,500

  Sanders County Coalition for Families · Thompson Falls, MT · 2023

  Funding for fees and services not covered by other funding sources (document filing fees, interpreters, witness fees, etc.)

• $5,500

  Montana Fair Housing · Butte, MT · 2021

  Legal aid

• $5,000

  Casa of Lake & Sanders Counties · Polson, MT · 2022

  Support for casa program