Funding search · EIN 841376323 · Billings, MT

Foundation for Community Vitality

Name: Foundation for Community Vitality grants, 2021–2024
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.

64
grants reported: $1.8M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $12,250
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

camp development indigenous sahkohmiitahpiiksi building clean crow food

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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.

1 grant matching “wyola” · $16,500

$16,500
Wyola Development Fund · Wyola, MT · 2022
Operational Support

Top recipients

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

City of Lodge Grass4 grants · $278,747
People'S Partners for Community Dev2 grants · $241,863
Little Big Horn College4 grants · $169,576
Plenty Doors Community Development Corp3 grants · $158,754
Center Pole1 grant · $155,300
Messengers for Health3 grants · $145,849
People'S Partners for Community Development2 grants · $117,015
The Nature Conservancy2 grants · $100,000
Plenty Doors Community Development Group1 grant · $78,833
Leadership Montana2 grants · $54,000

Giving over time

$666,355

2021

$371,290

2022

$519,152

2023

$264,202

2024

Grant history

All 64 reported grants, largest first.

$183,430
People'S Partners for Community Dev · Lame Deer, MT · 2023
Operational Support
$155,300
Center Pole · Garryowen, MT · 2021
Food Recovery Expense
$141,801
City of Lodge Grass · Lodge Grass, MT · 2023
Operational Support
$86,254
Plenty Doors Community Development Corp · Hardin, MT · 2021
Operational Support
$81,212
Little Big Horn College · Crow Agency, MT · 2022
Operational Support
$81,145
City of Lodge Grass · Lodge Grass, MT · 2021
Medicine Wheel and Clean up
$81,082
People'S Partners for Community Development · Lame Deer, MT · 2021
Operational Support
$78,833
Plenty Doors Community Development Group · Hardin, MT · 2022
Operational Support
$70,566
Messengers for Health · Crow Agency, MT · 2021
Operational Support
$67,008
Little Big Horn College · Crow Agency, MT · 2021
Operational Support
$58,433
People'S Partners for Community Dev · Lame Deer, MT · 2024
Operational Support
$50,000
The Nature Conservancy · Helena, MT · 2022
Operational Support
$50,000
The Nature Conservancy · Helena, MT · 2021
Operational Support
$40,000
Messengers for Health · Crow Agency, MT · 2024
Operational Support
$40,000
Plenty Doors Community Development Corp · Hardin, MT · 2024
Water, Sanitation Hygiene Program
$35,933
People'S Partners for Community Development · Lame Deer, MT · 2022
Operational Support
$35,781
City of Lodge Grass · Lodge Grass, MT · 2024
Operational Support
$35,283
Messengers for Health · Crow Agency, MT · 2022
Operational Support
$35,000
The Nature Conservancy - Wyoming · Helena, MT · 2023
Crow Tribal Engagement
$32,500
Plenty Doors Community Development Corp · Hardin, MT · 2023
Operational Support
$30,000
Mountain Shadow · Bozeman, MT · 2023
Social Emotional Care for Vulnerable Youth
$30,000
Leadership Montana · Bozeman, MT · 2022
Indigenous Immersion Initiative
$30,000
Sheridan Community Land Trust · Sheridan, WY · 2021
Operational Support
$28,421
Leadership Wyoming · Casper, WY · 2023
Indigenous Scholarhsip Funding Leadership Development
$24,000
Leadership Montana · Bozeman, MT · 2024
Scholarships for Indigenous Leaders
$22,000
Boys & Girls Club Northern Cheyenne (Ld) · Lame Deer, MT · 2023
Program Staffing
$20,020
City of Lodge Grass · Lodge Grass, MT · 2022
Clean-up, Public works internship community events
$20,000
Helping Hands in Hardin · Hardin, MT · 2023
Local Food Economy
$18,856
Little Big Horn College · Crow Agency, MT · 2024
Operational Support
$16,500
Wyola Development Fund · Wyola, MT · 2022
Operational Support
$16,009
Boys & Girls Club of Lodge Grass · Lodge Grass, MT · 2022
Staff Resource Development
$12,500
Hopa Mountain · Bozeman, MT · 2021
Operational Support
$12,000
Helping Hands Food Bank · Hardin, MT · 2021
Operational Support
$10,000
Crow Tribe of Indians · Crow Agency, MT · 2024
Operational Support - Crow Fair/Parade
$10,000
Nature Conservancy - Montana · Helena, MT · 2023
Restricted to the Blackfeet Reservation Program
$10,000
Blackfeet Indian Land Trust · Browning, MT · 2021
Operational Support
$9,500
Leadership Wyoming · Casper, WY · 2024
Wind River Reservation Leadership Development
$7,892
Seventh Generation Fund · Eureka, CA · 2024
Constellation Ceremonies
$4,740
Montana State University · Bozeman, MT · 2024
Operational Support
$3,000
Boys & Girls Club of Lodge Grass · Lodge Grass, MT · 2021
Operational Support
$2,500
Blackfeet Indian Land Trust · Browning, MT · 2024
Operational Support
$2,500
Piikanii Lodge Health Institute · Browning, MT · 2024
Sahkohmiitahpiiksi Camp
$2,500
Thresh · Absarokee, MT · 2024
Operational Support
$2,500
Yellowstone Valley Animal Shelter · Billings, MT · 2024
Operational Support
$2,500
Fractured Atlas · Missoula, MT · 2023
Stories for Action
$2,500
Little Big Horn College · Crow Agency, MT · 2023
Operational Support
$2,500
One Heart Warriors · Billings, MT · 2023
Lodge Grass Christmas Store
$2,500
Piikanii Lodge Health Institute · Browning, MT · 2023
Sahkohmiitahpiiksi Camp
$2,500
Billings Cultural Partners · Denver, CO · 2022
Building Repair Security
$2,500
Helping Hands Food Bank · Hardin, MT · 2022
Operational Support
$2,500
Pikanii Lodge Health Institute · Browning, MT · 2022
Sahkohmiitahpiiksi Camp
$2,500
Billings Community Foundation · Lame Deer, MT · 2021
Operational Support
$2,500
Billings Cultural Partners · Denver, CO · 2021
Building Repair Security
$2,500
Indian Nations Conservation Alliance · Browning, MT · 2021
Operational Support
$2,000
Project Hope · Columbus, MT · 2024
Backpack Program
$1,500
Yellowstone Art Museum · Helena, MT · 2024
Operational Support
$1,250
Cine Billings · Billings, MT · 2023
Operational Support
$1,250
Made · Palm Springs, CA · 2023
Operational Support
$1,200
Stillwater Valley Watershed Council · Absarokee, MT · 2023
Operational Support
$1,000
Cine Billings · Billings, MT · 2024
Operational Support
$1,000
Help Every Pet of Hardin · Hardin, MT · 2023
Operational Support
$1,000
Her Campaign · Billings, MT · 2023
Operational Support
$500
Absarokee Area Food Bank · Absarokee, MT · 2024
Operational Support
$300
Project Hope · Columbus, MT · 2023
Operational Support

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