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Bitterroot Fund

Name: Bitterroot Fund 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.

53
grants reported: $815,400
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $10,000
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.

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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.

Random Acts of Silliness4 grants · $227,000
Gallatin Valley Land Trust4 grants · $80,000
Read Montana2 grants · $60,000
Verge Theater3 grants · $50,000
One Valley Community Foundation4 grants · $45,000
Help Center3 grants · $35,000
Heart of the Valley Animal Shelter3 grants · $30,000
The Shane Lalani Center for the Arts1 grant · $25,000
Casagal of Gallatin County Program2 grants · $25,000
Bridgercare2 grants · $25,000

Giving over time

$125,000

2022

$147,000

2023

$245,900

2024

$297,500

2025

Grant history

All 53 reported grants, largest first.

$85,000
Random Acts of Silliness · Bozeman, MT · 2025
Charitable support
$60,000
Random Acts of Silliness · Bozeman, MT · 2024
Charitable support
$60,000
Random Acts of Silliness · Bozeman, MT · 2022
Charitable support
$30,000
Read Montana · Bozeman, MT · 2025
Charitable support
$30,000
Read Montana · Bozeman, MT · 2024
Charitable support
$25,000
The Shane Lalani Center for the Arts · Livingston, MT · 2025
Charitable support
$25,000
Help Center · Bozeman, MT · 2022
Charitable support
$22,000
Random Acts of Silliness · Bozeman, MT · 2023
Charitable support
$20,000
Gallatin Valley Land Trust · Bozeman, MT · 2025
Charitable support
$20,000
Verge Theater · Bozeman, MT · 2025
Charitable support
$20,000
Gallatin Valley Land Trust · Bozeman, MT · 2024
Charitable support
$20,000
Verge Theater · Bozeman, MT · 2024
Charitable support
$20,000
Gallatin Valley Land Trust · Bozeman, MT · 2023
Charitable support
$20,000
Readmontana · Bozeman, MT · 2023
Charitable support
$20,000
Gallatin Valley Land Trust · Bozeman, MT · 2022
Charitable support
$15,000
Bridgercare · Bozeman, MT · 2025
Charitable support
$15,000
Casagal of Gallatin County · Bozeman, MT · 2025
Charitable support
$15,000
Community Health Partners · Livingston, MT · 2025
Charitable support
$15,000
One Valley Community Foundation · Bozeman, MT · 2025
Charitable support
$15,000
Opera Montana · Bozeman, MT · 2025
Charitable support
$15,000
Casagal of Gallatin County Program · Bozeman, MT · 2024
Charitable support
$15,000
Montana Intermountain Opera · Bozeman, MT · 2024
Charitable support
$15,000
One Valley Community Foundation · Bozeman, MT · 2024
Charitable support
$15,000
Shane Lalani Center for the Arts · Livingston, MT · 2024
Charitable support
$15,000
Heart of the Valley Animal Shelter · Bozeman, MT · 2022
Charitable support
$10,000
Heart of the Valley Animal Shelter · Bozeman, MT · 2025
Charitable support
$10,000
Bridgercare · Bozeman, MT · 2024
Charitable support
$10,000
Blue Mountain Clinic · Missoula, MT · 2023
Charitable support
$10,000
Casagal of Gallatin County Program · Bozeman, MT · 2023
Charitable support
$10,000
Gallatin Valley Farm To School · Bozeman, MT · 2023
Charitable support
$10,000
Intermountain Opera Bozeman · Bozeman, MT · 2023
Charitable support
$10,000
Montana Health Professionals for a Healthy Climate · Red Lodge, MT · 2023
Charitable support
$10,000
One Valley Community Foundation · Bozeman, MT · 2023
Charitable support
$10,000
The Ellen Theatre · Bozeman, MT · 2023
Charitable support
$10,000
Verge Theater · Bozeman, MT · 2023
Charitable support
$8,000
Montana Science Center · Bozeman, MT · 2024
Charitable support
$5,000
Befrienders · Bozeman, MT · 2025
Charitable support
$5,000
Bozeman Art Museum · Bozeman, MT · 2025
Charitable support
$5,000
Help Center · Bozeman, MT · 2025
Charitable support
$5,000
Mountain Time Arts · Bozeman, MT · 2025
Charitable support
$5,000
Roots Family Collaborative · Bozeman, MT · 2025
Charitable support
$5,000
Tinworks Art · Bozeman, MT · 2025
Charitable support
$5,000
Bozeman Art Museum · Bozeman, MT · 2024
Charitable support
$5,000
Bozeman Symphony · Bozeman, MT · 2024
Charitable support
$5,000
Community Health Partners · Livingston, MT · 2024
Charitable support
$5,000
Heart of the Valley Animal Shelter · Bozeman, MT · 2024
Charitable support
$5,000
Help Center · Bozeman, MT · 2024
Charitable support
$5,000
Mountain Mamas · Bozeman, MT · 2024
Charitable support
$5,000
Roots Family Collaborative · Bozeman, MT · 2024
Charitable support
$5,000
Montana Science Center · Bozeman, MT · 2023
Charitable support
$5,000
One Valley Community Foundation · Bozeman, MT · 2022
Charitable support
$2,900
Bozeman Actors Theatre · Bozeman, MT · 2024
Charitable support
$2,500
Bozeman Youth Cycling · Bozeman, MT · 2025
Charitable support

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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.