Funding search · EIN 205815274 · Missoula, MT

The High Stakes Foundation

Name: The High Stakes 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.

257
grants reported: $5.2M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $20,000
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.

Funder website ↗Full IRS filings ↗How this is built Report an error

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.

Northern Plains Resource Council4 grants · $140,000
Community Food and Agriculture Coalition4 grants · $125,500
Maps Media Institute3 grants · $120,000
Mountain Mamas3 grants · $100,000
Empower Mt1 grant · $100,000
Montana Environmental Information Center4 grants · $96,200
Park County Environmental Council3 grants · $90,000
Bitter Root Land Trust2 grants · $90,000
National Forest Foundation3 grants · $90,000
Montana Free Press3 grants · $90,000

Giving over time

$1.1M

2022

$944,220

2023

$1.9M

2024

$1.1M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 257 grants.

$100,000
Empower Mt · Missoula, MT · 2022
General Support
$60,000
Bitter Root Land Trust · Hamilton, MT · 2024
General Support
$60,000
Garden City Harvest · Missoula, MT · 2024
General Support
$60,000
Maps Media Institute · Hamilton, MT · 2024
General Support
$60,000
Mountain Mamas · Bozeman, MT · 2024
General Support
$60,000
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs · Calabasas, CA · 2024
General Support
$60,000
Tiny News Collective · Chicago, IL · 2024
General Support
$55,000
Northern Plains Resource Council · Billings, MT · 2023
General Support
$50,000
National Forest Foundation · Missoula, MT · 2024
General Support
$48,000
Climate Smart Missoula · Missoula, MT · 2024
General Support
$41,200
Montana Environmental Information Center · Helena, MT · 2024
General Support
$40,000
Missoula Interfaith Collaborative · Missoula, MT · 2025
General Operations
$40,000
Montana Land To Hand · Whitefish, MT · 2024
General Support
$40,000
Montana Watershed Coordination Council · Helena, MT · 2024
General Support
$40,000
Western Native Voice · Billings, MT · 2024
General Support
$38,760
Arlee Community Development Corporation · Arlee, MT · 2023
General Support
$38,000
Community Food and Agriculture Coalition · Missoula, MT · 2022
General Support
$35,000
Montana World Affairs Council · Missoula, MT · 2024
General Support
$32,500
Community Food and Agriculture Coalition · Missoula, MT · 2023
General Support
$30,000
Common Good Montana · Missoula, MT · 2025
General Operations
$30,000
Maps Media Institute · Hamilton, MT · 2025
General Operations
$30,000
Montana Free Press · Helena, MT · 2025
General Operations
$30,000
Montana Wilderness Association Dba Wild Montana · Helena, MT · 2025
General Operations
$30,000
Northern Plains Resource Council · Billings, MT · 2025
General Operations
$30,000
Prickly Pear Land Trust · Helena, MT · 2025
General Operations
$30,000
Seeley Lake Community Foundation · Seeley Lake, MT · 2025
General Operations
$30,000
Upper Seven Law · Helena, MT · 2025
General Operations
$30,000
Western Landowners Alliance · Denver, CO · 2025
General Operations
$30,000
Community Food and Agriculture Coalition · Missoula, MT · 2024
General Support
$30,000
Empowermt · Missoula, MT · 2024
General Support
$30,000
Heart of the Rockies Initiative · Missoula, MT · 2024
General Support
$30,000
Montana Free Press · Helena, MT · 2024
General Support
$30,000
Northern Plains Resource Council · Billings, MT · 2024
General Support
$30,000
Park County Environmental Council · Livingston, MT · 2024
General Support
$30,000
Piikani Lodge Health Institute · Browning, MT · 2024
General Support
$30,000
Prickly Pear Land Trust · Helena, MT · 2024
General Support
$30,000
Seeley Lake Community Foundation · Seeley Lake, MT · 2024
General Support
$30,000
The Vital Ground Foundation · Missoula, MT · 2024
General Support
$30,000
Thunderheart Media · Gallatin Gateway, CO · 2024
General Support
$30,000
Wild Montana · Helena, MT · 2024
General Support
$30,000
Winnett Aces · Winnett, MT · 2024
General Support
$30,000
Bitter Root Land Trust · Hamilton, MT · 2023
General Support
$30,000
Forward Mt Foundation · Missoula, MT · 2023
General Support
$30,000
Garden City Harvest · Missoula, MT · 2023
General Support
$30,000
Leadership Montana · Bozeman, MT · 2023
General Support
$30,000
Montana Environmental Information Center · Helena, MT · 2023
General Support
$30,000
Montana Free Press · Helena, MT · 2023
General Support
$30,000
Montana Land To Hand · Whitefish, MT · 2023
General Support
$30,000
Park County Environmental Council · Livingston, MT · 2023
General Support
$30,000
The Vital Ground Foundation · Missoula, MT · 2023
General Support
$30,000
University of Montana Foundation - Evst · Missoula, MT · 2023
General Support
$30,000
Climate Smart Missoula · Missoula, MT · 2022
General Support
$30,000
Forward Montana Foundation · Missoula, MT · 2022
General Support
$30,000
Maps Media Institute · Hamilton, MT · 2022
General Support
$30,000
Park County Environmental Council · Livingston, MT · 2022
General Support
$30,000
The Nature Conservancy · Fairfax, VA · 2022
General Support
$28,750
Bitter Root Water Forum · Hamilton, MT · 2024
General Support
$27,000
Bitter Root Resource Conservation and Development Area Inc Fbo Cultivating · Hamilton, MT · 2022
General Support
$26,300
Western Enviromental Law Center · Eugene, OR · 2024
General Support
$25,000
Code Girls United · Kalispell, MT · 2025
General Operations
$25,000
Community Food and Agriculture Coalition · Missoula, MT · 2025
General Operations
$25,000
Continental Divide Trail Coalition · Golden, CO · 2025
General Operations
$25,000
Mainstreet Uptown Butte · Butte, MT · 2025
General Operations
$25,000
Missoula Institute for Sustainable Transportation (Mist) · Missoula, MT · 2025
General Operations
$25,000
Montana Budget and Policy Center · Helena, MT · 2025
General Operations
$25,000
Montana Freshwater Partners · Livingston, MT · 2025
General Operations
$25,000
Montana Watershed Coordination Council · Helena, MT · 2025
General Operations
$25,000
Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2025
General Operations
$25,000
Neighborworks Montana · Great Falls, MT · 2025
General Operations
$25,000
Our Childrens Trust · Eugene, OR · 2025
General Operations
$25,000
Producers Partnership · Livingston, MT · 2025
General Operations
$25,000
The Pulp · Missoula, MT · 2025
General Operations
$25,000
Western Organization of Resource Councils Education · Billings, MT · 2025
General Operations
$25,000
Aclu Montana · Missoula, MT · 2024
General Support
$25,000
Continental Divide Trail Coalition · Golden, CO · 2024
General Support
$25,000
Mainstreet Uptown Butte · Butte, MT · 2024
General Support
$25,000
Montana Budget and Policy Center · Helena, MT · 2024
General Support
$25,000
Montana Human Rights Network · Helena, MT · 2024
General Support
$25,000
North-Missoula Community Development Corporation · Missoula, MT · 2024
General Support
$25,000
Upper Seven Law · Helena, MT · 2024
General Support
$25,000
Code Girls United · Kalispell, MT · 2023
General Support
$25,000
Farm To School of Park County · Livingston, MT · 2023
General Support
$25,000
Lake County Community Development · Ronan, MT · 2023
General Support
$25,000
Livingston Food Pantry of Park County · Livingston, MT · 2023
General Support
$25,000
Montana Budget and Policy Center · Helena, MT · 2023
General Support
$25,000
Mountain Mamas · Bozeman, MT · 2023
General Support
$25,000
North-Missoula Community Development Corporation · Missoula, MT · 2023
General Support
$25,000
The Nature Conservancy · Fairfax, VA · 2023
General Support
$25,000
Winnett Aces · Winnett, MT · 2023
General Support
$25,000
Auricle Productions · Missoula, MT · 2022
General Support
$25,000
Code Girls United · Kalispell, MT · 2022
General Support
$25,000
Gallatin Valley Foundation for Economic Development · Bozeman, MT · 2022
General Support
$25,000
Habitat for Humanity International · Missoula, MT · 2022
General Support
$25,000
Missoula Interfaith Collaborative · Missoula, MT · 2022
General Support
$25,000
Montana Budget and Policy · Helena, MT · 2022
General Support
$25,000
Montana Natural History Center · Missoula, MT · 2022
General Support
$25,000
Northern Plains Resource Council · Billings, MT · 2022
General Support
$25,000
Park County Community Foundation · Livingston, MT · 2022
General Support
$25,000
Producers Partnership · Livingston, MT · 2022
General Support
$25,000
The Vital Ground Foundation · Missoula, MT · 2022
General Support

View all 257 grants →

Who else funds this kind of work

Same state

Gianforte Family Charitable Trust687 grants · $33.9M
Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation1,564 grants · $139.2M
Scl Health - Montana57 grants · $62.0M

Similar grant size

Ohio Child Care Resource and Referral16,278 grants · $1.08B
Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund19,135 grants · $6.79B
Paypal Charitable Giving Fund32,081 grants · $1.40B

Grants already paid are the record; PaperOrbit reads your paper and finds the funders whose record matches it — then explains why.

Search funders like this one

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.