Funding search · EIN 810417522 · Whitefish, MT

Ila B Dousman Fund

Name: Ila B Dousman 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.

42
grants reported: $287,500
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $1,500
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

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Top recipients

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Whitefish Community Foundation Great Fish Challenge - Multiple 501(C)(3)4 grants · $208,250
Whitefish Community Foundation3 grants · $15,000
Aclu of Montana Foundation4 grants · $12,000
Planned Parenthood of Montana3 grants · $9,000
Salish Kootenai College Scholarship Fund4 grants · $6,000
Whitefish Skatepark Association2 grants · $6,000
Flathead Valley Community College Foundation4 grants · $6,000
North Valley Music School1 grant · $5,000
Sacred Sites Research3 grants · $4,500
Montana Innocence Project4 grants · $4,000

Giving over time

$95,000

2022

$75,250

2023

$69,500

2024

$47,750

2025

Grant history

All 42 reported grants, largest first.

$72,000
Whitefish Community Foundation Great Fish Challenge - Multiple 501(C)(3) · Whitefish, MT · 2022
Charitable contribution
$55,000
Whitefish Community Foundation Great Fish Challenge - Multiple 501(C)(3) · Whitefish, MT · 2024
Charitable contribution
$51,000
Whitefish Community Foundation Great Fish Challenge - Multiple 501(C)(3) · Whitefish, MT · 2023
Charitable contribution
$30,250
Whitefish Community Foundation Great Fish Challenge - Multiple 501(C)(3) · Whitefish, MT · 2025
Charitable contribution
$5,000
Whitefish Community Foundation · Whitefish, MT · 2025
Charitable contribution
$5,000
Whitefish Community Foundation · Whitefish, MT · 2023
Charitable contribution
$5,000
North Valley Music School · Whitefish, MT · 2022
Charitable contribution
$5,000
Whitefish Community Foundation · Whitefish, MT · 2022
Charitable contribution
$3,000
Aclu of Montana Foundation · Missoula, MT · 2025
Charitable contribution
$3,000
Planned Parenthood of Montana · Billings, MT · 2025
Charitable contribution
$3,000
Aclu of Montana Foundation · Missoula, MT · 2024
Charitable contribution
$3,000
Planned Parenthood of Montana · Billings, MT · 2024
Charitable contribution
$3,000
Aclu of Montana Foundation · Missoula, MT · 2023
Charitable contribution
$3,000
Planned Parenthood of Montana · Billings, MT · 2023
Charitable contribution
$3,000
Whitefish Skatepark Association · Columbia Falls, MT · 2023
Charitable contribution
$3,000
Aclu of Montana Foundation · Missoula, MT · 2022
Charitable contribution
$3,000
Intermountain Development · Helena, MT · 2022
Charitable contribution
$3,000
Whitefish Skatepark Association · Columbia Falls, MT · 2022
Charitable contribution
$2,000
Habitat for Humanity · Kalispell, MT · 2024
Charitable contribution
$2,000
Mountain Home · Missoula, MT · 2023
Charitable contribution
$1,500
Flathead Valley Community College Foundation · Kalispell, MT · 2025
Charitable contribution
$1,500
Sacred Sites Research · Albuquerque, NM · 2025
Charitable contribution
$1,500
Salish Kootenai College Scholarship Fund · Pablo, MT · 2025
Charitable contribution
$1,500
Flathead Valley Community College Foundation · Kalispell, MT · 2024
Charitable contribution
$1,500
Sacred Sites Research · Albuquerque, NM · 2024
Charitable contribution
$1,500
Salish Kootenai College Scholarship Fund · Pablo, MT · 2024
Charitable contribution
$1,500
Flathead Valley Community College Foundation · Kalispell, MT · 2023
Charitable contribution
$1,500
Sacred Sites Research · Albuquerque, NM · 2023
Charitable contribution
$1,500
Salish Kootenai College Scholarship Fund · Pablo, MT · 2023
Charitable contribution
$1,500
Flathead Valley Community College Foundation · Kalispell, MT · 2022
Charitable contribution
$1,500
Salish Kootenai College Scholarship Fund · Pablo, MT · 2022
Charitable contribution
$1,000
Habitat for Humanity · Kalispell, MT · 2025
Charitable contribution
$1,000
Montana Innocence Project · Missoula, MT · 2025
Charitable contribution
$1,000
Montana Innocence Project · Missoula, MT · 2024
Charitable contribution
$1,000
Columbia Falls Child Assistance Team · Columbia Falls, MT · 2023
Charitable contribution
$1,000
Montana Innocence Project · Missoula, MT · 2023
Charitable contribution
$1,000
River and Plains Society · Fort Benton, MT · 2023
Charitable contribution
$1,000
Montana Innocence Project · Missoula, MT · 2022
Charitable contribution
$500
Imagine Library Foundaiton · Kalispell, MT · 2024
Charitable contribution
$500
River and Plains Society · Fort Benton, MT · 2024
Charitable contribution
$500
Alpine Theatre Company · Whitefish, MT · 2023
Charitable contribution
$250
Whitefish Library Association · Whitefish, MT · 2023
Charitable contribution

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