Funding search · EIN 810435459 · Helena, MT

Montana History Foundation

Name: Montana History Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

54
grants reported: $497,286
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

history montana preserve promote

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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.

Carter County Geological Society3 grants · $30,000
Ninepipes Museum of Early Montana3 grants · $26,500
Treasure County 89er'S Museum2 grants · $20,000
Fort Benton Community Improvement Assoc2 grants · $20,000
Montana Heritage Commission1 grant · $20,000
City of Shelby1 grant · $10,000
Columbia Falls Historical Society1 grant · $10,000
Conrad Public Library1 grant · $10,000
Bigfork Art & Cultural Center1 grant · $10,000
Fort Connah Restoration Society1 grant · $10,000

Giving over time

$190,210

2022

$220,576

2023

$86,500

2024

Grant history

All 54 reported grants, largest first.

$20,000
Montana Heritage Commission · Virgina City, MT · 2022
Promote and preserve montana history
$10,000
Carter County Geological Society · Ekalaka, MT · 2024
Promote and preserve montana history
$10,000
City of Shelby · Shelby, MT · 2024
Promote and preserve montana history
$10,000
Conrad Public Library · Conrad, MT · 2024
Promote and preserve montana history
$10,000
Heritage & Cultural Foundation of Garfield County · Jordan, MT · 2024
Promote and preserve montana history
$10,000
Ninepipes Museum of Early Montana · Charlo, MT · 2024
Promote and preserve montana history
$10,000
Treasure County 89er'S Museum · Hysham, MT · 2024
Promote and preserve montana history
$10,000
Wolf Point Area Museum · Wolf Point, MT · 2024
Promote and preserve montana history
$10,000
Bigfork Art & Cultural Center · Bigfork, MT · 2023
Promote and preserve montana history
$10,000
Buses of Yellowstone Preservation Trust · Red Lodge, MT · 2023
Promote and preserve montana history
$10,000
Butte Citizens for the Preservation and Revitalization · Butte, MT · 2023
Promote and preserve montana history
$10,000
Carter County Geological Society · Ekalaka, MT · 2023
Promote and preserve montana history
$10,000
City County of Butte-Silverbow · Butte, MT · 2023
Promote and preserve montana history
$10,000
Columbia Falls Historical Society · Columbia Falls, MT · 2023
Promote and preserve montana history
$10,000
Dillon Friends of the Library · Dillon, MT · 2023
Promote and preserve montana history
$10,000
Fort Benton Community Improvement Assoc · Fort Benton, MT · 2023
Promote and preserve montana history
$10,000
Fort Connah Restoration Society · Charlo, MT · 2023
Promote and preserve montana history
$10,000
Friends of the Yellowstone Gateway Museum of Park County · Livingston, MT · 2023
Promote and preserve montana history
$10,000
Miles City Convent Keepers · Miles City, MT · 2023
Promote and preserve montana history
$10,000
Mission Valley Friends of the Arts · Polson, MT · 2023
Promote and preserve montana history
$10,000
Missoula Art Museum · Missoula, MT · 2023
Promote and preserve montana history
$10,000
Ninepipes Museum of Early Montana · Charlo, MT · 2023
Promote and preserve montana history
$10,000
The Paradise Center · Paradise, MT · 2023
Promote and preserve montana history
$10,000
Treasure County 89er'S Museum · Hysham, MT · 2023
Promote and preserve montana history
$10,000
Carter County Geological Society · Ekalaka, MT · 2022
Promote and preserve montana history
$10,000
City County Preservation Committee · Harlowton, MT · 2022
Promote and preserve montana history
$10,000
Fort Benton Community Improvement Assoc · Fort Benton, MT · 2022
Promote and preserve montana history
$10,000
Friends of Historic Hotel Libby · Libby, MT · 2022
Promote and preserve montana history
$10,000
Red Lodge Area Community Foundation · Red Lodge, MT · 2022
Promote and preserve montana history
$10,000
The Extreme History Project · Bozeman, MT · 2022
Promote and preserve montana history
$10,000
Winnett Aces · Winnett, MT · 2022
Promote and preserve montana history
$9,600
Yellowstone River Parks Association · Billings, MT · 2023
Promote and preserve montana history
$9,500
Lincoln County Library · Libby, MT · 2022
Promote and preserve montana history
$9,500
Yellowstone Bighorn Research Association · Red Lodge, MT · 2022
Promote and preserve montana history
$9,400
The Montana Dinosaur Center · Bynum, MT · 2022
Promote and preserve montana history
$9,000
George McCone County Library · Circle, MT · 2024
Promote and preserve montana history
$9,000
The Myrna Loy · Helena, MT · 2023
Promote and preserve montana history
$8,680
Blaine County · Chinook, MT · 2023
Promote and preserve montana history
$8,500
Mineral County Historical Society and Museum · Superior, MT · 2022
Promote and preserve montana history
$8,500
Montana Technological University · Butte, MT · 2022
Promote and preserve montana history
$7,650
Virginia City Preservation Alliance · Virginia City, MT · 2022
Promote and preserve montana history
$7,500
Powder River Historical Society · Broadus, MT · 2024
Promote and preserve montana history
$7,500
Prairie County Museum & Evelyn Cameron Gallery · Terry, MT · 2023
Promote and preserve montana history
$7,500
Thompson-Hickman Madison County Public Library and Archives · Virginia City, MT · 2022
Promote and preserve montana history
$7,500
Yellowstone County Museum · Billings, MT · 2022
Promote and preserve montana history
$7,400
Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes · Pablo, MT · 2022
Promote and preserve montana history
$7,300
Montana State Parks Foundation · Gallatin Gateway, MT · 2023
Promote and preserve montana history
$6,726
Tree of Treasures · Carter, MT · 2023
Promote and preserve montana history
$6,500
Little Red Schoolhouse Llc · Helena, MT · 2022
Promote and preserve montana history
$6,500
Ninepipes Museum of Early Montana · Charlo, MT · 2022
Promote and preserve montana history
$6,000
City of Bozeman · Bozeman, MT · 2022
Promote and preserve montana history
$5,900
Friends of the Butte Archives · Butte, MT · 2023
Promote and preserve montana history
$5,870
Western Heritage Center · Billings, MT · 2023
Promote and preserve montana history
$5,760
Montecahto Club · Polson, MT · 2022
Promote and preserve montana history

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.