Funding search · EIN 206246872 · Missoula, MT

Pleiades Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

86
grants reported
$379,450
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$4,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. 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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  • Methow Conservancy4 grants · $37,000
  • Missoula Art Museum4 grants · $30,500
  • Citizens for a Weed Free Future4 grants · $30,000
  • Behaveutah State Univ4 grants · $25,500
  • Montana Land Reliance4 grants · $25,000
  • Partner'S Hope Foundation3 grants · $25,000
  • The Blackfoot Challenge4 grants · $20,000
  • Twisp Works3 grants · $18,500
  • Missoula Writers Collab4 grants · $18,200
  • Western Sustainability Exchange4 grants · $16,000

Giving over time

$101,233
2022
$104,633
2023
$113,584
2024
$60,000
2025

Grant history

All 86 reported grants, largest first.

  • $10,000

    Methow Conservancy · Winthrop, WA · 2024

    Operations

  • $10,000

    Missoula Art Museum · Missoula, MT · 2024

    Operations

  • $10,000

    Montana Land Reliance · Helena, MT · 2024

    Operations

  • $10,000

    Partner'S Hope Foundation · Missoula, MT · 2024

    Operations

  • $10,000

    Methow Conservancy · Winthrop, WA · 2023

    Operations

  • $10,000

    Twisp Works · Twisp, WA · 2023

    Operations

  • $10,000

    Methow Conservancy · Winthrop, WA · 2022

    Operations

  • $10,000

    Missoula Art Museum · Missoula, MT · 2022

    Operations

  • $10,000

    Partner'S Hope Foundation · Missoula, MT · 2022

    Operations

  • $9,000

    Behaveutah State Univ · Logan, UT · 2024

    Operations

  • $8,000

    Trust Montana · Missoula, MT · 2024

    Operations

  • $7,500

    Citizens for a Weed Free Future · Missoula, MT · 2025

    Operations

  • $7,500

    Missoula Food Bank · Missoula, MT · 2025

    Operations

  • $7,500

    Citizens for a Weed Free Future · Missoula, MT · 2024

    Operations

  • $7,500

    Behaveutah State Univ · Logan, UT · 2023

    Operations

  • $7,500

    Citizens for a Weed Free Future · Missoula, MT · 2023

    Operations

  • $7,500

    Citizens for a Weed Free Future · Missoula, MT · 2022

    Operations

  • $7,500

    Twisp Works · Twisp, WA · 2022

    Operations

  • $7,000

    Methow Conservancy · Winthrop, WA · 2025

    Operations

  • $7,000

    Missoula Art Museum · Missoula, MT · 2023

    Operations

  • $6,000

    Missoula Writers Collab · Missoula, MT · 2024

    Operations

  • $6,000

    Behaveutah State Univ · Logan, UT · 2022

    Operations

  • $5,800

    Missoula Writers Collab · Missoula, MT · 2023

    Operations

  • $5,400

    Missoula Writers Collab · Missoula, MT · 2022

    Operations

  • $5,000

    Montana Land Reliance · Helena, MT · 2025

    Operations

  • $5,000

    The Blackfoot Challenge · Ovando, MT · 2025

    Operations

  • $5,000

    Community Food Agriculture Coalitio · Missoula, MT · 2024

    Operations

  • $5,000

    High Country News · Paonia, CO · 2024

    Operations

  • $5,000

    San Juan Islands Agricultural Guild · Roche Harbor, WA · 2024

    Operations

  • $5,000

    The Blackfoot Challenge · Ovando, MT · 2024

    Operations

  • $5,000

    Western Sustainability Exchange · Livingston, MT · 2024

    Operations

  • $5,000

    High Country News · Paonia, CO · 2023

    Operations

  • $5,000

    Montana Land Reliance · Helena, MT · 2023

    Operations

  • $5,000

    Partner'S Hope Foundation · Missoula, MT · 2023

    Operations

  • $5,000

    San Juan Islands Agricultural Guild · Roche Harbor, WA · 2023

    Operations

  • $5,000

    The Blackfoot Challenge · Ovando, MT · 2023

    Operations

  • $5,000

    The Vital Ground Foundation · Missoula, MT · 2023

    Operations

  • $5,000

    Western Sustainability Exchange · Livingston, MT · 2023

    Operations

  • $5,000

    James Welch Native Lit Festival · Missoula, MT · 2022

    Operations

  • $5,000

    Montana Land Reliance · Helena, MT · 2022

    Operations

  • $5,000

    The Blackfoot Challenge · Ovando, MT · 2022

    Operations

  • $5,000

    The Vital Ground Foundation · Missoula, MT · 2022

    Operations

  • $5,000

    Western Sustainability Exchange · Livingston, MT · 2022

    Operations

  • $4,000

    Northern Plains Resource Council · Billings, MT · 2024

    Operations

  • $4,000

    Raptors of the Rockies · Florence, MT · 2024

    Operations

  • $4,000

    Classroom in Bloom · Twisp, WA · 2023

    Operations

  • $3,500

    Missoula Art Museum · Missoula, MT · 2025

    Operations

  • $3,500

    Garden City Harvest · Missoula, MT · 2022

    Operations

  • $3,334

    Five Valleys Land Trust · Missoula, MT · 2024

    Operations

  • $3,333

    Five Valleys Land Trust · Missoula, MT · 2023

    Operations

  • $3,333

    Five Valleys Land Trust · Missoula, MT · 2022

    Operations

  • $3,000

    Behaveutah State Univ · Logan, UT · 2025

    Operations

  • $3,000

    Methow Valley Family Home Center · Winthrop, WA · 2025

    Operations

  • $3,000

    Missoula Food Bank · Missoula, MT · 2023

    Operations

  • $2,500

    Five Valleys Land Trust · Missoula, MT · 2025

    Operations

  • $2,500

    Garden City Harvest · Missoula, MT · 2025

    Operations

  • $2,500

    Garden City Harvest · Missoula, MT · 2024

    Operations

  • $2,500

    Garden City Harvest · Missoula, MT · 2023

    Operations

  • $2,500

    Northern Plains Resource Council · Billings, MT · 2023

    Operations

  • $2,500

    Raptors of the Rockies · Florence, MT · 2023

    Operations

  • $2,500

    Ywca · Missoula, MT · 2023

    Operations

  • $2,500

    Missoula Food Bank · Missoula, MT · 2022

    Operations

  • $2,500

    Northern Plains Resource Council · Billings, MT · 2022

    Operations

  • $2,000

    Raptors of the Rockies · Florence, MT · 2025

    Operations

  • $2,000

    Ywca · Missoula, MT · 2024

    Operations

  • $2,000

    Classroom in Bloom · Twisp, WA · 2022

    Operations

  • $2,000

    Raptors of the Rockies · Florence, MT · 2022

    Operations

  • $2,000

    Ywca · Missoula, MT · 2022

    Operations

  • $1,250

    McT · Missoula, MT · 2024

    Operations

  • $1,000

    Farm Connect Montana · Missoula, MT · 2025

    Operations

  • $1,000

    Friends of the Children · Missoula, MT · 2025

    Operations

  • $1,000

    High Country News · Paonia, CO · 2025

    Operations

  • $1,000

    McT · Missoula, MT · 2025

    Operations

  • $1,000

    Missoula Writers Collab · Missoula, MT · 2025

    Operations

  • $1,000

    Northern Plains Resource Council · Billings, MT · 2025

    Operations

  • $1,000

    San Juan Islands Agricultural Guild · Roche Harbor, WA · 2025

    Operations

  • $1,000

    The Vital Ground Foundation · Missoula, MT · 2025

    Operations

  • $1,000

    Twisp Works · Twisp, WA · 2025

    Operations

  • $1,000

    Western Sustainability Exchange · Livingston, MT · 2025

    Operations

  • $1,000

    Ywca · Missoula, MT · 2025

    Operations

  • $1,000

    Friends of the Pool · Twisp, WA · 2024

    Operations

  • $1,000

    McT · Missoula, MT · 2023

    Operations

  • $1,000

    McT · Missoula, MT · 2022

    Operations

  • $1,000

    Montana Public Radio · Missoula, MT · 2022

    Operations

  • $500

    Trout Unlimited · Arlington, VA · 2025

    Operations

  • $500

    Trout Unlimited · Arlington, VA · 2023

    Operations

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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.