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 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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- 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
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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