Funding search · EIN 593592853 · Missoula, MT

The Ruth Pruitt Phillips Foundation

Name: The Ruth Pruitt Phillips 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.

64
grants reported: $348,000
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
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.

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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.

Volunteers of America Northern Rockies3 grants · $60,000
Volunteers of America Northern Rock1 grant · $20,000
World Central Kitchen3 grants · $17,000
American Red Cross3 grants · $15,000
Clark Fork Coalition3 grants · $15,000
Missoula Art Museum3 grants · $15,000
Missoula Food Bank3 grants · $15,000
Missoula Youth Homes3 grants · $15,000
Mountain Home Montana3 grants · $15,000
University of Montana Foundation3 grants · $15,000

Giving over time

$93,000

2022

$87,000

2023

$84,000

2024

$84,000

2025

Grant history

All 64 reported grants, largest first.

$20,000
Volunteers of America Northern Rockies · Sheridan, WY · 2025
Operations
$20,000
Volunteers of America Northern Rockies · Sheridan, WY · 2024
Operations
$20,000
Volunteers of America Northern Rockies · Sheridan, WY · 2023
Operations
$20,000
Volunteers of America Northern Rock · Sheridan, WY · 2022
Operations
$10,000
Missoula County Public Schools · Missoula, MT · 2022
Operations
$7,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024
Operations
$6,000
Surfrider Foundation · San Clemente, CA · 2024
Operations
$5,000
American Red Cross · Boone, IA · 2025
Operations
$5,000
Clark Fork Coalition · Missoula, MT · 2025
Operations
$5,000
Missoula Art Museum · Missoula, MT · 2025
Operations
$5,000
Missoula Food Bank · Missoula, MT · 2025
Operations
$5,000
Missoula Youth Homes · Missoula, MT · 2025
Operations
$5,000
Mountain Home Montana · Missoula, MT · 2025
Operations
$5,000
Public Media Company · Boulder, CO · 2025
Support
$5,000
University of Montana Foundation · Missoula, MT · 2025
Operations
$5,000
Watson Children'S Shelter · Missoula, MT · 2025
Operations
$5,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2025
Operations
$5,000
American Red Cross · Boone, IA · 2024
Operations
$5,000
Clark Fork Coalition · Missoula, MT · 2024
Operations
$5,000
Missoula Art Museum · Missoula, MT · 2024
Operations
$5,000
Missoula Food Bank · Missoula, MT · 2024
Operations
$5,000
Missoula Youth Homes · Missoula, MT · 2024
Operations
$5,000
Mountain Home Montana · Missoula, MT · 2024
Operations
$5,000
University of Montana Foundation · Missoula, MT · 2024
Operations
$5,000
Watson Children'S Shelter · Missoula, MT · 2024
Operations
$5,000
American Red Cross · Boone, IA · 2023
Operations
$5,000
Beaverhead Animal Shelter · Dillon, MT · 2023
Operations
$5,000
Clark Fork Coalition · Missoula, MT · 2023
Operations
$5,000
Missoula Art Museum · Missoula, MT · 2023
Operations
$5,000
Missoula Food Bank · Missoula, MT · 2023
Operations
$5,000
Missoula Youth Homes · Missoula, MT · 2023
Operations
$5,000
Mountain Home Montana · Missoula, MT · 2023
Operations
$5,000
University of Montana Foundation · Missoula, MT · 2023
Operations
$5,000
Watson Children'S Shelter · Missoula, MT · 2023
Operations
$5,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2023
Operations
$5,000
American Red Cross · Boone, IA · 2022
Operations
$5,000
Antelope Butte Foundation · Sheridan, WY · 2022
Operations
$5,000
Clark Fork Coalition · Missoula, MT · 2022
Operations
$5,000
Make-a-Wish Montana · Billings, MT · 2022
Operations
$5,000
Missoula Art Museum · Missoula, MT · 2022
Operations
$5,000
Missoula Food Bank · Missoula, MT · 2022
Operations
$5,000
Missoula Youth Homes · Missoula, MT · 2022
Operations
$5,000
Mountain Home Montana · Missoula, MT · 2022
Operations
$5,000
University of Montana Foundation · Missoula, MT · 2022
Operations
$5,000
Watsons Children'S Shelter · Missoula, MT · 2022
Operations
$5,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022
Operations
$4,000
Missoula Nordic Ski Club · Missoula, MT · 2023
Operations
$4,000
Surfrider Foundation · San Clemente, CA · 2023
Operations
$3,000
Antelope Butte Foundation · Sheridan, WY · 2025
Operations
$3,000
Science Kids · Sheridan, WY · 2025
Operations
$3,000
Surfrider Foundation · San Clemente, CA · 2025
Operations
$3,000
The Food Group · Sheridan, WY · 2025
Operations
$3,000
Antelope Butte Foundation · Sheridan, WY · 2024
Operations
$3,000
Science Kids · Sheridan, WY · 2024
Operations
$3,000
The Food Group · Sheridan, WY · 2024
Operations
$3,000
Antelope Butte Foundation · Sheridan, WY · 2023
Operations
$3,000
Science Kids · Sheridan, WY · 2023
Operations
$3,000
The Food Group · Sheridan, WY · 2023
Operations
$2,500
Food Bank of Wyoming · Evansville, WY · 2022
Operations
$2,500
The Food Group · Sheridan, WY · 2022
Operations
$2,000
McPs Fine Arts · Missoula, MT · 2025
Support
$2,000
McPs Fine Arts · Missoula, MT · 2024
Support
$2,000
Missoula Public Library Foundation · Missoula, MT · 2022
Operations
$1,000
Story Community Library · Story, WY · 2022
Operations

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