Seeley Lake Community Foundation

Paws Up Foundation

Las Vegas, NV

The Paws Up Foundation funds education, animal welfare, conservation, and related community programs, with recent grants concentrated in Texas, Montana, and Nevada. Its 2024 grants ranged from $1,000 to $252,500, with a median of $2,500. It supports only preselected charities and does not accept unsolicited funding requests.

Coalitions & Collaboratives Inc

Denver, CO

Coalitions & Collaboratives funds collaborative conservation and restoration, especially wildfire resilience, risk reduction, planning, and organizational capacity-building for community groups. Its AIM awards typically range from $10,000 to $75,000 for 12 months, and the program is nationwide with a focus on high-risk wildfire communities. It accepts applications through a staged process; the profile does not state whether unsolicited requests are accepted.

The High Stakes Foundation

Missoula, MT

The High Stakes Foundation supports systems-change work that advances a sustainable, equitable, and resilient Montana, including civic engagement, climate, conservation, economic development, leadership, local food, and social justice. Its typical grants are $10,000–$30,000, and it primarily funds organizations in Montana. It accepts unsolicited requests through an LOI followed by a full proposal if invited.

Merle Chambers Fund

Denver, CO

The Merle Chambers Fund supported equity and democracy work and systemic efforts to improve women’s economic security, including policy change, research, advocacy, public education, and organizational development. Its 2023 and 2024 grant totals varied widely, and its final reported 2025 grant was $70,395 to a Colorado organization; the fund closed on December 31, 2024. It supported preselected organizations only and did not accept unsolicited requests.

Stella P Holt Foundation

Boston, MA

Blackfoot Challenge Inc

Ovando, MT

The mission of The Blackfoot Challenge is to coordinate efforts that will conserve and enhance the natural resources and rural way of life in the Blackfoot Watershed for present and future generations.

The Liz Claiborne & Art Ortenberg

New York, NY

The foundation funds wildlife and wildland conservation, including habitat protection and community-based efforts that support people connected to selected landscapes in the Americas, Africa, and Asia, with particular emphasis on the northern Rocky Mountains, Montana, and neighboring areas. Its 2024 grants ranged from $1,000 to $1.1 million, with a median of $100,000; it works with preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Valley County Community Foundation

Glasgow, MT

To educate the community on the value of philanthropy and to fund projects in five areas of common life in Valley county: arts and culture, basic human needs, economic development, education, and natural resources and conservation.

Star Peak Foundation

Heron, MT

TC Energy Foundation

Houston, TX

TC Energy Foundation previously supported charitable organizations, with 2023 grants focused on areas including education, community development, safety, and the environment; grants went to organizations in Texas, Montana, and Alabama. It awarded 7 grants totaling about $1.29 million in 2023, including grants of $41,423 to $250,000, but it has since wound down and stopped grantmaking. It gave only to preselected organizations and did not accept unsolicited requests.

The Wisner Family Foundation

Wilmington, DE

Sippy Foundation

Missoula, MT

The Sippy Foundation supports arts, community services, environmental and conservation work, animal care, and other charitable activities, with most of its giving in Montana and some grants in other states. Its 2025 grants ranged from $1,000 to $12,500, with a median of $5,000. It gives only to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited funding requests.