Funding Amount

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Deadline

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Grant Type

Foundation

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Cycle
Annual
Tracked since
April 2026

Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.

Overview

Geographic Scope: Yellowstone County and regional area, Montana

Focus Areas:

  • Educational efforts
  • Capacity building
  • Collaborative projects
  • Endowment growth
  • Regional impact
  • Community and regional impact

2025 Grant Recipients (Community and Regional Impact):
Boys and Girls Club of Yellowstone County, Veterans Navigation Network, Community Leadership Development Inc., Special K Ranch, Off the Streets, Billings Fire Department, Montana Audubon Center, Family Promise, Yellowstone Valley Animal Shelter, United Way, Young Families Early Headstart, Montana Legal Services, Family Tree Center, Family Service, YWCA, Friends of the Children, Tumbleweed, Lockwood School District, Billings Community Cable Corporation, Girl Scouts of Montana and Wyoming, United Campus Ministry, Dress for Success, New Day, Adult Resource Alliance, Absarokee Beartooth Wilderness Foundation

2025 Grant Recipients (Endowment Challenge Grants):
CASA, Montana Health Care Professionals for a Healthy Climate

Key Funding Sources:

  • The Matthews-Dousman Memorial Endowment Fund
  • The Clocktower Inn Animal Welfare Fund
  • The Muryl and Lu Myhre Foundation Endowment
  • The Tom and Amoretta Wilkins Endowment
  • The James A. Wrightson Educational Fund
  • The Tancy and Ralph Spence Family Advised Fund
  • Anderson Donor Advised Fund
  • Tollefsen/Licht Donor Advised Fund
  • Varela Family Advised Fund
  • Kennedy Greenberger Advised Fund
  • Bollinger Family Advised Fund
  • Sandra K. Anderson Advised Fund

Billings Community Foundation
404 N. 30th St.

What Billings Community Foundation actually gave

Source: IRS Form 990, 2025

Grants in 2025
21
Total given
$320K
Median grant
$10K
Range
$5,200–$78K
  • By dollars: Montana 100%. Top recipient cities: Billings, MT; Helena, MT; Missoula, MT.
  • 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
  • 52% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.

Example grants

  • Riverstone Health · Billings, MT

    Philanthropic purpose

    $78K

  • Naturopathic Education & Research Consortium · Billings, MT

    Philanthropic purpose

    $32K

  • Yellowstone Ice Foundation · Billings, MT

    Philanthropic purpose

    $24K

  • Montana Audubon · Helena, MT

    Philanthropic purpose

    $19K

  • Tumbleweed · Billings, MT

    Philanthropic purpose

    $17K

IRS Form 990, 2025. Amounts as reported by the funder. Full 990 history →

Focus Areas & Funding Uses

Fields of Work

  • Nonprofits
  • Capacity building
  • Community development

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