Youth Giving Project
Funding Amount
Varies (2024: $15,000 total distributed)
Deadline
Rolling / Open
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
Overview
A youth-led grant program that empowers young people to take on active philanthropic leadership roles in their communities.
Program Details:
- Participants run a grant cycle and are involved at every stage
- Youth create criteria, review applications, and determine which applications to fund
- Program duration: approximately one month
- Participants learn about local needs, volunteer, and manage the grant distribution process
Impact:
- Celebrating 10 years of the program (as of 2024)
- Has distributed over $100,000 total to local nonprofits
- In 2024, distributed $15,000 to five organizations
Geographic Scope: Gallatin County, Montana
Eligibility: Local nonprofits serving Gallatin County
2024 Grantees:
- Family Promise of Gallatin Valley
- Bozeman Public Library Foundation
- Bienvenidos a Gallatin Valley
- READ Montana
- Montana Conservation Corps
Focus Areas: Vital community issues (e.g., winter clothing for immigrants, free lunches for youth)
Partnerships/Support:
- Foundant Technologies
- Andrea and Michael Manship
- Doll Family Foundation
What One Valley Community Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 54
- Total given
- $2.33M
- Median grant
- $14K
- Range
- $5,080–$723K
- By dollars: Montana 98%, Illinois <1%, District of Columbia <1%. Top recipient cities: Bozeman, MT; Big Sky, MT; Washington, DC.
- 77% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
Example grants
Gallatin Valley Land Trust · Bozeman, MT
Bikefill and unrestricted
$723K
Bridgercare · Bozeman, MT
Unrestricted donation
$261K
HRDC · Bozeman, MT
Unrestricted / lighthouse ranch
$240K
Suffer Out Loud · Bozeman, MT
New hire support/ unrestricted
$112K
Prairie Song Rescue · Wilsall, MT
Unrestricted donation
$75K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Youth programs
- Community development
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