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Billings Community Foundation is a non-profit,
tax-exempt innovative community fund governed by local citizens
promoting philanthropy and charitable giving in the Billings area.

Billings Community Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.


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2010 GRANT GUIDELINES
Billings Community Foundation:
2010 Grant Application Cover Sheet
2010 Grant Information Sheet
2010 Grant Report Form

Criteria:       The Billings Community Foundation makes grants for a wide variety of charitable purposes in the following focus areas:

  • Education

  • Basic human needs

  • Arts and culture

  • Natural resources and conservation

  • Economic development

  • Endowment building

Eligibility:     Applicants must:

  • Be a 501(c) (3) organization.

  • Submit only one application per organization, per year.

  • Organizations in Yellowstone, Bighorn, Carbon, Musselshell, Stillwater and Treasure counties are eligible to apply.

About the Grants:

  • Average grant size is $500 to $2,000.

  • Recommendations for funding are made by a grants review committee with final approval made by the Billings Community Foundation Board of Directors.

  • Applications for operating funds will not be considered.

Application Package:

  • Cover sheet (enclosed)

  • Copy of 501(c)(3) designation letter

  • List of board members

  • One-page project budget

  • No more than a two-page narrative description of the project explaining tangible community impact and how this project will help the community address its future.

  • Supplemental materials as deemed appropriate.

Where to Send the Application:

Mail six copies of the package to:

Billings Community Foundation
PO Box 1255
Billings, MT 59103-1255
                    

Grant Cycle Schedule:      

Date                                Action

                    January 6                      Applications Available

                     March 31                      Applications Due

                     April 1 -  May 16           Grant Review Process

                    First week of June         Grants Awarded

 

           2009 Grant Recipients:
Scottish Rite Childhood Language Disorders Clinic

Family Services, Inc. of Billings

Big Brother Big Sisters of Yellowstone County
Beartooth Humane Alliance
Habitat for Humanity
Beartooth Mountain Christian Ranch
Rimrock Opera Company

Living Water

Gateway House
Billings Youth Orchestra

Institute for Peace Studies

Big Horn County Library

Joliet Community Center
The Lutheran Center
Stillwater Historical Society
/Museum of the Beartooths'

The Billings Community Foundation has awarded $10,000.00 in grants to 15 non-profit organizations that serve people in Yellowstone, Carbon, Stillwater and Big Horn Counties.

The grants range from $500 to $1,000.

 



Billings Community Foundation

PO Box 1255   Billings, MT  59103

info@billingscommunityfoundation.org
(406) 839-3334