See the results below of our very successful 2025 grant cycle. Our 2026 grant cycle is suspended and will return in 2027. All grant efforts are being captured in our 2026 Yellowstone Valley Gives event.
The 2025 Grant Cycle awarded grants to the following organizations:
Community and Regional Impact Grants: 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
Endowment Challenge Grants: CASA, Montana Health Care Professionals for a Healthy Climate
To meet the needs of the region, we work closely with our fund advisors to match their respective interests with the grant project proposals. We would especially like to recognize the following funds as a major part of our giving:
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
EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS
CAPACITY BUILDING
COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
ENDOWMENT GROWTH
REGIONAL IMPACT