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Visual of the counties in Western Montana that Headwaters funds
Social Justice Fund NW – 2025
Grant Amount
$25,000
Simple Grants
To support community organizing in Montana around a broad set of social determinants of health issues affecting communities.
Grant Program
Pooled Funds
Grant Term
1 year
Year
2025
Location
Other
Borealis Philanthropy – 2025
Grant Amount
$25,000
Simple Grants
To support Montana-based disability justice organizations with resources and capacity building.
Grant Program
Pooled Funds
Grant Term
1 year
Year
2025
Location
Other
Hopa Mountain – 2025
Grant Amount
$60,000
Simple Grants
To support emergency food assistance efforts during the federal government shutdown
Grant Program
Emergency Grants
Grant Term
1 year
Year
2025
Location
Other
Montana Food Bank Network – 2025
Grant Amount
$60,000
Simple Grants
To support emergency food assistance efforts during the federal government shutdown
Grant Program
Emergency Grants
Grant Term
1 year
Year
2025
Location
Missoula
Missoula Community Foundation – 2025
Grant Amount
$15,000
Simple Grants
To support their vital services of connecting donors to programs that improve the health and wellbeing of kids and families in our service area.
Grant Program
Family Power Fund
Grant Term
1 year
Year
2025
Location
Missoula
Promoting Excellence in Alberton – Area Kids Foundation – 2025
Grant Amount
$8,500
GO Grants
The PEAK Foundation’s mission is to build and support a community of thriving children and families by providing community-wide events, direct services, and philanthropic support focused on academia, culture, and health.
Grant Program
GO Grants
Grant Term
1 year
Year
2025
Location
Mineral
Helping Hooves – 2025
Grant Amount
$8,500
GO Grants
Helping Hooves provides client centered therapy focusing on emotional learning. We incorporate rescued horses, goats, cows, and other farm animals into our sessions creating a fun and meaningful environment while clients learn skills to help them live a happy and fulfilled life.
Grant Program
GO Grants
Grant Term
1 year
Year
2025
Location
Beaverhead
Anaconda Jr High School – 2025
Grant Amount
$8,500
GO Grants
Vision: The vision of Anaconda Public Schools is to foster a collaborative environment in which staff, students and their community work in unison to transform children of today into leaders of tomorrow.
Grant Program
GO Grants
Grant Term
1 year
Year
2025
Location
Deer Lodge
Troy Montana Farmers Market – 2025
Grant Amount
$8,500
GO Grants
The Troy Farmers Market’s purpose is to develop & maintain a viable & sustainable market that will mutually benefit local farmers, crafters, & members of the community. Our aim is to facilitate the production, purchase, & consumption of quality local foods.
Grant Program
GO Grants
Grant Term
1 year
Year
2025
Location
Lincoln
Seeley Lake Community Foundation – 2025
Grant Amount
$8,500
GO Grants
The Seeley Lake Community Foundation is a 501c3 nonprofit that engages philanthropy, provides leadership, and enhances the quality of life and economic vitality of the Seeley Lake area.
Grant Program
GO Grants
Grant Term
1 year
Year
2025
Location
Missoula
University of Montana – Center for Children, Families, and Workforce Development – 2025
Grant Amount
$25,000
Simple Grants
To tell the story of healthy equity in Western Montana through data and research
Grant Program
Family Power Fund
Grant Term
1 year
Year
2025
Location
Missoula
Drummond School District 2 – 2025
Grant Amount
$8,500
GO Grants
The mission of the Drummond Public Schools, along with the community, through meaningful personal connections, provides all students the opportunity to achieve the knowledge and skills necessary to become career and/or college ready resulting in contributing citizens to our diverse society.
Grant Program
GO Grants
Grant Term
1 year
Year
2025
Location
Granite
Drummond Elementary School – 2025
Grant Amount
$8,500
GO Grants
The mission of the Drummond Public Schools, along with the community, through meaningful personal connections, provides all students the opportunity to achieve the knowledge and skills necessary to become career and/or college ready resulting in contributing citizens to our diverse society.
Grant Program
GO Grants
Grant Term
1 year
Year
2025
Location
Granite
Drummond School District 11 – 2025
Grant Amount
$8,500
GO Grants
The mission of the Drummond Public Schools, along with the community, through meaningful personal connections, provides all students the opportunity to achieve the knowledge and skills necessary to become career and/or college ready resulting in contributing citizens to our diverse society.
Grant Program
GO Grants
Grant Term
1 year
Year
2025
Location
Granite
Drummond High School – 2025
Grant Amount
$8,500
GO Grants
The mission of the Drummond Public Schools, along with the community, through meaningful personal connections, provides all students the opportunity to achieve the knowledge and skills necessary to become career and/or college ready resulting in contributing citizens to our diverse society.
Grant Program
GO Grants
Grant Term
1 year
Year
2025
Location
Granite
Flathead School Snack Program, Inc – 2025
Grant Amount
$8,500
GO Grants
To ensure that no school-age child goes hungry during the school week by providing accessible, healthy snacks.
Grant Program
GO Grants
Grant Term
1 year
Year
2025
Location
Flathead
William K. Kohrs Memorial Library – 2025
Grant Amount
$8,500
GO Grants
The mission of the William K. Kohrs Library is committed to link resources and people to enhance lives. The library is committed to inform, entertain, enrich, and to foster the self-learning process by facilitating access to its collections, services, and facilities to all members of the community. All service efforts will focus on patron expectations and needs. The library is committed to encourage literacy and a love of reading.
Grant Program
GO Grants
Grant Term
1 year
Year
2025
Location
Powell
Sanders County Community Housing Organization, Inc – 2025
Grant Amount
$8,500
GO Grants
To promote and provide affordable housing in Sanders County.
Grant Program
GO Grants
Grant Term
1 year
Year
2025
Location
Sanders
Clinton PTSA – 2025
Grant Amount
$8,500
GO Grants
We strive to build a united community of parents, students, and teachers, working together to support academic success, promote well-being, and celebrate the unique strengths of every learner.
Grant Program
GO Grants
Grant Term
1 year
Year
2025
Location
Missoula
Community Harvest – 2025
Grant Amount
$8,500
GO Grants
The Mission of the Community Harvest Food Bank is to provide wholesome food to our local communities of Thompson Falls and Trout Creek, Montana, in a respectful, dignified, and responsible manner. The Food Bank shall distribute food to its clients monthly, and the Thrift Store shall provide reasonably priced clothes and miscellaneous household items to the community. Assistance information is prominently posted in the food bank for low income people.
Grant Program
GO Grants
Grant Term
1 year
Year
2025
Location
Sanders
Drummond School & Community Library – 2025
Grant Amount
$8,500
GO Grants
The Drummond School & Community Library gives residents of all ages the means to continue to learn throughtout their lives; to meet their recreational reading interest; to find, evaluate, and use information in a variety of formats; to get answers to their questions, and to better understand their personal heritage.
Grant Program
GO Grants
Grant Term
1 year
Year
2025
Location
Granite
Safe Harbour – 2025
Grant Amount
$8,500
GO Grants
SAFE Harbor’s mission is to provide a safe, nurturing, and healing environment to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and dating violence.
Grant Program
GO Grants
Grant Term
1 year
Year
2025
Location
Lake
Community Resilience Initiative – 2025
Grant Amount
$250,000
Simple Grants
To support efforts to reduce health inequities by building a more inclusive Missoula.
Grant Program
Family Power Fund
Grant Term
1 year
Year
2025
Location
Missoula
Montana Meth Project – 2025
Grant Amount
$8,500
GO Grants
The Montana Meth Project is a large-scale prevention program founded in 2005 to reduce first-time teen methamphetamine use through public service messaging and educational outreach. While the Meth Project was established to focus on the dangers of Meth use, we can no longer ignore the rise of Fentanyl. Along with our partners, we recognize that there is an urgent need to educate Montana teens about the risks of this fatal drug.
Grant Program
GO Grants
Grant Term
1 year
Year
2025
Location
Missoula
Community Food Bank of Mineral County – 2025
Grant Amount
$8,500
GO Grants
Ending Hungry Tomorrows, Today.
Grant Program
GO Grants
Grant Term
1 year
Year
2025
Location
Mineral
Mission West Community Development Partners – 2025
Grant Amount
$8,500
GO Grants
Enhance the Quality of Life of All Residents of the Communities We Serve
Grant Program
GO Grants
Grant Term
1 year
Year
2025
Location
Lake
A Voice – 2025
Grant Amount
$8,500
GO Grants
It is our mission to foster individual, group, community and cultural vision and expression through art, outreach, and education.
Grant Program
GO Grants
Grant Term
1 year
Year
2025
Location
Lake
Empower MT – 2025
Grant Amount
$8,500
GO Grants
EmpowerMT creates a more just and inclusive society by developing youth and adult leaders who work to end mistreatment, correct systemic inequities, and strengthen communities across Montana. EmpowerMT envisions a Montana where each person is respected, where differences are understood, where youth, institutions, and communities share a commitment to correct injustices, and where all people have an opportunity to thrive without the risk of violence or oppression. EmpowerMT engages diverse leaders through holistic community engagement to build power for transformative action to achieve our mission.
Grant Program
GO Grants
Grant Term
1 year
Year
2025
Location
Missoula
Emma’s House Children’s Advocacy Center – 2025
Grant Amount
$8,500
GO Grants
Emma’s House reduces trauma and promotes healing for child victims of abuse and neglect. To achieve this mission, Emma’s House: ● Coordinates community response with the Multi-Disciplinary Team to referrals of child abuse and neglect; ● Applies forensically sound protocols during the investigative process in a safe, child-friendly, home-like setting; ● Provides trauma-informed treatment, advocacy, and resources for child victims of abuse and neglect and their families; and ● Promotes awareness and prevention of child abuse and neglect in our community.
Grant Program
GO Grants
Grant Term
1 year
Year
2025
Location
Ravalli
Ksanka Food Pantry – 2025
Grant Amount
$8,500
GO Grants
Our Mission is to help improve food security, and to reclaim and rebuild food sovereignty within the Ksanka community.
Grant Program
GO Grants
Grant Term
1 year
Year
2025
Location
Lake
The Caring Foundation of Montana, Inc – 2025
Grant Amount
$8,500
GO Grants
The Caring Foundation of Montana works to ensure all Montanans have access to preventive health care services, regardless of insurance coverage or ability to pay.
Grant Program
GO Grants
Grant Term
1 year
Year
2025
Location
Lewis & Clark
Deer Lodge Youth Board/ReACT – 2025
Grant Amount
$8,500
GO Grants
The purpose of the ReACT Coalition is to prevent Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug (ATOD) use among youth in Powell County, Montana through education, community involvement, and advocacy.
Grant Program
GO Grants
Grant Term
1 year
Year
2025
Location
Deer Lodge
St. Ignatius Middle School – 2025
Grant Amount
$8,500
GO Grants
Empower all stakeholders to meet current and future challenges, develop social awareness, honor cultures, and foster personal growth as they progress toward being productive community members.
Grant Program
GO Grants
Grant Term
1 year
Year
2025
Location
Lake
Partnership Health Center – 2025
Grant Amount
$10,000
Simple Grants
General operating support for Partnership Health Center in recognition of their community organizing work.
Grant Program
Family Power Fund
Grant Term
1 year
Year
2025
Location
Missoula
Empower MT – 2025
Grant Amount
$10,000
Simple Grants
To support youth-led advocacy, leadership, and community-driven strategies that center belonging, identity, and systems change across Montana.
Grant Program
Family Power Fund
Grant Term
1 year
Year
2025
Location
Missoula
Southwest Montana Youth Partners – 2025
Grant Amount
$25,000
Simple Grants
To provide capacity-building support for Southwest Montana Youth Partners’ financial management and communications systems, enhancing their ability to sustain and expand high-impact programs for youth and families in Boulder, Whitehall, and surrounding communities.
Grant Program
Family Power Fund
Grant Term
1 year
Year
2025
Location
Jefferson
Ninepipes Museum of Early Montana – 2025
Grant Amount
$8,500
GO Grants
Ninepipes Museum of Early Montana’s purpose is to discover, memorialize, preserve, and protect the history and culture of the Flathead Reservation and Early Montana. It is designed for the enrichment, education, and recreation of the local residents and visitors to our valley.
Grant Program
GO Grants
Grant Term
1 year
Year
2025
Location
Lake
Lincoln County Connections – 2025
Grant Amount
$8,500
GO Grants
Lincoln County Connections creates a linked, thriving and vibrant Lincoln County for all community members by increasing access to resources, services and information for all communities. Paired with Zero to Five Lincoln County and Lincoln County Kids, Lincoln County Connections is a county-wide collaborative working together with a variety of partners, agencies, and community members to make a positive impact in the lives of families with young children.
Grant Program
GO Grants
Grant Term
1 year
Year
2025
Location
Lincoln
All Nations Health Center – 2025
Grant Amount
$375,000
Family Power Grants
To support All Nations in amplifying Native youth voice, strengthening family belonging, and fostering intergenerational cultural connections that advance health, justice, and community wellbeing.
Grant Program
Family Power Fund
Grant Term
3 year
Year
2025
Location
Missoula
Solidaire Network – 2025
Grant Amount
$25,000
Simple Grants
To support the safety and resilience of Montana-based organizations who are working towards health equity.
Grant Program
Pooled Funds
Grant Term
1 year
Year
2025
Location
Other
Poverello Center – 2025
Grant Amount
$25,000
Simple Grants
To support capacity-building and planning for the Montana Coalition to Solve Homelessness.
Grant Program
Family Power Fund
Grant Term
1 year
Year
2025
Location
Missoula
Mineral County Pool in the Park – 2025
Grant Amount
$8,500
GO Grants
The mission of the Mineral County Pool in the Park is to enhance physical and mental well-being and promote health, safety, and recreational opportunities for all by designing and obtaining funding to build a community pool.
Grant Program
GO Grants
Grant Term
1 year
Year
2025
Location
Mineral
ImagineIF Library Foundation – 2025
Grant Amount
$8,500
GO Grants
We believe libraries create vibrant communities. The ImagineIF Library Foundation’s mission is to raise private dollars to enhance the patron services of ImagineIF Libraries. The Library Foundation works closely with the Library Board and the Library Director to fund facility upgrades, programming and materials not included in the county library budget.
Grant Program
GO Grants
Grant Term
1 year
Year
2025
Location
Flathead
Hopa Mountain – 2025
Grant Amount
$25,000
Simple Grants
To strengthen food security systems for rural and tribal communities in Montana
Grant Program
Pooled Funds
Grant Term
1 year
Year
2025
Location
Other
Lincoln Primary Preschool – 2025
Grant Amount
$8,500
GO Grants
Mission: Cooperative, Ownership, Productive, Prepared, Empowered, Respectful
Grant Program
GO Grants
Grant Term
1 year
Year
2025
Location
Deer Lodge
Kootenai Heritage Council Inc. – 2025
Grant Amount
$8,500
GO Grants
Kootenai Heritage Council (KHC) is a community-based organization that promotes culture, education, social and economic well-being through all forms of artistic activities in Lincoln County, MT.
Grant Program
GO Grants
Grant Term
1 year
Year
2025
Location
Lincoln
Bitterroot Early Learning Network – 2025
Grant Amount
$75,000
Family Power Grants
To support family voice and leadership in rural early learning and advocacy.
Grant Program
Family Power Fund
Grant Term
1 year
Year
2025
Location
Ravalli
CASA of Lake County – 2025
Grant Amount
$8,500
GO Grants
Through the work of well-trained, experienced volunteer advocates, we represent the best interests of all abused and neglected children in the 20th Judicial District Court and help to establish safe and stable homes and improve the lives of the children we serve.
Grant Program
GO Grants
Grant Term
1 year
Year
2025
Location
Lake
Charlo Community Outdoor Complex – 2025
Grant Amount
$8,500
GO Grants
To support, encourage and inspire our youth in the discovery of their own unique skills and abilities; to strengthen and to instill in them the values and qualities essential in developing thoughtful, confident and productive young men and women.
Grant Program
GO Grants
Grant Term
1 year
Year
2025
Location
Lake
Anaconda Community Market – 2025
Grant Amount
$8,500
GO Grants
Our mission is to support the community of Anaconda in fostering a connection to Montana farmers, ranchers and local vendors and businesses to find fresh locally grown foods, handmade goods and other Montana made products. By working together, we are creating a stronger, healthier and more sustainable community.
Grant Program
GO Grants
Grant Term
1 year
Year
2025
Location
Deer Lodge
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