Program Areas of Interest

Education

• Expand educational opportunities for citizens of Western Montana

Art and Culture

• Art programs
• Theatrical, artistic and educational programs for youth
• Creative and cultural expression

Community Enrichment

• Programs and activities that improve the Missoula community
• Activities that enhance quality of life for families
• Parks and playgrounds
• Civic responsibility and exponent philanthropy

Health Care

• Improve access to quality health care

• Promote healthy lifestyles through education and prevention programs

• Hospitals and health care clinics providing charitable health care services

Assistance to Youth

• Encourage, improve and educate youth

• After-school programs

• Youth organizations

Assistance to the Aging

• Support the assistance and relief of the aging

• Meals and other assistance to the home-bound

• Programs to assist the aged with their daily necessities​​​

Assistance to Organizations Serving Those in Need

• Abuse survivors
• Children in distress

• Single parents

• Youth

• The underprivileged

• People with disabilities

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What Will the Foundation Generally Not Fund?

The Foundation maintains some flexibility within its statement of purpose, but in general will not consider funding requests for the following:

• Conferences, camps, publications, videos, films, television or radio programs

• Endowment campaigns

• Funds to be redistributed under another name

• Special fundraising events

• Religious programs that serve, or appear to serve, specific religious denominations

• Existing obligations or debts/liabilities

• Individuals

• Organizations already funded in the current calendar year

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Dedicated to Benefiting the Residents of Western Montana

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