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Montana Grants
Awarded - Final List
Total: $1,273,136 |
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$50,000 |
Lewistown Public Schools, Lewistown |
| To replace the track at Fergus
High to serve track and field athletes in the region. |
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$3,511 |
St. Jude Thaddeus School, Havre |
| Volleyball Court Equipment |
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$25,000 |
Butte America Swim Club, Butte |
| For a permanent timing system at
the YMCA pool to enable the team to host competitive meets in Butte
for swimmers from around the Northwest |
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$50,000 |
Healing Tree Inc, Lame Deer |
| Support for a new
organization--Northern Plains Native Youth Project--to work with
Boys & Girls Clubs that serve Native American youth in Montana and
Wyoming |
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$1,500 |
Hellgate High School, Missoula |
| Support of summer session for
girls' basketball program |
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$5,000 |
Montana Mountaineering Association, Bozeman |
| Support of Junior Mountaineering
Team for high school age youth |
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$5,000 |
Special Olympics Montana, Great Falls |
| Expand program to recruit and
train coaches |
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$20,000 |
Missoula Area Youth Hockey Association |
| Expansion of girls' hockey program |
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$8,000 |
West Side Track Club Inc., Helena |
| Uniforms and equipment for
Mountain West Crush Girls' Softball Team |
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$17,000 |
Box Elder School District, Box Elder |
| Divider curtain for gym to allow
for additional practice sessions for elementary age youth |
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$15,000 |
Miles City Youth Hockey Association Inc, Miles City |
| Hockey Equipment |
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$17,750 |
Boys & Girls Club of Red Lodge & The Beartooth Front Inc,
Red Lodge |
| Startup funds for a sports and
fitness program for 500 school aged youth in Red Lodge and the
surrounding area |
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$17,355 |
International Traditional Games Society, East Glacier |
| To train coaches in traditional
American Indian sports so they can return to their communities and
train youth |
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$45,000 |
Lincoln K-12 Schools, Lincoln |
| Lincoln Gymnasium Floor
Replacement to serve regional youth athletics |
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$15,000 |
Whitefish Community Aquatics and Health Center, Whitefish |
| Timing equipment for local and
area swimming competitions |
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$50,000 |
Livingston Youth Soccer Association Inc, Livingston |
| Soccer Field in new Northside Park |
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$10,400 |
Dillon Elementary Educational Foundation, Dillon |
| To provide safe risers and a sound
system for the elementary choirs and drama department |
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$15,000
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Great Falls Symphony Association Inc, Great Falls |
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In celebration of the 50th Anniversary season of the Great Falls
Symphony to commission a piece for the Youth Orchestra |
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$3,000
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Travelers’ Rest Preservation and Heritage Association, Lolo |
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Create a youth cultural gathering at Travelers’ Rest |
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$20,000
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Boys and Girls Club of Dawson County, Glendive |
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To enable youth to develop their creativity and cultural awareness
through skill development in and appreciation of the visual and dramatic
arts |
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$5,000
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Center for Music by People with Disabilities, Missoula |
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To make music learning, music making, composing, performing, and
recording accessible to youth |
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$2,900
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Dixon Schools 21st Century Community Learning Center, Dixon |
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History curricula to construct and use traditional archery equipment |
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$10,000
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Flathead Reservation and Lake County Coalition for Kids,
Polson |
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To increase music and dance to children in the 3rd and 4th grades |
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$20,000
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A VOICE – Art Vision and Outreach in Community Education,
Pablo |
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Allow students at Two Eagle River School to explore and document their
community, culture and history through the visual arts |
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$7,500
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Young Men’s Christian Association of Billings |
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For “Poets on the Prairie” arts education program for rural schools |
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$125,000
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Missoula Children’s Theatre, Missoula |
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For program expansion |
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$7,500
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Crazy Mountain Productions, Livingston |
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To involve youth in a production of live theatre |
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$10,000
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Big Brothers and Sisters of Park County, Livingston |
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A grant for a school based mentoring program which pairs high school
students with elementary school students |
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$4,220
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Bigfork High School, Bigfork |
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A grant which will provide equipment to the Cave Exploration and
Conservation Club for mapping and monitoring caves |
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$20,000
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De La Salle Blackfeet Elementary School, Browning |
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A grant to support the provision of cultural education and activities
which reflect the history and traditions of the Blackfeet Nation, during
the extended hours of school days |
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$12,500
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Hysham Public Schools, Hysham |
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Grant to computerize the Elementary and High School Library for student
use |
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$2,500
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Junior Achievement of S.W. Montana, Bozeman |
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Grant to expand from 60 to 80 classrooms, a program of economic
education to local youth |
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$12,000
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Mission Grade School, Hays |
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Grant to provide students with tutoring assistance and an Art Program |
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$11,000
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Missoula Writing Collaborative, Missoula |
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Grant to a support a school based creative writing program in one area
school |
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$20,000
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Montana Audubon, Helena |
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Grant which will provide two Outdoor Classroom programs in the Billings
school district, for grades 3-5 and grades 7-10 |
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$15,000
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Montana Outdoor Science School, Bozeman |
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Grant to support the provision of science education to schools in
Southwest Montana |
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$125,000
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Montana State University, Bozeman |
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Grant to endow a Charlotte Yeoman Martin scholarship fund for
financially needy students |
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$25,000
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Nkwusum, Arlee |
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Grant to support the Changing Seasons Curriculum project for Native
American students which provides a holistic, environmental and cultural
avenue to educate young children in the Salish language |
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$125,000
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University of Montana, Missoula |
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Grant to endow a Charlotte Yeoman Martin scholarship fund for
financially needy students |
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$24,500
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Clearwater Resource Council, Seeley Lake |
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To create a Clearwater Valley Conservation Plan that prioritizes land
for conservation and restoration |
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$10,000
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Craighead Environmental Research Institute, Bozeman |
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For research on climate change hazards for the American Pika in the
Gallatin Mountains |
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$100,000
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Nature Conservancy of Montana, Helena |
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To help purchase easements in the Blackfoot Community Conservation Area |
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$17,000
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Prickly Pear Land Trust, Helena |
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In support of the Mullan Pass Conservation Easement Project to protect
1,565 acres of critical wildlife habitat in Montana |
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$8,000
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Raptor View Research Institute, Missoula |
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Osprey Citizen-Science Project - To research the sources and effects of
heavy metal toxins in nesting Osprey in Western Montana |
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$10,000
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Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Missoula |
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For habitat improvement projects in the Garrity Mountain Wildlife
Management Area |
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$125,000
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Trout Unlimited, Inc., Bozeman |
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To provide support and technical assistance to three Montana watershed
councils |
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$25,000
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Yellowstone Park Foundation, Bozeman |
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To support a comprehensive field study of wolverine ecology in the
greater Yellowstone area |
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Total |
$1,273,136 |
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