Helping Improve Central Montana
since 1984
Central Montana Foundation is the oldest community foundation in Montana!
Organized by a group of visionary businessmen in 1984, the Foundation offers
our donors a chance to give back to the community they love.
By working through the Foundation, worthy projects are able to provide donors with a tax-deductible avenue for donations. CMF has 15 unrestricted permanent endowments from which income is used for its grant-making program. In a typical year, CMF grants upwards of $200,000 to local organizations for healthcare, essential services, education, civic, recreational, and cultural projects!
Permanent endowments and pass-through funds provide support exclusively to projects within the Central Montana area. CMF holds more than 300 of these funds, including its own unrestricted endowments, 11 rural community endowments, a variety of non-profit and tax-exempt organizations in Central Montana, and scholarship funds. Nearly 80 scholarship endowments, awards from Donor Advised Funds, and community endowments, provide more than $600,000 annually in scholarships for Central Montana students.