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Montana Community
Foundations
First, what is a community foundation
anyway?
Community foundations
are instruments of
civil society designed to pool donations into a
coordinated investment and grant making facility
dedicated primarily to the social improvement
of a given place.
Families, individuals,
businesses, and nonprofit groups establish funds within
community foundations into which they can contribute a
variety of assets to be used for charitable purposes.
The people or organizations that establish the funds can
then recommend that grants be distributed, in the name
of the fund or anonymously, to qualified nonprofit
groups and schools. The donor receives a charitable
deduction in the year that gifts are made into their
funds.
The assets of community
foundations are pooled and invested, with donors
typically having a choice of investment products.
The funds established
at community foundations can be expendable funds (i.e.,
grants can be made in any amount at any time) or they
can be endowments, which limit distributions to the
interest earned on the assets. Endowments last in
perpetuity.
The first community
foundation was set up in
Cleveland in 1914 by Frederick Goff and operating
now as the
Cleveland Foundation. Others soon followed including
the
California Community Foundation and the
Chicago Community Trust.
Community foundations
are now a global phenomenon. There are at least 700 in
the United States and perhaps 1000 more around the world
with numbers
growing rapidly.
The above definition is from Wikipedia, the free
encyclopedia
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_foundation
The following is a list
of community foundations in Montana:
Absarokee Community Foundation
PO Box 72
Absarokee, MT 59001
Blackfeet Community Endowment Fund
PO Box 3029
Browning, MT 59417
Blaine County Community Foundation
c/o Montana Community Foundation
Route 71, Box 18
Chinook, MT 59523
Website: http://www.mtcf.org/
Broadview Community Center
c/o Montana Community Foundation
49 Pleasant Valley Trail
Molt, MT 59057
Website: http://www.mtcf.org/
Broadwater County Community Foundation
c/o Montana Community Foundation
201 North Spruce
Townsend, MT 59644
Website: http://www.mtcf.org/
Butte-Silver Bow Community Foundation
c/o Montana Community Foundation
P.O. Box 805
Butte, MT 59701
Website: http://www.mtcf.org/
Carter County Community Foundation
c/o Montana Community Foundation
Box 463
Ekalaka, MT 59324
Website: http://www.mtcf.org/
Cascade County Community Foundation
c/o Montana Community Foundation
P.O. Box 3445
Great Falls, MT 59401
Website: http://www.mtcf.org/
Celebrate Missoula Community Foundation
PO Box 8029
Missoula, MT 59807
Darby Town Endowment Fund
c/o Montana Community Foundation
PO Box 559
Darby, MT 59829
Website: http://www.mtcf.org/
Greater Glendive Community Foundation
c/o Montana Community Foundation
207 West Bell
Glendive, MT 59330
Website: http://www.mtcf.org/
Grass Range Community Foundation
c/o Montana Community Foundation
PO Box 144
Grass Range, MT 59032
Website: http://www.mtcf.org/
Hardin Area Community Foundation
c/o Montana Community Foundation
406 North Cheyenne
Hardin, MT 59034
Website: http://www.mtcf.org/
Hill County Community Endowment
c/o Montana Community Foundation
520 6th Avenue
Havre, MT 59501
Website: http://www.mtcf.org/
Jefferson Valley Community Foundation
c/o Montana Community Foundation
PO Box 599
Whitehall, MT 59759
Website: http://www.mtcf.org/
Joliet Community Foundation
c/o Montana Community Foundation
10066 Hwy 212
Joliet, MT 59041
Website: http://www.mtcf.org/
Lewis and Clark County Community Foundation
1923 Lime Kiln
Helena, MT 59601
Lincoln County Community Foundation
c/o Montana Community Foundation
P.O. Box 490
Libby, MT 59923
Website: http://www.mtcf.org/
Lincoln Valley Community Foundation
c/o Montana Community Foundation
PO Box 985
Lincoln, MT 59639
Website: http://www.mtcf.org/
Lower Flathead Valley Community Foundation
Contact: D. E. Olsson, Jr., President
P.O. Box 374
Pablo, MT 59855-0379
Phone: (406) 675-4300
Website: http://www.lfvcf.org/
Lower Flathead Valley Community Foundation
Contact: W.H. Edelman, Secretary & Treasurer
P.O. Box 374
Pablo, MT 59855-0379
Phone: (406) 675-4300
Website: http://www.lfvcf.org/
Meagher County Community Foundation
c/o Montana Community Foundation
P.O. Box 309
White Sulphur Springs, MT 59645
Website: http://www.mtcf.org/
Mineral County Community Foundation
PO Box 93
Superior, MT 59872
Western Montana Community Foundation
c/o Montana Community Foundation
11 Greenbrier Drive
Missoula, MT 59802
Website: http://www.mtcf.org/
Montana Community Foundation
Contact: Linda E. Reed , President and CEO
101 N. Last Chance Gulch, Suite 211
Helena, MT 59601-4161
Phone: (406) 443-4271 Fax: (406) 442-0482
Website: http://www.mtcf.org/
Musselshell Valley Community Foundation
PO Box 713
Roundup, MT 59072
Nye Community Foundation
PO Box 528
Nye, MT 59061
Phillips County Community Foundation
c/o Montana Community Foundation
Box 275
Malta, MT 59538
Website: http://www.mtcf.org/
Pondera County Community Foundation
c/o Montana Community Foundation
520 6th Ave.
Havre, MT 59501
Website: http://www.mtcf.org/
Powder River Community Foundation
Box 629
Broadus, MT 59317
Powell County Foundation
c/o Montana Community Foundation
Box 334
Deer Lodge, MT 59722
Website: http://www.mtcf.org/
Red Lodge Area Community Foundation
Contact: Sally Martin, Chairperson
P.O. Box 1871
Red Lodge MT 59068
Phone: (406) 446-1867
Email: rlacf@yahoo.com
Website:
http://www.redlodgeareacommunityfoundation.org/
Roberts Community Foundation
736 West Bench Road
Box 284
Roberts, MT 59070
Roosevelt County Community Foundation
c/o Montana Community Foundation
200 Hwy 2 East
Wolf Point, MT 59201
Website: http://www.mtcf.org/
Rosebud County Community Foundation
c/o Montana Community Foundation
P.O. Box 578
Forsyth, MT 59327
Website: http://www.mtcf.org/
C.M. Russell Regional Endowment Fund
c/o Montana Community Foundation
520 6th Ave.
Havre, MT 59501
Website: http://www.mtcf.org/
Seeley Lake Community Foundation
PO Box 898
Seeley Lake, MT 59868
Sheridan County Community Foundation
c/o Montana Community Foundation
338 North Main
Plentywood, MT 59254
Website: http://www.mtcf.org/
Three Mile Lone Rock Community Foundation
1112 Three Mile Road
Stevensville, MT 59870
Tobacco Valley Community Foundation
c/o Montana Community Foundation
234 Glen Drive
Eureka, MT 59917
Website: http://www.mtcf.org/
Valley County Community Foundation
PO Box 257
Opheim, MT 59250
West Yellowstone Foundation
PO Box 1313
West Yellowstone, MT 59758
Whitefish Community Foundation
Contact: Elspeth Chambers, Office Manager
P.O. Box 1060
Whitefish, MT 59937
Phone: (406) 863-1781 Fax: (406) 863-2628
Website:
http://www.whitefishcommunityfoundation.org/
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