The Town Pump Charitable Foundation supports a variety of initiatives beyond its primary programs. These grants often align with the Foundation's focus areas, such as education, youth development and community improvement.
By funding projects like the Dream Big Foundation, Town Pump Charitable Foundation empowers individuals and organizations to achieve transformative goals. This flexibility allows Town Pump Charitable Foundation to address unique needs and opportunities, ensuring they are able to further their mission as Montanans Helping Montanans.
Grants awarded in 2024:
ANACONDA
- Pintler Pets $20K
- Anaconda Pintler Search & Rescue $2.5K
- Smelter City Foundation $2.5K
BELFRY
- Belfry Volunteer Fire Department $3K
BILLINGS
- Boys & Girls Club of Yellowstone County $15K
- Elysian School District $1.9K
- Eagle Mount Billings $10K
- Montana East/West Shrine Game $6K
- Billings Fire Department $5K
- Family Service $5K
- Angela's Piazza $1K
- Centennial Ice Arena $1K
BOZEMAN
- Big Sky Bravery $7.5K
- Heart of the Valley Animal Shelter $5.5K
- Eagle Mount Bozeman $5K
- Bozeman Wrestling Club $3K
- Greater Impact $2.5K
- Sage Gardeners $2.5K
BUTTE
- Mainstreet Uptown Butte $160.9K
- Central Education Foundation $100K
- Action, Inc. $55K
- City and County of Butte Silver-Bow $10K
- Northwest 360 Winterfest $10K
- St. James Foundation $10K
- The Butte Furniture Bank $9K
- Dream Big Foundation $7.5K
- Habitat for Humanity of SW Montana $7.5K
- World Museum of Mining $7.5K
- Science Mine $7.5K
- Hungry Hill Art Center $3K
- Southwest Native Community $2.5K
- Butte Chamber of Commerce $1K
- Butte Sports Hall of Fame $1K
- American Society of Civil Engineers Montana Tech $500
BUTTE
- Butte High School $500
- Butte Parks & Trails Foundation $500
CHINOOK
- Friends of the Pool & Park Foundation $55K
CULBERTSON
- Roosevelt Medical Center $5K
CUT BANK
- Cut Bank Wrestling Club $1K
DILLON
- City of Dillon $8K
DIXON
- Dixon School District #9 $5K
EAST HELENA
- East Helena Rodeo Association $25K
- Heritage Food Store $1K
EUREKA
- First Baptist Church Eureka $2K
FORSYTH
- Rosebud County Sheriff's Office $2.125K
GREAT FALLS
- Great Falls Rescue Mission $10K
- Great Falls Symphony $7.5K
- Montana School for the Deaf and the Blind $7.2K
- Peoples Park & Recreation Foundation of Great Falls $5K
- Montana Veterans Memorial $3K
HAMILTON
- Daly Elementary School $1K
- Loads of Dignity $500
HAVRE
- Plant A Seed...Read! $3K
HELENA
- Prickly Pear Fireworks $25K
- Helena Symphony $15K
- Carroll College $5K
- Helena Valley Community Center $5K
- The Angel Fund $3.5K
- Center for Warriors Foundation $1.5K
- Lewis & Clark Literacy Council $1.4K
- Second Chance Ranch $1K
- Helena Highlanders Association $500
HUSON
- Devils Brigade Chapter 28 $25K
KALISPELL
- Coats for Kids, Inc. $10K
- Flathead High School $500
- Homeward for Heroes $5K
- Logan Health Foundation $20K
- Mikayla's Miracles & Blessings Foundation $2.5K
- NW Montana Rodeo Team $1K
LEWISTOWN
- District 6 HRDC $3.5K
- Ski for Light Montana $500
- Veterans Hooked on Recreation Therapy $2.5K
LIVINGSTON
- K9 Care Montana $5K
- Livingston Area Chamber of Commerce $5K
MISSOULA
- Friends of the Children Western Montana $2.5K
- Hellgate Elementary School $7K
- Missoula Interfaith Collaborative $15K
- Missoula Urban Demonstration Project $1K
- Poverello Center, Inc. $10K
- Western MT Chapter for the Prevention of Elder Abuse $2.5K
PABLO
- Salish Kootenai College $1K
PHILIPSBURG
- Philipsburg Booster Club $1.5K
SEELEY LAKE
- Seeley Lake Rural Fire District $7.5K
- Seeley-Swan Community Food Bank $5K
SHELBY
- Northern Transit Interlocal $5K
- Sagebrush Food Pantry $5K
SIDNEY
- Richland County Emergency Management $10K
SULA
- Sula Rural Fire District $4.9K
THOMPSON FALLS
- Thompson Falls Public Schools $2K
THREE FORKS
- Montana C.O.P.S. $500
- Three Forks Schools $2K
TOWNSEND
- Townsend Youth Baseball $10K
TROUT CREEK
- Trout Creek Rural Fire Department Auxiliary $3K
TROY
- City of Troy $5K
- Troy Volunteer Ambulance $3.5K
- Troy Chamber of Commerce $1K
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS
- Red Ants Pants Foundation $10K
- Meagher County Community Foundation $1K
- White Sulphur Springs Fire Department $1K
WHITEHALL
- Foster Montana $3K
- Town of Whitehall $3.5K
WIBAUX
- Pierre Wibaux Museum $5K
WOLF POINT
- Wolf Point Assembly of God $500
STATEWIDE
- The Producer Partnership $25K
- Montana Hope Project $15K
- American Legion of Montana $10K
- Montana Chamber Foundation $6.5K
- Fellowship of Christian Athletes $5K
- Jeremy Bullock Memorial Trust $5K
- Montana Cattlemen's Association Foundation $5K
- Montana Council on Developmental Disabilities $5K
- Montana State Volunteer Firefighters Association $3K
- Montana Violent Crime Investigators Association $2.5K
- Brain Injury Alliance $2K
Thriving Generations grants
Senior citizen centers are a vital part of every community and one of the most widely used services among Montana’s older adults. Research shows that older adults who participate in senior center programs can manage and delay the onset of chronic disease and experience measurable improvements in their physical, social, spiritual, emotional, mental and economic well-being.
There are over 75 senior citizen centers in Montana. Depending on location, they provide services such as:
- Meals and nutrition programs
- Health, fitness and wellness programs
- Transportation services
- Volunteer and civic engagement opportunities
- Social and recreational activities
- Educational and arts programs
- Out-of-facility trips
- Support groups
To maintain operations, senior citizen centers must leverage resources from a variety of sources, most relying on three to eight different funding sources. Primary funding sources are often local tax levies. Other sources include fundraising events, public and private grants, business, bequests, participant contributions and foundation grants.
In 2025, The Town Pump Charitable Foundation will be providing one-time funding to Montana senior citizen centers. These grants can be used for repairs and maintenance, programing costs, equipment replacement and other services determined by the local board of directors.
Grant applications will be accepted from February 17, 2025 through March 31, 2025, with grants awarded on May 1, 2025.
Learn more at townpumpfoundation.com.
