In its Idaho and Montana Grant Program, The Steele-Reese Foundation makes grants only to federally tax-exempt entities for work in rural Idaho and Montana communities, and in Native nations that share this geography.
Donor Name: The Steele-Reese Foundation
States: Idaho and Montana
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 01/31/2022
Details:
The Foundation will only consider requests that benefit rural communities in Idaho, Montana, and in Native nations located within these states. The Foundation will not consider requests for work benefiting urban or suburban areas, or those more rural areas immediately adjacent, or in close proximity, to an urbanized area. In Idaho, urban areas include the Boise-Nampa Metropolitan Statistical Area, Idaho Falls, Pocatello, Coeur d’Alene, Twin Falls, Lewiston, Post Falls, Rexburg, Moscow, and their suburbs. In Montana, urban areas include Billings, Missoula, Great Falls, Bozeman, Butte, Helena, Kalispell, and their suburbs.
The Foundation gives priority to organizations based in rural communities working in rural areas. It also considers inquiries from organizations based in urban areas for proposed work in a rural community with whom they can demonstrate an existing high level of engagement.
Program Areas
- Rural Education
- Rural Health
- Rural Human and Social Services
- Rural Arts and Humanities, and
- Rural Conservation or Preservation.
The Idaho and Montana Grant Program also supports projects in each of these program areas in and around Native nations that share the geography: Projects in Indian Country.
Eligibility Criteria
- No grants are made to individuals or to entities that have not been recognized as federally tax-exempt by the Internal Revenue Service. The Foundation considers requests from 501(c) 3 organizations and from governmental entities or agencies such as schools, fire departments, and libraries.
- Applications from organizations operating outside of these regional or program areas are not eligible for funding consideration.
For more information, visit Steele-Reese Foundation.
