The Montana Mental Health Access Fund will support organizations that expand access to mental health services for Indigenous individuals.
Donor Name: Montana Community Foundation
State: Montana
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/15/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Montana Mental Health Access Fund was created to help increase access to mental health services across Montana, with a particular focus on tribal communities and indigenous individuals. The fund supports innovative ideas for improving mental health and well-being, including leveraging technology and other resources to provide mental health services in even the hardest to reach areas and populations.
The Fund will grant to projects that:
- Improve or increase access to mental health services, including leveraging technology (i.e. telehealth) and other resources to meet the need of those represented on the seven Indian Reservations in Montana or the Little Shell Chippewa Tribe.
- Reduce barriers to accessing mental health services including geographic, demographic, and economic barriers.
- Provide mental health services associated with the grant at no cost to the patient.
- Are long-term and sustainable solutions to increasing access to mental health.
- Projects must be evidence based and demonstrate measurable outcomes.
- Projects must fill a need that other available resources in the community cannot meet. Organizations requesting funds for serving an existing client-base with a new type of mental health service (i.e. new technology serving an already served population/community) will not be ranked highly.
- Foundation encourage projects that create or advance new and substantive partnerships that result in the more efficient and effective use of resources.
Funding Information
Grants will typically range from $5,000-$10,000 and will be awarded based on the scope and merit of the proposed project.
Eligibility Criteria
- 501C3 nonprofits, schools, government agencies, health clinics, mental health centers, and hospitals.
- For profits entities may be eligible to apply. Applications from for-profit organizations must demonstrate considerable benefit to the community and how the funds will not solely benefit the business and its operations. Additionally, the program will not make grants for services already covered by Medicare, Medicaid, or other insurance.
- Entities working on the seven Reservations located in Montana, including Flathead Reservation, Blackfeet Reservation, Rocky Boy’s Reservation, Fort Belknap Reservation, Fort Peck Reservation, and the Northern Cheyenne Reservation, as well as the Little Shell Chippewa Tribe.
- Entities working with urban Indian populations.
- If the applicant is providing mental health services, they must be working with a licensed provider.
Ineligible Projects
- Work to influence public policy is not allowed.
- Regranting
- Annual fundraisers and benefit events.
- Debt reduction.
For more information, visit MCF.
