The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
How to apply
Deadlines
Restrictions
Send applications to
Not publishedHELENA, MT, 59601The filing names a person as the application contact. We publish role-based contacts (a committee, an office, a shared inbox) but not named individuals.a phone number for applications is on the filing. On the filing, not published; see “How to reach them” for any published channel.
Application policy: Accepts applications, as stated on the FY2025 return.
What its returns show
Stated the same way on all 7 Form 990-PF returns on record (FY2019 to FY2025).
These lines count this foundation's own Form 990-PF returns that the IRS has published as data. An amended return replaces its original. They describe past returns only.
Application guidance comes from the funder's own Form 990-PF, Part XV (the section where a private foundation says how to apply), shown as filed. It is the funder's words, not ours. These fields are free text and the IRS form cuts them short. Filers sometimes put whole sentences in the contact-name box. Shown exactly as filed.
Financials
Giving
$228K
FY2025 · qualifying distributions
Total assets
$0
FY2025 · end of year
Revenue
$37.4K
FY2025
Expenses
$229K
FY2025
Giving by year
Total assets by year
Year
Form
Revenue
Expenses
Giving
Assets
Net assets
FY2025
990-PF
$37,393
$229,469
$227,721
$0
Figures are as reported on the e-filed return, with no restatement. Fiscal years are the funder's own tax year, labelled by the calendar year the period ends in. A blank line means the return does not carry that figure; a real zero shows as $0. When an amended return replaces an original, every figure here uses the amended return. The original is not shown. Giving is what the funder actually paid out toward its charitable purpose in the year (qualifying distributions on Form 990-PF, charitable disbursements otherwise). Assets are what it holds; giving is what moves.
What they fund
Recipient focus areas
Education$110K · 1
Where recipients are
MT$265K · 23
MA$6,857 · 4
ID$4,143 · 3
WA$4,000 · 1
Based on the 10% of grant rows we could match to an organization record. The rest stay as reported. The IRS assigns the NTEE category when it grants exemption. It often reflects the original filing, not today's giving.
Recipients are shown as the funder wrote them on the return. A recipient with a link was matched to an organization record; the rest stay as reported and are never guessed.
Officers and directors
Name
Title
Hours / week
Compensation
Wells Fargo Bank N A
TRUSTEE
1
$1,515
From the officer list on the latest e-filed return. Compensation is as reported there; a blank means the return carries no figure.
$0
FY2024
990-PF
$9,476
$15,227
$12,463
$192,381
$192,381
FY2023
990-PF
$10,293
$11,056
$8,454
$198,208
$198,208
FY2022
990-PF
$12,932
$19,120
$15,975
$199,049
$199,049
FY2021
990-PF
$18,071
$17,286
$14,368
$201,758
$201,758
FY2020
990-PF
$25,383
$13,513
$10,374
$200,028
$200,028
FY2019
990-PF
$18,699
$16,421
$13,851
$188,165
$188,165
MSU FOUNDATIONS
BOZEMAN, MT
GENERAL OPERATING
$109,510
2025
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITYBOZEMAN, MT
SCHOLARSHIPS
$4,000
2024
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITYBOZEMAN, MT
SCHOLARSHIPS
$4,000
2020
CAPITAL HIGH SCHOOLOLYMPIA, WA
SCHOLARSHIPS
$4,000
2019
THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANAMISSOULA, MT
SCHOLARSHIPS
$4,000
2024
TRINITY NELSON CO MONTANA STATE UNIVERSBOZEMAN, MT
SCHOLARSHIP
$3,250
2023
REBECCA BRYAN CO UNIVERSITY OF MONTANAMISSOULA, MT
SCHOLARSHIP
$3,250
2023
SMITH COLLEGENorthampton, MA
SCHOLARSHIP
$3,143
2022
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITYBozeman, MT
SCHOLARSHIP
$3,143
2022
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITYBOZEMAN, MT
SCHOLARSHIPS
$3,000
2019
HELENA COLLEGEHELENA, MT
SCHOLARSHIPS
$2,000
2020
HELENA COLLEGEHELENA, MT
SCHOLARSHIPS
$2,000
2019
TRINITY NELSON CO UNIVERSITY OF MONTANAMISSOULA, MT
SCHOLARSHIP
$1,714
2021
ASHLEY ROMERO CO MONTANA STATEHAVRE, MT
SCHOLARSHIP
$1,714
2021
MAKENZI LONG CO HELENA COLLEGEHELENA, MT
SCHOLARSHIP
$1,714
2021
REBECCA BRYAN CO MONTANA TECHNOLOGICALBUTTE, MT
SCHOLARSHIP
$1,714
2021
KENDALL SMITH CO IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITYPOCATELLO, ID