Bitterroot Water Forum – $2,500. The Bitter Root Water Forum (BRWF) is a community driven non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the traditions of agriculture, community and recreation by protecting, enhancing and restoring the Bitterroot Watershed through on the ground restoration projects and watershed education. www.brwaterforum.org
Chippewa Cree Tribe - Community Garden. $2,500. The Chippewa Cree Tribe and the Rocky Boy Health Board’s mission and purpose is to advocate, govern, support, promote and protect the health, security and welfare of the Tribe and support the goals of community wellness and disease prevention programs. Funds from High Stakes will help support their community garden program. www.rockyboy.org
Citizens for a Better Flathead. $12,000. Since 1992, Citizens for a Better Flathead has been a leader at the forefront of addressing the challenges that rapid growth is bringing to our region. We work to protect clean water, natural beauty and friendly communities through sound planning and policy solutions. We believe in the power of collaboration and consensus building, and work to inform and engage broad-based public participation in planning for the future of the Flathead. www.flatheadcitizens.org
Community Food & Agriculture Coalition. $10,000. The Community Food and Agriculture Coalition is a coalition that addresses community needs related to food and agriculture in a comprehensive and creative way. The dedicated involvement of citizens, public officials, and people with a range of interests, such as farmers and anti-hunger advocates, is essential to securing the health of our local food and farming system. http://www.umt.edu/cfa/
Climate Solutions $10,000 Climate Solutions mission is to accelerate practical and profitable solutions to global warming by galvanizing leadership, growing investment, and bridging divides. Funds will be used to continue their work with leaders in the business and agriculture communities to promote clean energy policies, sustainable family wage jobs and keeping energy affordable and reliable. www.climatesolutions.org
Dawson County EDC $10,000. The Dawson County EDC helps business start ups, planning, financing, training, and bidding government contracts. Theyhave information about local history, land, and local developers. They can assist with grants, business plans, community trusts. If we can't help, we know people and resources who can. www.dawsonedc.com
Five Valleys Land Trust. $10,000. Five Valleys Land Trust works to protect and preserve western Montana's natural legacy - our river corridors. wildlife habitat, agricultural lands and scenic open spaces. Our work has conserved signature places including Mount Jumbo, Mount Sentinel, the Alberton Gorge and McCauley Butte, as well as thousands of acres of working ranches and family farms in western Montana
Forward Montana. $20,000. Forward Montana trains, mobilizes, and elects a new generation of progressive leaders for Montana. This grant will help Forward Montana continue in their work of nurturing new progressive leaders in Montana. www.forwardmontana.org
Indian Nonprofit Alliance. $10.000. Indian Nonprofit Alliance is an Indian-led organization whose mission is to increase philanthropy for Indian Country and strengthen Indian-led nonprofits that serve both reservation-based and urban Indian communities
Mainstreet Uptown Butte. $10,000. Mainstreet Uptown Butte, Inc., is a 501 (c)(3) not-for-profit program incorporated in June 1999 and affiliated with the National Main Street Center and the Montana State Main Street Program. The key to success of the Main Street Program is that community revitalization does not rely on any one action, be it an anchor store, a new streetscape, or that one special event that will draw thousands of visitors. The program uses a sustained approach guided by four major points to guide preservation and economic rejuvenation efforts. www.mainstreetbutte.org
Missoula Urban Demonstration Project. $20,000. M.U.D. exists to provide a replicable model of sustainable living through education, demonstration, and celebration in the Missoula community. MUD values Urban Sustainable Living: A way of living that embraces low-impact, small-budget, do-it-yourself, resource-sharing practices that foster healthy communities and ecosystems now and for future generations.
This is matching grant to help MUD expand their tool library and truck share program and relocation. www.mudproject.org
Montana Human Rights Network. $20,000. The mission of MHRN is to promote democratic values such as pluralism, equality and justice; challenge bigotry and intolerance; and organize communities to speak out in support of democratic principles and institutions. To challenge hate groups and other extremists who use violence and intimidation as tools for political activism. www.mhrn.org
Montana Nonprofit Association. $10,000. The Montana Nonprofit Association (MNA) is a membership organization of charitable nonprofits that promotes a stronger nonprofit sector, a supportive public climate, and the ability of nonprofits to accomplish their missions. MNA achieves its mission through: Advocacy and public policy on sector-wide issues, affordable products and services to save administrative costs, organizational development to build nonprofit capacity, research and information sharing on issues of importance to nonprofits, and network building to connect and strengthen nonprofits. www.mtnonprofit.org
Montana Smart Growth Coalition. $6,000. The Montana Smart Growth Coalition was created in 1999 by a coalition of 40 diverse organizations to protect the things we all love about Montana as the state develops and grows. We work to protect and enhance Montana’s unique quality of life, big sky, lakes and rivers, and wildlife while helping our communities grow sustainably and affordably. www.mtsmarthgrowth.org
Montana Wildlife Federation. $3,000. Montana Wildlife Federation is an organization of conservation minded people who share a mission to protect and enhance Montana's public wildlife, lands, waters, and fair chase hunting and fishing heritage. www.montanawildlife.com
National Center for Appropriate Technology - Grow Montana. $5,000. Grow Montana is a broad-based coalition whose common purpose is to promote community economic development polices that support sustainable Montana-owned food production, processing, and distribution, and that improve all of our citizens' access to Montana Foods. This grant is matching funds to hire an Energy Corps member to work closely with city staff and volunteers to draw up a Conservation and Climate Action Plan for Missoula . www.growmontana.ncat.org
National Center for Appropriate Technology. $10,000. NCAT’s mission is Helping People by championing small-scale, local, and sustainable solutions to reduce poverty, promote healthy communities, and protect natural resources. www.ncat.org
National Coalition Building Institute. $10,000. National Coalition Building Institute-Missoula is dedicated to moving individuals, organizations, and communities toward a more just and inclusive society. We provide training to reduce prejudice, prevent violence, and resolve conflict, while identifying and implementing strategies to strengthen communities and institutions. We fulfill our mission in three ways: youth development, community trainings, and organizational consulting. www.ncbimissoula.org
North Avenue Youth Farm. $10,000. The North Avenue Youth Farm was created to give teenagers in care at Youth Homes the opportunity for meaningful work though a creative partnership between Youth Homes and Garden City Harvest. It has also allowed each non-profit to bring their respective strengths to the partnership: Youth Homes, whose mission is to assist each child in finding stability, a sense of belonging and place to call home; and Garden City Harvest, which grows and distributes healthy food to low income people, offers education in ecologically conscious food production and uses their sites for the restoration of youth and adults. www.youthhomes.com/Welcome/North_Avenue_Youth_Farm
North Missoula Community Development Corporation - Burns Street Nutrition Center. $20,000. The mission of the NMCDC is to foster neighborhood revitalization and preserve home ownership for the people working in the local economy. High Stakes’ grant to NMCDC is to support the Burns Street Square nutrition center. www.nmcdc.org
Northern Plains Resource Council. $10,000. The Northern Plains Resource Council is committed to land stewardship, to the preservation of family farms and ranches and small businesses, and to providing the information and tools necessary to give citizens an effective voice in decisions that affect their lives. Recognizing the need to balance the quest for economic gain with social and environmental responsibility, Northern Plains strives to protect Montana’s water, land, air, and unique quality of life in order to pass them on, unimpaired, to future generations. www.northernplains.org
Opportunity Links. $10,000. Opportunity Link is committed to finding systemic ways to reduce poverty and help the communities of Northcentral Montana achieve independence, prosperity and a better way of life. www.opportunitylinkmontana.org
Park County Community Foundation. $7,000. Founded by community leaders in 2006, the Park County Community Foundation (PCCF) is a tax-exempt public charity that is dedicated to fostering collaborative community action to shape a healthy, vital, and caring community in Park County, Montana. Funds will be used to continue their work in collaboration and facilitation for community capacity building. www.pccf-montana.org
Plains Justice. $10,000. Plains Justices provides legal resources to help communities in the Northern Plains make the transition to a new energy future. www.plainsjustice.org
Pride Foundation. $5,000. Pride Foundation inspires a culture of generosity that connects and strengthens Northwest organizations, leaders, and students who are creating LGBTQ equality. Pride Foundation envisions a world that honors diversity, fosters mutual respect, and celebrates complete equality.
The Pride Foundation will use these funds for capacity building and leadership training in the LGBTQ community in Montana. www.pridefoundation.org
Sonoran Institute. $2,000. The Sonoran Institute inspires and enables community decisions and public policies that respect the land and people of western North America. Facing rapid change, communities in the West value their natural and cultural resources, which support resilient environmental and economic systems. These funds will be used to support staff in the Sonoran Institute’s Northern Rockies Program. www.sonoraninstitute.org
Sustainable Business Council. $10,000. Located in Missoula Montana, the Sustainable Business Council (SBC) supports businesses that would like to pursue more environmentally and socially sustainable practices, while maintaining or enhancing their economic viability. This grant is for general operating support as well as funds to expand the Think Local- Buy Local Program. www.sbcmontana.org.
Sustainable Living Systems - Victor Community Garden. $2,500. SLS is a non-profit organization that was formed to demonstrate and teach a way of living where our impact (or footprint) on the Earth's ecosystems is minimized. Sustainable Living Systems has obtained a FoodCorp Vista volunteer and with the help of this grant will start a community garden in Victor, MT. www.sustainablelivingsystems.org
The Nature Conservancy Montana Legacy Project – $25,000. The mission of The Nature Conservancy is to preserve the plants, animals and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive. These funds will be used to help support the Montana Legacy Project which has helped ensure sustainable communities, public access and healthy ecosystems in the Swan, Clearwater and Blackfoot Valleys and is expanding to other Western Montana communities. www.nature.org
The Policy Institute. $5,000. The Policy Institute works to change public policy to reflect social justice values by developing and advocating for policy initiatives which frame public discussion in progressive terms like equality, opportunity, and economic justice and by providing leadership development training for social justice leaders in Montana. This grant will fund general operations and leadership programs. http://thepolicyinstitute.us
University of Montana Global Leadership Program. $25,000. The University is developing a program to instill in its graduates a more comprehensive understanding and broader perspectives to address global issues such as economic viability, population and environmental changes, effects of technological advances and the generation of wealth and resources.
Wildlands CPR. $15,000. Wildlands CPR works to revive and protect wild places by promoting watershed restoration through road removal, preventing new road construction, and stopping off-road vehicle abuse. www.wildlandscpr.org
