2023 Grant Award Recipients

The Helena Area Community Foundation (HACF) is pleased to announce the grant recipients for our 2023 combined grant cycle. Grant Making is central to the mission of the Helena Area Community Foundation.

Funding for 2023 totals $72,751 and is provided by HACF in the amount of $30,001; Lewis and Clark County in the amount of $23,750; and the City of Helena in the amount of $19,000. This grant cycle opened on March 6, 2023 and closed on March 30, 2023. Forty grant applications received funding in the 2023 grant cycle. 

Grant recipients for 2023 and their sources of funding are listed below. 

American Jobs for America’s Youth, $1,000 from HACF, $2,000 from the City of Helena, Total: $3,000

Angel Fund, $500 from HACF, $500 from Lewis and Clark County, Total: $1,000

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Montana, $1,000 from HACF, $1,600 from Lewis and Clark County, Total: $2,600

Career Training Institute, $300 from HACF, $2,000 from the City of Helena, Total: $2,300

Catholic Social Services of MT, $925 from HACF, $1,075 from Lewis and Clark County, Total: $2,000

Child Care Connections, $1,000 from HACF, $2,000 from the City of Helena, Total: $3,000

Cohesion Dance Project, $1,000 from HACF, $2,000 from Lewis and Clark County, Total: $3,000

Colman Community Services, $500 from HACF, $1,500 from Lewis and Clark County, Total: $2,000

Exploration Works, $1,000 from HACF, $1,000 from Lewis and Clark County, Total: $2,000

First Judicial District CASA/GAL, $2,000 from HACF, $2,000 from the City of Helena, Total: $4,000

Florence Crittendon, $560 from HACF, $1,000 from Lewis and Clark County, Total: $1,560

Friendship Center, $1,000 from HACF, $2,000 from Lewis and Clark County, Total: $3,000

GFWC Helena Woman’s Club, $500 from HACF, $1,500 from Lewis and Clark County, Total: $2,000

Grandstreet Theater, $1,000 from HACF, $1,000 from the City of Helena, Total: $2,000

Helena Area Friends of Pets, $500 from HACF, $500 from Lewis and Clark County, Total: $1,000

Helena Education Foundation, $1,600 from HACF, $400 from the City of Helena, Total: $2,000

Helena Food Share, $890 from HACF, $2,000 from the City of Helena, Total: $2,890

Helena Lions Swim Team, $1,000 from HACF, $225 from Lewis and Clark County, Total: $1,225

Holter Museum of Art, $250 from HACF, Total: $250

Ironhorse Music Consortium, $500 from HACF, $1,500 from Lewis and Clark County, Total: $2,000

Jeremy Bullock Memorial Trust, $1,250 from HACF, $1,250 from Lewis and Clark County, Total: $2,500

Last Chance Curling Club, $250 from HACF, Total: $250

Lewis and Clark Humane Society, $500 from HACF, $500 from Lewis and Clark County, Total: $1,000

Lewis and Clark Literacy Council, $600 from HACF, $600 from the City of Helena, Total: $1,200

Life Houses Inc, $1,000 from HACF, $2,000 from the City of Helena, Total: $3,000

Margaret Stuart Youth Home, $750 from HACF, $750 from Lewis and Clark County, Total: $1,500

Montana Living History Program, $500 from HACF, Total: $500

Montana Playwrights Networks, $252 from HACF, $800 from Lewis and Clark County, Total: $1,052

Montana Renewable Energy Association, $100 from HACF, $900 from Lewis and Clark County, Total: $1,000

Montana Shares, $100 from HACF, $900 from Lewis and Clark County, Total: $1,000

Mountain Health Gives, $1,000 from HACF, $1,000 from the City of Helena, Total: $2,000

Preserve Montana, $1,000 from HACF, $1,000 from Lewis and Clark County, Total: $2,000

Resilient Helena, $500 from HACF, $500 from Lewis and Clark County, Total: $1,000

Rocky Mountain Development Council, $500 from HACF, $2,000 from Lewis and Clark County, Total: $2,500

Treasure State Runners, $250 from HACF, Total: $250

United Way of Lewis and Clark Area, $750 from HACF, $750 from Lewis and Clark County, Total: $1,500

West Mont, $1,000 from HACF, $1,000 from the City of Helena, Total: $2,000

Wild Montana, $1,000 from HACF, $1,000 from the City of Helena, Total: $2,000

York Volunteer Fire Department, $1,174 from HACF, Total: $1,174

YWCA Helena, $500 from HACF, $2,000 from the City of Helena, Total: $2,500