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