The Helena Area Community Foundation (HACF) is pleased to announce the grant recipients for our 2025 combined grant cycle. Grant making is central to the mission of the Helena Area Community Foundation.Funding for 2025 totals $67,750 and is provided by HACF in the amount of $25,000; 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 January 27th, 2025 and closed on March 7th, 2025. Twenty-eight applications received funding in the 2025 grant cycle.

Grant recipients for 2025 and their sources of funding are listed below.

The Angel Fund, $1,600 from City of Helena, Total Funding: $1,600

Catholic Social Services of Montana, $2,000 from HACF, $2,000 from Lewis and Clark County, Total Funding: $4,000

Clancy Elementary, $350 from HACF, $2,000 from Lewis and Clark County, Total Funding: $2,350

Cohesion Dance Project, $1,000 from City of Helena, Total Funding: $1,000

ExplorationWorks, $2,000 from City of Helena, Total Funding: $2,000

Florence Crittenton Family Services, $1,812 from HACF, $2,000 from Lewis and Clark County, Total Funding: $3,812

Friendship Center, $2,000 from HACF, $2,000 from City of Helena, Total Funding: $4,000

Grandstreet Theatre, $1,000 from HACF, $1,000 from City of Helena, Total Funding: $2,000

Hands on Global/HAART, $2,000 from HACF, $2,000 from Lewis and Clark County, Total Funding: $4,000

Helena Food Share, $1,000 from HACF, $1,000 from City of Helena, Funding: $2,000

Helena Indian Alliance, $2,000 from HACF, $2,000 from Lewis and Clark County, Total Funding: $4,000

Helena Symphony, $500 from HACF, $500 from City of Helena, Total Funding: $1,000

Holter Museum of Art, $1,000 from HACF, $1,000 from City of Helena, Total Funding: $2,000

Last Chance Curling Club, $1,220 from Lewis and Clark County, Total Funding: $1,220

Lewis and Clark Humane Society, $1,000 from HACF, $1,000 from City of Helena, Total Funding: $2,000

Life Houses, Inc., $2,000 from HACF, $2,000 from Lewis and Clark County, Total Funding: $4,000

Mending Waters Montana, $40 from HACF, $560 from Lewis and Clark County, Total Funding: $600

Montana Legal Services Association, $2,000 from HACF, $2,000 from Lewis and Clark County, Total Funding: $4,000

Montana Living History Program, $500 from Lewis and Clark County, Total Funding: $500

Myrna Loy Center, $1,350 from HACF, $2,000 from City of Helena, Total Funding: $3,350

Plymouth Congregational Church, $153 from HACF, $500 from City of Helena, Total Funding: $653

Rocky Mountain Development Council Inc., $2,000 from Lewis and Clark County, Total Funding: $2,000

St. Peter’s Health Foundation, $995 from HACF, $2,000 from City of Helena, Total Funding: $2,995

Tri-County Firesafe Working Group, $1,000 from HACF, $2,000 from Lewis and Clark County, Total Funding: $3,000

United Way of the Lewis and Clark Area, $2,000 from HACF, $2,000 from Lewis and Clark County, Total Funding: $4,000

West Mont, $300 from HACF, $2,000 from Lewis and Clark County, Total Funding: $2,300

Wild Montana, $1,470 from Lewis and Clark County, Total Funding: $1,470

YWCA Helena, $500 from HACF, $1,400 from City of Helena, Total Funding: $1,900