2023 Grant Award Recipients

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