2024 Grant Award Recipients

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