Grants awarded
Who does The High Stakes Foundation fund?
The High Stakes Foundation has awarded $6.9 million across 370 grants to 177 grantees between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in environment. Its typical grant is $20,000, with most between $10,000 and $25,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $20,000 versus $14,700 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$6.9M
Typical grant
$20K
Grantees
177
Grants
370
Years
2020–2025
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Support |
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Maps Media Institute INC
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$180K | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | MT | |
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$166K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | MT | |
| N Northern Plains Resource Council | $165K | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Montana Environmental Information Center INC
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$136K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | MT | |
Montana Free Press
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$135K | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | MT | |
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$130K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MT | |
| T The Vital Ground Foundation | $125K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$120K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MT | |
| P Producers Partnership INC | $110K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | MT | |
| I Individual recipient | $110K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Missoula Interfaith Collaborative
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$110K | 4 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | MT | |
The Nature Conservancy
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$110K | 4 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | VA | |
Montana Watershed Coordination Council INC
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$105K | 4 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | MT | |
Climate Smart Missoula INC
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$105K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MT | |
Code Girls United
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$100K | 4 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | MT | |
Prickly Pear Land Trust
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$100K | 4 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | MT | |
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$100K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | MT | |
| I Individual recipient | $95K | 4 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| Y Youth Homes | $90K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
National Forest Foundation
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$90K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | MT | |
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$90K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | MT | |
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$85K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MT | |
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$80K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MT | |
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$75K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | MT | |
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$75K | 4 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | MT | |
Mainstreet Uptown Butte INC
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$75K | 3 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | MT | |
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$75K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | DC | |
Montana Budget and Policy Center
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$75K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | MT | |
| H Homeresource | $75K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$75K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | MT | |
Big Hole Watershed Committee INC
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$70K | 4 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | MT | |
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$70K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | MT | |
Continental Divide Trail Coalition
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$69K | 3 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | CO | |
Farm to School of Park County
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$65K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | MT | |
| I Individual recipient | $65K | 4 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Whitefish Legacy Partners INC
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$65K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | MT | |
| F Friends of Scotchman Peaks | $62K | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$60K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | MT | |
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$60K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | PA | |
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$60K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| F Forward Montana Foundation | $60K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$60K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MT | |
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Arlee Community Development Corporation
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$60K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MT | |
| E Empowermt | $59K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
The Glacier-Two Medicine Alliance
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$57K | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | MT | |
| M Montana Wilderness Association DBA Wild Montana | $55K | 3 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$55K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | MT | |
| C Common Good Montana INC | $53K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | MT | |
| M Montana World Affairs Council | $51K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Montana Wilderness Association INC
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$50K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | MT | |
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$50K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | MT | |
| M Montana Budget and Policy | $50K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$48K | 4 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | MT | |
| W Western Enviromental Law Center | $46K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| G Gallatin Valley Foundation for Economic Development | $45K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| M Montana Conservation Voters Education Fund | $45K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N Ncat | $45K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$45K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | WI | |
| F Farm Hands Nourish the Flathead | $45K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| P Park County Community Foundation | $45K | 2 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$42K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | MT | |
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$42K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | MT | |
| R Red Lodge Community Foundation | $41K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$40K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | VA | |
Red Ants Pants Foundation
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$40K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | MT | |
Western Native Voice INC
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$40K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MT | |
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$40K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | MT | |
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$40K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | MT | |
Montana Two Spirit Society
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$38K | 2 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | MT | |
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$36K | 2 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | NM | |
| F Friends Forever Mentoring | $35K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | MT | |
| I Individual recipient | $35K | 3 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$35K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | MT | |
| C Center for Large Landscape Conservation | $35K | 2 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$34K | 3 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | MT | |
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$33K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | MT | |
Citizens for a Better Flathead
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$33K | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | MT | |
Missoula Urban Demonstration Project
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$30K | 3 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | MT | |
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$30K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MT | |
| U University of Montana Foundation - Evst | $30K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Quivira Coalition INC
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$30K | 4 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | NM | |
Big Sky Film Institute INC
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$30K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | MT | |
| I Individual recipient | $30K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Forward Mt Foundation
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$30K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | MT | |
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$30K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MT | |
Thunderheart Media INC
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$30K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MT | |
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$30K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | MT | |
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$29K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MT | |
| I Individual recipient | $27K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| B Bitter Root Resource Conservation and Development Area INC FBO Cultivating | $27K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| W Western Organization of Resource Councils Education | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Montana Freshwater Partners INC
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$25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | MT | |
| I Individual recipient | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
The Pulp
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$25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | MT | |
| M Missoula Institute for Sustainable Transportation (mist) | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Center Pole
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$25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | MT | |
| H Habitat for Humanity International INC | $25K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$25K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | MT | |
| O Our Childrens Trust | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$24K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | MT |
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