Open Foundations · Montana

Signal Peak Community Foundation

Helena, Montana · EIN 452708352. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $553K across 23 grants in 2025, a median of $6K each.

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$553K
paid in 2025
23
grants paid
$6K
median grant
12%
to first-time recipients
$1.6M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
SUE OLSON
Address
1230 FATTIG CREEK ROAD, ROUNDUP, MT, 59072
Phone
4064958383
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
CONTACT THE ORGANIZATION OR SIGNALPEAKFOUNDATION.COM FOR AN APPLICATION TO BE FILLED OUT.
Submission deadline
APRIL 15 AND SEPTEMBER 15 EACH YEAR
Restrictions on awards
ORGANIZATION OR INDIVIDUAL MUST BE IN THE COMMUNITY OF ROUNDUP, MT OR MUSSELSHELL COUNTY.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, IRS filing object id 202621949349100082. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2025 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

paid directlyscholarships paiddirectly college

Biggest grants in 2025

The 15 largest of the 23 grants paid in 2025, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1City of RoundupMT$133,788MOWER, AND STORAGE SHED
2Roundup Community PartnersMT$100,000PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT
3City of Roundup - Pine Ridge Golf CourseMT$70,000SHED CONSTRUCTION
4Musselshell CountyMT$50,000BUILDING REPAIRS
5Melstone Community Pool IncMT$35,000POOL LINER
6Montana Tech of the University of MontanaMT$34,000SCHOLARSHIPS
7Grand Lodge Af&am of Montana - Unity #71MT$25,000NEW CARPET
8Roundup Ffa AlumniMT$25,000CONCESSIONS TRAILER
9Musselshell Golden Valley 4-h CouncilMT$19,916BLEACHERS AND BUILDING FOUNDATION
10Montana State University - BillingsMT$12,000SCHOLARSHIP
11Rodeo RoundupMT$6,360PANELS AND TRAILER
12Roundup Commemorative GardenMT$6,197MURAL
13Melstone Public SchoolsMT$6,045WELDING EQUIPMENT
14Vfw Post 4925MT$5,500FLAGS AND FLAG POLES
15Montana Treasured Piecemakers QuiltsMT$5,000GRANTS FOR SUPPLIES

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202021$179K
20219$320K
202218$259K
202319$228K
202421$236K
2025 (partial year)23$553K

Where the money went

Share of 2025 grant dollars by recipient state
Montana87%
Wyoming4%
Massachusetts4%
Oklahoma4%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Alan OlsonVICE CHAIRMAN · 2025
Chad SealeyCHAIRMAN · 2025
Parker PhippsDIRECTOR · 2025
Sandra JonesDIRECTOR · 2025
Sue OlsonSECRETARY/TREASURER · 2025
Tom HougenDIRECTOR · 2025

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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