Open Foundations · Montana

Charles M Bair Memorial Trust Fund

Billings, Montana · EIN 810370774. 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 $1.8M across 40 grants in 2024, a median of $22K each.

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$1.8M
paid in 2024
40
grants paid
$22K
median grant
8%
to first-time recipients
$10.1M
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
US BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Address
303 N BROADWAY 2ND FLOOR, BILLINGS, MT, 59101
Phone
4066578139
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
SEE STMT 13
Submission deadline
THE TRUSTEES WILL PROCESS SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS RECEIVED AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO APRIL FIFTEENTH. SE
Restrictions on awards
SEE STMT 13

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202533499349100103. 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 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

school scholarshiphealthcare

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 40 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Billings Clinic FoundationMT$575,000PASS THROUGH TO HEALTHCARE FACILITY
2Wheatland Memorial HealthcareMT$230,000SUSTAIN REGIONAL HEALTHCARE
3Mountainview Medical Center IncMT$115,000SUSTAIN REGIONAL HEALTHCARE
4First Church of Christ Scientist Mother ChurchMA$64,500GENERAL EXPENSE OR CAPITAL EXPENDITURES
5Brooke ThorpMT$61,749SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP
6First Church of Christ ScientistMT$50,000GENERAL EXPENSE OR CAPITAL EXPENDITURES
7Teagan OlivaMT$45,823SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP
8Karli LaneMT$36,984SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP
9Samantha FenleyMT$34,170SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP
10Tyson HansonMT$34,014SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP
11Mesa ButlerMT$30,538SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP
12Shane OgleMT$27,326SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP
13Camyrn LarsonMT$26,239SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP
14Cadie LarsonMT$26,088SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP
15Laura PowerMT$25,206SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202039$1.1M
202135$1.2M
202238$1.4M
202338$1.5M
202440$1.8M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Montana98%
Massachusetts3%

Who decides

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

NaN/A · 2024

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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