Open Foundations · Montana

Charles M Bair Family Tr Fund

Billings, Montana · EIN 816075761. 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 $1.0M across 49 grants in 2024, a median of $15K each.

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$1.0M
paid in 2024
49
grants paid
$15K
median grant
14%
to first-time recipients
$33.9M
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
Jason Jewett
Address
302 N Last Chance Gulch, Helena, MT, 59601
Phone
4064475253
Form the request should take
Applicants must use the grant application found on the the website at charlesmbairtrusts.org/grants.html, noting any new provisions for the year. Additionally, the application must include an IRS Determination Letter, Form 990 or 990EZ, current operating budget and balance sheet, the county of service, a separate thorough project explanation, and certification of public charity status.
Submission deadline
March 1st
Restrictions on awards
Please refer to the application found at www.charlesmbairtrusts.org/grants.html for restrictions and limitations on awards.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202532529349100903. 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.

facilitytraining

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 49 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Billings Clinic FoundationMT$75,000Grant for seclusion room and psychiatric centre.
2Rocky Mountain CollegeMT$75,000Grant for bair hall improvements.
3Wheatland Memorial HealthcareMT$50,000Grant for capital replacement facility.
4Upper Musselshell Historic SocietyMT$44,178Grant for building renovations.
5Billings Family YmcaMT$40,000Grant for childcare sensory upgrades.
6Ywca of BillingsMT$40,000Grant for victims of violence case management.
7Wheatland County Senior Citizens CenterMT$37,700Grant for exterior senior center upgrades.
8City County Preservation CommitteeMT$35,000Grant for enhancing community space.
9City of HarlowtonMT$35,000Grant for city pool revitalization.
10Meagher County Ambulance ServiceMT$35,000Grant for ambulance patient monitors.
11Alberta Bair TheaterMT$30,000Grant for ABT educational programs and workshops.
12Boys and Girls Club of Billings and Yellowstone CountyMT$30,000Grant for transportation ca[acity expansion.
13St Vincent Healthcare FoundationMT$30,000Grant for child life specialist program.
14Yellowstone Art MuseumMT$30,000Grant for facility repairs.
15Yellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch FoundationMT$30,000Grant for bathroom updates.

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202035$924K
202136$999K
202248$1.1M
202346$1.0M
202449$1.0M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Montana100%

Who decides

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

Bill Davies Us BankVice Chairman · 2024
Burt HurwitzAt Large Member - Meagher County · 2024
Gerry Fagan Moulton BellinghamChairman · 2024
James Day Us BankSecretary · 2024
Kelly ColemanAt Large Member - Yellowstone County · 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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