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The Catholic Foundation of Eastern Montana’s 2024 grant application portal will be available from Monday, May 6, until Friday, June 6.

Please check back after May 6 to view the link for the application.

In the meantime, we recommend that those who are interested in applying for a grant:

  1. Read the 2024 Grant Instructions (revised from last year—be sure to check them out!)
  2. Brainstorm ideas for what you would like to fund with a grant
  3. Start now to gather cost details and/or schedule bids from contractors if necessary

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In the five years since our grant program was established, the Foundation has distributed nearly $300,000 to Catholic schools, parishes, and ministries throughout the Diocese of Great Falls-Billings. We—and our generous donors to the Greatest Needs Endowment and Parish Assistance Endowment—love helping you meet your organization’s needs that go above and beyond your normal budgets!

If you’ve received a grant in the past, make sure you’ve completed reporting requirements! Whether you’ve met reporting requirements for past grants is an important factor in the Board’s decision-making for future grants.

Requirements include:

  • Grant Impact Report (linked below)
  • Grant Expense Record (linked below)
  • Testimonials, quotes, or stories about how the Foundation grant has helped your organization
  • Photos of your project
  • Invoices/receipts that show how your grant funds were spent
  • More details available in the Grant Impact Report!

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If you have any questions, please contact Judy Held, Foundation President, at [email protected] or 406-315-1765.

Click to complete your Grant Impact ReportClick to complete your Grant Expense RecordClick to view our 2024 Grant Instructions

About the Parish Assistance Endowment

Allie Russell

In your charity, please pray for the soul of Allie Russell (1923-2022), parishioner at Holy Family Church in Glentana, who made her first gift to the Foundation in 2015 to launch the Parish Assistance Endowment.

Coming from a very small rural parish, Allie understood how difficult it is for some of the Catholic churches in Eastern Montana to make ends meet. She decided to do something about it, and created an endowment. “It is an honor to be able to help the churches,” Allie said. “Some of them are really in need and I am glad to do what I can.”

Each year, the endowment’s distribution goes to a parish in need via the grant program. Please consider joining Allie in her support of our diocese’s rural parishes by giving to the Parish Assistance Endowment.