ActiveAtlas Opportunity Score 92/100
Montana Community Foundation Community Investment Program — November 2026 Cycle
<p>Montana Community Foundation’s Grid United Community Investment Program is open for a November 1, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. deadline, with grants up to $50,000 for qualifying nonprofit, government, tribal, and school-district projects benefiting Rosebud, Custer, and Fallon counties and the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation. Prior awards include telemedicine, healthcare equipment, EMS training, mobile eye exams, and healthcare workforce projects.</p>
FundingUp to $50,000 per grant; applicants with needs above $50,000 are directed to contact Montana Community Foundation.
DeadlineNovember 1, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. The controlling 2026 guidelines do not state a time zone, so Atlas does not infer one.
Last verifiedSeptember 20, 2026
Required next actionEligible 501(c)(3) nonprofits and government entities serving Rosebud, Custer, or Fallon County communities or the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation should confirm project fit, one-application-per-organization compliance, current portal requirements, budget and support documentation, and submit through the Montana Community Foundation online grant portal by November 1, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. The guidelines do not state a time zone. Leveraging other support is a preferred project characteristic, not a published mandatory match requirement.
Broad Eligibility
501(c)(3) nonprofits and government entities, including local governments, tribal governments, and school districts. Non-501(c)(3) nonprofits may be eligible after discussion with MCF. Individuals and for-profits are not direct eligible applicants but may apply through an eligible fiscal sponsor. Funded work must benefit Rosebud, Custer, or Fallon County communities; the program also identifies the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation as a supported community. Only one application is allowed per organization.
Atlas Analysis
Atlas Opportunity Score 92/100. Strong eastern Montana community, school, public-service, and health/human-services relevance with grants up to $50,000 and broad governmental/nonprofit eligibility. Dr. Miltie is not a direct eligible applicant as a for-profit; any vendor role must arise from an eligible applicant's legitimate project and procurement. The controlling materials do not state a mandatory match or cost-share requirement; project leverage is described as a favorable characteristic rather than an eligibility condition. The absence of a published deadline time zone is preserved as an unknown fact and is not used as a publication blocker.
The Montana Community Foundation Community Investment Program (CIP), established by Grid United, is open for its second 2026 application cycle. The program supports projects that benefit communities in Rosebud, Custer, and Fallon counties and the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation. The controlling 2026 guidelines set the second deadline at November 1, 2026 at 11:59 p.m.; they do not state a time zone.
Eligible applicants include 501(c)(3) nonprofits and government entities such as local governments, tribal governments, and school districts. Non-501(c)(3) nonprofits may be eligible after discussion with Montana Community Foundation. Individuals and for-profit organizations are not direct eligible applicants, but may apply through an eligible fiscal sponsor. Only one application is allowed per organization, and applicants may be based outside the target counties if the funded work benefits the covered communities.
Grants are available up to $50,000. Competitive projects should broadly improve quality of life, address community issues, leverage other sources of support, encourage community involvement, respond to changing or emerging needs, and use creative or innovative approaches to economic and community development. Religious, partisan, or sectarian projects are ineligible, as are one-time celebrations or social events that are not part of longer-term economic and community-development goals. The published guidelines do not impose a fixed mandatory matching percentage.
Healthcare and education are demonstrated program uses. Prior CIP awards include a One Health patient clinic incorporating a telemedicine hub and integrated medical, dental, behavioral-health, and pharmacy services; Fallon County EMS training devices and simulators; equipment for Fallon Medical Complex; mobile eye-exam support in Rosebud County; and healthcare credentialing for high-school students through Miles Community College. These precedents support strong applicant-led healthcare, EMS, school-health, workforce, telehealth, and equipment concepts when the proposed project independently satisfies the current program rules.
Only online applications are accepted through the Montana Community Foundation grant portal. The public guidelines do not enumerate every live application field or required upload, so applicants should use the current authenticated portal as the controlling source for application prompts and attachments before final submission.
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Source verificationReferenced source · mtcf.orgAtlas last verified this record September 20, 2026. Always use the funder's current application materials, amendments and portal instructions as the controlling source.View source and application materials ↗
