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We make public all donors who give to Montana Free Press. Major support listed below is updated each calendar year. Founder’s Circle members are listed on the Founder’s Circle webpage. As a nonprofit, we will avoid accepting donations from anonymous sources, and we will not accept donations from political parties. We will not accept donations from sources that, as determined by our board of directors, present a conflict of interest with our work or compromise our independence.
Major Support Provided By
2023
Arnold Ventures, Laura and John Arnold — $150,000
American Journalism Project — $97,000
Simone Coxe — $50,000
Montana Healthcare Foundation — $50,000
Wilburforce Foundation — $50,000
MJ Murdock Charitable Trust — $46,000
Lee and Donna Metcalf Charitable Trust — $35,000
High Stakes Foundation — $30,000
Anne and Greg Avis — $25,000
Greater Montana Foundation — $25,000
The Miami Foundation — $21,000
Google News Initiative — $20,000
Headwaters Foundation — $20,000
Cloud Mountain Foundation — $20,000
Warren-Leigh Fund of Oregon Community Foundation — $20,000
Greater Montana Foundation — $15,000
Lleyellwn Foundation — $15,000
Pat Hunt — $5,168
Red Rock Foundation — $5,112
Gary and Norma Buchanan — $5,000
John and Martha Kauffman — $5,000
Kolatch Family Fund — $5,000
Caroline and Willis Kurtz $5,000
Cinnabar Foundation — $5,000
Montana Community Foundation — $5,000
Anders Blewett Charitable Fund — $5,000
Drew Blewett Charitable Fund — $5,000
2022
Simone and Tench Coxe — $50,000
Inasmuch Foundation — $50,000
Phil Kent — $50,000
Wilburforce Foundation — $50,000
Montana Health Care Foundation — $50,000
AMB West Foundation — $25,000
Greater Montana Foundation — $25,000
Solutions Journalism Network — $21,000
Cloud Mountain Foundation — $20,000
Miami Foundation — $19,987.18
Headwaters Foundation — $15,000
John and Martha Kauffman — $10,000
American Journalism Project — $9,200
Kendeda Fund — $9,000
Doug and Carolyn Kohrs — $5,000
Cinnabar Foundation — $5,000
2021
Simone and Tench Coxe — $59,395.05
Inasmuch Foundation — $50,000
Local Media Association — $50,000
Wilburforce Foundation — $50,000
Montana Healthcare Foundation — $39,870.45
Anne and Greg Avis — $35,000 (FC)
Cloud Mountain Foundation — $25,000
Arthur M Blank Foundation COVID Response Fund — $20,000
Greater Montana Foundation — $20,000
Mark Huber — $16,000 (FC)
Fund for Nonprofit News at Miami Foundation — $15,000
Philip I. Kent Foundation — $15,000
S. Mainwaring — $10,000 (FC)
Rick and Jane Hays — $8,150 (FC)
Lisa and Tom Cordingley — $7,860 (FC)
Sarah Lane — $7,500 (FC)
Karen Davidson — $6,000 (FC)
Tresa Smith — $6,000 (FC)
Burt Williams and Joan Brownell — $5,350
Solutions Journalism Network — $5,000
Alan Kreczko and Becky Latimer — $5,000
Thomas Reeves and Kay Yanacheck — $5,000
*(FC) indicates a commitment to the Founder’s Circle
2020
American Journalism Project — $875,000
Arnold Ventures — $200,000
Inasmuch Foundation — $50,000
Lee and Donna Metcalf Charitable Trust — $50,000
Wilburforce Foundation — $50,000
Miami Foundation — $41,000
MT DPHHS Social Services Nonprofit Grant — $39,187
John Tichenor — $25,000
Philip I. Kent Foundation — $25,000
Cloud Mountain Foundation — $20,000
Greater Montana Foundation — $20,000
Groundtruth Project, Inc — $20,000
High Stakes Foundation — $20,000
Montana Healthcare Foundation — $20,000
Solutions Journalism Network — $17,000
Montana Newspaper Association — $12,000
Anne and Greg Avis — $10,000
Institute for Nonprofit News — $8,000
Deirdre Black — $5,245
Google News Initiative Journalism — $5,000
Lenfest Institute for Journalism — $5,000
Stanley Sandrowicz — $5,000
Simone and Tench Coxe — $5,000
2019
Daylight Foundation — $100,000
Philip I. Kent Foundation — $25,000
Greater Montana Foundation — $20,000
Cloud Mountain Foundation — $10,000
David and Linda Cornfield — $15,000
High Stakes Foundation — $25,000
Wilburforce Foundation — $40,000
Buchanan Capital, Inc — $5,000
2018
Daylight Foundation — $65,000
Philip I Kent Foundation — $10,000
Greater Montana Foundation — $10,000
Montana Healthcare Foundation — $10,000
Cloud Montana Foundation — $5,000
David and Linda Cornfield — $20,000
Nancy Blachman — $10,000
High Stakes Foundation — $30,000
Membership support
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