All kids should have access to the tools they need to feel worthy and successful, and we can remove some of the financial barriers and social stigmas that prevent them from getting the help they need.

While assisting these kids with resources, we will also encourage them to engage in future actions of service to other students, giving back what was given to them and helping to foster a positive experience amongst teens of different ages and backgrounds in Missoula.

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Through this partnership, UM will work with local businesses and organizations to build a more inclusive workforce pipeline by attracting diverse students to UM and Missoula, supporting their success in college and in the community, partnering to create employment pathways for them to remain in Missoula, and collaborating to provide education and training. We encourage multi-year commitments that will help us to scale and sustain this work.

They are Missoula County’s history museum. They offer visitors a place to wonder, to reminisce, to learn about our county’s history, and how our culture’s past makes Missoula and our nation what it is today.The Museum is a 32 acre historic park with over 20 historic structures and maintaining a collection of nearly 50,000 artifacts.

A planned gift to this fund qualifies for the Montana Endowment Tax Credit.

The Legacy of Living Art (LoLA) Field of Interest Fund supports projects that use the arts to nurture and support healing. LoLA grants are awarded yearly to artists and organizations that seek to engage creativity for the benefits of wellness and wellbeing. Proposed projects should have outcomes that provide opportunities for things like: creative expression, respite, social interaction and enhancement of the human spirit.

The LoLA advisory committee is appointed by the Missoula Community Foundation Board of Directors and is comprised of former Living Art advocates, board and staff who will vote on which projects receive funding. They are passionate about seeing the healing power of art and human connection continue in the Missoula community in new and thoughtful ways.
The number of grants and amounts awarded each year will depend on the quantity and quality of the applications in a given grant cycle. A minimum of one grant will be awarded each cycle with the opportunity for multiple grants if there are a significant number of projects submitted in a cycle.

The fund was established to honor Lorilee Evans-Lynn, the long-time advisor of Aerie Big Sky and founder/advisor of Aerie International, award winning literary magazines that are published by the students at Big Sky High School in Missoula, MT. Aerie Big Sky features work from local students, and Aerie International showcases art from students around the world. All donations to this fund will support scholarships in perpetuity at Big Sky High School.

We give out 5 General Scholarships annually to a graduating senior at Big Sky, Sentinel, Hellgate, Frenchtown, and Seeley-Swan high school.

We also give out 1 Diversity Scholarship to a student at a Missoula County public high school that self-identifies with an unrepresented ethnic group.

Students can attend any trade school, university or college in Montana as well as any WUE (Western Undergraduate Exchange) schools.

A planned gift to this fund qualifies for Montana Endowment Tax Credit.

Valley Christian School exists to partner with Christian families who desire educational excellence, taught through a Biblical worldview, so their children will be prepared for a lifetime of authentic faithfulness and service to Jesus Christ.