Sweet Grass Community Foundation

The Sweet Grass Community Foundation is committed to fostering connections and managing funds to concentrate, reinforce, and progress their community. Their mission is centered around focusing, strengthening, and advancing the community, achieving this through various grant-making activities. These activities include the Community Impact Grants, Micro Grants, special project (Field of Interest) funds, and Scholarships. The Community Impact Granting program is a quarterly opportunity for local qualified organizations, prioritizing requests that have a significant impact on the community, benefit the applicant substantially, and address important or unmet needs. In 2022, the program granted $109,525 to local organizations. No micro grants were made during that year.

Besides the Community Impact Grants, the foundation also supports various special project funds. Some of these projects in 2022 included the BTGS Playground Fund, City Park Basketball Court Fund, Friends of Dornix Park, Old High School Project Fund, SGHS Civic Center Project Fund, Sweet Grass Cancer Alliance Fund, Sweet Grass Partners in Education, and Sweet Grass Recycle Fund. A total of $87,670 was granted from project funds in 2022, and an additional $24,740 came from endowment funds. The foundation's granting activities also extended to the Robert Martinez Scholarship, Sweet Grass Cancer Alliance, Crazy Mountain Wrestling Club, Sweet Grass Animal Coalition, and Sweet grass County Early Childhood Coalition.

In summary, the Sweet Grass Community Foundation works diligently to bring people together and manage funds to strengthen their community. They prioritize projects and initiatives that significantly impact their community, address critical needs, and benefit the applicant substantially. The foundation's granting activities extend to various areas, including education, cancer support, recreation, and civic engagement.