Organizations
Eligibility, grants and philanthropic resources.
Forming a Partnership
The Foundation encourages groups that share common ideals to form partnerships and work together toward a unified goal. Bringing these groups together to build upon one another's ideas maximizes the ultimate benefit to more people. We also help direct underdeveloped organizations in which we see potential to utilize funding in the most effective ways.
In the review process, we may find several organizations with similar requests for funding. After carefully analyzing their individual purposes, we may offer ways for these organizations to join forces and utilize combined funding more efficiently and effectively toward a singular goal with greater reach.
"Youth Homes Inc. (located in Western Montana) has been able to, thanks to a Washington Foundation Grant, extend our partnership with Youth Dynamics (located east of the continental divide in Montana). This partnership provides group home treatment, foster care, adoption and family support services throughout Montana, from Missoula to Glendive, and to over 700 children and their families each day. The Washington Grant provides the marvelous opportunity to give a large number of these children with opportunities for recreation, sports, culture and the very best of Montana to help them heal, grow and develop."
- Geoffrey L. Birnbaum,
Executive Director, Youth Homes
"St Patrick Hospital & Health Foundation has a commitment to rural health which shows in its record of gifts to small facilities throughout western Montana. The Foundation has provided grants for cardiac equipment and connectivity to the Montana Cardiology Telemedicine Network (MCTN) to the following communities:
Plains; Polson; Hamilton; Deer Lodge; Salmon; Anaconda; Florence; Lolo; Seeley Lake; Salish & Kootenai tribes and Choteau. The Foundation has also helped small communities with gifts to St Ignatius for detection and treatment of Syndrome X, Seeley Lake with purchase of needed land for their clinic, Salmon ID with a gift toward their digital radiology project and Deer Lodge with the purchase of a new landing pad for air ambulances."
- Joel Lankford
Executive Director, St Patrick
Hospital & Health Foundation
News for Organizations
01.06.11 - Friends of Arlee School helps fill in where education funds fall short
From The Missoulian - ARLEE - When Billy Fisher stepped up to keep the beat on the new African drum in Arlee Elementary School's music room, he was the envy of his third-grade class....Read the story
12.22.10 - The Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation Donates $150,000 to 60 Food Banks, Food Pantries, Rescue Missions and Homeless Shelters
Press Release: In a special holiday donation, the Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation distributed $150,000 to 60 food banks, food pantries, rescue missions and homeless shelters across Montana today. ....Read Press Release
