The Board of Directors of the Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation announced today a special holiday donation of $207,000 to 73 food banks, food pantries, rescue missions, and homeless shelters across Montana. This marks the 10th year that the Foundation Board has approved this special holiday giving program. The number of hungry people in Montana […]
Archives for 2017
Foundation, OCHE announce iGraduate Montana initiative
The Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education (OCHE) and the Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation announce the creation of iGraduate Montana in partnership with the Office of Public Instruction (OPI) and the Montana Department of Labor and Industry (MTDLI). The Foundation has awarded a $650,000 grant over four years to the Office of the […]
Horatio Alger Scholarship a lifesaver for new mom
Shalynn Fjeld is normally pretty soft-spoken, but the 18-year-old started screaming when she got the news that she’d won a $10,000 college scholarship from the Horatio Alger Association. “She was upstairs” and screamed, recalled her mother, Angela Levang. “I thought something was wrong. She said, ‘Mom! Mom!’ Then, we cried.” “I wouldn’t be able to […]
Scholarship opens doors for Butte students attending Montana Tech
The Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation, in conjunction with Montana Resources, announced a $597,000 gift to Montana Tech to create the Montana Resources Opportunity Scholarship for students who graduate from high schools in Butte. This gift will provide more opportunities for Butte students to pursue their education by funding three full-ride scholarships for graduates of […]
9th annual Pay It Forward employees selected
The Montana-based Washington Companies awarded $125,000 to randomly selected employees for donation to charities of their choice. An annual Washington Companies program in its ninth year, “Pay It Forward” is designed to place philanthropy in the hands of employees. The program distributes 250 charitable giving cards worth $500 each to winners of a random drawing of […]