The Blackbaud Giving Fund
DANIEL ISLAND, SC
$687.5KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
General Operating Support
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First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc Grants
Private foundation · EIN 81-0465899 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
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This foundation publishes application instructions on its latest 990-PF and does not report restricting giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.
- Contact
- Amberly Pahut Exec Director
- Phone
- (406) 255-5393
- Foundation@fib.com
- Deadlines
- Refer to Foundation website for online application.
- Application materials
- Refer to Foundation website for online application.
- Restrictions
- The grants are intended to serve the communities of interest to First Interstate Bank.
Original filing text
- Contact
- Amberly Pahut Exec Director
- Address
- 401 N 31st St Suite 400 Billings, MT, 59101
- Phone
- 4062555393
- Foundation@fib.com
- Deadlines
- Refer to Foundation website for online application.
- Application materials
- Refer to Foundation website for online application.
- Restrictions
- The grants are intended to serve the communities of interest to First Interstate Bank.
Reported organization name: First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 767 | $5M |
| 2024 | 758 | $4.8M |
Where First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
The Blackbaud Giving Fund
DANIEL ISLAND, SC
$663.2KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
Employee Giving Program Distributions
Yellowstone Ice Foundation
BILLINGS, MT
$125KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
New Ice Rink
Special Olympics Montana Inc
GREAT FALLS, MT
$103KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
General Operating Support
Special Olympics Montana Inc
GREAT FALLS, MT
$102.5KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
General Operating Support
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (1,525 reported in all).
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Figures are aggregated from First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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