The High Stakes Foundation Grants
Private foundation · Missoula, MT · EIN 20-5815274 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
The High Stakes Foundation is a private foundation based in Missoula, MT (EIN 20-5815274). Its IRS Form 990-PF filings through tax year 2025 report $3.1M paid in 146 grants, with a median grant of $20K. The most recent filing reports total assets of $2.5M. It publishes how to apply and does not limit giving to preselected organizations.
Foundation website (as filed with the IRS) · highstakesfoundation.org
- Total grants paid
- $3.1M
- Grants reported
- 146
- Typical grant
- $20K
- Future commitments
- Not reported
- Total assets
- $2.5M
Future commitments are grants the foundation has reported but not yet paid.
How to apply
Open to applications: its latest 990-PF publishes how to apply and does not limit giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.
- Contact
- Mary Stranahan
- Phone
- (406) 726-2030
- Deadlines
- April 1 and September 1
- Application materials
- Completed application form and grant proposal request. See https://highstakesfoundation.wordpress.com/how-to-apply/ for grant application procedures.
The filing does not state limits; check with the foundation.
Original filing text
- Contact
- Mary Stranahan
- Address
- 129 W Alder Missoula, MT, 59802
- Phone
- 4067262030
- Deadlines
- April 1 and September 1
- Application materials
- Completed application form and grant proposal request. See https://highstakesfoundation.wordpress.com/how-to-apply/ for grant application procedures.
- Restrictions
- None
Reported organization name: The High Stakes Foundation
Application information: https://highstakesfoundation.wordpress.com/how-to-apply/
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.
Where The High Stakes Foundation 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.
| Location | Purpose | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs Inc | Calabasas, CA | General Support | Tax year 20242024 | $60K |
| Garden City Harvest | Missoula, MT | General Support | Tax year 20242024 | $60K |
| Mountain Mamas | Bozeman, MT | General Support | Tax year 20242024 | $60K |
| Tiny News Collective | Chicago, IL | General Support | Tax year 20242024 | $60K |
| Bitter Root Land Trust | Hamilton, MT | General Support | Tax year 20242024 | $60K |
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (146 reported in all).
About this data
Figures are aggregated from The High Stakes Foundation'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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