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About Us

Improving health in Montana.

The Montana Healthcare Foundation is a 501(c)3 private foundation that makes strategic investments to improve health in Montana. We provide funding, leadership, and expertise to help communities tackle Montana’s most important health problems. We conduct policy analysis so that Montanans can be well-informed and engaged in decisions that impact their health. We prioritize supporting the health and well-being of people and communities at increased risk for poor health outcomes because of income, geographic barriers, the availability and accessibility of health and social services, and health disparities.

What We Do

Direct Programs

Grant Programs

Leadership

Our expert staff help identify innovative solutions to important health problems and lead long-term efforts to improve the health system.

Partnership

We catalyze new partnerships to help organizations and communities use resources more effectively through collaboration.

Convening

We help bring communities and leaders together to learn from each other, collaborate, and create new solutions to persistent health problems.

Technical
Assistance

We provide technical assistance – through our in-house team or outside experts – to help organizations transform their services or create new ones.

Research

We identify and bring proven nationwide health care models to Montana, and we commission research on local health programs and policies that could impact health and well-being in the state.

Strategic
Initiatives

Our strategic initiatives allow us to develop individualized, data-driven, structured approaches to the important health problems facing the health care system and communities across the state.

Responsive
Grants

Through our annual call for proposals, we offer funding to help organizations design and pilot innovative local projects that fill a needed void in the community.

Our Values

Our values guide how we operate as an organization and how we interact with others.

Integrity

We are honest and principled in our stewardship of the Montana Healthcare Foundation trust and interactions with our stakeholders.

Engagement

We ground our strategy and programming in community engagement and emphasize enduring partnerships with organizations across Montana.

Empathy

We elevate the priorities of at-risk populations because we understand that social and economic circumstances can create barriers to health.

Knowledge

We rely on our professional expertise and community-based data to make productive, strategic investments that improve health.

Innovation

We catalyze health improvement by bringing innovative ideas to fruition and encouraging our grantees and partners to do the same.

Impact

We pursue programming that has a measurable impact on health and health determinants, and we constantly work to improve the effectiveness of our programs.

Transparency

We are open, consistent, and clear about how we make decisions and manage the Montana Healthcare Foundation.