Gilhousen Family Foundation

OVERVIEW: The Gilhousen Family Foundation supports education, healthcare, community, culture and spiritual development in and around Bozeman, Montana.

IP TAKE: Keep an eye on this Montana foundation in the years ahead as giving may shift following the death of its founder and original president.

PROFILE: Established in 1999, the Gilhousen Family Foundation is a family funder in Bozeman, Montana. This is the foundation of Klein S. Gilhousen, who was a leader in digital communications and passed away in 2016 from complications from treatment for lymphoma. Gilhousen and his family moved to Bozeman in 1991 and is largely remembered for inventing CDMA communications technology for cell phones. The foundation’s grantmaking includes education, healthcare, community, culture, and spiritual development.

The foundation does not have a website to guide grant seekers. However, the funder’s grantmaking is largely focused on helping local people in the Bozeman area more actively participate in society. While Gilhousen was alive, he supported the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman and the Yellowstone Theological Institute. According to the regional grantmaker association in this area, Philanthropy Northwest, the Gilhousen Family Foundation has been among the top three grantmakers to Montana groups in recent years.

Foundation grants are often around $10,000 each. Learn more about past grantees in the foundation’s recent tax records. The Gilhousen Family Foundation centers its giving on Bozeman, Montana, and the surrounding areas. The private foundation does not support individuals.

It does not appear that Gilhousen accepts unsolicited grant applications from nonprofits, and the funder does not provide any grant application forms online. Contact the foundation staff by phone at 406-600-6816 or by email to President Patti Gilhousen Guptill at foundation.admin@gilhousen.net.

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