Grants Collection

The Library at Montana State University-Billings is one of five Montana Cooperating Collections of the Foundation Center. The Foundation Center is a national service organization established to provide information on foundation and corporate giving. The Foundation Center has extensive resources for writing grants and identifying funding opportunities from private and non-private corporations. These resources are available in a variety of formats, including Internet, Print and CD ROM.

The Grants Collection contains a wide variety of materials as well. The Montana Foundation Directory, Wyoming Foundations Directory and the Philanthropy Northwest Member Directory may prove to be useful research tools. The Montana Foundation Directory is an biennial publication listing private foundations in Montana and out-of-state foundations known to have contributed in Montana.  Philanthropy Northwest is a professional association of grant makers located in or funding throughout the five state region of Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington.

The Grants Collection includes periodicals such as The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Contributions, Education Funding News, Federal Grants and Contract Weekly, the Federal Register, and State of the Arts.

Library staff is available to assist you in using all grant materials.

The Grants & Sponsored Programs Office at MSU-Billings serves the campus community by providing information about grant resources and opportunities. They can assist in the preparation of forms and attachments, in routine proposals for approval, helping file all proposals and keeping a log of grants funded.

Grants Collection Coordinator: TyRee Jenks (406) 657-1654.