Red Lodge Area Community Foundation

The outpouring of support in the form of donations to the carbon county disaster relief fund was incredible, generating $1.3m by year end. The first round of grant making provided $275k in emergency funds to 91 households. The second round of grants provided $481k to 46 impacted homeowners. The new one valley ag relief fund granted an additional $265k to the agriculture property owners. We received $221k from center for disaster philanthropy and Montana Community Foundation to support our efforts to provide long term disaster recovery efforts to flood impacted households. By any measure 2022 was a remarkable year! The carbon county Area ride & transit completed its second year of providing essential rides to people without other options! The number of rides and riders increased steadily for our no-charge public transportation service connecting all communities within carbon county, and to regular trips to billings, mt. We continue to explore financial resources to ensure the long term viability of this essential service.

The roosevelt center capital improvements resulted in the installation of a fire suppression system throughout both buildings, new flooring in the common areas of the 1990's building, and new roof on the 1920's building, along with a well for irrigation. We reached 100% occupancy of available long term tenant rooms with a waiting list for 21 more rooms. We more than doubled volunteerism with 174 people volunteered 3,249 hours, valued at $92,753. The center hosted 193 events and had 5,972 attendees. It is imperative to complete the renovations to the building to provide additional rentals to meet the demand for studios.

The Red Lodge Area Community Foundation supports thriving nonprofits through a variety of grant making programs including fiscal sponsorship grant making of $895,938 in awards for local efforts, the annual fun run for 19 charities raised $342,877 for 62 carbon county charities; and Community grantmaking awarded $6,514 to six different charitable projects.

Create a Community that offers concrete support and opportunity for families, youth, and children to reach their potential as contributing members of society. 5066 hours served by future of Montana volunteer corps high school students. Recipients of Montana dphhs childcare innovation and infrastructure grant. The Foundation was one of 31 recipients across the state to create childcare slots and foster novel approaches to meet the need of families with infants and parents working evening, nights, and weekends. $463,360 was awarded to open a new childcare center in partnership with messiah lutheran church.provided qpr suicide prevention training in 5 of the 7 school districts in carbon county.the youth enrichment fund awarded 3,910 in funding assistance to 19 Area youth to participate in activities such as piano lessons, dance lessons, volleyball, school ski days, gymnastics, and jiu-jitsu. The early childhood fund provided $15,200 for childcare/preschool tuition for 16 children.