Missoula nonprofit MoFi wins $1M grant from Facebook founder Zuckerberg, Rockefeller Foundation

The poorest people in any community in America face systemic obstacles to breaking out of poverty, including a lack of job-attainment necessities like dress clothes, interviewing skills and resume-building.

To help overcome that, a Missoula-based nonprofit called MoFi has won a highly competitive $1 million grant called the Communities Thrive Challenge from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, along with the Rockefeller Foundation. MoFi was one of 10 winners out of more than 2,000 entrants from across the United States.