Developing Funding Opportunities in Montana

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Small Mortgages Offer Opportunity to Invest in Rural Communities

Low-cost homes are available but unattainable for many because of limited financing

Join us throughout 2025 as Prospera celebrates 40 years of helping business and communities find their pathway to success.

Prospera Celebrates 40 Years of Business and Community Success!

Montana Department of Commerce Weekly Roundup – Volume 2, Issue 2

Commerce is working to improve the many ways you interact with our programs and services through updated communication options. To give you more information via fewer emails, Commerce’s updated communications will include the Commerce “Weekly Roundup” with news, events, grants, loans, funding opportunities and other important updates; a quarterly newsletter; press releases and urgent information when needed, like administrative rules making communications and other statutorily required notifications.

NCATS SBIR/STTR webinar January 22 with UM & MSU, Rocky Mountain REACH pre-applications for early-stage investigators, Current and upcoming solicitations! Happy New Year! MTIP January 2025 Newsletter!

Are you a researcher or biotech entrepreneur seeking early-stage funding and insights on commercialization? Join the Montana Innovation Partnership, Montana State University, and the University of Montana for an exclusive webinar featuring the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) and its Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) programs.

$9.4M Washington Foundation Gift Aims to Keep Best Teachers in Montana

“This gift has the potential to transform K-12 education in Montana, giving our children the support they need to thrive and empowering our educators,” UM President Seth Bodnar said.

Prospera Receives $730,000 for Affordable Housing Loan Fund for Gallatin County

Paul Reichert, Prospera’s Executive Director said, “We are excited to continue supporting County goals to support affordable housing and having additional loan funds available is an important way to support meeting this critical need. Having this tool available is an important step in the right direction.”

2025 RMT-REACH PILOT AWARD PREAPPLICAITON SUBMISSIONS OPEN MONDAY, JANUARY 6

RMT-REACH intends to fund four pilot projects with up to $50,000 in direct costs each in this application cycle. 

Big Sky 55+ Montana Legislative Update – Today 1/6 6PM – Online

Join Big Sky 55+ Chair Terry Minow; Vice Chair
Jon Ellingson; Lobbyist Margie MacDonald, and
special guests Mary Sheehy Moe and Sen. Emma
Kerr-Carpenter for our first Virtual Town Hall of
the 2025 Legislative Session. This will be a fast-
paced and informative overview of the issues and
the political landscape.

GFDA Top Ten for 1-5-25

We are hosting a housing forum on Tuesday, January 14th at 10:00 AM at Great Falls College in Room B101 and on Zoom. Our speaker, Nathan Bilyeu, will explain some of the tools other Montana communities have used to create the critical infrastructure needed to support new housing development.

Here’s A Hint So Your Company Can Get Climate Federal Funding: Call It “Defense Tech”

Defense tech? Yup. The climate crisis is being framed as a destabilizing force that is a significant risk to national and global security. Governments are redirecting funds to defense tech as a means to mitigate climate-related policy issues.

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SBA 504 Loans offered statewide! Real estate and equipment, acquisitions, renovation, and new construction. Low, fixed-rates up to 25 years with as little as 10% down.

The Kalispell Chamber of Commerce is the longest-standing and leading advocate for the Flathead Valley community and business climate.

Montana Technology Innovation Partnership (MTIP)- Promoting Technology Commercialization in the State of Montana.