Over 30 local nonprofits are participating in the festival, each bringing an interactive, family-friendly activity or sharing a visual display. Activities range from face painting, art projects, and lawn games, to instrument building, bicycle repair demonstrations, photo booths, and various amazing displays.
Montana Nonprofit Association (MNA) is seeking proposals for a contractor to perform a landscape scan of volunteerism in Montana. This contractor will help identify stakeholders, resources, bright spots, and threats to the state of volunteerism across Montana. The product of this RFP will enable MNA to have a better understanding of stakeholders, trends, and opportunities to support organizations as they seek to engage volunteers in their work. Central questions to be answered in this scope of work include who is volunteering and why, how demographic shifts impact volunteering, what resources exist to support organizations and volunteers, how organizations find new…
Join MNA today! We invite you to join MNA’s growing membership dedicated to strengthening the nonprofit sector in Montana! MNA has two types of membership; Nonprofit and Affiliate. Nonprofit membership is limited to 501(c)(3) organizations. Affiliate membership is for all other exempt organizations, governmental entities, businesses, consultants, and individuals.
From the shadow of shuttered mines and timber mills, the rural county in northwest Montana is forging a new path. At the center of its growth is Flathead Valley Community College’s Lincoln County Campus, which is training skilled workers in high-demand fields while bringing down barriers to post-secondary education.
The final competitive round of the Montana State Small Business Credit Initiative 2.0 (SSBCI 2.0) low interest rate program opened. If you have a project that could move forward with the benefit of low interest rate funding, start talking to GFDA now as these funds are very limited. If you have a business that can benefit from these funds contact Jill at [email protected] or 1-406-590-1056.
The U.S. Department of Transportation aims to have vehicle-to-everything tech deployed nationwide by 2036, and said it will offer grants and support to help states get there.
Household vehicles were driven an average of 64.6 minutes on a typical day in 2022 (including all trips made that day) and parked for the remainder of the time (95%). Drivers in all Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) averaged between 61 minutes and 68 minutes per day with the longest driving time of 67.6 minutes for those in MSAs with 1-3 million people. Household vehicles being parked for 95% of a 24-hour day offers opportunity for EV charging.
The new program, which launched on Monday, enables non-ticketed guests to venture past the security checkpoint – something that once was commonplace but ended after 9/11 more than two decades ago.
The Montana Afterschool Alliance is the only statewide intermediary organization committed to expanding access to high-quality programs beyond the school day.
The extended forum will feature a diverse panel of local and regional housing experts to provide a deep dive into the current state of housing, highlighting ongoing initiatives and innovative solutions to improve access to safe, affordable housing for all.