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Lyle & Gail Grimes Char Foundation

Accepts applications Missoula, Montana · EIN 810544987

Lyle & Gail Grimes Char Foundation is a private foundation in Missoula, Montana. In tax year 2024 it gave $13,800 in 14 grants; the typical grant was $1,000 and the largest $2,300. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was down from $15,100 the year before.

29% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$15,10018$217,927
2024$13,80014$245,542

How to apply

ContactGail Grimes
5014 Larch, Missoula, MT 59802
Phone or email(406) 549-4070
What to submitWritten request

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Lyle & Gail Grimes Char Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 4 states, the most to Montana.

StateGrantsAmount
Montana9$9,300
Missouri2$2,000
District of Columbia2$1,500
Michigan1$1,000

Grants paid in 2024

All 14 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Messiah Lutheran Church
Missoula, MT
Operations$2,300
Lutheran Church Missouri Synod
St Louis, MO
Operations$1,000
Blackfoot Challenge
Ovando, MT
Operations$1,000
Care Net
Missoula, MT
Operations$1,000
Mountain Home
Missoula, MT
Operations$1,000
Shodair Hospital
Helena, MT
Operations$1,000
Missoula Habitat for Humanity
Missoula, MT
Operations$1,000
LCMS World Relief
St Louis, MO
Operations$1,000
Missoula Rotary Foundation
Missoula, MT
Operations$1,000
Hillsdale College
Hillsdale, MI
Operations$1,000
Lutheran Center for Religious Lbty
Washington, DC
Operations$1,000
Special Olympics
Washington, DC
Operations$500
Missoula Aging Services
Missoula, MT
Operations$500
Montana Natural History Center
Missoula, MT
Operations$500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Lyle & Gail Grimes Char Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Lyle & Gail Grimes Char Foundation give?

$13,800 in tax year 2024, across 14 grants, with a typical grant of $1,000.

Who runs Lyle & Gail Grimes Char Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists Lyle R Grimes (President), Gail E Grimes (Vice Preside) and Candace Reinholdt (Secretary).

What does Lyle & Gail Grimes Char Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly faith communities.

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