This funding cycle received 19 applications seeking more than $25,000 in funding. We distributed a total of $18,000 to 17 projects that truly impressed us with their creativity and positive impact on our community. These grants will fuel the transformation of community spaces in Red Lodge, Fromberg, Belfry, Roscoe, Bridger, and Roberts.
Awardees include:
- Beartooth Recreational Trails – For the purchase of new tools and a tool sharpener
- Red Lodge High School Drama Club – For the purchase of sound system equipment
- Red Lodge Friends of the Library – Books for Kids program
- Carbon County Arts Guild & Depot Gallery – Improvement of marketing materials
- Red Lodge Artwalk – Promotional signs
- Rocky Mountain Songwriter Festival – To support outdoor venue space needs
- Fromberg Improvement Committee – baseball field fencing
- Montana Tour Community Bike Center – bike repair tools and bike stands
- River Arts & Books – Interior improvements to the renovated old Roscoe Post office
- Yellowstone Wildlife Sanctuary – Keeper camps expansion to include more children
- Roberts Cultural Council – Honoring first responders
- Tumblewheel Studios – The Belfry Water Tower Mural
- Beartooth Little League – Bridger Baseball Field
- Lori Elliot with Carbon County Resource, Support, & Development – Restoration of downtown Red Lodge Benches
- Festival of Trees – Light up Broadway
Quotes from this year’s grantees
“RLACF has been an enormous resource to our organization from the start, and we are so grateful to be one of this year’s Community Grant recipients. Though we’re a new non-profit and off the beaten path here in Roscoe, we have felt seen and encouraged every step of the way by the RLACF staff. We’re excited to put the grant to good use as we continue our work of renovating the original Roscoe post office to become a thriving literary arts space for our community.“
-Caroline from River Arts and Books
“The Red Lodge Area Foundation Community Grant will enable us to place chain link fencing at the Fromberg Baseball Field to enhance safety issues and provide potential economic opportunities by selling banner advertising spaces. We thank the Foundation for making the impossible possible!”
-Tammy from the Fromberg Improvement Committee