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Montana Community Foundation Scholarship Directory
The Montana Community Foundation scholarship directory lists donor funded awards with filters for student level and Montana county. Each entry shows the deadline, eligibility rules, typical award amount and an application access code. Most awards are tied to one high school, county, employer or membership. The next cycle opens at the start of the new year.
Best for: Montana high school seniors and college students who can filter by county and student level, especially those with ties to a named school or group.
Limitation: The next cycle opens January 1, 2027, so deadlines shown are from the last cycle, and most awards need one school or county.
Hometown donor funds for Montana. Prefer this over generic state listicles when you have clear local ties. Award counts change every cycle.
Our rating
3.5out of 5
What our research found
Matching Power (2.5 / 5)
- Filters cover location and student level.
- Sort by name or nearest deadline, plus keyword search.
- Each award states who qualifies in one place.
- No filter for field, need, merit or school.
Scholarship Quality (4.5 / 5)
- Each entry shows a dated deadline from the last cycle.
- The page states when the next cycle opens.
- Entries show typical amounts and an application code.
Ease of Use (4.0 / 5)
- Filters and entries share one page.
- Each entry links more information.
- Phone list starts below the first screen.
Privacy & Marketing (4.0 / 5)
- Scholarship pages show no ads or sweepstakes.
- Policy discloses Google Analytics interest reporting and DoubleClick cookies.
- Policy says personal data is not sold and links opt outs.
How we rate
Matching Power
How well it helps you find the scholarships it lists, by filtering on location, need, merit, major, college and high school.
A 5 means you can narrow the list by where you live, need, merit, major, college or high school, and a big site brings the best fits to the top. A 1 means little or no way to narrow, and in the middle some filters work but many results still do not fit.
Scholarship Quality
How complete, current and traceable its scholarship listings are.
A 5 means nearly every listing is current, links to the real sponsor and gives enough detail to act on. A 1 means most are out of date, incomplete or do not lead to the sponsor, and in the middle you will need to double check a fair share.
Ease of Use
How easily you can understand the controls and reach actionable scholarship information.
A 5 means clear controls and a quick path from the list to a scholarship and its sponsor, including on a phone. A 1 means walls, confusing steps or a broken phone view keep getting in the way, and the middle is workable with some tradeoffs.
Privacy & Marketing
What data it asks for, how much advertising or sign-up pressure gets in the way, and how much control you have.
A 5 means the site asks only for what it needs, says why, keeps ads and partner offers out of the way and leaves you in control. A 1 means heavy data requests, sign-up pressure, loan offers or sweepstakes get in the way, and the middle has some of that pressure but it stays manageable.
Our ratings are our opinion of each site, not an endorsement or a prediction that you'll win.