About Agl Foundation
The AGL Foundation concentrates its giving on place-based community philanthropy in the Whitefish/Bigfork (Montana) area while also making sizeable unrestricted gifts to major medical and higher-education institutions. Most dollars flow to a single community foundation partner, with additional repeat support for national health and university grantees, and a notable local capital gift for a library project.
Focus Areas
Community foundation support for Whitefish/Bigfork-area projects (Montana place-based philanthropy)Small-town public library capital projects (Bigfork/Flathead County)Biomedical and patient-care support via major medical centers (Mayo Clinic)Unrestricted operating support to research universities and higher education (Duke University)
Who They Fund
public library patrons / local residentslocal nonprofit organizationscommunity-based programs
Giving Approach
Concentrated, high-dollar giving: a majority of funds go to one primary local community foundation with multiple grants; remaining funding is directed as large, repeat unrestricted gifts to a few national institutions. Few, relatively large grants rather than many small awards.
About Agl Foundation
Agl Foundation’s largest recent grants show a clear pattern of place-based support in northwest Montana, with the Whitefish Community Foundation receiving $639,688 in 2023 and $300,311 in 2025 for the AGL Foundation Fund. That community foundation relationship anchors much of the funder’s work, alongside a $150,000 capital grant to the Imagine If Library Foundation for Bigfork Library Capital in 2025. The foundation also makes repeated unrestricted gifts to larger institutions outside Montana, including Mayo Clinic and Duke University, which appear multiple times in the recent grants list. Those awards range from $75,000 to $80,000 and are described as general support. Agl Foundation’s giving profile combines local philanthropy, capital support for a small-town library project, and flexible operating grants to health and higher-education institutions. The mix suggests a funder that uses both intermediary partners and direct institutional grants to support community projects, public services, and long-term organizational capacity. Its active scholarship program also extends support to graduating high school students pursuing fine and performing arts at the college level.
What Agl Foundation Funds
Agl Foundation’s most visible local giving runs through the Whitefish Community Foundation, which received $223,600 in 2024 for Great Fish and $30,000 in 2024 for general fund support. That same place-based lane includes $25,000 in 2025 for Circle of Giving support. In education, the foundation gave $25,000 in 2024 and $23,100 in 2025 to the Blaine County Education Foundation in Hailey, Idaho, both as unrestricted general support. It also supported land conservation with $25,000 in 2024 and another $25,000 in 2025 to Montana Land Reliance in Helena, Montana. Beyond local philanthropy, the foundation’s unrestricted institutional grants extend to Mayo Clinic and Duke University, both receiving repeated general support awards.
How Agl Foundation Gives
Agl Foundation’s recent grants cluster around its typical size range of $25,000 at the first quartile, $75,000 at the median, and $150,000 at the third quartile. The recent list shows repeated support across years for several recipients, including Whitefish Community Foundation, Mayo Clinic, Duke University, Blaine County Education Foundation, and Montana Land Reliance. That repeat pattern suggests ongoing relationships rather than one-time awards. The grant descriptions also show flexible funding styles: unrestricted general support, general fund support, circle of giving support, and a capital project grant. The foundation also operates an open scholarship program, with unsolicited applications accepted for the AGL Over the Rainbow Scholarship.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$678K
Total Assets
$11.5M
Total Revenue
$949K
Total Expenses
$840K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $25K and $150K, with a median of $75K.
25th Percentile
$25K
Median
$75K
75th Percentile
$150K
Geographic Reach
Regional4 states funded
About 0% of grants go to recipients in MT.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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