Fiscal sponsorship is a relationship in which the Red Lodge Area Community Foundation provides the legal and financial framework for a charitable initiative, activity, or project that lacks a formal tax-exempt status. The Foundation focuses on administration duties, and the fiscal group focuses on their specific mission impacts.
Learn more about some of our fiscal sponsorship organizations below:
The purpose of this program is to support children and adults with intellectual disabilities through community programming, enriching their lives and improving their well-being.
We believe that every individual deserves a circle of support within their community. The goal of BeeHive Activities is to see beyond a disability and allow individuals to participate in “community” by providing recreational, creative arts, and volunteer activities for individuals with intellectual disabilities.
Activities include dinners, yard games, service projects, ballgames, picnics, movies, skiing, horseback riding, corn maze, bowling, fishing, hiking, and much more!
Donate to the Beartooth Trails Endowment
Beartooth Trails received a generous bequeathment from Ruth Sheller and established a permanent endowment fund to be used consistent with Beartooth Trails’ mission “to promote, develop, and maintain trails for non-motorized recreation and transportation activities in and near Red Lodge for the purpose of improving the quality of life and health of both residents and visitors.”
Ruth was widely known for her warmth, spirit, strength, wit, costume parties, gardener’s animosity towards deer, and wild hats. Among her many other adventures, she was quite the hiker being a longtime member of the Red Lodge Hiking Club.
Beartooth Trails partnered with the Red Lodge Area Community Foundation (RLACF) and the Montana Community Foundation (MCF) in establishing and administering BRTA’s Endowment Fund. MCF is the statewide steward of more than 1,000 charitable funds and planned gifts. RLACF is assisting Beartooth Trails in the administration and promotion of the Fund and provides a relationship with the local nonprofit community in the Red Lodge and Carbon County area.
Your thoughtful gift means greater trail opportunities for hikers, skiers, bicyclists, and horse riders in our area.
Located atop the west bench of Red Lodge, Double Ditch Dog Park is a dog-friendly open space for residents and visitors.
It is a roughly four-acre plot of land consisting of a dog-waste station nearby, three benches, a picnic table, trails, natural areas, and free-flowing water on both sides which dogs can access. Parking is available in front of the park in a dirt lot. Park is open year-round and maintained by volunteers.
Questions or comments? Contact the dog park volunteers at dogparkredlodge@gmail.com.
Donating to the Farmers’ Market will provide access to fresh, local food and provide a free, weekly, community event where farmers can sell their goods.
We rely on donations to keep the market going. Please consider donating today to ensure that you have access to fresh produce for years to come!
The Farmers’ Market now also runs the Double Snap program, which supports doubling SNAP benefits up to $20 at each trip to the Red Lodge Farmers’ Market.
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Donating to the Forum for Provocative Issues will help enable community discussion about important topics.
Started in January 2012, the Red Lodge Forum for Provocative Issues discusses subjects of current and long-standing importance. It meets September through May usually on the first Tuesday of the month. Social hour starts at 4:30, dinner at 5:30, and the program shortly after 6:00. All are invited. The only requirements for attending are curiosity and civility. To receive notices of future forums, email rlmtforum@gmail.com.
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The Friends of the West Fork Winter Recreation’s mission is to plow the West Fork Road from the intersection with the Ski Run Road to the winter closure at the Girl Scout Camp. This allows safe and continuous access to all three West Fork winter recreation areas.
Those looking for unique winter activities don’t have to go far thanks to the folks working with the Friends of the West Fork Recreation. A group of dedicated volunteers helps keep a couple of miles of road cleared and groomed for access to snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, and winter dog walking.
The cost of plowing the West Fork each winter costs about $4,000 and is paid for through the Fun Run for Charities and local donations.
Plowing allows winter access to three recreation areas: Silver Run Trails, West Fork Road at its point of closure, and Nichols Creek Trail. Without the efforts of Friends of the West Fork, the road would not be plowed or safe.
The Hellroaring Skatepark is run by a loose-knit but passionate group of community members who work to make our Skate Park a positive, enriching, and fun place!
Our park promotes healthy outdoor activity where kids and adults of all abilities can exercise their creativity through an individual sport that has a community of its own.
When there isn’t snow on the ground, you can find kids of all ages, disciplines, and abilities using the park after school and on weekends. Adults have dusted off their gear and have found solace shredding mid-day or skating alongside their own kids after school.
Hero’s STEAM Center is a place to create, explore, innovate, and share knowledge in the Red Lodge area. It’s where experimenting and exploring are encouraged and things you imagine making, learning, or doing are possible!
Our most important goal is keeping the STEAM Center door and Observatory roof open by having funds to cover rent and insurance. It costs us $8,464 a year to do just that!
We have afterschool programs, summer youth programs, and Whistler Observatory openings and events for stargazing and RLDS Education. Hero’s offers every one of these for free to the community. Our mission requires space for operations and a certain level of equipment and materials to organize and conduct hands-on learning and activities.
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Our mission is to bring outstanding musicians and performing artists to Red Lodge and support concerts and performances for the community.
Upcoming Events
Wed, Sep 11, 2024
Amoris Domicilium: A Montana Vespers
Please join Baroque Music Montana and four vocalists on Wednesday, September 11 at 6:30PM at our Messiah Lutheran Church for a program that balances spiritual ecstasy, baroque virtuosity, and emotional intimacy in music intended to delight, comfort, inspire, and restore.
Champagne Reception at 6:30PM, followed by the Recital at 7PM. Post-Concert Reception including wine and hors d’oeuvres at 8:15PM.
*when you purchase a ticket online you should receive and email confirmation of your purchase. Tickets are held at the event as will call.
Sun, Jan 12, 2025
Beyond Baroque: Fabulous Fanny
Please join Baroque Music Montana for a fab Matinée on Sunday, January 12, 2025 at our Episcopal Church, exploring Fanny Mendelssohn’s musical world in Berlin. Additional repertoire includes works from Beethoven to the hit Opera Composer of the day, Giacomo Meyerbeer.
Champagne Reception at 3:30 PM, followed by the Recital at 4PM. Post-Concert Reception including wine and hors d’oeuvres at 5:30PM.
*when you purchase a ticket online you should receive and email confirmation of your purchase. Tickets are held at the event as will call.
Bringing Quality Musical Events to Red Lodge
Music from the Beartooths aims to engage the public in affordable world-class musical offerings, and support local musicians by sponsoring concerts and compensating them reasonably. The primary goals of Music from the Beartooths are to:
- Develop awareness and promote the Performing Arts.
- Encourage local artists and young talent by helping them display their artistry and by connecting them with professional performers.
- Build support for local performing artists.
- Promote the maximal use of performance facilities, both existing and future.
- Promote the development of a regional audience by engaging exceptional performers from around the world.
Stay up to date with upcoming events by following the Music From The Beartooth’s Facebook Page
Where did Music and Performance from the Beartooths come from?
Music from the Beartooths was made possible through a generous $10,000 donation from a local philanthropist who is passionate about supporting the Arts in Red Lodge. Through the Red Lodge area Community Foundation, the Donor was able to establish a charitable fund to continue to bring these types of events to Red Lodge.
Music From The Beartooths has evolved from an experimental concert series, the Red Lodge FRINGE Festival.
The intent of the reorganization in 2016 was to broaden the scope, and to provide a basis for a more tightly knit integration of the performing arts individuals and organizations throughout the Red Lodge region. The concert and performance series runs from September through May, providing an outlet and channel for all the performing arts—though a greater part of the events may feature music performance.
The Red Lodge FRINGE Festival was founded in 2013 out of a need for an expanded performing arts environment in Red Lodge while we are waiting and hoping for a comprehensive new Performing Arts Center. Several years ago, the Red Lodge Public Schools Foundation examined the current and future performing arts needs and determined that those needs can only be satisfied by a new facility dedicated to the performing arts, shared by the schools and community. Red Lodge has a distinguished history of presenting a rich variety of performance events, and two nationally known performing arts festivals: the Red Lodge Music Festival, and the Red Lodge Festival of Nations. Their history goes back more than fifty years, when the Red Lodge Civic Center was new and provided a fine space for large events. Over the years new demands for performance space have arisen, and at the same time the claims of the schools, which are custodians of the Civic Center, have impacted the civic functions of that space. We aim to broaden the spectrum of performing arts events and to find ways to best utilize the existing performance spaces in the Red Lodge Area.
The General Director is Dr. Gerald Davidson, who has been involved in the The Red Lodge Festival of Nations and the promotion of a new Performing Arts Center. He was one of the leaders of a taskforce who, in 1998 and 1999, explored the possibilities of a Red Lodge Convention and Performing Arts Center. He has also written program notes for the Red Lodge Music Festival.
Red Lodge Art Walk
About: Join us in celebrating local, Montana artists! The Red Lodge Art Walk is a free event that takes place on the 2nd Saturday each month from May-Oct and again in December. It’s a simple stroll down Broadway, in beautiful Red Lodge, Montana where you can see fabulous artwork, from local artists, hosted in participating businesses around downtown.
When: (Every 2nd Saturday, May-Oct, +Dec. 3PM-8PM)
May 14th 3PM-8PM
June 11th 3PM-8PM
July 9th 3PM-8PM
August 13th 3PM-8PM
September 10th 3PM-8PM
October 8th 3PM-8PM
December 10th 3PM-8PM
Mission: Provide financial support to install new flags and maintain flags along Broadway.
Funds primarily go to replace worn-out flags, poles, and equipment. A small portion of funds goes to provide breakfast to volunteers following early morning work sessions.
Broadway’s flags create a unique and colorful downtown environment for residents and tourists.
Last year’s funds replaced a significant number of worn-out flags and allowed for new brackets and poles near the roundabout.
Visit our Facebook page: Broadway Flags.
Mission: Providing outdoor winter family entertainment for residents and visitors to Carbon County through an improved skating rink.
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Red Lodge Police Protective Association (RLPPA) wishes make a positive contribution to the lives of the citizens in our community through youth programs, home and personal safety programs, and protecting the quality of life for Red Lodge citizens.
The RLPPA would like to give back to the community through programs and events and provide positive interaction with children and adults of the community: Camp Postcard – sponsor three children to attend a week-long camp with police officers in a fun and informal setting; Junior Police Leadership Academy – sponsor one high school student to the Academy by providing travel costs to attend this free, week-long academy; Shop With a Cop to give kids a chance to interact with the officers in their community through a fun activity for the holidays; Coffee With A Cop is a quarterly event for the entire community and county welcoming everyone to meet the officers in an informal setting for relaxed conversation and a chance to get acquainted; Drug Awareness Program – This is an on-going program in conjunction with our local Beartooth Elks, the National Family Partnership and Red Ribbon Week which promotes drug awareness throughout the area to children and young adults.
The success and strength of a community lie in its ability to work toward common goals. The RLPPA’s efforts and programs are focused on achieving their mission to make positive contributions to the lives of the citizens of our community through working together.
Fundraising Goal:
Red Lodge Proud and Beautiful is a subcommittee of the Red Lodge Area Chamber of Commerce, which promotes the business economic health of the Red Lodge area through education, advocacy, and tourism promotion regionally, nationally and internationally as well as operation of the Visitor’s Center as a central information resource for visitors.
We hope to impact thousands of visitors from around the world, as well as our local citizens by creating a scenic historic memory of Red Lodge, MT. The donations we receive will help in funding the Flower Baskets on Broadway from the Fun Run is what Red Lodge is all about; everyone working together to achieve the bigger goals we could not achieve alone.
All funds will be used to continue enhancing our downtown area with the Flower Baskets on Broadway. Each year our goal is to try to raise $10,000 to purchase the flowers and care for the baskets that line our downtown corridor.
Last year, the funds were used to purchase the flowers for the Flower Baskets on Broadway and also maintain their care throughout the season.
To reach Red Lodge Proud & Beautiful, visit our Facebook page at Red Lodge Proud and Beautiful or call the Red Lodge Area Chamber of Commerce at 406-446-1718.
Fundraising Goal: $10,000
The purpose of the Salvation Army is to meet human needs, often episodic and emergent, without discrimination.
100% of the funds are raised during the kettle drive between Thanksgiving and Christmas, and 90% of the funds raised remain in Carbon County. Individuals living in the following communities have received assistance through the Salvation Army: Roberts, Joliet, Fromberg, Bridger, Belfry, Bearcreek, and Red Lodge.
Apply to Receive Funds
The Salvation Army fund provides financial support for living expenses for individuals in emergency or hardship situations. Funded applications have included past due rent or past due utilities, medications, propane, fuel, food, and vehicle repairs. Applications usually take three business days to process. If you need assistance, please contact the community Foundation to set up an appointment. They will help you get your application materials ready.
Questions? Email Laura at laura@rlacf.org or call the office phone at (406) 446-2820.
The mission of Seeking Out Sunshine is to improve the mental health of youth (11-15 years old) in Carbon County by helping them work past difficult emotions. This is accomplished by teaching youth ways to SEEK out sunshine.
We are seeking funds to continue our Ducky Date Program in Roosevelt Middle School and expand to other Carbon County schools. We plan to develop new ideas to expand the organization’s ability to help with mental health for youth from 11-15 years old.
