MONTANA FARM BUREAU FOUNDATION
502 S 19TH AVE SUITE 104, BOZEMAN, MT 59718 www.mfbf.org\foundation

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Organizations Filed Purposes: ORGANIZED EXCLUSIVELY FOR CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES, INCLUDING, FOR SUCH PURPOSES, THE MAKING OF DISTRIBUTIONS TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT QUALIFY AS EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS UNDER 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.

CENTENNIAL COMMUNITY INITIATIVE:AS A CELEBRATION OF SERVING AGRICULTURE AND RURAL MONTANA FOR THE PAST 100 YEARS, AND RENEWING OUR COMMITMENT TO OUR RURAL COMMUNITIES, THE MONTANA FARM BUREAU FOUNDATION ESTABLISHED THE CENTENNIAL COMMUNITY INITATIVE. THIS INITIATIVE HAS AWARDED $100,000 IN ECONOMIC GROWTH WHERE IT IS NEEDED MOST, WITHIN OUR RURAL COMMUNITIES. WE HAVE ESTIMATED THAT THE BUSINESSES CHOSEN TO RECEIVE THESE FUNDS WILL CREATE OVER 60 FULL-TIME JOBS AND RETURN AN ECONOMIC IMPACT MANY TIMES THE AMOUNT OF OUR INVESTMENT.LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT:MONTANA FARM BUREAU FOUNDATION SUPPORTS THE MONTANA FARM BUREAU ADVOCATE, COMMUNICATE, EDUCATE PROGRAM (ACE). THE ACE PROGRAM WAS DESIGNED TO EMPOWER FARM BUREAU MEMBERS TO ACTIVELY ADVOCATE ON KEY INDUSTRY ISSUES AND BE CONFIDENT, EFFECTIVE LEADERS IN THEIR COUNTY FARM BUREAU AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES. THE PROGRAM EMPHASIZES LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, ISSUE EDUCATION, AND THE ENGAGEMENT OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES.AWARDED GRANTS:OTIUM BREWING, LLC IS A STARTUP BREWERY IN MILES CITY MT COMMITTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITY AND SUPPORT OF MONTANA AGRICULTURE. OTIUM WILL USE MONTANA GROWN AND MALTED BARLEY AS WELL AS MONTANA GROWN AND SOURCED HOPS TO CREATE UNIQUELY MONTANAN BEER. WINDRIFT HILL INC. IS A FAMILY BUSINESS IN CONRAD MT PRODUCING A LINE OF NATURAL SKIN CARE PRODUCTS USING GOATS MILK. OUR GRANT WILL HELP PURCHASE A SEMI-AUTOMATIC FILL LINE ALLOWING AN INCREASE IN DAILY PRODUCTION AS WELL AS ICNREASED GROWTH THROUGH MULTIPLE NEW SALES CHANNELS.POWDER RIVER FIRST RESPONDERS ARE PART OF A PILOT PROGRAM TITLED, COMMUNITY INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE. THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS FOR PARAMEDICS TO VISIT HOMES IN THE COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF AN EMERGENCY SITUATION TO HELP CONTROL ISSUES BEFORE THE EMERGENCY OCCURS. THE PROJECT RELIEVES PRESSURE ON HOSPITALS AND CLINICS, GREATLY REDUCING COSTS AND IMPROVING THE LIVES OF PATIENTS.WOOD-N-WOVEN IS AN ESTABLISHED SMALL BUSINESS IN TERRY MT PROVIDING QUALITY HAND CRAFTED WOOD AND WOVEN PRODUCTS. THE GRANT WILL ALLOW THE CREATION OF A FIBER MILL IN EASTERN MONTANA.PRAIRIE COUNTY APPLIED FOR AND WAS AWARDED A GRANT TO HELP FUND A FEASABILITY STUDY FOR CREATING A NEW IRRIGATION PROJECT ON THE FALLON FLATS. THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF APPROXIMATELY 18,000 ACRES OF IRRIGATED FARMLAND, INCREASING PRODUCTION POTENTIAL AND CREATING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR HIGHER VALUE CROP PRODUCTION.

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENTOUR FOUNDATION IS IN OUR 6TH YEAR OF PROVIDING TUITION SCHOLARSHIPS FOR MEMBERS OF THE REAL MONTANA PROGRAM (RESOURCE EDUCATION AND AGRICULTURE LEADERSHIP). PARTICIPANTS ANALYZE COMPLEX ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES WHILE RECEIVING INTENSIVE LEADERSHIP TRAINING. OUR FOUNDATION IS A MAJOR SPONSOR OF THE YOUNG AG LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE, WHICH ANNUALLY ATTRACTS OVER 150 OF MONTANA'S FUTURE LEADERS AND ALLOWS THEM TO NETWORK AND HONE THEIR LEADERSHIP SKILLS. OUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT INCLUDED FUNDING TO HELP YOUTH ATTEND THE 2019 AFBF FUSION CONFERENCE IN MILWAUKEE, WI THIS MARCH. OVERALL, FORTY-FIVE MONTANANS ATTENDED THE CONFERENCE WHICH FEATURED WORKSHOPS AND TRAINING DESIGNED TO DEVELOP SKILLS NECESSARY TO BECOME LEADERS FOR AGRICULTURE.

SUPPORTING AG EDUCATION & AWARDING SCHOLARSHIPS:OUR FOUNDATION SUPPORTS YOUTH EDUCATION AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT BY HOLDING SPEECH CONTESTS, WORKING WITH ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS MONTANA FFA FOUNDATION AND THE MONTANA 4-H FOUNDATION AND PROVIDING SCHOLARSHIPS SO MONTANA YOUTH CAN RECEIVE THE TRAINING AND EDUCATION THEY NEED.

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