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Charitable Giving
Contributed to our community this year to date.
Contributed to our community in 2023.
Total funds contributed to our community since 2007!
Run Wild Missoula is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with a mission to promote and support running and walking for people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds.
*Please note our fiscal year runs from September 1-August 31.
RWM 2024 Contributions Fiscal Year to Date
- All Nations: $6,078 [Virtual Half]
- YWCA: $1,770 [Fierce Fab]
- UMPTSA: $1,563 [Skeleton Skedaddle]
- Montana Cup: $1,302
- Missoula Food Bank: $10,022 [Turkey Day]
- Five Valleys Land Trust:
- $3,530 additional funds through RWM Programming & events
- $25,000 [part III of 3-year $100,000 commitment]
- Rising Hearts: $250
- Moving Mountains Foundation: $1,000
- Empower MT
- $500 [MLK Jr Celebration]
- $2,460 [ABY Program, Ahmaud Arbery Proceeds]
- Friends of Missoula Parks [Marshall Mountain]: $20,000
- [part I of 3-year $60,000 commitment]
- Go Run Missoula:
- $3,000 [Scholarship fund donation]
- $3,092 [GRM Ten Proceeds]
- Missoula Firefighters Benevolent Assoc: $500 [Jack’s Bridge]
- The Center: $2,185 [Heart Throb]
- Seeley Lake Elementary: $3,500 [Snow Joke]
- Seeley Lake Community Foundation: $500 [Snow Joke]
- Midday Move (United Way of Missoula): $6,000
- Trees for Missoula (Climate Smart Missoula): $737 [Run for the Trees]
- Friends of the M Trail: $776 [Pengelly]
- Climate Smart Missoula:$5,773 [Missoula Marathon]
- Missoula Works: $3,500 [Missoula Marathon]
- Tony Banovich HS XC Scholarship Fund: $6,000 [shoes/gear]
Non-Cash Donations in 2024
- 7,000 shirts for more than $6,000 in printing fees to Mountain West XC meet
- Dozens of hydration handheld bottles and reflective vests
Run Wild Missoula Doing Good in 2023
- All Nations: $5,604
- YWCA: $1,445
- UMPTSA: $1,625
- Missoula Food Bank: $9,388
- Five Valleys Land Trust
- $25,000 [part II of 3-year $100,000 commitment]
- $3,087 additional funds through RWM Programming & events
- The Center: $2,009
- Go Run Missoula: $3,304
- Empower MT: $1,974
- Trees for Missoula – $820
- Missoula Parks & Rec – $3,000
- International Traditional Games Society $800
- Midday Move (United Way of Missoula) – $4,406
- Friends of the M Trail – $995
- Climate Smart Missoula – $6,261
- Tony Banovich Memorial Fund – $3,206
Run Wild Missoula Contributions in 2022
- Five Valley’s Land Trust: $100,000 commitment to support the next steps on the Dean Stone landscape including finishing the construction of the House of Sky Trail. Read the press release here.
- $50,000 in 2022 | $25,000 in 2023 | $25,000 in 2024
- $2,418 additional funds through RWM programming & events
- The Center: $1,878
- Missoula Parks & Rec Conservation Lands: $5,657
- Friends of The M Trail: $860
- Trees for Missoula: $1,711
- Missoula Food Bank: $9,752
- YWCA Pathways Program: $1,000
- UM Physical Therapy Student Association: $1,000
- RWM announces the Tony Banovich High School Cross Country Scholarship Fund. Read more about the program here.
Non-Cash Donations in 2022
- 400 Missoula Marathon gear bags (that were stuffed with school supplies & toiletries) sent to children in Browning
- 50 stuffed Kids Marathon gear bags/capes/medals to children at Watsons Children’s Shelter
- 1,800 ‘snack bags’ and 500 gear bags from the Missoula Marathon to the Poverello Center
- 100 warm winter beanies from Turkey Day to the Poverello Center and 100 to the Watsons Children’s Shelter
- 728 pounds of food to Missoula Food Bank during Thanksgiving food drive
Run Wild Missoula Contributed over $43K in 2021
The local nonprofit running club supports projects and programs in the community that help fulfill Run Wild Missoula’s mission to promote and support running and walking in the community. Additionally, Run Wild Missoula donates race proceeds from several events.
Run Wild Missoula’s largest contributions in 2021 were given to Friends of the M Trail for their restoration project and Missoula Project Beacon, in the amount of $10,000 each.
Our Run for Missoula Virtual Race Series benefited a different group each month with contributions totaling over $16,000. Beneficiaries of the Run for Missoula series were: Missing & Murdered Indigenous Persons Montana; Missoula Aging Services; Missoula Downtown Association; Montana Food Bank Network; Opportunity Resources Inc; Soft Landing Missoula; Tamarack Grief Resource Center; The Center; UM Physical Therapy Student Association; United Way of Missoula County; and, Watson Children’s Shelter.
In addition to contributions from our races, our trail sessions brought in over $1,000 in donations to Five Valleys Land Trust.