Non profit community

With over 1,200 registered non profit groups in the Missoula, the Garden City is considered one of the most charitable and volunteer friendly cities in the country.

Missoula Nonprofits

Generous, compassionate, and diverse are just a few words describing Missoula nonprofits.   With over 1,200 registered 501(c)(3) nonprofits calling Missoula home, every day hundreds of Missoulians contribute their time, energy and resources to help keep Missoula strong.

Visit our Missoula Nonprofit Listings page.

It may be an individual in need of temporary assistance, a special project seeking funding, or a community event needing volunteers.   Missoula truly comes alive when the “call for help” is sounded.   Known as the Montana city with the most nonprofit organizations, Missoula was also recently considered one of the top communities for nonprofit organizations in the U.S.

The home of several notable national organizations such as the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and Adventure Cycling Association, Missoula citizens continue to take great pride in contributing to and serving the many nonprofit organizations that call Missoula home.

The choices are plentiful.  Whether you enjoy serving the youth, elderly, homeless, wildlife, environment, arts & culture, historical preservation or education, there is a place for you within the Missoula nonprofits community.

2011 Missoula Festival of Trees

Mountain Home Montana's annual Missoula Festival of Trees is one of the... more

Creating Art and Literature at Missoula’s Poverello Center

By DEBBIE SAYLOR of the Poverello Center - Clients of the Poverello Cen... more

A Salute to Our Troops from The United States of Hope

By SAMUEL PASCAL REDFERN - This Veterans' Day, we honor our Veterans fo... more

Holiday Giving Get-Togethers

By JESSICA ALLRED - In this season of dinner parties and gift exchanges, here are a few fun and engaging ideas on how you can make a big difference for the Missoula Food Bank.... more

Missoula Food Bank: There is No Spoon

By JESSICA ALLRED - Hidden away, tucked in a corner of the parking lot behind Missoula Food Bank, a man sat, opened a container of yogurt, and hesitated. Looking over the white tub decorated by strawberries, he... more

Sunday Streets Missoula 2011

Ever taken a moment to pause on Higgins Avenue and admire the architecture? Not enough hours in the day to window-shop the way you want? Have you succeeded in your goal of making this the best summer ever? Well... more

A Symphony of Cyclists – Annual Cycle for the Symphony

By BEN WEISS. If you have been out and about around town lately, you have no doubt noticed a new symbol in the road. It is a bicycle with two chevrons above it, and it is called a “sharrow”. Derived from t... more

Bike Me Out to the Ballpark

By RYAN NEWHOUSE:This week marks the opening of the Missoula Osprey baseball season, and I’m here to tell you how to get some crazy good deals on seats. All it takes is a riding your bike and joining the Miss... more

The Season for Single-Track Minds

By RYAN NEWHOUSE: Missoula--are you ready for some mountain biking? As our very wet spring starts to give way to sunny, summery skies it can only mean that those beautifully-carved single-track trails in the h... more

Sunday Streets Missoula

By RYAN NEWHOUSE: Back for its second year, Sunday Streets Missoula will kindly take over N. Higgins Avenue this Sunday (June 5) from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and open it to people-powered activities. Launched last S... more

Missoula Businesses Show Record Support for Sustainable Transportation

By RYAN NEWHOUSE: Each spring during Bike Walk Bus Week, organizers from Missoula In Motion host a friendly competition between Missoula businesses called the commuter challenge.... more

Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation

When you’re in Western Montana, you’re in elk country.  And what better place than Missoula to be home to the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. More than a museum, the Elk Foundation’s Visitor Center fea... more

Missoula’s Carousel

Each year kids of all ages flock to the carousel in Caras Park to ride a hand-carved pony on one of Missoula's most prized attractions. A Carousel for Missoula is far more than an attraction, though. It's al... more

Missoula Children’s Theatre

Long a Missoula staple, the MCT is now far more than a local gem. For nearly 40 years, the Missoula Children's Theatre and MCT Community Theatre have delighted locals and visitors alike with outstanding full... more

Volunteer Opportunities

Missoula is known for its giving spirit. On a per capita basis, Missoula is home to more non-profit organizations than any other city in the nation. That means volunteer opportunities abound. ... more

Missoula in Motion

Missoulians embrace green living and you'll find sustainable transportation options readily available in the city. Missoula in Motion aims to promote the city’s popular sustainable transportation system and i... more