A deep love of the Bitterroot Valley has
prompted The Greater Ravalli Foundation Board of Directors to launch
Project Bitterroot, the yearlong campaign to raise the initial $2
million needed to establish The Greater Ravalli Foundation Scholarship
Endowment and ensure the distribution of 20 scholarships per year.
Through matching grants we can double that and build a $4 million
endowment, but we will need your support. We are calling on all donors
to give what they would over the next three years in a single donation
to the endowment this year. Of course, any and all donations to Project
Bitterroot are welcome.
Another component of Project Bitterroot is to begin an effort to
encourage Foundation scholarship recipients to come back to the
Bitterroot after graduation to serve as positive role models and to
invest in the growth and success of their communities. In fact, right
now scholarship recipients receive $4,000 each year for two years
toward the school of their choice. Starting next year, if they choose
to stay at a Montana state school, recipients will receive funding from
various other scholarship funds for the following two years –
covering their entire four-year education and keeping them in Montana.
By being a part of Project Bitterroot, and an inaugural donor to The
Greater Ravalli Foundation Scholarship Endowment, you are doing
something greater than yourself. Your generosity today will ensure a
healthy future for the children of the Bitterroot.
