April 30, 2025 – Glasgow, Mont. – Pheasants Forever (PF) and Quail Forever (QF) are honored to receive a $300,000 grant from the Arthur M. Bank Family Foundation. This funding will be directed toward the Montana Grasslands Initiative, supporting the work in Montana to advance grasslands conservation efforts and improve grasslands management.
“It’s very exciting to receive this grant from the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation,” said Hunter VanDonsel, PF & QF’s Montana state coordinator. “This funding will allow the Montana team to provide more support to our conservation and landowner partners, and to pursue more ambitious goals for the restoration of grasslands and sagebrush steppe.”
Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever launched the Montana Grasslands Initiative to advance its strategic plan by addressing the key threats to grasslands across the state, ensuring a vibrant Montana upland experience. The initiative strives to anchor intact grasslands, address vulnerable grasslands, restore key converted or altered grasslands and increase public access.
"We are proud to support Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever’s Montana Grasslands Initiative,” said Blair Beasley, managing director, Environment, Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation. “This work is providing ranchers with high-quality assistance to implement conservation practices that protect Montana’s intact grasslands. This benefits both producers and the environment.”
The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation is a philanthropy founded to help transform lives and communities by uniting people across differences to find common cause. Started in 1995 by Arthur M. Blank, co-founder of The Home Depot, the foundation has granted more than $1.3 billion to charitable causes.
About Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever
Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever make up the nation's largest nonprofit organization dedicated to upland habitat conservation. This community of more than 480,000 members, supporters and partners is dedicated to the protection of our uplands through habitat improvement, public access, education and advocacy. A network of 754 local chapters spread across North America determine how 100 percent of their locally raised funds are spent — the only national conservation organization that operates through this grassroots structure. Since its creation in 1982, the organization has dedicated more than $1 billion to 580,000 habitat projects benefiting 28.8 million acres.
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