WHERE FASHION MEETS PHILANTHROPY
Behind the racks of second hand goods in our award-winning, small-town thrift store is one of the largest charitable foundations in Park County Montana, an area bigger than the state of Delaware.
The Community Closet along with our extension projects, which include the Alley Annex, the Curated Closet, and our mobile unit, Deluxe Rural Wear is redefining the business model for both pollution prevention and philanthropic second-hand sales. Since its opening in October of 2005, the thrift store has given away $640,000 in cash grants and over $50,000 in merchandise donations to local non-profits, community organizations, and events, as well as individuals in need throughout Park County. Store merchandise is also given to schools and other non-profits at no cost. Vouchers are given to those who cannot afford needed purchases.
Charitable funding guidelines and funding application are available for download here, at the store, or by phone at 406-222-6200.
Funding may include, but is not necessarily limited to:
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Recreation scholarships/equipment
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Community functions
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Educational programs
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Youth programs
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Assistance in response to catastrophic events or illnesses
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Support of existing non-profit organizations/special programs
Past organizational funding recipients include:
4-H Livestock Auction
4H Shooting Sports
All-night Senior Party
American Legion
Angel Line
Arrowhead School
AWARE
Baseball All Stars
Big Brothers/Big Sisters
Blue Slipper Theater
Boy Scouts - Eagle Scout Project
Boy Scouts Pack 552
CASA
Center for Aquatic Nuisance Species
Chamber of Commerce
Chicks and Chaps
Christmas Community Dinner
Christmas Covers
Cibora
Civil Air Patrol
CNR Farmers Market
Coleman Foundation
Community Christmas Dinner
Connected Learning
Compassionate Neighbors
Counterpoint
Crazy Mtn. Productions (Firehouse Five)
Danforth Gallery
Depot Center
East Side School
Elks Lodge
Experience Works
Family Outreach
Food Pantry
Friends of the Community
Friends of the Library
Gardiner Baptist Church
Gardiner Food Pantry
Gardiner High School
Grace Notes
Halloween on Yellowstone Street
Harvest Festival
Harvest Festival
High School Rodeo Club
Holiday Lights Livingston
Junior Achievement
Park High Band
Park High Boosters
Park High Cross Country Team
Park High Cross Country Team
Park High Geyser
Park High Senior All-Night Party
Payden Memorial Foundation
PEO Scholarship Fund
Pine Creek School
Rangers Boosters
Rotary Water Spray Park
Rotary's Children in Need Program
RSVP
Rural Fire
Safe Kids/Safe Communities
Seamus Camp Fund
Shane Center
Shane Center
Shields Valley BPA
Shields Valley Farmers Market
Shields Valley Schools
Shields Valley Senior Center
Shields Valley Sober Committee
Shift Empowerment
Sister City Exchange
Sleeping Giant Middle School
Snoopy Preschool
Softball Tournament
Southwest Chemical Dependency
Spay/Neuter Task Force
St Mary's School
Stafford Animal Shelter
Summerfest
Treehouse Cooking
Tri-County Network Against Sexual and Domestic Violence
United in Light
Washington school
Wilsall Rural Fire
Winans School
WSE Farmers Mkt
Yellowstone Ballet Company
Yellowstone Gateway Museum
Yellowstone Park Bus
L Bar 7
Lacey Hart Racing
Landon's Lookout
Links for Learning
Livingston Baseball Association
Livingston Center for Art & Culture
Livingston Christian Center
Livingston Community Choir
Livingston Cubs Baseball
Livingston Depot Foundation
Livingston Firefighters
Livingston Firefighters
Livingston Health Care
Livingston Ice Skating Association
Livingston Memorial Hospital
Livingston Park Co. Food Pantry
Livingston Police Department
Livingston Rec. Dept.
Livingston Rotary Club
Livingston Youth Soccer Association
Loaves & Fishes
Manaia
March of Dimes
McNair Skate Park
Meals on Wheels
Mental Health Center
Military Families of Park County
Milky Way Group Home
Model Railroad Association
Montessori Island School
Moose Lodge
Mountain House
NAMI
Night Owl Run
Operation Fallen Soldier
Park Co Cubs
Park Co. 4-H
Park Co. Community Foundation
Park Co. Fair
Park Co. Genealogy Society
Park Co. Historical Society
Park Co. Rural Fire
Park Co. Senior Center
Park Co. Vietnam Vets Memorial
Park County Tennis Association
Park High Academic Team
Community Closet Awards & Honors :
Livingston Chamber of Commerce, Community Service award to Community Closet 2007
Livingston Business & Professional Women, Caron Cooper Woman of Acheivement 2007
Livingston Rotary Club, Service Above Self Award to Community Closet, 2010
Montana Ecostar Pollution Prevention Award, 2012 (view press release)
Most Valuable Pollution Prevention (MVP2) Honorable Mention 2013 (view press release)