Scholarships & Grants
Our members are committed to youth & education
Grants & Scholarships applications are
OPEN for 2025
Last years' 2024 Scholarship Winners
Montana Farmers Union recently awarded nearly $12,000 in scholarships to Montana students.
Reinhard William Bold (Big Sandy), $1,000 John Korsbeck Memorial Scholarship, $500 Choteau County Farmers Union Local
Lance Rutledge (Big Sandy), $1,000 John Korsbeck Memorial Scholarship
Grayce Siderius (Bozeman), $1,000 Bud Daniels Memorial Scholarship, $500 Flathead Farmers Union Local
Jordan Leach (Ledger), $1,000 Montana Farmers Union Foundation
Lauren Prevost (Lambert), $1,000 MFU Foundation
Lauryn Siderius (Kalispell), $1,000 MFU Foundation, $500 Flathead Farmers Union Local
Kyona Yeager (Fairfield), $1,000 MFU Foundation
Abigail Hutton (Conrad), $500 Montana Farmers Union
Shea Ostberg (Fairfield), $500 MFU
Layne Johnson (Westby), $500 MFU
Hannah Fussell (Ronan), $500 MFU
Michaela Hauk (Great Falls), $1,000 Cascade County-wide Farmers Union Local
Kenadie Berg (Billings), $250 MFU
Ashton Ulschak (Laurel), $250, MFU
Alyssa Robertus (Laurel), $250 MFU
Tammi Fladager (Peerless), $250 MFU
Cody England (Lewistown), $250 MFU
The 2024 Grant Recipients
This year’s recipients will use the funding for a wide range of projects from purchasing a life-sized butcher beef model to purchasing shop tools for high school programs to Farm-to-School training programs to a community fruit orchard to a cow show training
- Power Schools, Butcher Beef Cut Model, $2,999
- Three Forks High School, raised beds for a school garden, $2,500
- Hobson Schools, implement seed-to-salad bar project, $2,500
- Land to Hand Montana, Columbia Falls Schools Farm-to-School training supplies, $2,500
- Dawson County 4-H, digital animal livestock scale, $2,500
- Youth Employment Program in Dillon, walk-behind tractor – rototiller -bed shaper attachments to use on community farm, $2,500
- Town of Richey, irrigation and raised bed project in Little Royals Park, $2,500
- Big Timber FFA, build perimeter fence adjacent to high school for animal husbandry, $2,000
- Cascade FFA, horticulture facilities upgrade, $2,000
- Fort Benton High School, purchase air compressor for use with plasma table, $1,500
- Geraldine Public Schools, greenhouse upgrades, $1,500
- Absarokee High School, purchase local fibers for use in textile arts, $1,500
- Hobson Public Schools, purchase trees for community fruit orchard, $1,000
- Belt Public Schools, purchase sanders for school shop, $800
- Kalispell Ag Education Center, purchase swather for ag education program, $750
- Sunshine Snippers 4-H Club, audio-visual tools for Community Hall upgrades, $500
- Glacier County Conservation District, Farm-to-table event, $500
- Park County 4-H Council, Cow Camp and Show Training, $500
- Kaniksu Land Trust, Thompson Falls Pedal to Plate event, $500
- Trailhead Cattle Women, Longest Table event, $500
- Pea Pods Neighborhood Community Garden, Garden Mentoring Program, $500
- Montana Grape and Wine Association, annual conference, $500
- Conservation Grains, milling education for local schools, $500
- Liberty County 4-H, Fun Fridays, $300.
4-H Sentence Grants
Our mini-grant program with a total of $10,000 available from Montana Farmers Union bolstered Montana 4-H club projects this past year, with applications are open for another $10,000 in funding in 2025.
The process was simple to encourage clubs to apply by submitting a sentence about how they would use $100.
Download the form and submit to:
Montana Farmers Union
PO BOX 2447
Great Falls, MT 59403
Have questions email your local MFU ambassador, find one near you today!
More Scholarship Options through Montana Farmers Union
Bud Daniels Memorial Scholarship- $1,000
Bud Daniels was a former president of Montana Farmers Union. Bud also served as the National Farmers Union Vice President in 1992. He had a life-long devotion to improving the lives of rural Americans and keeping farmers on the land.
John Korsbeck Memorial Scholarship- $1,000
John Korsbeck was involved in farming and the “country way of life” throughout his lifetime. He was involved with 4-H and Farmers Union, becoming a Torchbearer, which is the highest award presented to Farmers Union youth. John was a Montana Farmers Union insurance agent from 1976-2005. John proudly served his country in Vietnam and was highly admired and respected.
MFU Scholarship and County Scholarships- $1,000- $500
Scholarships are awarded at the County level from the following counties:
– Chouteau – Cascade – Flathead Applications must reside in the county for which they apply.
– Chouteau – Cascade – Flathead Applications must reside in the county for which they apply.