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Your generosity stretches across the state, opening doors to safe, healthy homes Montanans can afford and empowering them to build stronger, more secure financial futures.

Opening Doors Through Partnership

When couples like Xavier and Stingray have the chance to learn the skills required to buy a home, our communities are stronger.

We are proud to be a trusted financial and homebuyer education provider for our neighbors across Montana. But right now, these vital programs need your support more than ever. Historically, 30% of our counseling services were funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Under the new guidelines, only 3% of our current programming qualifies for that funding.

Your support can help fill that gap.

Opportunities to Support

Streetview of historic 1913 Baatz Block Building in Great Falls, home to our Baatz Block Apartments Permanent Supportive Housing community

Give securely online today, and grow your gift with monthly giving, to make a difference in communities around the state

Kaitlyn standing in the courtyard outside her new Community Land Trust home

Empower people like Kaitlyn, who purchased her first home, by sponsoring our HomeOwnership Center or annual benefit

Essence and her family outside their Creekside Apartments home

Your investment helps us create homes for residents like Essence and her family, who live at a Homeword property in Missoula

Homeword is a 501(c)(3) organization, and your gift to us may be tax-deductible. Our Tax ID number is 81-0522626. Make checks payable to Homeword, 1535 Liberty Ln., Ste. 116A, Missoula, MT, 59808.

Questions? Contact Fundraising Manager Jacqueline Flewellen at 406-532-4663 x16 or jacqueline@homeword.org.

What Your Support Makes POssible

“I can’t say enough how amazing a resource Homeword is and how unintimidating it made this whole process. Everything felt so approachable and accessible.”
— Leah Zamesnik, Get Ready for HomeOwnership class and counseling participant
Leah and her boyfriend outside the home Leah bought
Carmen and Zoe outside their home in Alberton
“Having the kind of support we had from Homeword in buying our first home was really, really substantial.”
— Carmen and Zoe, Get Ready for HomeOwnership class and counseling participants
“We just knew that we needed a change for ourselves and for our kids, just to have more of a life that we’d imagined. All of this really feels possible because of Homeword and all the support we got.”
— Katie Neskey, Get Ready for HomeOwnership class and counseling participant
The Neskey family in front on the home they purchased in Butte
“Things got better at Junegrass. My husband and I enjoyed being there. He was still having a lot of medical issues, but Junegrass is less than a mile from the hospital. That made it easier.”
— Susan, Junegrass Place resident
Susan, a Junegrass Place resident, and her late husband
Jason Davies outside his home at Orchard Gardens
“I was very excited. I was nervous, but I decided I was going to live on my own. I love my freedom.”
— Jason "Superman" Davies, Orchard Gardens resident
“While things have been and are still tight for us, we know where our money is going and have been able to enjoy life more. I have Homeword to thank for that.”
— Kate Baker, Financial Skill Building class and counseling participant
Financial Skill Building class graduate Kate Baker and her family
Financial Skill Building class graduate Kate Baker and her family
“It’s a relief not to have to move from place to place anymore. Having an affordable rent—that was a relief, too. I found security. It gives me a chance to get into a better financial position as I get older.”
— Taina Curry, Solstice resident
Solstice resident Taina Curry