Marshall and Mary Brondum Special Assistance Foundation

What is the Brondum Foundation? The Marshall & Mary Brondum Special Assistance Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit 501(c)(3) charitable foundation funded by Marshall Brondum. The Foundation's purpose is to financially aid individuals whose needs are not or cannot be met by already existing charities and/or agencies. These needs may be (but are not limited to) medical, adaptive life-style, and financial. The Foundation may also support other charities whose purpose and functions are similar to the Brondum Foundation. The Foundation primarily serves the State of Montana. About the founder. Marshall Brondum was born in Coleharbor, North Dakota in 1916, but grew up and lived most of his life in the Blackfoot Valley and Missoula, MT. He was blinded by an accident at age ten. He earned his living as a farmer, musician, and radio and television repairman. In the 1950s, Marshall acquired a small television cable company. Marshall and his wife, Mary, eventually built the company into a sizeable Western Montana cable service, and in 1980 formed Marshall TV Cable Company. Mary Brondum died in 1982. In 1988, Marshall sold the cable company and retired. He died in 1992. Always generous in nature to those in need, he set aside a substantial amount of his assets and estate to fund the Foundation.