Harold W Sweatt Foundation
Big Sky, MT · EIN 41-6075860. Reported 187 grants totalling $737,400 to 98 recipients across tax years 2023-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Harold W Sweatt Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $3,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,350 and $5,000; the smallest was $400 and the largest $35,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| International College | New York, NY | $83,600 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| Napa Valley College Foundation | Napa, CA | $35,000 | 5 | 3 | 2025 |
| Heaven's Gait Ranch | Cedar Grove, WI | $31,900 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Jupiter Medical Center | Jupiter, FL | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| African Wildlife Foundation | Washington, DC | $28,250 | 5 | 3 | 2025 |
| Greater Yellowstone Coalition | Bozeman, MT | $28,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Palestine Children's Relief Fund | Los Angeles, CA | $17,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Deep Portage | Hackensack, MN | $16,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| International Rhino Foundation | Fort Worth, TX | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| International Wolf Center | Minneapolis, MN | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Tunnels to Towers Foundation | Stanton Island, NY | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Anera | Washington, DC | $14,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| ACLU Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Christ Memorial Chapel | Hobe Sound, FL | $10,400 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Twin Cities | St Paul, MN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Buckley Institute | New Haven, CT | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| First Serve | West Palm Beach, FL | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Kids on the Ball | South Burlington, VT | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Orangutan Foundation International | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Scripps College | Claremont, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Second Harvest Heartland | Brooklyn Park, MN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Conservation Fund | Stuart, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Flynn Center for the Permorming Arts | Burlington, VT | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Riley's Urgent Fund for Friends (ruff) | Gallatin Gateway, MT | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Stanford | Stanford, CA | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Nature Conservancy (montana) | Bozeman, MT | $8,750 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| World Wildlife Fund | Washington, DC | $8,750 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Nature Conservancy | Arlington, VA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Napa Humane Society | Napa, CA | $7,400 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Alzheimer's Association | Minntonka, MN | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Rashi School | Deham, MA | $6,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Uscri (us Committee for Rerfugees & Immigrants) | Arlington, VA | $6,400 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nature Conservancy-for the Vt Chapter | Arlington, VA | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ocean Conservancy | Washington, DC | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Arts Council of Big Sky | Big Sky, MT | $5,750 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Hope the Mission | Van Nuys, CA | $5,400 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Bath & Tennis Club Historic Building Preservation Foundation | Palm Beach, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Napa Valley | Napa, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Direct Relief | Santa Barbara, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Eye Surgeons International | Napa, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Fire | Philadelphia, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Humane World for Animals | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| King Street | Burlington, VT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Let's Grow Kids | Burlington, VT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Loaves & Fishes | Minneapolis, MN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mercy Corps | Boone, IA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Page Education Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA | Laguna Hills, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Foundation for Defense of Democracies | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| United Nations Relief & Works Agency (unrwa) | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| United Way & Vt Immigration Legal Defense Fund | South Burlington, VT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Vermont Commons School | South Burlington, VT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wild Aid - Pangolin Conservation Campaign | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Wildlife Conservation Network | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| All Saints in Big Sky | Big Sky, MT | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Big Sky Search & Rescue | Big Sky, MT | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Center for American Experiment | Golden Valley, MN | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Coral Reef Alliance | San Francisco, CA | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Burlington City Arts | Burlington, VT | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Burlington Dismas House | Burlington, VT | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Vermont Stage | Burlington, VT | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Project for Pride in Living | Minneapolis, MN | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Northern Waters Land Trust | Walker, MN | $3,350 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Gallatin Valley Land Trust | Bozeman, MT | $3,250 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Boys & Girls Club (vermont) | Burlington, VT | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cots | Burlington, VT | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of South Georgia Island | Carbondale, CO | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Gallatin River Task Force | Big Sky, MT | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| K9S for Warriors | Ponte Vedra, FL | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| ASPCA | Washington, DC | $2,900 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Earthjustice | San Francisco, CA | $2,750 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Natural Resources Defense Council | New York, NY | $2,750 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Sierra Club Foundation | Santa Rosa, CA | $2,750 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Warren Miller Performing Arts Center | Gallatin Gateway, MT | $2,750 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Big Dog Ranch | Loxahtchee Groves, FL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wellness in Action | Big Sky, MT | $2,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dav | Cincinnati, OH | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Elephant Havens Wildlife Foundation | Dallas, TX | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Forests Forever Foundation | Berkeley, CA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| North Country Public Radio | Canton, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Preborn | Indianapolis, IN | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Return to Freedom Wild Horse Conservation | Lompoc, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Shelburne Farms | Shelburne, VT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The National Trust for Scotland Foundation USA | Boston, MA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Vermont Public | Colchester, VT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| West End House Girls Camp | Portland, ME | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Big Sky Community Library | Big Sky, MT | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Coral Reef Alliance- Pangolin Crisis Fund | San Francisco, CA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Heart of the Valley- Humane Society | Bozeman, MT | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Big Sky Community Food Bank | Big Sky, MT | $1,400 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Forests Forever | Berkeley, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Grand Circle Oat | Boston, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Joint Urban Ministry Project | Burlington, VT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Country School | Valley Village, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Historic Crail Ranch (big Sky Community Corp) | Big Sky, MT | $900 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Historic Crail Ranch | Big Sky, MT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
51 of 98 (52%) received money in more than one year over the 3 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 69%, across 2 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 123 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 64 | $231,000 | $2,950 |
| 2024 | 58 | $242,400 | $3,000 |
| 2025 | 65 | $264,000 | $3,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
19% of its giving went to organizations in California. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $3,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in California.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Harold W Sweatt Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: P O Box 161447, Big Sky, MT, 59716. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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