Headwaters Health Foundation
Missoula, MT · EIN 81-1099715. Reported 448 grants totalling $23.2M to 248 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$7,500median grant
$23.2Mgranted, 2021-2024
248recipients, as named on its returns
42%of grantees funded again the next year
$127.5Massets, latest filing
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. Headwaters Health 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.
This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $7,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $7,500 and $20,000; the smallest was $1,500 and the largest $850,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zero to Five Montana | Helena, MT | $1,710,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Montana Nonprofit Association Inc | Helena, MT | $1,210,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes | Pablo, MT | $1,200,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| United Way of Missoula County | Missoula, MT | $1,070,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Montana Budget and Policy Center | Helena, MT | $935,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Butte 4 C's | Butte, MT | $866,500 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Salish Kootenai College Inc | Pablo, MT | $850,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mineral County Health Department | Superior, MT | $807,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lincoln County Health Department | Libby, MT | $800,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Montana Women Vote | Missoula, MT | $775,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Native American Development Corp | Billings, MT | $750,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Montana | Missoula, MT | $725,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| University of Montana Foundation | Missoula, MT | $673,000 | 7 | 2 | 2024 |
| Zero to Five Montana Statewide Office | Helena, MT | $600,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $595,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Canvas Early Learning Center | Dillon, MT | $577,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Helping Hands Fund | Polson, MT | $567,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| St Peter's Health Foundation | Helena, MT | $485,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Montana Food Bank Network Inc | Missoula, MT | $426,500 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Western Native Voice Education Project | Billings, MT | $275,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| All Nations Health Center | Missoula, MT | $270,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Poverello Center | Missoula, MT | $266,500 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Missoula Community Foundation | Missoula, MT | $265,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Helping Hands | Polson, MT | $255,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Trust-Based Philanthropy Project | Calabasas, CA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Never Alone Recovery Support Services | Pablo, MT | $235,800 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Helena Area Habitat for Humanity | Helena, MT | $215,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Odyssey Early Learning Center | Dillon, MT | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Western Native Voice | Billings, MT | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Common Good Missoula | Missoula, MT | $175,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| North Missoula Community Development Corporation | Missoula, MT | $175,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies | Helena, MT | $165,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Southwest Montana Youth Partners | Boulder, MT | $157,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Catalyst Montana Organizing for Justice | Helena, MT | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lowell Elementary School | Missoula, MT | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Montana Child Care Resource & Referral Network Inc Dba Raise Montana | Lolo, MT | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Partnership Health Center | Missoula, MT | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Montana Partnership to End Childhood Hunger Inc | Bozeman, MT | $149,500 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Montana Consortium for Urban Indian Health | Helena, MT | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Montana Free Press | Helena, MT | $105,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Indian Governance and Policy Institute | Missoula, MT | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nurse Family Partnership | Denver, CO | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Salish Kootenai College Foundation | Pablo, MT | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Skc Institutional Advancement | Pablo, MT | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Montana Advocates for Children | Lolo, MT | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services | Helena, MT | $63,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Friends of the Children | Missoula, MT | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Maps Media Institute Inc | Hamilton, MT | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Montana Child Care Resource & Referral Network Inc | Lolo, MT | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jefferson Local Development Cor | Whitehall, MT | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jefferson Local Development Corporation | Whitehall, MT | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Missoula City-County Health Department | Missoula, MT | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Empower Mt | Missoula, MT | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Be the Change 406 Coalition | Dillon, MT | $38,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lincoln County Public Libraries Foundation | Libby, MT | $38,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Drummond School District 11 | Drummond, MT | $37,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Drummond School District 2 | Drummond, MT | $37,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Watson Childrens Shelter Inc | Missoula, MT | $37,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Whitehall Public Schools | Whitehall, MT | $37,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Montana Two Spirit Society | Missoula, MT | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Community Food and Agriculture Coalition | Missoula, MT | $32,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Evergreen Kids Corner Inc | Hamilton, MT | $32,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Florence Crittenton Home & Services | Helena, MT | $32,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Bigfork Aces Inc | Bigfork, MT | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Seeley Lake Community Foundation | Seeley Lake, MT | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Community Harvest Inc | Thompson Falls, MT | $27,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Missoula Nonprofit Center | Missoula, MT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Office of Public Instruction- Tribal Student Achievement and Relations | Helena, MT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Safe Harbour Inc | Ronan, MT | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| A Voice | Pablo, MT | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Anaconda JR High School | Anaconda, MT | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Arlee School District #8 | Arlee, MT | $22,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Aware Inc | Anaconda, MT | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Glacier Country | Columbia Falls, MT | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| CASA of Lake County | Polson, MT | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Charlo Community Outdoor Complex Inc | Charlo, MT | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Dixon School District #9 | Dixon, MT | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Drummond Elementary School | Drummond, MT | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Drummond High School | Drummond, MT | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Families in Partnership Incorporated | Libby, MT | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Flint Creek Childcare Co | Philipsburg, MT | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Florence-Carlton School Parent Association | Florence, MT | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Heartism Community Center | Corvallis, MT | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Kootenai Heritage Council Inc | Libby, MT | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Literacy Volunteers of America - Bitterroot Inc | Hamilton, MT | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mineral County Community Foundation | Superior, MT | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Montana Skatepark Association | Missoula, MT | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Plains Elementary School | Plains, MT | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Plains Public Schools | Plains, MT | $22,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Postpartum Resource Group | Kalispell, MT | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| PROMISE686 | Norcross, GA | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ronan High School | Ronan, MT | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ronan School District 30 | Ronan, MT | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Sanders County Community Housing Organization Inc | Thompson Falls, MT | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Yes Youth Empowerment Services | Anaconda, MT | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mineral County Help Inc | Superior, MT | $22,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Center for Restorative Youth Justice | Kalispell, MT | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Indij Public Media | Phoenix, AZ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Regis Friends and Neighbors Club | Saint Regis, MT | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Moving Mountains Foundation | Missoula, MT | $17,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Anaconda Pca Family Resource Center Inc | Anaconda, MT | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Anaconda School District #10 | Anaconda, MT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Anaconda SR High School | Anaconda, MT | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Arlee Community Development Corporation | Arlee, MT | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Arlee Rehabilitation Center | Missoula, MT | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Backpack Assistance Program | Whitefish, MT | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Bitter Root Resource Conservation and Development Area Incorporated | Hamilton, MT | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Boulder Elementary School District | Boulder, MT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Missoula County | Missoula, MT | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Dayton Elementary Parent Teacher Organization | Dayton, MT | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Empowermt | Missoula, MT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Families First | Missoula, MT | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Florence Community Center | Florence, MT | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Habitat for Humanity Missoula | Missoula, MT | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies the Montana Coalition Inc | Helena, MT | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Helping Hooves | Dillon, MT | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Here Montana | Missoula, MT | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Identity Inc | East Helena, MT | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Intermountain Deaconess Childrens Services | Helena, MT | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Kids Co-Op | Polson, MT | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Kiwanis Foundation of Montana | Kalispell, MT | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Lake County Community Development Corp | Ronan, MT | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Loads of Dignity Fka Laundry Love Hamilton | Hamilton, MT | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Montana Association for the Education of Young Children | Bozeman, MT | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Montana Congress of Parents Teachers Students | Alberton, MT | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Montana Continuum of Care Coalition | Bozman, MT | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Montana Land to Hand | Whitefish, MT | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| North Valley Food Bank Inc | Whitefish, MT | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Polson School District 23 | Polson, MT | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Resource Assistance Center | Dillon, MT | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Smelter City Recreation Complex | Anaconda, MT | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Snqweylmistn | Ronan, MT | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sparrows Vine | Seeley Lake, MT | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Supporters of Abuse Free Environments Inc | Hamilton, MT | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Swan Valley School | Saginaw, MT | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Western Montana Professional Learning Collaborative | Lolo, MT | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Friends of the Philipsburg Library | Philipsburg, MT | $14,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Tfs Community Hall | Trego, MT | $13,275 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Project Ascent | Thompson Fls, MT | $13,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Creative Arts Council | Eureka, MT | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Opportunity Club | Anaconda, MT | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Promoting Excellnce in Alberton - Area Kids Foundation | Alberton, MT | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Seeley Lake Elementary | Seeley Lake, MT | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Anaconda Ministerial Project Care | Anaconda, MT | $10,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Common Good Montana | Missoula, MT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Montana Library Association | Arlee, MT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Reframing Rural | Bozeman, MT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| A Voice Art Vision & Outreach Inc | Pablo, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Action Inc | Butte, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alberton School | Alberton, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Anaconda Community Foundation Inc | Anaconda, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Anaconda Community Intervention Inc | Anaconda, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Anaconda Pca Family Resorce Center | Anaconda, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Arlee Elementary School | Arlee, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Arlee High School | Arlee, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bear | Hamilton, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Beaverhead County Mental Health Local Advisory Council | Dillon, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bitter Root Rc&d | Hamilton, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bitterroot Ecological Awareness Resources Inc | Hamilton, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boulder Kiwanis | Boulder, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Missoula County | Missoula, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bread Basket Inc | Ronan, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cardwell School | Cardwell, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Childwise Institute | Helena, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Church on the Move | Plains, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Clinton School District #32 | Clinton, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community Care Coalition | Kalispell, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community Food Bank of Mineral County | Superior, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cultivating Connections Montana | Hamilton, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dayton Elementary Parent Teach Org | Dayton, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Domestic Shelters | Dillon, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dream Adaptive Recreation Inc | Whitefish, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Earth Within Girls | Missoula, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Emma's House Childrens Advocacy Center Inc | Hamilton, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Eureka Childhood Development Foundation | Eureka, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Families First Learning Lab | Missoula, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Farm Hands-Nourish the Flathead | Whitefish, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fifth Judical District Voice Ffor Children Inc | Dillon, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fifth Judical District Voice for Children Inc | Dillon, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fifth Judicial District Voice for Children Inc | Dillon, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Flathead County Library Foundation Inc | Kalispell, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Flathead Food Bank Inc | Kalispell, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Free Verse Project | Missoula, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends Forever Mentoring | Ronan, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of Whitepine Grange | Trout Creek, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Glacier Queer Alliance | Kalispell, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Grace Lutheran Church | Hamilton, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Healthy Granite County Network | Philipsburg, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Imagineif Library Foundation | Kalispell, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Inner Roads Inc | Missoula, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kuki a Kilwiy Inc | Elmo, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lake County Community Housing | Ronan, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Laundry Love Hamilton Dba Loads of Dignity | Hamilton, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Libby Creek Community Inc | Libby, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Libby Elementary Schools Parent Council Inc | Libby, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Libby Food Pantry Inc | Libby, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lincoln County Unite for Youth Coalition Inc | Libby, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lincoln Primary Preschool | Anaconda, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lincoln Primary School | Anaconda, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mineral County Rec Club | Superior, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Missoula Writing Collaborative | Missoula, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Montana Family Asl | Missoula, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Montana Meth Project | Missoula, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mtaeyc | Kalispell, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mtaeyc - Flathead Chapter | Kalispell, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nkwusm Salish Language Institute | Arlee, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Northwood Community Inc | Ronan, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nurturing Center Inc | Kalispell, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Our Kids | Libby, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Peak Foundation | Alberton, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Plains 7-8 High School | Plains, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Plains Community Food Bank | Plains, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Plains School District | Plains, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Remnant Church | Missoula, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Resource Assistance Center - Beaverhead Dept | Dillon, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| S a F E Harbour Inc | Ronan, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Salish & Kootenai Housing Authority | Pablo, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Salish Institute | St Ignatius, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sanders County Community Housing Org | Thompson Falls, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Snqwelmistn | Ronan, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sparrow's Vine Parenting and Pregnancy Resource Center | Seeley Lake, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Ignatius High School | St Ignatius, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Ignatius Middle School | Saint Ignatius, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Regis School District 1 | St Regis, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Superior K-12 School District | Superior, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Boys & Girls Clubs of Glacier Country | Columbia Fls, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Shekinah Kitchen | Plains, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Troy Farmers Market | Troy, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Two Eagle River School | Pablo, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Valley Oak Education Resource Center | Hamilton, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| W F Morrison School | Troy, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Women's Resource Center | Dillon, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Yaak Food Cupboard | Troy, MT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| CASA of Lincoln County | Libby, MT | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sheridan Elementary School | Sheridan, MT | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Philipsburg Area Community Library | Philipsburg, MT | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Anaconda Community Market | Anaconda, MT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Beaverhead Community Wood Bank Ministry Inc | Dillon, MT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Brovold Community Orchard | Missoula, MT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Desmet School | Missoula, MT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lincoln County High School | Eureka, MT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Loads of Dignity Formally Laundry Love Hamilton | Hamilton, MT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Reframing Rural | Seattle, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Ignatius Public Schools | St Ignatius, MT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Regis Elementary School | St Regis, MT | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Drummond School & Community Library | Drummond, MT | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Early Childhood Coalition of the Greater Helena Area | Helena, MT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lincoln County Public Health | Libby, MT | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
117 of 248 (47%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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 42%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Salish Kootenai College Inc
CENTER FOR PREVENTION AND WELLNESS - Montana Nonprofit Association Inc
CAPACITY BUILDING & TRUST BASED PHILANTHROPY - Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes
FLATHEAD INDIAN RESERVATION FOOD SOVEREIGNTY INITIATIVE - University of Montana
CENTER FOR CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT - Helping Hands Fund
FLATHEAD RESERVATION & LAKE COUNTY ZERO TO FIVE - The Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation
KAISER HEALTH NEWS MONTANA HEALTH NEWS
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 257 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 111 | $9,508,500 | $7,500 |
| 2022 | 104 | $3,328,075 | $7,500 |
| 2023 | 102 | $4,105,000 | $7,500 |
| 2024 | 131 | $6,265,000 | $7,500 |
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
96% of its giving went to organizations in Montana. 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
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Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation42 shared recipientsFirst Interstate Bancsystem Foundation35 shared recipientsMontana Community Foundation Inc34 shared recipientsTown Pump Charitable Foundation32 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund28 shared recipientsOtto Bremer Trust27 shared recipients
How to approach this foundation
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Headwaters Health Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). 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: 119 W Main St, Missoula, MT, 59802. 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.
EIN 81-1099715 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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