Jane S Heman Foundation Inc
Stevensville, MT · EIN 81-0526846. Reported 140 grants totalling $4,116,440 to 55 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. 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. Jane S Heman Foundation Inc 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 $20,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $40,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $160,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Missoula Aging Services | Missoula, MT | $425,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Spectrum | Missoula, MT | $360,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Montana State University | Bozeman, MT | $356,262 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Providence Montana Health Foundation | Missoula, MT | $355,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Clark Fork Coalition | Missoula, MT | $215,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Ravalli County Museum | Hamilton, MT | $200,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Bitter Root Water Forum | Hamilton, MT | $150,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lolo School District #7 | Lolo, MT | $140,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Missoula Writing Collaborative | Missoula, MT | $126,860 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Red Cross | Missoula, MT | $120,290 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Missoula YMCA | Missoula, MT | $110,000 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| Missoula Art Museum | Missoula, MT | $105,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Montana State University Western Agricultural Research Center | Corvallis, MT | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Maps Media Institute | Darby, MT | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Coding for Kids | Stevensville, MT | $87,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Montana Natural History Center Inc | Missoula, MT | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Mountain Home Montana | Missoula, MT | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Target Range School | Missoula, MT | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Rural Behavior Health Institute | Bozeman, MT | $67,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Stevensville Public Schools | Stevensville, MT | $66,180 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Corvallis School Dist #1 | Corvallis, MT | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Linda Massa Youth Home | Hamilton, MT | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| University of Montana Foundation | Missoula, MT | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Butterfly House & Insectarium | Missoula, MT | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Missoula Children's Theatre | Missoula, MT | $42,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Heartism | Corvallis, MT | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| National Museum of Forest Service History | Missoula, MT | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bitterroot Water Partnership | Hamilton, MT | $39,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Camp Mak-a-Dream (children's Oncology Camp Foundation) | Missoula, MT | $39,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Missoula Butterfly House & Insectarium | Missoula, MT | $38,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Woodman School Dist | Lolo, MT | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bonner School District #14 | Bonner, MT | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of Mineral County Library | Superior, MT | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Children - Montana | Missoula, MT | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Zootown Arts Community Center | Missoula, MT | $26,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Emma's House | Hamilton, MT | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Evergreen Preschool | Hamilton, MT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Potomac Greenough Community Center | Potomac, MT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Heart Association | Missoula, MT | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Dolly Parton Imagine Library Ravalli County | Hamilton, MT | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Montana Youth Diabetes Alliance | Columbia Falls, MT | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Bitterroot School of Music | Hamilton, MT | $15,248 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Arlee School District #8 | Arlee, MT | $15,200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bitterroot Performing Arts | Hamilton, MT | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Corvallis School District | Corvallis, MT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Missoula Chess Club | Florence, MT | $10,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Special Olympics of Montana | Great Falls, MT | $7,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Bitterroot Discovery Child Museum | Hamilton, MT | $6,900 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Cancer Support Community | Missoula, MT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Child Bridge | Big Fork, MT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hamilton School District | Hamilton, MT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ravalli County Economic Development Authority | Hamilton, MT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Montana Hope Project | Helena, MT | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Missoula Rotary Foundation | Missoula, MT | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Make-a-Wish | Sioux Falls, SD | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
35 of 55 (64%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 71%, across 4 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 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.
- Providence Montana Health Foundation
FUNDS USED TO SUPPORT MISSION. - Lolo School District #7
INSIDE COMPLETION AND OUTFITTING OF NEW NURSES STATION WITHIN THE NEW K-8 SCHOOL IN LOLO - Missoula Aging Services
FUNDS USED TO SUPPORT MISSION IN MISSOULA AND RAVALLI COUNTIES. - Montana State University
THE GRANT IS FOR CLINICAL TRAVEL SUPPORT FOR MSU NURSING STUDENTS. THE GRANT ALSO PROVIDES EQUIPMENT CAPITAL FOR FURNISHING A ROOM IN THE NEW MARK AND ROBIN JONES COLLEGE OF NURSING IN MISSOULA, WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL CAMPUS. - Spectrum
FUNDS USED TO DESIGN, CREATE AND FOSTER A STEM LEARNING ECOSYSTEM IN MONTANA'S BITTERROOT VALLEY. - Montana State University Western Agricultural Research Center
FUNDS FOR LAB MEETING ROOM CAPITAL EXPENSE
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 62 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 | 25 | $676,700 | $20,000 |
| 2022 | 26 | $854,350 | $25,000 |
| 2023 | 29 | $838,552 | $20,000 |
| 2024 | 30 | $836,800 | $25,000 |
| 2025 | 30 | $910,038 | $25,000 |
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
100% 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
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 $20,000. 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 Montana.
- 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.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Jane S Heman Foundation Inc'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: 366 Hillview Dr, Stevensville, MT, 59870. 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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