Open Foundations · Montana

Headwaters Health Foundation of Western Montana

Missoula, Montana · EIN 811099715. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $4.1M across 102 grants in 2023, a median of $8K each.

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$4.1M
paid in 2023
102
grants paid
$8K
median grant
25%
to first-time recipients
$127.5M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
VISIT WEBSITE FOR MOST CURRENT INFO
Address
283 W FRONT ST, MISSOULA, MT, 59802
Phone
4069266526
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
VISIT WEBSITE FOR MOST CURRENT INFO WWW.HEADWATERSMT.ORG
Submission deadline
VISIT WEBSITE FOR MOST CURRENT INFO WWW.HEADWATERSMT.ORG
Restrictions on awards
VISIT WEBSITE FOR MOST CURRENT INFO WWW.HEADWATERSMT.ORG

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2023, IRS filing object id 202413189349101821. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2023 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

capacity building

Biggest grants in 2023

The 15 largest of the 102 grants paid in 2023, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Confederated Salish and Kootenai TribesMT$500,000FLATHEAD INDIAN RESERVATION FOOD SOVEREIGNTY INITIATIVE
2Zero to Five MontanaMT$500,000ZERO TO FIVE
3Missoula Community FoundationMT$250,000COMMUNITY EQUITY INITIATIVE
4University of Montana FoundationMT$250,000EARLY CHILDHOOD COALITIONS CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT
5Montana Nonprofit AssociationMT$210,000CAPACITY BUILDING & TRUST BASED PHILANTHROPY
6Canvas Early Learning CenterMT$200,000EARLY CHILDHOOD COALITION OF BEAVERHEAD COUNTY
7Helping Hands FundMT$200,000FLATHEAD RESERVATION & LAKE COUNTY ZERO TO FIVE
8St Peter's Health FoundationMT$200,000EARLY CHILDHOOD COLLABORATIVE OF THE GREATER HELENA AREA
9The Henry J Kaiser Family FoundationCA$145,000KAISER HEALTH NEWS MONTANA HEALTH NEWS
10Western Native Voice Education ProjectMT$125,000ENGAGING NATIVE AMERICANS IN POLICY ISSUES IN MONTANA
11Healthy Mothers Healthy BabiesMT$100,000GENERAL SUPPORT
12Montana Budget and Policy CenterMT$100,000MONTANA ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN
13Salish Kootenai College IncMT$100,000SKC INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT CULTURAL PRESERVATION
14Southwest Montana Youth PartnersMT$100,000CAPACITY BUILDING FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN SOUTHWEST MONTANA
15University of Montana FoundationMT$100,000AMERICAN INDIAN GOVERNANCE AND POLICY INSTITUTE RESEARCH

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
2020153$3.6M
2021111$9.5M
2022103$3.3M
2023102$4.1M

Where the money went

Share of 2023 grant dollars by recipient state
Montana98%
California1%
Georgia1%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Brenda Solorzano-claudleCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER · 2023
Carissa KuhlCHAIR · 2023
Erin SwitalskiPROGRAM DIRECTOR · 2023
Jason SmithTRUSTEE · 2023
Jeanne TwohigTRUSTEE · 2023
Jennifer St GoddardTRUSTEE · 2023
Kelley RischkeVICE CHAIR · 2023
Marilyn ZimmermanTRUSTEE · 2023
Mike StewartTRUSTEE · 2023
Mynor VelizCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER · 2023
Rachel Huff-doriaTRUSTEE · 2023
Richard OpperSECRETARY/TREASURER · 2023
Robert J PhillipsTRUSTEE · 2023

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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