Open Foundations · Wyoming

Joe and Arlene Watt Foundation Inc

Sheridan, Wyoming · EIN 830330482. 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 $1.4M across 19 grants in 2025, a median of $34K each.

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$1.4M
paid in 2025
19
grants paid
$34K
median grant
22%
to first-time recipients
$24.5M
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
JOE AND ARLENE WATT FOUNDATION
Address
PO BOX 6085, SHERIDAN, WY, 82801
Phone
3076721498
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
THE APPLICATION SHOULD BE IN WRITTEN FORM AND INCLUDE: 1. NAME, ADDRESS AND TAX ID NUMBER OF THE CHARITY, 2. DOCUMENTARY PROOF OF THE TAX EXEMPT STATUS OF THE CHARITY UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE IRC OF 1954, OR AS AMENDED. 3. COPY OF THE MOST RECENT ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CHARITY IN THE FORM REQUIRED OF IT BY APPLICABLE SECTION OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. 4. DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARITABLE PURPOSE, OR PURPOSES, TO WHICH THE FUNDS FOR WHICH APPLICATION IS BEING MADE SHALL BE PUT.
Submission deadline
NONE
Restrictions on awards
NONE

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, IRS filing object id 202631339349104093. 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 filing states only a general purpose, with nothing specific enough to pull out as recurring language.

Biggest grants in 2025

The 15 largest of the 19 grants paid in 2025, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Senior Citizens CouncilWY$250,000UNRESTRICTED
2Sheridan Cnty Hospital FoundationWY$200,000EMPATH AND CRISIS STABILIZATION UNIT
3Sheridan College FoundationWY$200,000HOUSING SCHOLARSHIP CAMPAIGN
4The Big Horn Baseball ClubWY$200,000UNRESTRICTED
5University of Wyoming FoundationWY$200,000IMAGINE PROJECT
6Salvation ArmyWY$50,000UNRESTRICTED
7Sheridan County Library FoundationWY$50,000UNRESTRICTED
8ChapsWY$40,000UNRESTRICTED
9Holy Name Catholic SchoolWY$40,000UNRESTRICTED
10Sheridan County Land TrustWY$33,838UNRESTRICTED
11Habitat for Humanity of the EasternWY$33,333WESTON VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT
12Museum at the BighornsWY$25,000UNRESTRICTED
13Big Brothers Big SistersWY$20,000UNRESTRICTED
14Black Mountain NordicWY$15,000UNRESTRICTED
15Johnson County Family YmcaWY$15,000UNRESTRICTED

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202016$1.0M
202120$1.2M
202219$1.5M
202316$1.4M
202420$1.3M
2025 (partial year)19$1.4M

Where the money went

Share of 2025 grant dollars by recipient state
Wyoming100%

Who decides

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

Debra WendtlandVICE PRESIDE · 2025
John M PradereDIRECTOR · 2025
Joy Hart BrownDIRECTOR · 2025
Peter PelissierSECRETARY · 2025
Richard D HammerPRESIDENT · 2025
Robert EberhartDIRECTOR · 2025

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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