Funding search · EIN 811099715 · Missoula, MT
Headwaters Health Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 441
- grants reported
- $17.0M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $7,500
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Zero To Five Montana4 grants · $2.6M
- Montana Nonprofit Association3 grants · $1.0M
- Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes2 grants · $700,000
- The Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation4 grants · $675,000
- University of Montana Foundation7 grants · $673,000
- Canvas Early Learning Center3 grants · $600,000
- Helping Hands Fund2 grants · $567,500
- University of Montana2 grants · $500,000
- United Way of Missoula County3 grants · $490,000
- St Peter'S Health Foundation2 grants · $435,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 441 grants.
- $850,000
Zero To Five Montana · Helena, MT · 2022
General operating
- $850,000
Zero To Five Montana · Helena, MT · 2022
General operating
- $595,000
Montana Nonprofit Association · Helena, MT · 2024
Capacity building & trust based philanthropy
- $500,000
Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes · Pablo, MT · 2023
Flathead indian reservation food sovereignty initiative
- $500,000
Zero To Five Montana · Helena, MT · 2023
Zero to five
- $450,000
United Way of Missoula County · Missoula, MT · 2024
General support
- $367,500
Helping Hands Fund · Polson, MT · 2024
Flathead reservation & lake county zero to five
- $360,000
Zero To Five Montana · Helena, MT · 2024
Zero to five
- $270,000
The Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Kaiser health news montana health news
- $250,000
Trust-Based Philanthropy Project · Calabasas, CA · 2024
General support
- $250,000
Missoula Community Foundation · Missoula, MT · 2023
Community equity initiative
- $250,000
University of Montana Foundation · Missoula, MT · 2023
Early childhood coalitions capacity development
- $250,000
University of Montana · Missoula, MT · 2022
Center for children, families, and workforce development
- $250,000
University of Montana · Missoula, MT · 2022
Center for children, families, and workforce development
- $235,000
St Peter'S Health Foundation · Helena, MT · 2024
Early childhood collaborative of the greater helena area
- $210,000
Montana Nonprofit Association · Helena, MT · 2023
Capacity building & trust based philanthropy
- $210,000
Montana Nonprofit Association · Helena, MT · 2022
General operating
- $210,000
Montana Nonprofit Association · Helena, MT · 2022
General operating
- $200,000
Butte 4 C'S · Butte, MT · 2024
General support
- $200,000
Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes · Pablo, MT · 2024
Flathead indian reservation food sovereignty initiative
- $200,000
Lincoln County Health Department · Libby, MT · 2024
General support
- $200,000
Mineral County Health Department · Superior, MT · 2024
General support
- $200,000
Odyssey Early Learning Center · Dillon, MT · 2024
General support
- $200,000
Canvas Early Learning Center · Dillon, MT · 2023
Early childhood coalition of beaverhead county
- $200,000
Helping Hands Fund · Polson, MT · 2023
Flathead reservation & lake county zero to five
- $200,000
St Peter'S Health Foundation · Helena, MT · 2023
Early childhood collaborative of the greater helena area
- $200,000
Canvas Early Learning Center · Dillon, MT · 2022
General operating
- $200,000
Canvas Early Learning Center · Dillon, MT · 2022
General operating
- $200,000
Helping Hands · Polson, MT · 2022
General operating
- $200,000
Helping Hands · Polson, MT · 2022
General operating
- $160,000
Montana Budget and Policy Center · Helena, MT · 2024
Montana advocates for children
- $150,000
Catalyst Montana Organizing for Justice · Helena, MT · 2024
General support
- $150,000
Western Native Voice Education Project · Billings, MT · 2024
Engaging native americans in policy issues in montana
- $145,000
The Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Kaiser health news montana health news
- $130,000
The Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General operating
- $130,000
The Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General operating
- $125,000
All Nations Health Center · Missoula, MT · 2024
General support
- $125,000
Montana Consortium for Urban Indian Health · Helena, MT · 2024
General support
- $125,000
Never Alone Recovery Support Services · Pablo, MT · 2024
General support
- $125,000
University of Montana Foundation · Missoula, MT · 2024
Center for children, families, and workforce development
- $125,000
Western Native Voice Education Project · Billings, MT · 2023
Engaging native americans in policy issues in montana
- $107,500
Helena Area Habitat for Humanity · Helena, MT · 2022
General operating
- $107,500
Helena Area Habitat for Humanity · Helena, MT · 2022
General operating
- $100,000
American Indian Governance and Policy Institute · Missoula, MT · 2024
General support
- $100,000
Helena Area Habitat for Humanity · Helena, MT · 2024
General support
- $100,000
Skc Institutional Advancement · Pablo, MT · 2024
General support
- $100,000
University of Montana Foundation · Missoula, MT · 2024
The co-lab for civic imagination
- $100,000
Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies · Helena, MT · 2023
General support
- $100,000
Montana Budget and Policy Center · Helena, MT · 2023
Montana advocates for children
- $100,000
Salish Kootenai College · Pablo, MT · 2023
Skc institutional advancement cultural preservation
- $100,000
Southwest Montana Youth Partners · Boulder, MT · 2023
Capacity building for children and families in southwest montana
- $100,000
University of Montana Foundation · Missoula, MT · 2023
American indian governance and policy institute research
- $100,000
All Nations Health Center · Missoula, MT · 2022
General operating
- $100,000
All Nations Health Center · Missoula, MT · 2022
General operating
- $100,000
North Missoula Community Development Corporation · Missoula, MT · 2022
General operating
- $100,000
North Missoula Community Development Corporation · Missoula, MT · 2022
General operating
- $100,000
Western Native Voice · Billings, MT · 2022
General operating
- $100,000
Western Native Voice · Billings, MT · 2022
General operating
- $85,500
University of Montana Foundation · Missoula, MT · 2023
Center for children, families, and workforce development
- $85,000
Poverello Center · Missoula, MT · 2024
Capacity building support
- $84,000
Poverello Center · Missoula, MT · 2022
General operating
- $84,000
Poverello Center · Missoula, MT · 2022
General operating
- $80,000
Partnership Health Center · Missoula, MT · 2024
General support
- $75,000
Montana Partnership To End Childhood Hunger · Bozeman, MT · 2024
General support
- $75,000
Poverello Center · Missoula, MT · 2023
Montana coalition to end homelessness
- $75,000
Montana Advocates for Children · Lolo, MT · 2022
General operating
- $75,000
Montana Advocates for Children · Lolo, MT · 2022
General operating
- $70,000
Partnership Health Center · Missoula, MT · 2022
General operating
- $70,000
Partnership Health Center · Missoula, MT · 2022
General operating
- $65,000
Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies · Helena, MT · 2024
General support
- $60,000
Friends of the Children · Missoula, MT · 2024
General support
- $60,000
Montana Child Care Resource & Referral Network · Lolo, MT · 2024
General support
- $50,000
North Missoula Community Development Corporation · Missoula, MT · 2024
Capacity building support
- $50,000
Montana Partnership To End Childhood Hunger · Bozeman, MT · 2023
General support
- $50,000
Jefferson Local Development Corporation · Whitehall, MT · 2022
To develop and ensure sustainable childcare
- $50,000
Jefferson Local Development Corporation · Whitehall, MT · 2022
To develop and ensure sustainable childcare
- $50,000
Southwest Montana Youth Partners · Boulder, MT · 2022
General operating
- $50,000
Southwest Montana Youth Partners · Boulder, MT · 2022
General operating
- $45,000
Montana Free Press · Helena, MT · 2024
Montana free press - healthy equity beat
- $40,000
Montana Free Press · Helena, MT · 2022
General operating
- $40,000
Montana Free Press · Helena, MT · 2022
General operating
- $35,000
Montana Food Bank Network · Missoula, MT · 2022
General operating
- $35,000
Montana Food Bank Network · Missoula, MT · 2022
General operating
- $32,500
Empower Mt · Missoula, MT · 2024
General support
- $25,000
Montana Women Vote · Missoula, MT · 2024
General support
- $25,000
Office of Public Instruction- Tribal Student Achievement and Relations · Helena, MT · 2024
General support
- $25,000
All Nations Health Center · Missoula, MT · 2023
Championship boxing - missoula
- $25,000
Montana Two Spirit Society · Missoula, MT · 2023
General support
- $25,000
North Missoula Community Development Corp · Missoula, MT · 2023
Capacity building support
- $25,000
Watson Childrens Shelter · Missoula, MT · 2023
Capacity building support
- $25,000
Missoula Nonprofit Center · Missoula, MT · 2022
Championship boxing missoula
- $25,000
Missoula Nonprofit Center · Missoula, MT · 2022
Championship boxing missoula
- $24,500
Montana Partnership To End Childhood Hunger · Bozeman, MT · 2023
Capacity building support
- $22,500
Arlee School District #8 · Arlee, MT · 2023
General support
- $22,500
Plains Public Schools · Plains, MT · 2023
General support
- $22,500
Poverello Center · Missoula, MT · 2023
Capacity building support
- $20,000
Indij Public Media · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
General support
- $20,000
All Nations Health Center · Missoula, MT · 2023
Building staff resilience with star-t training
- $20,000
Montana Free Press · Helena, MT · 2023
Montana free press - health equity beat
- $20,000
United Way of Missoula County · Missoula, MT · 2022
General operating
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Similar purposes
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Similar grant size
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