Funding search · EIN 742364561 · Billings, MT

Susan Scott Heyneman 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.

93
grants reported
$563,250
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$3,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. 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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  • Alberta Bair Theater2 grants · $45,000
  • High Country News2 grants · $45,000
  • Aclu Montana1 grant · $35,000
  • National Public Radio Center1 grant · $30,000
  • Northern Plains Resource Council1 grant · $25,000
  • Art House1 grant · $25,000
  • Art House Billings1 grant · $25,000
  • Billings Symphony3 grants · $24,000
  • Yellowstone Art Museum1 grant · $20,000
  • Bare Bait Dance2 grants · $19,000

Giving over time

$147,050
2022
$216,200
2023
$200,000
2024

Grant history

All 93 reported grants, largest first.

  • $35,000

    Aclu Montana · Missoula, MT · 2023

    Program Support

  • $30,000

    National Public Radio Center · Washington, DC · 2023

    Program Support

  • $30,000

    High Country News · Paonia, CO · 2022

    Program Support

  • $25,000

    Art House Billings · Billings, MT · 2024

    Operational Support

  • $25,000

    Northern Plains Resource Council · Billings, MT · 2024

    Operational Support

  • $25,000

    Alberta Bair Theater · Billings, MT · 2023

    Program Support

  • $25,000

    Art House · Billings, MT · 2022

    Program Support

  • $20,000

    Alberta Bair Theater · Billings, MT · 2024

    Operational Support

  • $20,000

    Yellowstone Art Museum · Billings, MT · 2023

    Program Support

  • $15,000

    High Country News · Paonia, CO · 2024

    Operational Support

  • $15,000

    Film Independent · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Program Support

  • $15,000

    Bare Bait Dance · Missoula, MT · 2022

    Program Support

  • $12,500

    Arts & Above · Missoula, MT · 2022

    Program Support

  • $12,000

    Missoula Art Museum · Missoula, MT · 2023

    Program Support

  • $10,000

    Billings Family Ymca · Billings, MT · 2024

    Operational Support

  • $10,000

    Billings Symphony · Billings, MT · 2024

    Operational Support

  • $10,000

    Montana Chamber Music Society · Bozeman, MT · 2024

    Operational Support

  • $10,000

    Montana Youth Symphony · Bozeman, MT · 2024

    Operational Support

  • $10,000

    Billings Symphony · Billings, MT · 2023

    Program Support

  • $10,000

    Western Heritage Center · Billings, MT · 2023

    Program Support

  • $8,000

    Bair Bait Dance · Missoula, MT · 2024

    Operational Support

  • $5,500

    Absarokee Community Foundation · Absarokee, MT · 2022

    Program Support

  • $5,200

    Montana Environmental Information Center · Helena, MT · 2023

    Program Support

  • $5,000

    Sandstone Preservation Community · Absarokee, MT · 2024

    Operational Support

  • $5,000

    Sheridan High School Booster Club · Sheridan, WY · 2022

    Program Support

  • $4,050

    Western Heritage Center · Billings, MT · 2022

    Program Support

  • $4,000

    Absarokee Volunteer Fire Department · Absarokee, MT · 2024

    Operational Support

  • $4,000

    Our Montana · Billings, MT · 2024

    Operational Support

  • $4,000

    Powder River Basin Resource Council · Sheridan, WY · 2024

    Operational Support

  • $4,000

    Sheridan Community Land Trust · Sheridan, WY · 2024

    Operational Support

  • $4,000

    Stillwater Protective Association · Billings, MT · 2024

    Operational Support

  • $4,000

    Bare Bait Dance · Missoula, MT · 2023

    Program Support

  • $4,000

    Powder River Basin Resource Council · Sheridan, WY · 2023

    Program Support

  • $4,000

    Sheridan Community Land Trust · Sheridan, WY · 2023

    Program Support

  • $4,000

    Stillwater Protection Association · Billings, MT · 2023

    Program Support

  • $4,000

    Billings Symphony · Billings, MT · 2022

    Program Support

  • $4,000

    Powder River Basin Resource Council · Sheridan, WY · 2022

    Program Support

  • $4,000

    Sheridan Community Land Trust · Sheridan, WY · 2022

    Program Support

  • $3,000

    Absarokee Public Schools · Absarokee, MT · 2024

    Operational Support

  • $3,000

    Center for a Vital Community · Sheridan, WY · 2024

    Operational Support

  • $3,000

    Family Services · Billings, MT · 2024

    Operational Support

  • $3,000

    Montana Rescue Mission · Billings, MT · 2024

    Operational Support

  • $3,000

    The Food Group · Sheridan, WY · 2024

    Operational Support

  • $3,000

    Tumbleweed · Billings, MT · 2024

    Operational Support

  • $3,000

    Wyo Theater · Sheridan, WY · 2024

    Operational Support

  • $3,000

    Center for a Vital Community · Sheridan, WY · 2023

    Program Support

  • $3,000

    Family Services · Billings, MT · 2023

    Program Support

  • $3,000

    Mt Rescue Mission · Billings, MT · 2023

    Program Support

  • $3,000

    The Food Group · Sheridan, WY · 2023

    Program Support

  • $3,000

    Tumbleweed · Billings, MT · 2023

    Program Support

  • $3,000

    Wyo Theater · Sheridan, WY · 2023

    Program Support

  • $3,000

    Billings Food Bank · Billings, MT · 2022

    Program Support

  • $3,000

    Center for a Vital Community · Sheridan, WY · 2022

    Program Support

  • $3,000

    Mt Rescue Mission · Billings, MT · 2022

    Program Support

  • $3,000

    Stillwater Protection Association · Billings, MT · 2022

    Program Support

  • $3,000

    The Food Group · Sheridan, WY · 2022

    Program Support

  • $3,000

    Tumbleweed · Billings, MT · 2022

    Program Support

  • $3,000

    Wyo Theater · Sheridan, WY · 2022

    Program Support

  • $2,500

    Montana Land Reliance · Helena, MT · 2024

    Operational Support

  • $2,500

    Sage · Sheridan, WY · 2024

    Operational Support

  • $2,000

    Absarokee Community Foundation · Absarokee, MT · 2024

    Operational Support

  • $2,000

    Absarokee Congregational Church · Absarokee, MT · 2024

    Operational Support

  • $2,000

    Planned Parenthood of Montana · Billings, MT · 2024

    Operational Support

  • $2,000

    Reproductive Healthcare of the Big Horns · Sheridan, WY · 2024

    Operational Support

  • $2,000

    Thrive · Bozeman, MT · 2024

    Operational Support

  • $2,000

    Absarokee Community Foundation · Absarokee, MT · 2023

    Program Support

  • $2,000

    Absarokee Congregational Church · Absarokee, MT · 2023

    Program Support

  • $2,000

    Absarokee Volunteer Ambulance · Absarokee, MT · 2023

    Program Support

  • $2,000

    Bernard College · New York, NY · 2023

    Program Support

  • $2,000

    Planned Parenthood of Mt · Billings, MT · 2023

    Program Support

  • $2,000

    Reproductive Healthcare of Big Horns · Sheridan, WY · 2023

    Program Support

  • $2,000

    Thrive · Bozeman, MT · 2023

    Program Support

  • $2,000

    Absarokee Congregational Church · Absarokee, MT · 2022

    Program Support

  • $2,000

    Bernard College · New York, NY · 2022

    Program Support

  • $2,000

    Planned Parenthood of Mt · Billings, MT · 2022

    Program Support

  • $2,000

    Reproductive Healthcare of Big Horns · Sheridan, WY · 2022

    Program Support

  • $2,000

    Thrive · Bozeman, MT · 2022

    Program Support

  • $1,500

    Humanities Montana · Missoula, MT · 2024

    Operational Support

  • $1,500

    Shakespeare in the Park · Bozeman, MT · 2024

    Operational Support

  • $1,500

    Humanities Montana · Missoula, MT · 2023

    Program Support

  • $1,500

    Shakespeare in the Park · Bozeman, MT · 2023

    Program Support

  • $1,500

    Humanities Montana · Missoula, MT · 2022

    Program Support

  • $1,500

    Shakespear in the Park · Bozeman, MT · 2022

    Program Support

  • $1,000

    Montana Public Television · Missoula, MT · 2024

    Operational Support

  • $1,000

    Wyoming Public Television · Riverton, WY · 2024

    Operational Support

  • $1,000

    Yellowstone Public Radio · Billings, MT · 2024

    Operational Support

  • $1,000

    Mt Public Radio · Missoula, MT · 2023

    Program Support

  • $1,000

    Wyoming Public Broadcasting · Riverton, WY · 2023

    Program Support

  • $1,000

    Yellowstone Public Radio · Billings, MT · 2023

    Program Support

  • $1,000

    Absarokee Volunteer Ambulance · Absarokee, MT · 2022

    Program Support

  • $1,000

    Mt Public Radio · Missoula, MT · 2022

    Program Support

  • $1,000

    Wyoming Public Broadcasting · Riverton, WY · 2022

    Program Support

  • $1,000

    Yellowstone Public Radio · Billings, MT · 2022

    Program Support

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.