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Headwaters Economics Inc

Headwaters economics, inc. Is an independent, nonprofit research group. Our mission is to improve community development and land management decisions.

$10k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
1
Grants FY2025
2
Organizations funded FY2022
100%
First-time grantees FY2022
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Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$10,000
Organizations funded a year
2 to 2
FY2021 to FY2022
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$4.2M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2022, 100% of the organizations Headwaters Economics Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.

The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving1$10k100%
FY20222$50k100%
FY20212$100kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2022.

Environment$100kPublic Safety & Disaster$50k

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
El Centro Motel$50,0001n/a
City of Williston ND$50,0001n/a
Missoula Parks & Recreation$25,0001n/a
Woodside Fire Protection District$25,0001n/a

Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($10k), not named here.

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About Headwaters Economics Inc

How much does Headwaters Economics Inc give?
Headwaters Economics Inc reported 1 grants totaling $10,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 2 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2022.
What does Headwaters Economics Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (67%), Public Safety & Disaster (33%).
Who are Headwaters Economics Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: El Centro Motel ($50k), City of Williston ND ($50k), Missoula Parks & Recreation ($25k).
Does Headwaters Economics Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2022, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Where is Headwaters Economics Inc based?
Headwaters Economics Inc is based in MT.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 5 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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