How much does Headwaters Health Foundation of Western Montana give?

Headwaters Health Foundation of Western Montana reported 131 grants totaling $6,265,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 90 and 145 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.

Who are Headwaters Health Foundation of Western Montana's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Zero to Five Montana ($1.7M), Montana Nonprofit Association ($1.6M), Confederated Salish and Kootenai ($1.4M).

Does Headwaters Health Foundation of Western Montana fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Does Headwaters Health Foundation of Western Montana accept unsolicited applications?

Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.

Which funders back the same organizations as Headwaters Health Foundation of Western Montana?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation, Town Pump Charitable Foundation, Montana Community Foundation Inc.

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Montana · Private foundation

Headwaters Health Foundation of Western Montana

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$6.3M
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 131
Grants FY2024: 90
Organizations funded FY2023: 18%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Median grant, FY2024: $7,500
Largest grant, FY2024: $595,000
Organizations funded a year: 90 to 145; FY2018 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 3
Total assets, FY2024: $128M
Applications: Takes unsolicited applications; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 18% of the organizations Headwaters Health Foundation of Western Montana funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $434k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

Human ServicesFood & NutritionHealthRecreation & SportsEducationHousing & ShelterOther

How this is measured

First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	127	$6.3M	27%
FY2023	90	$3.8M	18%
FY2022	101	$3.3M	37%
FY2021	109	$9.5M	34%
FY2020	145	$3.6M	51%
FY2019	116	$3.5M	62%
FY2018	99	$2.0M	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Education$6.2MHealth$5.3MHuman Services$4.9MCommunity Improvement$2.7MPublic Benefit$2.4MCivil Rights$2.3MPhilanthropy$2.0MYouth Development$1.3MOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Zero to Five Montana	$1,710,000	3	14%
Montana Nonprofit Association	$1,642,500	7	43%
Confederated Salish and Kootenai	$1,370,000	5	n/a
United Way of Missoula County	$1,354,500	5	40%
Montana Budget and Policy Center	$1,311,500	6	48%
Salish Kootenai College Inc	$1,229,500	5	2%
Intermountain Deaconess Childrens Services	$1,000,000	4	11%
Odyssey Early Learning Center	$782,000	5	49%
Native American Development Corporaton	$750,000	1	13%
The University of Montana Foundation	$688,000	4	1%

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All grantees of Headwaters Health Foundation of Western Montana by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Zero to Five Montana	$1,710,000	3	14%
Montana Nonprofit Association	$1,642,500	7	43%
Confederated Salish and Kootenai	$1,370,000	5	n/a
United Way of Missoula County	$1,354,500	5	40%
Montana Budget and Policy Center	$1,311,500	6	48%
Salish Kootenai College Inc	$1,229,500	5	2%
Intermountain Deaconess Childrens Services	$1,000,000	4	11%
Odyssey Early Learning Center	$782,000	5	49%
Native American Development Corporaton	$750,000	1	13%
The University of Montana Foundation	$688,000	4	1%
Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation	$645,000	5	1%
Helping Hands Fund	$592,500	5	83%
Montana Food Bank Network Inc	$564,000	5	1%
All Nations Health Center Inc	$557,500	5	6%
St Peter's Health Foundation	$485,000	3	6%
Greater Butte Community Coordinated Child Care Service	$412,500	2	15%
Missoula Interfaith Collaborative	$400,900	3	50%
Western Native Voice Education Project	$275,000	2	7%
Poverello Center Inc	$266,500	3	2%
Never Alone Recovery Support Services	$265,800	5	35%
Raise Montana	$260,000	3	51%
Catalyst Montana	$231,675	3	12%
Helena Area Habitat for Humanity	$220,000	4	6%
North-Missoula Community Development Corporation	$175,000	3	14%
Common Good Missoula Inc	$175,000	1	n/a
Southwest Montana Youth Partners	$157,500	3	5%
Montana Legal Services Association	$150,000	2	2%
Partnership Health Center Inc	$150,000	2	0%
Montana Partnership to End Childhood Hunger Inc	$149,500	2	17%
Salish Kootenai College Foundation Inc	$137,500	2	4%
Montana Consortium for Urban Indian Health	$125,000	1	n/a
Community Food and Agriculture Coalition	$117,500	7	11%
Montana Free Press	$105,000	3	4%
Nurse-Family Partnership	$100,000	1	0%
Boys and Girls Club of the Flathead Reservation and Lake County	$92,500	3	2%
Be the Change 406 Coalition	$88,000	3	n/a
Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies the Montana Coalition Inc	$73,500	4	28%
United Way of the Lewis and Clark Area Inc	$72,600	2	4%
Maps Media Institute Inc	$70,000	6	5%
Empower Mt	$70,000	6	6%
Department of Public Health & Human Services	$63,500	2	n/a
Missoula Parks & Recreation	$52,500	2	n/a
Florence Crittenton Home and Services	$52,500	6	0%
Jefferson Local Development Corporation	$50,000	1	20%
Families in Partnership Inc	$50,000	6	2%
Safe Harbor Inc	$50,000	5	2%
Montana Two Spirit Society	$45,000	4	6%
Arlee Community Development Corporation	$43,000	5	4%
Boys and Girls Club of Glacier Country	$42,500	6	2%
Montana Land to Hand	$42,500	6	3%
Watson Children's Shelter Inc	$40,000	3	2%
Lake County Community Development Corp	$40,000	3	2%
Lincoln County Public Library Foundation	$38,000	4	9%
Peak Foundation	$37,500	6	27%
Yes Youth Empowerment Services	$37,500	6	10%
Literacy Volunteers of America Bitterroot Inc	$37,500	6	6%
Casa of Lake & Sanders Counties	$37,500	6	4%
Boys and Girls Club of Missoula County	$35,000	5	2%
Anaconda Pca Family Resource Center	$35,000	6	6%
Bigfork Aces	$35,000	5	3%
Fifth Judicial District Voice for Children Inc	$32,500	5	9%
Kiwanis Foundation of Montana	$32,500	5	3%
Aware Inc	$32,500	5	0%
Mineral County Community Foundation	$32,500	5	10%
A Voice Art Vision & Outreach in Community Education	$32,500	5	19%
Bitterroot Early Learning Network	$32,500	3	6%
Community Harvest Inc	$30,500	5	15%
Greater Missoula Family YMCA	$30,000	2	0%
Dayton Elementary Parent Teacher Organization	$30,000	5	n/a
North Valley Food Bank	$28,000	4	0%
Charlo Community Outdoor Complex Inc	$27,500	4	8%
Heartism Community Center	$27,500	4	10%
Montana Association for the Educati on of Young Children	$27,500	4	13%
Sanders County Community Housing Organization	$27,500	4	8%
Mineral County Help Inc	$27,000	4	n/a
Florence Community Center	$25,000	4	n/a
Flathead Library Foundation	$25,000	4	2%
Childwise Institute	$23,000	3	32%
Promise686 Inc	$22,500	3	0%
Flint Creek Childcare	$22,500	3	7%
Kootenai Heritage Council Inc	$22,500	3	8%
St Regis Friends and Neighbors Club	$22,500	4	n/a
Montana Skatepark Association	$22,500	3	3%
Postpartum Resource Group	$22,500	3	n/a
Friends of the Philipsburg Library	$22,000	4	n/a
Flathead Food Bank Inc	$21,850	2	0%
Sparrows Vine	$20,000	3	n/a
Smelter City Recreation Complex	$20,000	3	n/a
Bitterroot Ecological Awareness Resource	$20,000	3	7%
Center for Restorative Youth Justice	$20,000	3	3%
Habitat for Humanity Missoula Inc	$20,000	4	1%
The Nurturing Center	$20,000	3	0%
Bitter Root Resource Conservation & Development Area Inc	$20,000	3	1%
Indij Public Media	$20,000	1	0%
Kids Co-Op	$20,000	3	n/a
Northwood Community Inc	$17,500	3	5%
Grace Lutheran Church	$17,500	3	n/a
Salish and Kootenai Housing Authority	$17,500	3	n/a
Moving Mountains Foundation	$17,000	2	48%
Bread Basket Incorporated	$15,500	2	n/a
Here Montana Inc	$15,000	2	8%
Helping Hooves	$15,000	2	n/a
Backpack Assistance Program	$15,000	2	6%
Snqweylmistin	$15,000	2	4%
Montana Congress of Parents Teachers Students	$15,000	2	n/a
Supporters of Abuse Free Environments Inc	$15,000	2	1%
Montana Continuum of Care Coalition	$15,000	2	3%
Ravalli Head Start Inc	$15,000	3	0%
Families First	$15,000	2	1%
Arlee Rehabilitation Center	$15,000	2	4%
Identity Inc	$15,000	2	18%
Montana Professional Learning Collaborative	$15,000	2	8%
Helena Food Share Inc	$14,450	2	0%
Tfs Community Hall	$13,275	2	n/a
Project Ascent	$13,000	2	26%
Special Olympics Montana Inc	$12,500	3	0%
Creative Arts Council	$12,500	2	n/a
Emma's House Bitterroot Valley - Children's Advocacy Center	$12,500	3	2%
Dream Adaptive Recreation Inc	$12,500	2	2%
Friends Forever Mentoring	$12,500	2	10%
Inner Roads Inc	$12,500	2	4%
Nkwusm	$12,500	2	1%
Womens Resource Center	$12,500	2	1%
The Salish Institute	$12,500	2	n/a
Anaconda Ministerial Project Care	$11,750	4	3%
Community Food Bank of Mineral County	$11,500	2	n/a
St Ignatius Senior Center	$11,000	1	n/a
Bitterroot CASA Inc	$10,752	3	n/a
Libby Food Pantry Inc	$10,500	2	2%
Mountain Home Montana Inc	$10,000	2	1%
Anaconda Community Interventioninc	$10,000	2	7%
Freedom Gardens	$10,000	2	6%
Sparrow's Nest of Nw Mt	$10,000	2	1%
Montana Library Association Inc	$10,000	1	10%
Child Bridge Inc	$10,000	2	0%
Samaritan House Inc	$10,000	2	1%
Common Good Montana Inc	$10,000	1	13%
Missoula Food Bank & Community Center	$10,000	1	0%
Polson Loaves and Fish Pantry Inc	$10,000	1	6%
Child Development Center Inc	$9,500	2	0%
Remnant Church	$9,500	2	n/a
Butte Emergency Food Bank	$9,450	1	1%
Mission Valley Food Pantry Inc	$8,000	1	n/a
Church of the Move	$7,500	1	n/a
St Luke Community Healthcare Foundation	$7,500	2	1%
Mineral County Rec Club	$7,500	1	n/a
Missoula Writing Collaborative	$7,500	1	2%
Libby Creek Community Inc	$7,500	1	9%
Youth Homes	$7,500	2	0%
Troy Farmers Market	$7,500	1	n/a
Friends of Whitepine Grange	$7,500	1	n/a
Lincoln County Unite for Youth Coalition Inc	$7,500	1	n/a
Our Kids	$7,500	1	n/a
Cultivating Connections Montana	$7,500	1	9%
Lake County Community Housing	$7,500	1	0%
Montana Meth Project	$7,500	1	2%
Mission Falls Farmers Market	$7,500	1	n/a
Eureka Early Childhood Development Organization	$7,500	1	4%
Healthy Granite County Network	$7,500	1	n/a
Glacier Queer Alliance	$7,500	1	6%
Action Inc	$7,500	1	0%
Free Verse Project	$7,500	1	n/a
Libby Elementary Schools Parent Council Inc	$7,500	1	n/a
Casa of Lincoln County	$7,000	1	3%
Mission Valley Senior Center Inc	$6,000	1	5%
Hot Springs Food Pantry	$6,000	1	n/a
Libby American Legion Baseball Inc	$5,000	1	n/a
Brovold Community Orchard	$5,000	1	n/a
Butte Rescue Mission	$5,000	1	0%
Farming for the Future Academy Inc	$5,000	1	n/a
Ma Hope Institute	$5,000	1	n/a
United Way of Butte and Anaconda	$5,000	1	4%
YWCA Missoula	$5,000	2	0%
Mission Valley Aquatics	$5,000	1	1%
Northwest Montana United Way Inc	$5,000	1	1%
Blue Mountain Clinic Inc	$5,000	1	0%
Mission Valley Junior Golf Inc	$5,000	1	n/a
Sunburst Community Service Foundation Inc	$5,000	1	n/a
Glacier Twins American Legion Baseball	$5,000	1	4%
Florence-Carlton Middle School Parent Association	$5,000	1	n/a
Kootenai Valley Head Start Inc	$5,000	1	0%
Good Samaritan Ministries & Thrift Store	$5,000	1	0%
Bitterroot Bucs American Legion Baseball Team	$5,000	1	n/a
Nate Chute Foundation Inc	$5,000	1	n/a
Darby Schools Excellence Fund	$5,000	1	n/a
Twelve Elements Academy	$5,000	1	4%
Zion Lutheran Church	$5,000	1	n/a
Partnership for Children	$5,000	1	0%
Great Bear Foundation	$5,000	1	6%
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc	$5,000	2	0%
Child & Family Resource Council Inc	$5,000	1	2%
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Missoula	$5,000	2	1%
Missoula Area Agency on Aging Inc	$5,000	1	0%
Beaverhead Community Wood Bank Ministry Inc	$5,000	1	n/a
A Carousel for Missoula Foundation Inc	$4,000	2	1%
Garden City Harvest Inc	$3,500	2	0%
Haven House	$3,000	1	1%
Montana Public Health Association	$2,500	1	1%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Montana Inc	$2,500	1	0%
Orphan Girl Childrens Theatre	$2,500	1	1%
St Peter's Health	$2,500	1	n/a
Dixon Senior Citizen Center	$2,500	1	n/a
Fourth D Inc	$2,500	1	n/a
Intermountain Planned Parenthood	$2,500	1	0%
Montana State University Foundation Inc	$2,500	1	0%
Brightways Learning	$2,500	1	0%
Big Sky Regional Council of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry	$2,500	1	n/a
Montana Homeownership Network Inc	$2,500	1	0%
Seeley-Swan Community Food Bank Inc	$2,500	1	n/a
Montana Academy of Pediatric Physicians Inc	$2,500	1	3%
Sanders Co Council on Aging	$2,500	1	0%
YWCA Helena	$2,500	1	1%
Rural Dynamics Inc	$2,500	1	0%
Mission Ridge Church Inc	$2,500	1	n/a
Learn Inc	$2,500	1	2%
Montana Health Plus	$2,500	1	1%
Youth Connections Foundation	$2,500	1	2%
Montana Casagal Association	$2,500	1	1%
Alberton Community Food Bank	$2,500	1	n/a
Child Care Connections Inc	$2,000	1	0%
Columbia Falls Food Bank	$2,000	1	1%
Community Services Fellowship Inc	$2,000	1	n/a
Glacier Lake School	$2,000	1	2%
Darby Bread Box	$2,000	1	3%
Beaverhead Community Food Pantry Inc	$2,000	1	1%
Granite County Food Pantry	$1,500	1	n/a
Bigfork Food Bank Inc	$1,500	1	0%
Community Health Alliance	$1,500	1	0%
Deer Lodge Food Pantry	$1,500	1	2%
West Shore Food Bank	$1,500	1	1%
Madison Valley Caring and Sharing Inc	$1,500	1	2%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 138 recipients with no EIN on record ($10M), not named here.

Headwaters Health Foundation of Western Montana supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 13 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 171 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 171.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Dennis & Phyllis Washington FoundationMT162.2× affinity100 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation · Town Pump Charitable Foundation · Montana Community Foundation Inc · Gianforte Family Charitable Trust · Sample Foundation Inc · Montana Healthcare Foundation · The High Stakes Foundation · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Montana Food Bank Network Inc · Otto Bremer Trust · Treacy Foundation · The Bill & Rosemary Gallagher Foundation

How this is measured

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Headwaters Health Foundation of Western Montana

How much does Headwaters Health Foundation of Western Montana give?: Headwaters Health Foundation of Western Montana reported 131 grants totaling $6,265,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 90 and 145 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
What does Headwaters Health Foundation of Western Montana fund?: By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (19%), Health (16%), Human Services (15%).
Who are Headwaters Health Foundation of Western Montana's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Zero to Five Montana ($1.7M), Montana Nonprofit Association ($1.6M), Confederated Salish and Kootenai ($1.4M).
Does Headwaters Health Foundation of Western Montana fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Headwaters Health Foundation of Western Montana accept unsolicited applications?: Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Headwaters Health Foundation of Western Montana?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation, Town Pump Charitable Foundation, Montana Community Foundation Inc.
Where is Headwaters Health Foundation of Western Montana based?: Headwaters Health Foundation of Western Montana is based in MT.