Maryland · Private foundation
Howard & Martha Head Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $4k
- Granted FY2018
- 7
- Grants FY2018
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2018
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2018
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77% of Howard & Martha Head Foundation Inc’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Vail Valley Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 2 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2018, the last year Howard & Martha Head Foundation Inc named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $4k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2018
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2018
- $1,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 32
- FY2017 to FY2018
- States reached, FY2018
- 3
- Total assets, FY2018
- $1.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2018, 29% of the organizations Howard & Martha Head Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 37% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2018 | 7 | $4k | 29% |
| FY2017 | 32 | $37k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Betty Ford Alpine Gardens | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Saint Mary-Of-The-Woods College | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Vail Jazz Foundation Inc | $3,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Keralink International Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Roundup River Ranch | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Steadman Philippon Research Institute | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New England Ski Museum Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hospice of the Valley | $600 | 1 | 0% |
| Bright Future Foundation for Eagle County | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 25 grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($47k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Howard & Martha Head Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
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About Howard & Martha Head Foundation Inc
- How much does Howard & Martha Head Foundation Inc give?
- Howard & Martha Head Foundation Inc reported 7 grants totaling $4,050 in its FY2018 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 32 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2018.
- What does Howard & Martha Head Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (63%), Arts & Culture (13%), Environment (7%).
- Who are Howard & Martha Head Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Betty Ford Alpine Gardens ($15k), Saint Mary-Of-The-Woods College ($5k), The Vail Jazz Foundation Inc ($3k).
- Does Howard & Martha Head Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2018, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Howard & Martha Head Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Howard & Martha Head Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Kelton Family Foundation, Colorado Gives Foundation, The Denver Foundation.
- Where is Howard & Martha Head Foundation Inc based?
- Howard & Martha Head Foundation Inc is based in MD.
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