Montana · Public charity
Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Fdtn
The Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation provides national leadership in maintaining the integrity of the trail and its story through stewardship, scholarship, education, partnership, and cultural inclusiveness.
- $84k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 9
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.5M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Fdtn funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $51k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 15 | $84k | 93% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $51k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $64k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $7k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 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, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| River Relief Inc D/B/A Missouri River Relief | $17,200 | 2 | 2% |
| Discovery Expedition of St Charles Mo Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Confluences Inc Confluence Project | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Lakota Language Consortium Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Illini Chapter | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Lewis and Clark Bicenten | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| J Gregg Smith Inc | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Shenandoah University | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Yankton County Historical Society | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Sioux City Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| River Relief Inc D/B/A Missouri River Relief | $17,200 | 2 | 2% |
| Discovery Expedition of St Charles Mo Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Confluences Inc Confluence Project | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Lakota Language Consortium Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Illini Chapter | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Lewis and Clark Bicenten | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| J Gregg Smith Inc | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Shenandoah University | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Yankton County Historical Society | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Sioux City Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Lewis & Clark Exploratory Center of Virginia Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 8% |
| Better Ponca Foundation Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Montana Conservation Corps Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Oahe Habitat for Humanity Inc | $5,800 | 1 | 27% |
| Falls of the Ohio Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Oregon Black Pioneers Corporation | $4,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Travelers Rest Preservation & Heritage Assoc | $4,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Lewis & Clark Foundation | $3,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Nez Perce Historical Society | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Fort Osage National Historic Landmark Association | $2,054 | 1 | n/a |
| Opera Theater Oregon | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($64k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Fdtn supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Fdtn
- How much does Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Fdtn give?
- Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Fdtn reported 15 grants totaling $83,554 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Fdtn fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (52%), Environment (14%), Recreation & Sports (11%).
- Who are Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Fdtn's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: River Relief Inc D/B/A Missouri River Relief ($17k), Discovery Expedition of St Charles Mo Inc ($15k), Confluences Inc Confluence Project ($10k).
- Does Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Fdtn fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Fdtn?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Fdtn based?
- Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Fdtn is based in MT.
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