Montana · Private foundation
The James & Catherine Heitel Foundation
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.
- $5k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,600
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $29k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations The James & Catherine Heitel Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 36% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 | 6 | $4k | 67% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $3k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $500 | 67% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $1k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $1k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $2k | 27% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $2k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $1k | 75% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MentorKids USA | $3,300 | 3 | 0% |
| Kalispell Regional Healthcare Foundation | $2,618 | 2 | 0% |
| McDowell Sonoran Conservancy | $1,200 | 5 | 0% |
| Whitefish Dog Parkinc | $1,200 | 4 | 2% |
| Ministry of Hope Inc | $700 | 6 | 0% |
| Whitefish Legacy Partners Inc | $600 | 2 | 0% |
| Flathead Valley Ski Education Foundation | $550 | 3 | 0% |
| Lewis and Clark Humane Society | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Ski Heritage Center Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Foothills Animal Rescue | $450 | 4 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| MentorKids USA | $3,300 | 3 | 0% |
| Kalispell Regional Healthcare Foundation | $2,618 | 2 | 0% |
| McDowell Sonoran Conservancy | $1,200 | 5 | 0% |
| Whitefish Dog Parkinc | $1,200 | 4 | 2% |
| Ministry of Hope Inc | $700 | 6 | 0% |
| Whitefish Legacy Partners Inc | $600 | 2 | 0% |
| Flathead Valley Ski Education Foundation | $550 | 3 | 0% |
| Lewis and Clark Humane Society | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Ski Heritage Center Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Foothills Animal Rescue | $450 | 4 | 0% |
| All Saints Episcopal Church | $350 | 3 | n/a |
| Desert Foothills Library Association | $306 | 2 | 0% |
| Flathead Shelter Friends | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $150 | 3 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| All Saints Episcopal Church | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Glacier National Park Conservancy | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Freedom Alliance | $35 | 1 | 0% |
| Wreaths Across America | $33 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($5k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The James & Catherine Heitel Foundation 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 The James & Catherine Heitel Foundation
- How much does The James & Catherine Heitel Foundation give?
- The James & Catherine Heitel Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $5,402 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The James & Catherine Heitel Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (42%), Health (13%), Youth Development (10%).
- Who are The James & Catherine Heitel Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: MentorKids USA ($3k), Kalispell Regional Healthcare Foundation ($3k), McDowell Sonoran Conservancy ($1k).
- Does The James & Catherine Heitel Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The James & Catherine Heitel Foundation 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 The James & Catherine Heitel Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Whitefish Community Foundation Inc, First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc, Arizona Community Foundation.
- Where is The James & Catherine Heitel Foundation based?
- The James & Catherine Heitel Foundation is based in MT.
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