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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 74-2364561

Susan Scott Heyneman Foundation

A private foundation in Billings, MT. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 32 grants and $246,240 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $246,240

    Grants listed
    32
    Assets, end of year
    $2,987,456

  • Tax year 2024

    $200,000

    Grants listed
    34
    Assets, end of year
    $1,349,005

  • Tax year 2023

    $216,200

    Grants listed
    31
    Assets, end of year
    $1,491,366

  • Tax year 2022

    $147,050

    Grants listed
    28
    Assets, end of year
    $1,060,569

  • Tax year 2021

    $156,500

    Grants listed
    23
    Assets, end of year
    $1,042,820

  • Tax year 2020

    $211,394

    Grants listed
    29
    Assets, end of year
    $923,346

  • Tax year 2019

    $122,000

    Grants listed
    27
    Assets, end of year
    $756,767

Grants paid in 2025

32 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Yellowstone Art MuseumBillings, MT

    For Year 1 of project to reinstall and reimagine permanent art collection

    $35,000
  2. Northern Plains Resource CouncilBillings, MT

    For general operations

    $30,000
  3. Alberta Bair TheatreBillings, MT

    For stage lift replacement project

    $25,000
  4. Missoula Art MuseumMissoula, MT

    For front entry redesign project

    $25,000
  5. Stillwater Historical SocietyMuseum of the BeartoothsColumbus, MT

    For high-density shelving project

    $20,000
  6. ACLUMissoula, MT

    For general operations

    $17,500
  7. Humanities MontanaMissoula, MT

    For Poet Laureate program

    $15,190
  8. Arts & AboveMissoula, MT

    For touring show Compartilhamento

    $9,000
  9. Chinook HorsesBillings, MT

    For youth leadership development program

    $5,000
  10. Family ServiceBillings, MT

    General support

    $5,000
  11. Montana Performing Arts Consortium IncGreat Falls, MT

    For touring and increasing local access to performing arts experiences

    $5,000
  12. Mountain Shadow AssociationBozeman, MT

    For general operations

    $5,000
  13. Suffer Out LoudBozeman, MT

    For mental healthcare scholarship program

    $4,700
  14. Powder River Basin Resource Council (PBRC)Sheridan, WY

    General support

    $4,000
  15. Sheridan Community Land TrustSheridan, WY

    General support

    $4,000
  16. Center for a Vital CommunitySheridan, WY

    General support

    $3,000
  17. Montana Rescue MissionBillings, MT

    General support

    $3,000
  18. TumbleweedBillings, MT

    General support

    $3,000
  19. Wyo TheaterSheridan, WY

    General support

    $3,000
  20. Bare Bait DanceMissoula, MT

    For touring show Kinetoscope

    $2,850
  21. Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness FoundationRed Lodge, MT

    General support

    $2,000
  22. Absarokee Volunteer AmbulanceAbsarokee, MT

    General support

    $2,000
  23. Absarokee Volunteer Fire DepartmentAbsarokee, MT

    General support

    $2,000
  24. Cobblestone Preservation CommitteeAbsarokee, MT

    General support

    $2,000
  25. Community Congregational Church (fka Absarokee Congregational Church)Absarokee, MT

    General support

    $2,000
  26. Nations To Neighbors MontanaBillings, MT

    General support

    $2,000
  27. Planned Parenthood of MTBillings, MT

    General support

    $2,000
  28. Reproductive Healthcare of the Big HornsSheridan, WY

    General support

    $2,000
  29. Shakespeare in the ParkBozeman, MT

    General support

    $2,000
  30. Yellowstone Public RadioBillings, MT

    General support

    $2,000
  31. Montana Public TelevisionBozeman, MT

    General support

    $1,000
  32. WY Public TelevisionRiverton, WY

    General support

    $1,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Arts and culture6 grants $78,85073% of the total
  2. Human services3 grants $12,00011% of the total
  3. Mental health2 grants $9,7009% of the total
  4. Environment2 grants $6,0006% of the total
  5. Health1 grant $2,0002% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Montana26 grants $229,240
  2. Wyoming6 grants $17,000

Officers, directors and trustees

6 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • First Interstate BankTrustee Hours 0Pay $23,729
  • John Heyneman JrTrustee Hours 1Pay $0
  • Corby SkinnerTrustee Hours 1Pay $0
  • Margaret KingslandTrustee Hours 1Pay $0
  • Alexander HeynemanTrustee Hours 1Pay $0
  • Thomas HeynemanTrustee Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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