Head & Heart Foundation Trust
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- Because the foundation does not accept unsolicited requests and its filing describes it as by invitation only, a small charity should not send a cold approach unless it has already been invited to apply.
- If you are invited, your work fits best if it is in environmental conservation or animal and wildlife protection, such as environmental law and advocacy, rivers and forests, wildlife sanctuaries, or rescue and rehabilitation.
- Most of its grants fall between $25,000 and $400,000 and the median is $100,000, so a request near that middle figure is in the usual range, though its largest grant was $500,000.
- Repeat giving is heavy, with 86% of its grant dollars in the latest filing going to organisations it had also funded in the two earlier filings, so existing relationships appear to matter.
- Its filing states no geographic focus, and the grants it lists are mainly in District of Columbia, Virginia, California, New York, Oregon and the United States, but that describes where it has given, not who may apply.
Overview
Head & Heart Foundation Trust is a US private foundation administered by its trustee, Bessemer Trust Company of Delaware, in Wilmington, DE.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2025, TY2024, TY2023) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 13 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The filings record grants as general support for charitable organisations, with recipient groups focused on environmental conservation and animal and wildlife protection. They include organisations working on environmental law and advocacy, rivers and forests, as well as animal welfare groups, wildlife sanctuaries, rescue and rehabilitation organisations, and conservation bodies. Grants support a range of organisations protecting habitats and wild animals. The filings show grants to organisations across many states, but do not state a geographic preference or eligibility criteria beyond the filed restriction to preselected charitable organisations.
Themes
From its grants, not stated by the foundation:
- Environmental conservation
- Animal welfare
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in District of Columbia, Virginia, California, New York, Oregon and the United States.
How to apply
The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2025 filing, 86% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2023 or TY2024 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2023, TY2024 and TY2025 filings, half of its 253 grants to organisations were $100,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2023–2025.
Grant dollars by state
6 other states: 20%
Outside the US or with no state on the filing: 17%
- The largest single recipient received 4% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2025, 86% of grant dollars went to organisations Head & Heart Foundation Trust had funded in earlier filings.
- <1% of grant dollars went directly to organisations outside the US (Canada).
- <1% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 86 grants in tax year 2025 by size
Median $100k (tax year 2025)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Rainforest Trust · General support$500,0002025 tax year
- Foster Parrots · General support$500,0002025 tax year
- Earthjustice · General support$500,0002025 tax year
- American Rivers · General support$450,0002025 tax year
- Center for Biological Diversity · General support$450,0002025 tax year
- Conservation Fund · General support$450,0002025 tax year
- Defenders of Wildlife · General support$450,0002025 tax year
- American Bird Conservancy · General support$450,0002025 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- HB — President
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 tax year | $13,566,601 | $13,040,000 | $272,238,787 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $13,417,795 | $12,760,000 | $297,879,970 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
| 2025 tax year | $13,953,693 | $13,185,000 | $321,672,568 | Filing for 2025 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
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- Wilmington, DE (office of its trustee, Bessemer Trust Company of Delaware)
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Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- Wilmington, DE (office of its trustee, Bessemer Trust Company of Delaware)