Elizabeth E Heyer Charitable Trust
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The trust makes contributions only to organisations it has preselected and does not accept unsolicited requests, so a cold application is unlikely to be considered, and the filing gives no steps for how an organisation is selected.
- Its filings show grants from $20,000 to $400,000, with a median of $130,000, and half of its grants to organisations were $130,000 or less, so a modest request fits its usual giving better than a large one.
- Repeat giving is strong: all of its grant dollars in the latest filing went to organisations it had also funded in the earlier filings.
- The geographic focus is not stated, so the places where its recipients are based should not be read as a rule about who may apply, and being new to the foundation is not in itself a reason to hold back.
- Any organisation planning to send an unsolicited request should not do so, because the trust does not accept them.
Overview
Elizabeth E Heyer Charitable Trust is a US private foundation based in Billings, MT.
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 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The grants in the filings are described as general-fund support rather than being tied to specific projects. Recipients include a centre associated with blind people, a charitable service organisation and a Bible chapel. These are the kinds of organisations recorded as receiving grants; the available material does not say that they are exclusive priorities or identify a wider funding field. The filing says contributions go only to preselected charitable organisations and unsolicited requests are not accepted. It does not explain how an organisation can be selected, set out eligibility criteria, or state a geographic preference; the recipient locations are not in themselves evidence of an eligibility rule.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Nevada and Virginia.
How to apply
The trust makes contributions only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests; the filing gives no further application steps.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2025 filing, 100% 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 9 grants to organisations were $130,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2023–2025.
Grant dollars by state
- The largest single recipient received 69% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2025, 100% of grant dollars went to organisations Elizabeth E Heyer Charitable Trust had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
Grants
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Blind Center of Nevada · General Fund$400,0002025 tax year
- Salvation Army · General Fund$180,0002025 tax year
- Ebenezer Bible Chapel · General Fund$20,0002025 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- John Heenan — Trustee
- Angelina Filippo — Trustee
- Jerome DePalma — Trustee
- Phillip D Bratton — Trustee
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 tax year | $857,099 | $495,000 | $8,701,534 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $892,698 | $500,000 | $11,083,724 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
| 2025 tax year | $1,040,841 | $600,000 | $11,514,404 | 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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Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
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Contact
- Billings, MT