Hein Legacy Foundation
Cle Elum, WA · EIN 81-4655987. Reported 74 grants totalling $440,604 to 49 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Hein Legacy Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $2,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $5,325; the smallest was $200 and the largest $60,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community Builders | Cle Elum, WA | $109,600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Upper Kittitas County Rotary Club | Cle Elum, WA | $97,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hopesource | Ellensburg, WA | $36,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cle Elum-Roslyn School District | Cle Elum, WA | $35,561 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Washington Outdoor School | Roslyn, WA | $20,250 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Columbia Basin | Moses Lake, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Upper Kittitas County Community Recreation Center Alliance | Cle Elum, WA | $12,025 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of Roslyn Library | Roslyn, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ukc Community Recreation Center Alliance | Cle Elum, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Upper Kittitas County Youth Baseball & Softball Association | Cle Elum, WA | $7,325 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hospice Friends | Ellensburg, WA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cle Elum Downtown Association | Cle Elum, WA | $5,100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Upper Kittitas County Senior Center | Cle Elum, WA | $5,023 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cle Elum Fraternal Order of the Eagles | Cle Elum, WA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Craven Association for Black Cemetery Preservation | Roslyn, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Croatian Fraternal Union Lodge #56 | Cle Elum, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Roslyn Ronald Cle Elum Heritage Club | Cle Elum, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mountain Voices Community Choir | Cle Elum, WA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Spirit Therapeutic Riding Center | Ellensburg, WA | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| USO Northwest | Seattle, WA | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Kittitas County Ski and Snowboard Club | Cle Elum, WA | $3,700 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Coal Ministries | Cle Elum, WA | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kaleidoscope Community Services | South Cle Elum, WA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Open Door Health Clinic | Ellensburg, WA | $2,550 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gonzaga University | Spokane, WA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cle Elum Eagles | Cle Elum, WA | $2,020 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cle Elum Eagles Craft Club | Cle Elum, WA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cle Elum Roundup Association | Cle Elum, WA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ukc Senior Center | Cle Elum, WA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cle Elum Kiwanis Club | Cle Elum, WA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Easton School | Easton, WA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ukc Dollars for Scholars | Cle Elum, WA | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Arrf Animal Rescue | Roslyn, WA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Court Advocates for Children | Ellensburg, WA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Gretchen Weller Foundation | Ellensburg, WA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kittitas County Chamber of Commerce | Ellensburg, WA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Thorp Community Association | Thorp, WA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Thorp Mill Town Historical Preservation Society | Thorp, WA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Warrior Boosters | Cle Elum, WA | $750 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Kittitas Valley Healthcare Foundation | Ellensburg, WA | $600 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cle Elum-Rosyln High School Band Boosters | Cle Elum, WA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| High Country Log Show | Roslyn, WA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kittitas County Search and Rescue | Ellensburg, WA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Upper County Cooperative Preschool | Cle Elum, WA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Gallery One | Ellensburg, WA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sons of Italy | South Cle Elum, WA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kittitas County Parks and Recreation District #1 | Roslyn, WA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Thorp High School Asb | Thorp, WA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Thorp School District | Thorp, WA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
15 of 49 (31%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 38%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Upper Kittitas County Rotary Club
TO PROVIDE GENERAL SUPPORT - Community Builders
TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS - Cle Elum Roslyn School District
TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR SCHOOL ACTIVITIES - Hopesource
TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S FOOD BANKS - Hospice Friends
TO PROVIDE MEDICAL SUPPLIES & EQUIPMENT - Coal Ministries
TO PROVIDE RELIGIOUS OPPORTUNITIES TO THE COMMUNITY
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 33 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 22 | $138,561 | $2,250 |
| 2022 | 23 | $83,770 | $1,000 |
| 2023 | 16 | $79,500 | $1,000 |
| 2024 | 13 | $138,773 | $7,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Hein Legacy Foundation has 17 of them, worth $175,500. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Hopesource | Ellensburg, WA | $27,500 |
| Rotary Club of Ukc | Cle Elum, WA | $25,000 |
| Hopesource | Ellensburg, WA | $23,000 |
| Hopesource | Ellensburg, WA | $18,000 |
| Community Builders | Cle Elum, WA | $11,000 |
| Friends of Roslyn Library | Roslyn, WA | $10,000 |
| Community Builders | Cle Elum, WA | $10,000 |
| Upper Kittitas County Youth Baseball & Softball Association | Cle Elum, WA | $9,000 |
| Ukc Youth Baseballsoftball | Cle Elum, WA | $8,000 |
| Hospice Friends | Ellensburg, WA | $5,000 |
| Youth Services of Kittitas Cty | Ellensburg, WA | $5,000 |
| Hospice Friends | Ellensburg, WA | $5,000 |
| Youth Services of Kittitas County | Ellensburg, WA | $5,000 |
| Community Builders | Cle Elum, WA | $4,500 |
| Thorp School District | Thorp, WA | $4,000 |
Where its money goes
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $2,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Washington.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Hein Legacy Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 3493 Airport Road, Cle Elum, WA, 98922. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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