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HEADWATERS FOUNDATION FOR JUSTICE

EIN 36-3359386 MINNEAPOLIS, MN

Revenue 2024
$5,282,846
Expenses 2024
$7,851,691

Program services were 71.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
2801 21ST AVE S STE 132B

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

HEADWATERS FOUNDATION FOR JUSTICE (THE FOUNDATION) IS A COMMUNITY FOUNDATION WHOSE MISSION IS TO AMPLIFY THE POWER OF COMMUNITY TO ADVANCE EQUITY AND JUSTICE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

HEADWATERS FOUNDATION'S MISSION IS TO AMPLIFY THE POWER OF COMMUNITY TO ADVANCE EQUITY AND JUSTICE.THROUGH GRANTMAKING AND CAPACITY BUILDING SUPPORT TO GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS, OUR GOAL IS TO FOSTER JUST AND SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES THAT EMBRACE SOCIAL, RACIAL, ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL EQUITY. TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL, ALL OF HEADWATERS' PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED TO ADVANCE TWO OBJECTIVES: CHANGING SYSTEMS OF POWER, AND INCREASING THE POWER OF DISENFRANCHISED COMMUNITIES. OUR COMMUNITY-LED GRANTMAKING PROCESS IS THE TOUCHSTONE OF OUR FOUNDATION.

  • JUSTICE AND LIBERATION: THE JUSTICE & LIBERATION FUND IS A NEW STRATEGY FOR BUILDING LONG-TERM POLITICAL POWER AND INFRASTRUCTURE IN MINNESOTA. THIS INITIATIVE COMES OUT OF OUR BLACK RADIANCE NETWORK. IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, OUR JUSTICE AND LIBERATION FUND AWARDED $2,000,000 TO 40 ORGANIZATIONS.

    Expenses $2,389,501 · Grants $2,000,000

  • RAPID RESPONSE GRANTMAKING: AT HEADWATERS, WE KNOW THAT THE NATURE OF GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING MEANS THAT OUR FUNDING CYCLES DO NOT ALWAYS ALIGN WITH THE REAL FINANCIAL NEEDS OF ORGANIZATIONS IN MOMENTS OF CRISIS OR OPPORTUNITY. HEADWATERS FOUNDATION AWARDS RAPID RESPONSE DOLLARS TO COMMUNITY GROUPS DURING UNEXPECTED AND CRITICAL MOMENTS. IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, OUR RAPID RESPONSE GRANTMAKING PROGRAM AWARDED $791,500 TO 30 ORGANIZATIONS.

    Expenses $982,077 · Grants $791,500

  • THE GIVING PROJECT: SINCE 2015, THIS PROGRAM INVESTS IN ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE LED BY AND FOR BLACK PEOPLE, INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, AND PEOPLE OF COLOR (BIPOC) THAT ALSO USE A COMMUNITY ORGANIZING APPROACH TO ADDRESS ROOT CAUSES OF INJUSTICE. DURING FISCAL YEAR 2025, A COMMUNITY COHORT RAISED MONEY FROM THEIR NETWORKS AND LED THE GRANTMAKING PROCESS. IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2025, OUR GIVING PROJECT PROGRAM AWARDED $480,000 TO 12 ORGANIZATIONS.

    Expenses $978,630 · Grants $480,000

  • DONOR ADVISED FUNDS: THIS PROGRAM ENABLES INDIVIDUAL DONORS TO ADVANCE THEIR PHILANTHROPIC GOALS AND DIRECT RESOURCES TO SOCIAL CHANGE GROUPS LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY. DEVELOPMENT STAFF EDUCATE DONORS ABOUT SOCIAL INJUSTICE ISSUES, CONNECT THEM TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT MATCH THEIR INTERESTS, AND PROVIDE GRANTMAKING ASSISTANCE. IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, HEADWATERS DAF HOLDERS GAVE $541,800 TO 83 ORGANIZATIONS. IN ADDITION, $53,126 WAS AWARDED TO HEADWATERS.

    Expenses $541,820 · Grants $541,800

  • THE FUND OF THE SACRED CIRCLE: ACCORDING TO NATIVE AMERICANS IN PHILANTHROPY, FOUNDATIONS INVEST LESS THAN HALF OF ONE PERCENT OF GRANT DOLLARS IN NATIVE COMMUNITIES. HEADWATERS WORKS TO ADDRESS THIS IMBALANCE THROUGH THE FUND OF THE SACRED CIRCLE PROGRAM (FSC). GRANTS SUPPORTS MINNESOTA- AND WISCONSIN-BASED NATIVE AMERICAN ORGANIZATIONS THAT ADDRESS SYSTEMIC INJUSTICES. GENERAL OPERATING GRANTS SUPPORTS WORK THAT FOCUSES ON LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL REVITALIZATION; LAND AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; SOVEREIGNTY AND TREATY RIGHTS; AND SELF-DETERMINATION AND CIVIL RIGHTS.

    Expenses $324,789

  • OTHER PROGRAMS: HEADWATERS FOUNDATION CONDUCTS ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING FOR GRANTEE ORGANIZATIONS AND OUR VOLUNTEER COMMUNITIES THAT FALL INTO THE CATEGORY OF "SUPPORT BEYOND THE DOLLARS." EXAMPLES OF THESE ACTIVITIES IN FISCAL YEAR 2025 INCLUDED: A SERIES OF FUNDRAISING TRAINING COURSES ACCESSIBLE TO OUR GRANTEE ORGANIZATIONS AND TWO DONOR EDUCATION TRAINING COURSES. HEADWATERS ALSO HOSTED MULTIPLE EVENTS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC TO ENGAGE COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND CELEBRATE SPECIFIC FUNDS AND COLLECTIVE ACHIEVEMENTS.

    Expenses $372,377

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • BILAL ALKATOUT

    CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $200,844
    From this org
    $176,596
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,248
    Hours/week
    32

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $176,596
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,830
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,418
    Filer's total
    $200,844

  • EMILY SCOTT

    DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS & F

    Total calculated
    $134,572
    From this org
    $118,976
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,596
    Hours/week
    32

  • MARY DELORIE

    DIRECTOR OF INDIVIDUAL GIV

    Total calculated
    $145,338
    From this org
    $125,507
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,831
    Hours/week
    32

  • EWAN SCOTTO

    DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $131,899
    From this org
    $117,650
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,249
    Hours/week
    32

  • ANITRA COTTLEDGE

    DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $118,595
    From this org
    $106,053
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,542
    Hours/week
    32

  • FRAN HUTCHINS

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ERIC HOWARD

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALEXANDER ROBINSON

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HABON ABDULLE

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MIA DIVECHA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JAMES MILLER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NIKKI PIERATOS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TEHOUT SELAMEAB

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • AIMEE VUE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $5,282,846
    Expenses
    $7,851,691
    Contributions
    $4,905,838
    Grants paid
    $3,813,300
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,481,203
    Expenses
    $6,868,883
    Contributions
    $3,415,869
    Grants paid
    $3,925,200
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,561,458
    Expenses
    $4,763,422
    Contributions
    $3,415,883
    Grants paid
    $2,200,410

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,004,954
    Expenses
    $6,350,006
    Assets (EOY)
    $27,986,426

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,864,932
    Expenses
    $5,774,182
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,127,206

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,568,167
    Expenses
    $5,226,778
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,629,920

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,212,274
    Expenses
    $3,176,946
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,821,371

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,321,223
    Expenses
    $2,108,998
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,463,013

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,272,151
    Expenses
    $1,743,448
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,215,731

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,456,650
    Expenses
    $1,875,378
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,256,724

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,358,695
    Expenses
    $1,865,886
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,843,573

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,862,338
    Expenses
    $1,950,166
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,238,171

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $2,087,494
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,801,109

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 23 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.