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Andrew and Irma Hilton Foundation Inc at a glance

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Andrew and Irma Hilton Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$78k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$16k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$208kEducation$10kPublic Safety & Disaster$8kHuman Services$1kHealth$500Housing & Shelter$250Employment$100Other$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $32k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $46k
$7,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$59k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
METROPOLITAN OPERA$16,000
MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE CO$10,000
122 EAST 66TH STREET FOUNDATION$10,000
GIRLS INCORPORATED$10,000
FAMILY LEGAL CARE$7,500
GINA GIBNEY DANCE INC$7,500
JACOBS PILLOW$5,500
LINCOLN CENTER THEATER$5,000
NEW YORK CITY BALLET$5,000
LCU FUND FOR WOMEN'S EDUCATION$1,000
FRIENDS OF THE WESTON LIBRARY$500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CHARITY FOR CHILDREN: $500 → 14%EMERGE INC: $250 → 11%FAMILY LEGAL CARE: $8k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$248k · 12 repeat orgs$59k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +59% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
13

Total granted

$248k
$30k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+59%
+23%

Still filing today

83%
62%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationPublic Safety & DisasterEnvironmentYouth DevelopmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • JP
    JACOB'S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL INC
    4× · 2018–2025 · $34k · revenue +119%
  • 1E
    122 EAST 66TH STREET FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $17k · revenue +65%
  • NY
    NEW YORK CITY BALLET INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $15k · revenue +32%

Funded once

  • Cornell University
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +23%
  • WE
    WESTON EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
    one grant, 2024 · $5k
  • MM
    METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ARTgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +76%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Women's Project & Productions Inc

Wp theater is the nation's oldest and largest theater company dedicated to developing, producing, and promoting the work of women+ at every stage of their careers. for over four decades we have served as leaders of a global movement…

Arts & Culture
2
Museum of the City of New York

The museum of the city of new york fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world's most influential metropolis. it engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city's past, present, and…

Arts & Culture
3
Transport Group Inc Dba Transport Group Theatre Company

Producing and developing plays and musicals.

Arts & Culture
4
New York Public Radio

To make the mind more curious, the heart more open, and the spirit more joyful through excellent audio programming that is deeply rooted in new york.

Arts & Culture
5
Bang On a Can

Presenting, commissioning, performing, recording and teaching contemporary music. bang on a can believes in exposing exciting new music as broadly and accessibly as possible. through it's summer institute, bang on a can hopes to bring this…

Arts & Culture
6
Susan Smith Blackburn Prize Inc
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7
The Royal National Theatre

Theatre can lead to extraordinary moments of shared imagination. it enables us to stand in anothers shoes to better understand ourselves and the world around us. it shows us who we are, who we have been, who we could be. the nt delivers on…

Arts & Culture
8
Miami New Drama

Miami new drama is a nonprofit professional theater company based in miami beach, florida, dedicated to the development and production of new theatrical work and to theater-making as a means of social engagement, cultural conversation, and…

Arts & Culture
9
New York Shakespeare Festival

As the nation's foremost producer of shakespeare and new work, the public theater is dedicated to achieving artistic excellence while developing an american theater that is accessible and relevant to all people through productions of…

Arts & Culture
10
The Neue Galerie New York
Arts & Culture
11
Balletx

Balletx expands the vocabulary of contemporary ballet for all audiences through innovative performances, world premiere choreography, dance education, and community programs.

Arts & Culture
12
Titan Productions Incorporated

Titan theatre company is committed to breathing new life and clarity into classical works of theatre, exploring new and contemporary language plays, and delivering adventurous and visceral theatrical experiences for our audiences and…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Vivian Beaumont Theaterinc D/B/a Lincoln Center Theater; the most unlike its peers is Lcu Fund for Women's Education Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

21 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 21 of the 30 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
14/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

METROPOLITAN OPERA: $120,400 · OtherMETROPOLITAN OPERAMARTHA GRAHAM DANCE CO: $10,000 · OtherMARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COWESTON EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES: $5,000 · OtherTHE LARK THEATRE: $5,000 · Other+7 more: $3,850 · OtherJACOB'S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL INC: $33,850 · Arts & CultureJACOB'S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL INC122 EAST 66TH STREET FOUNDATION INC: $17,000 · Arts & Culture122 EAST 66TH STREET FOUNDATION INCNEW YORK CITY BALLET INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK CITY BALLET INCGINA GIBNEY DANCE INC: $14,500 · Arts & CultureGINA GIBNEY DANCE INCCEDILLE CHICAGO NFP: $13,000 · Arts & CultureCEDILLE CHICAGO NFPROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INC: $11,472 · Arts & CultureROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INCMANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB INC: $11,284 · Arts & CultureMANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB INCTHE VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATERINC D/B/A LINCOLN CENTER THEATER: $6,203 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $5,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $3,800 · Arts & CultureCornell University: $10,000 · EducationGIRLS INC: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentFAMILY LEGAL CARE INC: $7,500 · Human ServicesCHARITY FOR CHILDREN INC: $500 · Human Services+1 more: $250 · Human ServicesWESTON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC: $3,000 · Public Safety & DisasterLCU FUND FOR WOMEN'S EDUCATION INC: $1,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$144,250Arts & Culture$131,109Education$10,000Youth Development$10,000Human Services$8,250Public Safety & Disaster$3,000Housing & Shelter$1,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJACOB'S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL INC: $33,850 over 4y, 0.1% of budget122 EAST 66TH STREET FOUNDATION INC: $17,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetNEW YORK CITY BALLET INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGINA GIBNEY DANCE INC: $14,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCEDILLE CHICAGO NFP: $13,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INC: $11,472 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMANHATTAN THEATRE CLUB INC: $11,284 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCornell University: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIRLS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY LEGAL CARE INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATERINC D/B/A LINCOLN CENTER THEATER: $6,203 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWESTON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe American Classical Orchestra Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWESTPORT COUNTRY PLAYHOUSE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFILM AT LINCOLN CENTER INC: $800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHARITY FOR CHILDREN INC: $500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetBROOKGREEN GARDENS: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEMERGE INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Jewish Communal FundNational Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY13.4× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Andrew and Irma Hilton Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Andrew and Irma Hilton Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Westport Country Playhouse Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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How do I get to Andrew and Irma Hilton Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Andrew and Irma Hilton Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 30 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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