Illinois · Private foundation
Cedar Hill Foundation
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.
- $745k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2025
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 24%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 21
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 9
- Total assets, FY2025
- $13M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 24% of the organizations Cedar Hill Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 18 | $700k | 17% |
| FY2024 | 21 | $770k | 24% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $700k | 6% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $810k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $860k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $811k | 41% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $762k | 6% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $795k | 32% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saratoga Warhorse Foundation Inc | $605,000 | 8 | 18% |
| Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | $585,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Youcanfreeus Foundation | $565,000 | 6 | 17% |
| Americares Foundation Inc | $325,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Cox Science Center and Aquarium Inc | $310,000 | 6 | 1% |
| The River School | $305,000 | 9 | 0% |
| An Open Book Foundation | $180,000 | 9 | 11% |
| DC Kincare Alliance | $160,000 | 9 | 19% |
| Greensgrow Inc | $140,000 | 4 | 12% |
| Cathedral School of St John the Divine | $120,000 | 5 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saratoga Warhorse Foundation Inc | $605,000 | 8 | 18% |
| Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | $585,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Youcanfreeus Foundation | $565,000 | 6 | 17% |
| Americares Foundation Inc | $325,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Cox Science Center and Aquarium Inc | $310,000 | 6 | 1% |
| The River School | $305,000 | 9 | 0% |
| An Open Book Foundation | $180,000 | 9 | 11% |
| DC Kincare Alliance | $160,000 | 9 | 19% |
| Greensgrow Inc | $140,000 | 4 | 12% |
| Cathedral School of St John the Divine | $120,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Rare | $105,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Smith Memorial Playground & Playhouse Inc | $100,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The New Canaan Country School Incorporated | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Every Nations Churches Inc | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Halo Foundation | $60,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Wildlifedirect Inc | $55,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Cathedral Church of St John the Divine | $55,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Raising a Generation of Esthers Foundation | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rair Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Restore NYC Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Hunters Cmt4b3 Research Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Texas Air and Space Museuminc | $25,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Edesia Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Shining Light Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Rapp at Home | $15,000 | 3 | 4% |
| St Johns Church | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Hygienic Art Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
| New Canaan Cares Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Friends of APIE Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.8M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Cedar Hill Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: All the Little Ones Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Network for Good
How this is measured
About Cedar Hill Foundation
- How much does Cedar Hill Foundation give?
- Cedar Hill Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $745,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 21 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Cedar Hill Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (15%), International (15%), Science & Tech (13%).
- Who are Cedar Hill Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Saratoga Warhorse Foundation Inc ($605k), Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory ($585k), Youcanfreeus Foundation ($565k).
- Does Cedar Hill Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Cedar Hill Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Cedar Hill Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include All the Little Ones Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc.
- Where is Cedar Hill Foundation based?
- Cedar Hill Foundation is based in IL.
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