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Edward & Helene Hills Foundation

Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$750
Granted FY2020
1
Grants FY2020
1
States reached
$750
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2020.

Religion$16kEducation$15kArts & Culture$3kHealth$2kHuman Services$2kEnvironment$1kInternational$1kPublic Safety & Disaster$1kOther$0
02FY2020 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$750
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST SIMON CHURCH$750
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

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Your human-services grants (FY17–19, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 83% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%COVENANT HOUSE CALIFORNIA: $500 → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1k → 14%FORUM HEALTH FUND: $100 → 8%PENINSULA VOLUNTEERS: $100 → 7%COMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY: $100 → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$40k · 14 repeat orgs$3k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships — 1 still active in FY2020, 13 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
16

Total granted

$40k
$3k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+105%

Still filing today

36%
88%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20
Human ServicesArts & CultureAnimalsEducationEnvironmentInternationalOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • LU
    LEHIGH UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2017–2019 · $15k · revenue +69%
  • PO
    PENINSULA OPEN SPACE TRUST
    2× · 2017–2019 · $700 · revenue +164%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF DEER HOLLOW FARM
    2× · 2017–2019 · $450 · revenue +17%

Funded once

  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    one grant, 2018 · $1k · revenue +9%
  • HI
    HIAS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $500 · revenue +180%
  • CH
    COVENANT HOUSE CALIFORNIAgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $500 · revenue +197%

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

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

To ensure every companion animal has access to quality medical care, compassionate shelter, and a loving home.

Animals
2
Sutter Bay Hospitals

MISSION STATEMENT: MISSION: CARING FOR OUR PATIENTS FIRST AND OUR PEOPLE ALWAYS. VISION: TO BE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED AND CONNECTED HEALTH SYSTEM FOR GETTING AND STAYING WELL. VALUES: EXCELLENCE - We deliver high-quality,…

Health
3
Sempervirens Fund

To ensure coast redwood forests in the santa cruz mountains thrive for generations to come. since 1900, sempervirens has protected more than 36,000 acres. learn more about our mission, vision, and strategic plan through 2030 at:…

Environment
4
The San Francisco Particular Council of the Society of St Vincent De Paul

The mission of the st. vincent de paul society of san francisco (svdp-sf) is to offer hope and service on a direct person-to-person basis, working to break the cycles of homelessness and domestic violence.

Human Services
5
Friends of Oakland Animal Services

Our mission is to provide homes, health, and happiness to oakland's animals in need. our primary focus has been to fund programs and activities at oakland animal services to greatly increase lifesaving of shelter animals.

Animals
6
Sutter Bay Medical Foundation

Mission statement: mission: caring for our patients first and our people always. vision: to be the most comprehensive, integrated and connected health system for getting and staying well. values: excellence - we deliver high-quality,…

Health
7
Union Station Homeless Services

We work to end homelessness through housing solutions, supportive services, and connection to community. we advocate for equitable and just systems that ensure all individuals and families will have a safe place they can call home.

Human Services
8
Second Harvest of Silicon Valley

To realize our vision of a hunger free community we will provide more food, healthy food and better access to food. we will leverage our own resources and also work with partners in the community.

Food & Nutrition
9
Kitsap Humane Society

Providing positive life changing solutions to people and animals in need.

Animals
10
Sweet Dreams Senior Pet Sanctuary

The mission of sweet dreams senior pet sanctuary is to support elderly individuals who can no longer care for their senior pets by providing a safe and loving home for their cherished companions. the sanctuary offers two primary programs…

Animals
11
Sutter Valley Hospitals

MISSION STATEMENT: MISSION: CARING FOR OUR PATIENTS FIRST AND OUR PEOPLE ALWAYS. VISION: TO BE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED AND CONNECTED HEALTH SYSTEM FOR GETTING AND STAYING WELL. VALUES: EXCELLENCE - We deliver high-quality,…

Health
12
Bay Area Barns and Trails
Human Services

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lifemoves and the most unlike its peers is Okmulgee County Humane Society. 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

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 19 of the 30 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
17/19
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

ST SIMON CHURCH — $12,870 · OtherST SIMON CHURCHHOLY FAMILY — $2,000 · OtherHOLY FAMILYPATHWAYS HOSPICE FOUNDATION — $2,000 · OtherPATHWAYS HOSPICE FOUNDATIONKAINOS — $2,000 · OtherKAINOS+12 more — $3,150 · Other+12 moreLEHIGH UNIVERSITY — $15,030 · EducationLEHIGH UNIVERSITYThe Schola Cantorum — $2,000 · Arts & CultureKQED INC — $600 · Arts & CultureTHE SAN FRANCISCO AERONAUTICAL SOCIETY — $100 · Arts & CultureAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $1,000 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSE CALIFORNIA — $500 · Human ServicesPENINSULA VOLUNTEERS INC — $100 · Human ServicesFORUM CHARITABLE FUND FKA FORUM HEALTH FUND — $100 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW LOS ALTOS AND LOS ALTOS HILLS INC — $100 · Human ServicesPENINSULA OPEN SPACE TRUST — $700 · EnvironmentHIAS INC — $500 · InternationalPENINSULA HUMANE SOCIETY & SPCA — $50 · AnimalsHUMANE SOCIETY SILICON VALLEY — $50 · AnimalsFRIENDSHIP CIRCLE — $50 · Youth Development
Other$22,020Education$15,030Arts & Culture$2,700Human Services$1,800Environment$700International$500Animals$100Youth Development$50

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetLEHIGH UNIVERSITY — $15,030 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Schola Cantorum — $2,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPENINSULA OPEN SPACE TRUST — $700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKQED INC — $600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHIAS INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE CALIFORNIA — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SAN FRANCISCO AERONAUTICAL SOCIETY — $100 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPACIFIC CREST TRAIL ASSOCIATION — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPENINSULA VOLUNTEERS INC — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFORUM CHARITABLE FUND FKA FORUM HEALTH FUND — $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLIFEMOVES — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW LOS ALTOS AND LOS ALTOS HILLS INC — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVilla Siena — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDSHIP CIRCLE — $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPENINSULA HUMANE SOCIETY & SPCA — $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOKMULGEE COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY — $50 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY SILICON VALLEY — $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

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

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Silicon Valley Commun…AbbVie FoundationThe Intuit FoundationGordon E and Betty I …The David and Lucile …Texas Instruments Fou…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…The Blackbaud Giving …Vanguard Charitable E…Network for GoodPaypal Charitable Giv…
Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA18.3× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · The Intuit Foundation · Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Edward & Helene Hills Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 88%
  • Hias Inc — 88% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 30 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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