Illinois · Private foundation
Gertrude E 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.
- $148k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 18%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $4,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $71,530
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $465k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 18% of the organizations Gertrude E Hill Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k 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 | 12 | $148k | 8% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $146k | 18% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $148k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $142k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $115k | 9% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $107k | 15% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $105k | 9% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $94k | 0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colonial Williamsburg Foundation | $483,662 | 9 | 0% |
| The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | $263,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Honor Flight Chicago Corp | $90,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Songs by Heart Foundation | $70,000 | 4 | 4% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc | $28,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Children International | $22,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Lake Bluff History Museum | $13,530 | 9 | 2% |
| Access Community Health Network | $5,430 | 2 | 0% |
| Aspire of Illinois | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colonial Williamsburg Foundation | $483,662 | 9 | 0% |
| The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | $263,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Honor Flight Chicago Corp | $90,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Songs by Heart Foundation | $70,000 | 4 | 4% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc | $28,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Children International | $22,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Lake Bluff History Museum | $13,530 | 9 | 2% |
| Access Community Health Network | $5,430 | 2 | 0% |
| Aspire of Illinois | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Carmel High School Ovation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Down Syndrome Society | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($89k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Gertrude E 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About Gertrude E Hill Foundation
- How much does Gertrude E Hill Foundation give?
- Gertrude E Hill Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $148,030 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Gertrude E Hill Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (45%), Health (36%), Human Services (9%).
- Who are Gertrude E Hill Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation ($484k), The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research ($263k), Honor Flight Chicago Corp ($90k).
- Does Gertrude E Hill Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Gertrude E 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 Gertrude E Hill Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Gertrude E Hill Foundation based?
- Gertrude E Hill Foundation is based in IL.
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