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Heidi & Lola Loening Foundation Dba Hilo Foundation at a glance

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Heidi & Lola Loening Foundation Dba Hilo 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.

$1.2M
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Environment$3.7MArts & Culture$482kAnimals$163kFood & Nutrition$125kCivil Rights$100kPublic Benefit$60kEducation$35kInternational$25kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k4 grants · $80k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $150k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.0M
$50,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$740k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE CLIMATE MUSEUM$1,000,000
ORGANIZACION LATINO AMERICANA OF EASTERN LONG ISLAND$50,000
PACT DONATION COLLECTIVE$50,000
Individual grant recipient$50,000
NIAMUCK LAND TRUST$20,000
THE TATTER BLUE ARCHIVES INSTITUTE$20,000
Individual grant recipient$20,000
EVERY VOICE CHOIR$20,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 89% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%MOVEMENT VOTER FUND: $50k → 12%VISUAL THINKING STRATEGIES: $20k → 8%INSTITUTE FOR FREEDOMS INC: $10k → 14%ARTS CENTER AT DUCK CREEK INC: $50k → 7%THE CLIMATE MUSEUM: $1.0M → 17%TATTER BLUE ARCHIVES INSTITUTE: $50k → 20%KIDS IN NEED OF DEFENSE: $25k → 14%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF LE KORSA: $25k → 12%ARTS CENTER AT DUCK CREEK INC: $50k → 7%THE CLIMATE MUSEUM: $500k → 17%THE TATTER BLUE ARCHIVES INSTITUTE: $20k → 20%ARTS CENTER AT DUCK CREEK INC: $50k → 7%THE CLIMATE MUSEUM: $500k → 17%PACT DONATION COLLECTIVE: $50k → 20%ARTS CENTER AT DUCK CREEK INC: $50k → 7%THE CLIMATE MUSEUM: $400k → 17%ARTS CENTER AT DUCK CREEK INC: $50k → 7%THE CLIMATE MUSEUM: $400k → 17%PROJECT MOST: $5k → 7%THE CLIMATE MUSEUM: $300k → 17%PROJECT MOST: $5k → 7%THE CLIMATE MUSEUM: $250k → 17%PROJECT MOST: $5k → 7%THE CLIMATE MUSEUM: $250k → 17%ORGANIZACION LATINO AMERICANA OF EASTERN LONG ISLAND: $50k → 7%THE CLIMATE MUSEUM: $50k → 17%EDGE AND CENTER INC: $2k → 7%EVERY VOICE CHOIR: $20k → 17%AMBER WAVES: $50k → 7%EVERY VOICE CHOIR: $20k → 17%AMBER WAVES: $50k → 7%EVERY VOICE CHOIR: $10k → 17%AMBER WAVES: $25k → 7%EVERY VOICE CHOIR: $10k → 17%PECONIC HISTORIC PRESERVATION: $20k → 7%EVERY VOICE CHOIR: $10k → 17%NIAMUCK LAND TRUST: $20k → 7%EVERY VOICE CHOIR: $10k → 17%EVERY VOICE CHOIR: $10k → 17%EVERY VOICE CHOIR: $10k → 17%CREATIVE TIME: $10k → 17%EVERY VOICE CHOIR: $10k → 17%CREATIVE TIME: $10k → 17%ANIMAL HAVEN: $65k → 17%ANIMAL HAVEN: $65k → 17%ANIMAL HAVEN: $33k → 17%JAZZ GENERATION INC: $10k → 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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 55% of Heidi & Lola Loening Foundation Dba Hilo Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 97% of the giving stays in NY; by stated purpose, 19%.

Heidi & Lola Loening Foundation Dba Hilo Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 78% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.4M · 8 repeat orgs$282k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +96% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
7

Total granted

$4.4M
$142k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+96%
+16%

Still filing today

88%
86%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $140k 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 & CultureAnimalsPhilanthropyCrime & LegalCivil RightsCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • CM
    CLIMATE MUSEUM
    9× · 2017–2025 · $3.6M · revenue +413% · 97% of their budget
  • AC
    ARTS CENTER AT DUCK CREEK INC
    5× · 2019–2023 · $250k · revenue +175% · 53% of their budget
  • AH
    ANIMAL HAVEN INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $163k · revenue +95%

Funded once

  • MV
    MOVEMENT VOTER FUND
    one grant, 2024 · $50k · revenue 0%
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF LE KORSA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue +34%
  • KIND INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +213%
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
New Museum of Contemporary Art

A center for exhibitions, information, and documentation about living artists since 1977, which continues to be a place of experimentation and a hub of new art and new ideas.

Arts & Culture
2
En Garde Arts Inc

To produce bold theatre experiences that reach across artistic, physical and social boundries. We aim to increase empathy and open-mindedness by illuminating nuanced perspectives and unspoken truths behind the salient issues of our time.…

Arts & Culture
3
Museum of Arts and Design

To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.

Arts & Culture
4
Kadist Collection Manager Inc
Arts & Culture
5
The Bronx Council On the Arts Incorporated

A pioneering advocate for cultural equity, the bronx council on the arts nurtures the development of diverse artists and arts organizations and build strong cultural connections in and beyond the bronx.

Arts & Culture
6
Artists Space Inc

A contemporary art space that provides direct support to artists through exhibition opportunities, live commissions, and public programs. in recent years, the exhibition program has grown to present six major exhibitions per year…

Arts & Culture
7
Artpark & Company Inc

Artpark & company fosters a transformative world of artistic engagement that explores the human experience, cultivates creativity, and encourages curiosity. our work is informed by a long tradition of discovery, an expectation of artistic…

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8
The Parrish Art Museum Inc

The museum encourages an appreciation of modern and contemporary art through exhibitions, education, and public programs for diverse audiences.inspired by the natural setting and historical artistic community of long island's east end, the…

Arts & Culture
9
Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art is a private, non-profit institution chartered by the State of New York Department of Education in 1929 to foster public awareness of modern and contemporary art. (Continued in Schedule O)

Arts & Culture
10
On This Spot Nyc Stories of Pioneering Women Artists Inc

On this spot nyc: stories of pioneering women arists is a nonprofit 501(c) (3) organization committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. it focuses on women artists, a group that continues to be marginalized. on this spot is conceived as…

Arts & Culture
11
The Sculpture Center Inc

See schedule osculpturecenter leads the conversation on contemporary art by supporting artistic innovation and independent thought highlighting sculpture's specific potential to change the way we engage with the world. positioning artists'…

Arts & Culture
12
The Neue Galerie New York
Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Movement Voter Fund; the most unlike its peers is Niamuck Land Trust Incorporated. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

15 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. 15 of the 19 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
10/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CLIMATE MUSEUM: $3,650,000 · Arts & CultureCLIMATE MUSEUMARTS CENTER AT DUCK CREEK INC: $250,000 · Arts & CultureARTS CENTER AT DUCK CREEK INC+5 more: $222,000 · Arts & Culture+5 moreIndividual grant recipient: $125,000 · OtherORGANIZACION LATINO AMERICANA OF EASTERN LONG ISLAND: $50,000 · OtherPECONIC HISTORIC PRESERVATION INC: $20,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $20,000 · OtherJAZZ GENERATION INC: $10,000 · OtherPROJECT MOST INC: $15,000 · OtherINSTITUTE FOR FREEDOMS INC: $10,000 · OtherANIMAL HAVEN INC: $162,500 · AnimalsPact Donation Collective Inc: $50,000 · Civil RightsMOVEMENT VOTER FUND: $50,000 · Community ImprovementAMERICAN FRIENDS OF LE KORSA INC: $25,000 · PhilanthropyKIND INC: $25,000 · Crime & Legal
Arts & Culture$4,122,000Other$250,000Animals$162,500Civil Rights$50,000Community Improvement$50,000Philanthropy$25,000Crime & Legal$25,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCLIMATE MUSEUM: $3,650,000 over 9y, 97% of budgetARTS CENTER AT DUCK CREEK INC: $250,000 over 5y, 53% of budgetANIMAL HAVEN INC: $162,500 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetEVERY VOICE CHOIRS INC: $110,000 over 9y, 9.9% of budgetTHE TATTER BLUE ARCHIVES INSTITUTE: $70,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetMOVEMENT VOTER FUND: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetKIND INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCREATIVE TIME INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetNIAMUCK LAND TRUST INCORPORATED: $20,000 over 1y, 48% of budgetPROJECT MOST INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR FREEDOMS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetEDGE AND CENTER INC THE CHURCH: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Ag FoundationThe Ford FoundationTides FoundationNational Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Ag FoundationOH13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ag Foundation · The Ford Foundation · Tides Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · 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 Heidi & Lola Loening Foundation Dba Hilo Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Heidi & Lola Loening Foundation Dba Hilo Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s 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
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Heidi & Lola Loening Foundation Dba Hilo Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Heidi & Lola Loening Foundation Dba Hilo Foundation 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 19 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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