Kentucky · Private foundation
Hilary Boone Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $903k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 69
- Grants FY2024
- 63
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $8,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 56 to 63
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 11
- Total assets, FY2024
- $12M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 14% of the organizations Hilary Boone Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $94k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 68 | $899k | 18% |
| FY2023 | 63 | $920k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 56 | $1.0M | 9% |
| FY2021 | 62 | $846k | 21% |
| FY2020 | 62 | $815k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lexington School Inc | $680,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Town Branch Park Inc | $550,000 | 5 | 6% |
| Lexington History Museum Inc | $220,000 | 4 | 51% |
| United States Equestrian Team Foundation Inc | $200,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Lexington Humane Society | $123,000 | 5 | 1% |
| The Florida Coalition for Preservation Inc | $81,000 | 5 | 15% |
| Hound Welfare Fund Inc | $70,000 | 4 | 49% |
| Kentucky Horse Park Foundation Inc | $65,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Lexington Challenger Tennis Charity Inc | $60,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Bluegrass Land Conservancy Inc | $51,000 | 5 | 1% |
Show all 55 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 46 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Hilary Boone Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 54 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · LG&E and Ku Foundation Inc · Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc · The Mt Brilliant Family Foundation (Formerly Hgg Family Foundation) · Christian Word Ministries Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc · Keeneland Foundation Inc · Elhapa Foundation Inc · American Water Charitable Foundationinc · Rosenstein Family Charitable Foundation Inc · The HEP Foundation Business Trust L Edwin Paulson Jr Trustee
How this is measured
About Hilary Boone Foundation Inc
- How much does Hilary Boone Foundation Inc give?
- Hilary Boone Foundation Inc reported 69 grants totaling $902,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 56 and 63 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Hilary Boone Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (22%), Recreation & Sports (21%), Health (14%).
- Who are Hilary Boone Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Lexington School Inc ($680k), Town Branch Park Inc ($550k), Lexington History Museum Inc ($220k).
- Does Hilary Boone Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Hilary Boone Foundation Inc 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 Hilary Boone Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc, The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc, LG&E and Ku Foundation Inc.
- Where is Hilary Boone Foundation Inc based?
- Hilary Boone Foundation Inc is based in KY.
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