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Hildreth Foundation Inc

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.

$57k
Granted FY2019
37
Grants FY2019
3
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

100% of Hildreth Foundation Inc’s FY2020 grant dollars went to Johnson Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2020 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2019, the last year Hildreth Foundation Inc named its own grantees at scale: 26 organizations, $57k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

26
’19
0
’20

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What you fund
0198% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2019–2020.

Philanthropy$1.3MHealth$17kEducation$15kEnvironment$7kHuman Services$5kFood & Nutrition$3kAnimals$3kArts & Culture$3kOther$0
02FY2019 · 37 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2019

  • Under $10k35 grants · $37k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
$1,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MUNSON HEALTHCARE REGIONAL FOUNDATION$10,000
ELK RAPIDS PUBLIC LIBRARY$10,000
GRAND TRAVERSE REGIONAL LAND CONSERVANCY$5,000
MARYHAVEN$3,000
SALVATION ARMY$2,500
MID-OHIO FOOD BANK$2,500
LIFECARE ALLIANCE$2,000
RIGHT TREE$2,000
RESOLVE$1,000
COLUMBUS DOG CONNECTION$1,000
CINCINNATI EARLY LEARNING CENTERS$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
COLUMBUS ACADEMY - BOWN SCHOLARSHIP FUND$1,000
THE GRAHAM SCHOOL$1,000
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.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY19–19, $750) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%EASTER SEALS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OHIO: $250 → 15%CHARITY NEWSIES: $500 → 15%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 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
Cardinal Land Conservancy

To benefit the general public by preserving natural lands and significant habitats, lands suitable for the production of food, timber, or other cultivated or natural products, lands creating scenic vistas for public enjoyment, lands with…

Environment
2
Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce

Advancing a thriving central ohio commmunity by serving as a catalyst for all businesses to grow and flourish. our mission pillars are connections, government relations, strategic business solutions and talent/workforce.

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3
Land Conservancy of West Michigan

Our mission is conserving West Michigans ecologically critical land. We protect land by creating public nature preserves, providing support to communities and local governments in creating natural areas, and helping private landowners…

Environment
4
Cincinnati Museum Center

Cincinnati museum center inspires people of all ages to learn more about our world through science, regional history, and educational, engaging and meaningful experiences.

Arts & Culture
5
Columbus Zoological Park Association

Empowering people. saving wildlife.

Animals
6
Ohio United Way

To strengthen the capacity of United Ways across Ohio and to advance the common good for Ohioans.

Philanthropy
7
Columbus Medical Association Foundation

The columbus medical association foundation, through the governance and oversight of its board of physicians and other experts, effects change within specific priority areas to improve the health and wellbeing of the residents and…

Health
8
Michigan Enviromental Council

Informing and educating the public and decision makers about environmental issues.

Environment
9
Ohio Life Sciences Association

Align the life sciences ecosystem in the state of ohio, building collaborative partnerships, and advocating for policies and funding that will help to accelerate life science priorities and drive sustainable economic growth.

Community Improvement
10
United Way of Central Ohio Inc

United way of central ohio is the local organization that harnesses the power of communities working together - people, nonprofits, businesses and government - to create a stronger, more equitable central ohio. see schedule o.we do this…

Philanthropy
11
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
12
Cincinnati Observatory Center

The mission of the cincinnati observatory is to maintain the integrity and heritage of an historic 19th century observatory and to educate, engage, and inspire our community about astronomy and science.

Arts & Culture

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Easterseals Central and Southeast Ohio Inc and the most unlike its peers is Grass River Natural Area Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 41 years old; the field is 21. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%0%<5yr13%0%5–10yr17%12%10–20yr14%27%20–35yr14%35%35–55yr23%27%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%0%<5yr13%0%5–10yr17%0%10–20yr14%98%20–35yr14%2%35–55yr23%1%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 4% lost their exemption, against 12% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
4%1/27
the rest of the field
12%
1,229/10,191

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

24 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. 24 of the 38 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/24
Grantees still filing
19/24
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

JOHNSON CHARITABLE GIFT FUND — $1,312,211 · PhilanthropyJOHNSON CHARITABLE GIFT FUNDMUNSON HEALTHCARE FOUNDATIONS — $10,000 · OtherELK RAPIDS PUBLIC LIBRARY — $10,000 · OtherMid-Ohio Foodbank — $2,500 · OtherSALVATION ARMY — $2,500 · Other+24 more — $16,250 · OtherGRAND TRAVERSE REGIONAL LAND CONSERVANCY — $5,000 · EnvironmentNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC — $1,000 · Environment+1 more — $150 · EnvironmentMARYHAVEN INC — $3,000 · HealthRESOLVE Incorporated — $1,000 · HealthLIFECARE ALLIANCE — $2,000 · Food & NutritionCOMMUNITY KITCHEN INC — $250 · Food & NutritionRIGHT TREE — $2,000 · Youth DevelopmentCOLUMBUS DOG CONNECTION INC — $1,000 · Animals
Philanthropy$1,312,211Other$41,250Environment$6,150Health$4,000Food & Nutrition$2,250Youth Development$2,000Animals$1,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetJOHNSON CHARITABLE GIFT FUND — $1,312,211 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetMUNSON HEALTHCARE FOUNDATIONS — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGRAND TRAVERSE REGIONAL LAND CONSERVANCY — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARYHAVEN INC — $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMid-Ohio Foodbank — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIFECARE ALLIANCE — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPILOT DOGS ALLOWAY — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCINCINNATI EARLY LEARNING CENTERS INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRESOLVE Incorporated — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEXLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOLUMBUS DOG CONNECTION INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetACME CHRISTIAN THRIFT STORE &FOOD PANTRY — $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGRASS RIVER NATURAL AREA INC — $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE OHIO FOUNDATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL COMMUNITY HOUSE — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRAVERSE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA D/B/A TRAVERSE CITY PHILHARMONIC — $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetColumbus School for Girls — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEASTERSEALS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OHIO INC — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLittle Traverse Conservancy Inc — $150 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.

Columbus FoundationUnited Way of Central…Harry C Moores Founda…Grand Traverse Region…Ingram-White Castle F…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…McKesson Foundation I…Siebenthaler Foundati…Siemer Family Foundat…The Reinberger Founda…L Brands FoundationColumbus Jewish Found…
Columbus FoundationOH24.9× affinity11 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Columbus Foundation · United Way of Central Ohio Inc · Harry C Moores Foundation · Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation · Ingram-White Castle Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · McKesson Foundation Inc · Siebenthaler Foundation · Siemer Family Foundation · The Reinberger Foundation · L Brands Foundation · Columbus Jewish Foundation

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 Hildreth Foundation Inc 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 · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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.

    04Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Hildreth Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Hildreth Foundation Inc 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 38 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 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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