Washington · Private foundation
Hilen 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.
- $24k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $8,006
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $8,006
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 26
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations Hilen Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 3 | $24k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $100k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $23k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $26k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $55k | 75% |
| FY2019 | 26 | $95k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shaw Island Library & Historical Society | $91,506 | 4 | 15% |
| University of Washington Foundation | $81,506 | 4 | 0% |
| Seattle Art Museum | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Center for Early Education | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Great Northwest Hawaii Alaska Indiana and Kentucky | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cornell University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Shaw Islanders Incorporated | $5,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Seattle Repertory Theatre | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Secondary Schools for International Students and Teachers Inc | $2,910 | 1 | 0% |
| Pasadena Waldorf School | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shaw Island Library & Historical Society | $91,506 | 4 | 15% |
| University of Washington Foundation | $81,506 | 4 | 0% |
| Seattle Art Museum | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Center for Early Education | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Great Northwest Hawaii Alaska Indiana and Kentucky | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cornell University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Shaw Islanders Incorporated | $5,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Seattle Repertory Theatre | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Secondary Schools for International Students and Teachers Inc | $2,910 | 1 | 0% |
| Pasadena Waldorf School | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Food Lifeline | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Maris Place | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Laguna Beach Education Foundation | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Seattle Opera | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Washington Trails Association | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| California Youth Services | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Northwest Immigrant Rights Project | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Artist Trust | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Wellspring Family Services | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Program for Early Parent Support | $250 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($100k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Hilen 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Grousemont Foundation · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · Seattle Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
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About Hilen Foundation
- How much does Hilen Foundation give?
- Hilen Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $24,018 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 26 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Hilen Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (53%), Education (37%), Civil Rights (2%).
- Who are Hilen Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Shaw Island Library & Historical Society ($92k), University of Washington Foundation ($82k), Seattle Art Museum ($10k).
- Does Hilen Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Hilen 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 Hilen Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Grousemont Foundation, M J Murdock Charitable Trust, Seattle Foundation.
- Where is Hilen Foundation based?
- Hilen Foundation is based in WA.
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