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Hill Foundation for Families Living with Disabilities

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.

$34k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
12
Grants FY2025
19
Organizations funded FY2024
32%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$13,372
Organizations funded a year
14 to 32
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
3
Total assets, FY2025
$78k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 32% of the organizations Hill Foundation for Families Living with Disabilities funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureCivil RightsAnimalsHuman ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving12$34k17%
FY202419$35k32%
FY202314$31k7%
FY202214$38k14%
FY202131$30k35%
FY202032$35k34%
FY201927$43k26%
FY201826$52k42%
82% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$122kHealth$70kEducation$57kPhilanthropy$13kReligion$7kCommunity Improvement$2kInternational$2kHuman Services$972Other$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
WI
NY
MA
IN
CT
MO
VA
MD
TN
DC
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 42 grantees
All grantees of Hill Foundation for Families Living with Disabilities by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Ruth Page Foundation$106,07691%
Skidmore College$52,20070%
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago$41,20490%
Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago$22,50080%
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago$12,00070%
Anshe Emet Synagogue$7,0005n/a
Key West Literary Seminar Inc$7,00070%
Francis W Parker School$3,60080%
Chicago Shakespeare Theater$1,96160%
Kenyan Health Care Initiatives Inc$1,60070%
Court Theatre Fund$1,3003n/a
Jewish Council for Youth Services$65040%
Fwdus Inc$50010%
K9 Enrichment Initiative Inc$5001n/a
Chicago Public Library Foundation$5001n/a
Linda Schulman Innovation Fund Inc$50023%
Merit School of Music$50010%
Karen Dove Cabral Foundation$40041%
Literature for All of US$40040%
Shalva Inc$36010%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$35030%
Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association$30010%
Primo Center for Women & Children$30020%
Lifework Direction$28810%
Steppenwolf Theatre Company$25010%
Ensemble Espanol$25010%
Chicago Theatre Group Inc$25010%
Madison Ballet Inc$20010%
Friends of Port Rowing$2001n/a
Chicago Dance Health Fund$20010%
St Joseph Catholic Church$2001n/a
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$20010%
American Bird Conservancy$20010%
Museum of Contemporary Art$18520%
Prosper Chicago Inc$16710%
National Council for Jewish Women Chicago North Shore Section$10220%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$10010%
Girls in the Game Nfp$10010%
St Louis University$10010%
Mission of Our Lady of Mercy$1001n/a
The Poor Peoples Campaign Inc$501n/a
The Voter Participation Center$5010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($71k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Hill Foundation for Families Living with Disabilities supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Ruth Page Foundation: $106,076 over 9y, 1.0% of budgetSkidmore College: $52,200 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetRehabilitation Institute of Chicago: $41,204 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetAccess Living of Metropolitan Chicago: $22,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetJewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago: $12,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetKey West Literary Seminar Inc: $7,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetFrancis W Parker School: $3,600 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Shakespeare Theater: $1,961 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetKenyan Health Care Initiatives Inc: $1,600 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetJewish Council for Youth Services: $650 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFwdus Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLinda Schulman Innovation Fund Inc: $500 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetMerit School of Music: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKaren Dove Cabral Foundation: $400 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetLiterature for All of US: $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetShalva Inc: $360 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Multiple Sclerosis Society: $350 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVietnam Helicopter Pilots Association: $300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPrimo Center for Women & Children: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLifework Direction: $288 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSteppenwolf Theatre Company: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEnsemble Espanol: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Theatre Group Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMadison Ballet Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Dance Health Fund: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Bird Conservancy: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Contemporary Art: $185 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetProsper Chicago Inc: $167 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNational Council for Jewish Women Chicago North Shore Section: $102 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGirls in the Game Nfp: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Louis University: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Voter Participation Center: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 34.

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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.

The Chicago Community TrustIL19.7× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · Charities Aid Foundation America · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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.

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About Hill Foundation for Families Living with Disabilities

How much does Hill Foundation for Families Living with Disabilities give?
Hill Foundation for Families Living with Disabilities reported 12 grants totaling $33,772 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 32 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Hill Foundation for Families Living with Disabilities fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (36%), Health (21%), Education (17%).
Who are Hill Foundation for Families Living with Disabilities's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Ruth Page Foundation ($106k), Skidmore College ($52k), Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago ($41k).
Does Hill Foundation for Families Living with Disabilities fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 32% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Hill Foundation for Families Living with Disabilities 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 Hill Foundation for Families Living with Disabilities?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation, Polk Bros Foundation Inc.
Where is Hill Foundation for Families Living with Disabilities based?
Hill Foundation for Families Living with Disabilities is based in IL.

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 69 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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