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Hillary Family Foundation at a glance

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Hillary Family Foundation

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.

$114k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2024.

Education$279kArts & Culture$190kInternational$190kHealth$35kHuman Services$20kRecreation & Sports$10kYouth Development$5k
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $6k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $108k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$4.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE ALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION$25,000
COLORADO BALLET$25,000
MIZEL INSTITUTE$25,000
CHRISTIAN BROTHERS ACADEMY$12,750
HELEN AND ARTHUR E JOHNSON DEPRESSION CENTER$10,000
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY$10,000
CELL$5,000
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION$1,000
CASTLE PINES SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION$400
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Jewish Family Service: $1k → 12%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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$609k · 10 repeat orgs$120k to everyone else

10 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
11

Total granted

$609k
$87k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+56%

Still filing today

80%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $33k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureHealthPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsYouth 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • LG
    LION GLOBAL FOUNDATION
    7× · 2017–2024 · $190k · revenue +23%
  • CB
    COLORADO BALLET
    6× · 2017–2024 · $155k · revenue +116%
  • KD
    KENT DENVER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL
    3× · 2017–2019 · $146k · revenue +75%

Funded once

  • BT
    BALLET THEATRE FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue -27%
  • University of Chicagograduated
    one grant, 2017 · $15k · revenue +56%
  • NP
    NORTHWESTERN PRITZKER SCHOOL OF LAW ANNUAL FUND
    one grant, 2022 · $15k
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
Colorado State University Foundation

See schedule o colorado state university foundation assists in the promotion, development, and enhancement of facilities and educational programs and enhancements of faculty, students, and alumni of colorado state university (csu). this is…

Education
2
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
3
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
4
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
5
University of Denver

The university of denver (du) is a higher educational institution, providing both undergraduate and graduate degrees - the mission of the university of denver is to promote learning by engaging with students (continued on schedule o)in…

Education
6
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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7
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
8
Columbia College

Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.

Education
9
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
10
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
11
President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College

Scu is a catholic and jesuit institution that makes student learning its central focus, promotes faculty and staff learning in its various forms, and exhibits organizational learning.

Education
12
The Baruch College Fund

The baruch college fund is an organization engaged in generating, encouraging and promoting the educational welfare of the students of the bernard m. baruch college of the city university of new york.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Ballet Theatre Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

17 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. 17 of the 25 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
14/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LION GLOBAL FOUNDATION: $190,000 · Arts & CultureLION GLOBAL FOUNDATIONCOLORADO BALLET: $155,000 · Arts & CultureCOLORADO BALLETBALLET THEATRE FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureBALLET THEATRE FOUNDATION INC+1 more: $10,000 · Arts & CultureKENT DENVER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $146,000 · EducationKENT DENVER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOLALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION: $30,000 · EducationALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATIO…University of Chicago: $15,000 · EducationUniversity of ChicagoGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · Education+2 more: $2,400 · EducationVASSAR COLLEGE: $39,000 · OtherVASSAR COLLEGENORTHWESTERN PRITZKER SCHOOL OF LAW ANNUAL FUND: $15,000 · OtherNORTHWESTERN PR…CHRISTIAN BROTHERS ACADEMY: $12,750 · OtherCHRISTIAN BROTH…HELEN AND ARTHUR E JOHNSON DEPRESSION CENTER: $10,000 · OtherHELEN AND ARTHU…UC Depression Center: $10,000 · OtherUC Depression C…CELL: $8,000 · OtherCELL+3 more: $6,250 · Other+3 moreJUDI'S HOUSE INC: $18,500 · PhilanthropyCHILDREN'S DIABETES FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthChildren's Hospital Colorado Foundation: $2,500 · HealthCOLORADO GOLF FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsTHE JOHN LYNCH FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 · Youth DevelopmentJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLORADO INC: $1,000 · Human Services
Arts & Culture$380,000Education$203,400Other$101,000Philanthropy$18,500Health$12,500Recreation & Sports$10,000Youth Development$2,500Human Services$1,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLION GLOBAL FOUNDATION: $190,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetCOLORADO BALLET: $155,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetKENT DENVER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $146,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetVASSAR COLLEGE: $39,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBALLET THEATRE FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUDI'S HOUSE INC: $18,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSWC MUSEUM CORP: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOLORADO GOLF FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S DIABETES FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Hospital Colorado Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JOHN LYNCH FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLORADO INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCASTLE PINES SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $400 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.

Colorado Gives Founda…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Colorado Gives FoundationCO13.1× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Hillary Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hillary Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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.

    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 25 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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