· Private foundation
Hillenbrand Family 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k11 grants · $28k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $138k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Stuart country Day Schol | $30,000 |
| Charleston Literary Festival | $27,500 |
| Boston College | $25,000 |
| PowerMyLearning | $25,000 |
| Historic Charleston Foundation | $10,000 |
| Marthas Vineyard Boys Girls Club | $10,000 |
| Marthas Vineyard Hospital | $10,000 |
| Vineyard Preservation Trust | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| Charlesston Library Society | $3,500 |
| Rock Creek Horse Show | $3,000 |
| Sheriffs Meadow Foundation | $3,000 |
| Gibbes Museum | $2,500 |
| Preservation Society of Charleston | $2,500 |
| Shania Twain Foundation | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 72% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
27 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SMSHERIFF'S MEADOW FOUNDATION5× · 2020–2025 · $106k · revenue +135%
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE5× · 2020–2025 · $90k · revenue +50%
Charleston Literary Festival Inc4× · 2021–2025 · $63k · revenue +384%
Funded once
- MVMARTHA'S VINEYARD BOYS & GIRLS CLUB INCone grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +16%
- CCAATone grant, 2024 · $10k
- HCHistoric Charleston Foundationone grant, 2020 · $6k
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.
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.
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
The mission of rhode island school of design, through its college and museum,is to educate its students and the public in the creation and (see schedule o)appreciation of works of art and design, to discover and transmit knowledge and to…
To educate Charleston area residents and visitors about the natural and cultural history of the South Carolina Lowcountry through collections, exhibitions, preservation, conservation, research and related programming.
Since 1775, the mission of Hampden-Sydney College has been to form good men and good citizens in an atmosphere of sound learning.
See schedule o for the organization's mission statement.please see description for part i, line 1, above.
The purpose of the montauk historical society is to collect, restore, preserve and display historically significant buildings, objects and writings and to preserve and share the history and cultures of montauk and the east end for this and…
The broad mission of the ASCSA has remained constant over its distinguished history: teaching research archaeological exploration publication and dissemination of research. Founded in 1881 the ASCSA provides graduate students and scholars…
Founded in 1881 the Staten Island Museum engages visitors with interdisciplinary exhibitions, public programs, and educational activities for all ages. It is the mission of the Staten Island Museum to spark curiosity and generate…
To cultivate and develop an expansive collection of trees, gardens, and plants for all to explore, enjoy and study; and to provide through education and stewardship, a greener, healthier, more beautiful environment.
Founded in 1747 on the enlightenment ideals of intellectual pursuit and civic engagement, the redwood library and athenaeum generates knowledge in the humanities for the benefit of the widest possible audience with nothing in view but the…
The martha's vineyard agricultural society supports a resilient and sustainable agricultural community on martha's vineyard. we do this by:- offering services, education, marketing, and technical support for farmers and farmworkers on the…
To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.
How this is measured
22 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. 22 of the 42 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds PowerMyLearning Inc ↗
- Who funds SHERIFF'S MEADOW FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds TRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds Charleston Literary Festival Inc ↗
- Who funds EYE TO EYE INC DBA THE NEURODIVERSITY ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds HISTORIC CHARLESTON FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CLINIC INC ↗
- Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds Charleston Library Society ↗
- Who funds MARTHA'S VINEYARD PRESERVATION TRUST INC ↗
- Who funds The Preservation Society of Charleston Inc ↗
- Who funds SHANIA TWAIN FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Rock Creek Riding Club Inc ↗
- Who funds THE BENJAMIN PRIVATE SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds MARTHA'S VINEYARD BOYS & GIRLS CLUB INC ↗
- Who funds THE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC ↗
- Who funds GREENWICH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds MARTHA'S VINEYARD MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds V G C FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds THE SOUTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
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: The Chicago Community Trust · Boston Foundation Inc · Guffey Family Foundation · South Carolina Humanities Council Inc · Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation · Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Almeida Family Foundation · Wf Foundation · Bessent-Freeman Family Foundation Inc · Mills Bee Lane Memorial Foundation · The Clyde and Summer Anderson Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Hillenbrand Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hillenbrand Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Martha's Vineyard Boys & Girls Club Inc: 30% of income from government
- Martha's Vineyard Preservation Trust Inc: 4% of income from government
- Trustees of Boston College: 3% of income from government
- Sheriff's Meadow Foundation: 2% of income from government
How this is measured
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