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Hillman Family Foundations

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$89M
Granted FY2024still arriving
814
Grants FY2024still arriving
25
States reached
$5.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$77MCommunity Improvement$74MArts & Culture$66MHealth$65MHuman Services$31MHousing & Shelter$24MEmployment$17MEnvironment$15MOther$0
02FY2024 · 814 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k187 grants · $561k
  • $10k–50k366 grants · $6.9M
  • $50k–250k189 grants · $19M
  • $250k+72 grants · $62M
$20,000
Median grant
25
States reached
$1.9B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CARNEGIE INSTITUTETHE ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM$5,000,000
CARNEGIE INSTITUTETHE ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM$3,000,000
EYE & EAR FOUNDATION INC$3,000,000
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE$3,000,000
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH$2,000,000
RIDC REGIONAL GROWTH FUND$2,000,000
THE PITTSBURGH TRUST FOR CULTURAL RESOURCES$2,000,000
CARNEGIE INSTITUTECARNEGIE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY$2,000,000
CARLOW UNIVERSITY$2,000,000
NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND$2,000,000
INNOVATEPGH PARTNERSHIP$1,750,000
CARNEGIE INSTITUTETHE ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM$1,500,000
AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER$1,500,000
THREE RIVERS MOTHERS MILK BANK$1,400,000
NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIES INC$1,400,000
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 (FY20–24, $36.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CASA SAN JOSE: $350k → 11%FAYETTE COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY INC: $500k → 17%SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA PARTNERSHIP FOR AGING: $300k → 9%SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA PARTNERSHIP FOR AGING: $300k → 9%WASHINGTON CITY MISSION INC: $500k → 12%SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA PARTNERSHIP FOR AGING: $250k → 9%SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA PARTNERSHIP FOR AGING: $250k → 9%SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA PARTNERSHIP FOR AGING: $250k → 9%ADELPHOI USA INC: $250k → 10%PRESBYTERIAN SENIORCARE NETWORK: $500k → 11%NEW SUN RISING: $500k → 11%NEW SUN RISING: $250k → 11%NEW SUN RISING: $250k → 11%NEW SUN RISING: $250k → 11%NEW SUN RISING: $250k → 11%HOLY FAMILY INSTITUTE: $250k → 11%HUMAN SERVICES CENTER CORPORATION: $250k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDRENS SERVICE: $400k → 11%LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC: $800k → 11%VINTAGE: $500k → 11%EAST END COOPERATIVE MINISTRY: $300k → 11%LATINO COMMUNITY CENTER: $285k → 11%FAMILYLINKS INC: $250k → 11%JEREMIAH'S PLACE - PITTSBURGH RELIEF NURSERY: $250k → 11%JUST MEDIATION PITTSBURGH: $1.3M → 11%YMCA OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $500k → 11%REIMAGINE REENTRY INC: $450k → 11%REIMAGINE REENTRY INC: $400k → 11%FOUNDATION OF HOPE INC: $250k → 11%CITY OF ASYLUM PITTSBURGH: $250k → 11%JASMINE NYREE HOME: $350k → 11%PITTSBURGH MINORITY BUSINESS ACCELERATOR: $455k → 11%COMMUNITY HUMAN SERVICES CORPORATION: $400k → 11%COMMUNITY HUMAN SERVICES CORPORATION: $400k → 11%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF PITTSBURGH INC: $295k → 11%URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $250k → 11%LOCALLY GROWN: $1.0M → 11%LOCALLY GROWN: $300k → 11%NORTH SIDE PARTNERSHIP PROJECT: $250k → 11%PITTSBURGH MINORITY BUSINESS ACCELERATOR: $750k → 11%PITTSBURGH MINORITY BUSINESS ACCELERATOR: $750k → 11%CITIZEN SCIENCE LAB: $1.0M → 11%BETHLEHEM HAVEN OF PITTSBURGH: $975k → 11%SECOND AVENUE COMMONS INC: $500k → 11%REIMAGINE REENTRY INC: $500k → 11%BETHLEHEM HAVEN OF PITTSBURGH: $450k → 11%JUBILEE ASSOCIATION INC: $350k → 11%JUBILEE ASSOCIATION INC: $250k → 11%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.

Which US states its grants reach

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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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$378M · 778 repeat orgs$51M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

778 repeat relationships: 460 still active in FY2024, 318 since wound down; 151 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

778
424

Total granted

$378M
$41M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+15%

Still filing today

92%
72%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9.8M went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthEducationEnvironmentCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • CM
    Carnegie Mellon University
    5× · 2020–2024 · $26M · revenue +35%
  • EA
    EYE AND EAR FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $25M · revenue +158% · 69% of their budget
  • UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
    5× · 2020–2024 · $16M · revenue +26%

Funded once

  • CL
    CINNAIRE LENDING CORPORATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $5.0M · revenue +52% · 39% of their budget
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTEDBA UPMC HILLMAN CANCER CENTER
    one grant, 2020 · $3.0M
  • RO
    RIVERS OF STEEL HERITAGE CORPORATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $3.0M · revenue +73% · 47% of their budget
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
Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation

Pidc plans and implements economic development initiatives (see schedule o) which enhance the competitive environment, generate jobs and produce higher tax ratables throughout philadelphia.

Community Improvement
2
Pittsburgh Entertainment Project

To create a vibrant, responsible, and sustainable film and digital media sector in southwestern pennsylvania.

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3
Philadelphia Contemporary

We connect the people and places of philadelphia through art and partnership. the organization is a free-standing platform that endeavors to show forward-thinking, high-quality contemporary visual and performance art in the city. the…

Human Services
4
Portland Business Alliance

To ensure economic prosperity in the portland region by providing strong leadership, partnership, and programs that encourage business growth and vitality.

Community Improvement
5
Pidc Development Management Corporation

Pidc dmc administers and coordinates various development projects for the city and other not-for-profit entities.

Community Improvement
6
Philadelphia Works Inc

Philadelphia works, inc. develops and manages smart workforce solutions that respond to business needs and increases economic opportunity for all philadelphia residents.

Employment
7
United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey

United way's mission is to end intergenerational poverty in our region by harnessing, leveraging and strategically investing the collective power of donors, advocates and volunteers, to help individuals and families break the cycle of…

Philanthropy
8
Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation

Visit philadelphia is our name and our mission. as the region's official tourism marketing agency, we build greater philadelphia's image, drive visitation and boost the economy.

Community Improvement
9
Association for Public Art

The association for public art (apa, formerly the fairmount park art association) commissions, preserves, interprets and promotes public art in philadelphia. dedicated to creating a museum without walls that informs, engages and inspires…

Arts & Culture
10
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
11
Association of Washington Cities

The association of washington cities builds connections between our state's diverse cities and towns, while providing our members with the support needed to thrive through delivery of data-driven education, nationally recognized pooling…

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12
Partnership for Public Service Inc

Making our government work better is a daunting task, and we are a small organization seeking to transform a government that employs millions of civilians and manages trillions of dollars in taxpayer revenue needed to protect public…

Employment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh; the most unlike its peers is Christophers Kitchen. 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

1195 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. 1195 of the 1,374 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.

107
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
256
Early backer (in before they grew)
1183/1195
Grantees still filing
807/1195
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Carnegie Mellon University: $25,962,750 · OtherCarnegie Mellon UniversityCARNEGIE INSTITUTETHE ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM: $15,104,344 · OtherCARNEGIE INSTITUTETHE ANDY WARHOL MUSEUMUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE: $12,056,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTEHILL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $7,035,000 · Other+83 more: $85,801,905 · Other+83 moreNEIGHBORHOOD ALLIES INC: $6,555,850 · Community ImprovementNEIGHBORHOOD A…BRIDGEWAY CAPITAL INC: $5,300,000 · Community ImprovementBRIDGEWAY CAPI…INNOVATEPGH PARTNERSHIP: $4,475,000 · Community ImprovementINNOVATEPGH PA…MON VALLEY INITIATIVE: $3,200,000 · Community ImprovementMON VALLEY INI…The Greenwood Plan: $2,325,000 · Community ImprovementThe Greenwood …NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND: $2,075,000 · Community ImprovementCatapult Greater Pittsburgh: $2,000,500 · Community ImprovementTHE RIDC REGIONAL GROWTH FUND: $2,000,000 · Community ImprovementTRWIB INC: $1,800,000 · Community ImprovementPITTSBURGH DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP: $1,777,500 · Community ImprovementTHRILL MILL INC: $1,680,000 · Community ImprovementBIKE SHARE PITTSBURGH INC: $1,550,000 · Community Improvement+12 more: $8,420,450 · Community Improvement+12 moreAFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER: $6,876,000 · Arts & CultureAFRICAN AMERI…PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST: $6,718,000 · Arts & CulturePITTSBURGH CU…CARNEGIE INSTITUTE: $4,550,695 · Arts & CultureCARNEGIE INST…PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY INC: $3,149,500 · Arts & CulturePITTSBURGH SY…RIVERS OF STEEL HERITAGE CORPORATION: $3,000,000 · Arts & CultureRIVERS OF STE…CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH: $2,650,000 · Arts & CultureCHILDREN'S MU…MANCHESTER CRAFTSMEN'S GUILD: $2,405,000 · Arts & CultureMANCHESTER CR…PITTSBURGH GLASS CENTER INC: $1,737,500 · Arts & Culture+15 more: $10,338,690 · Arts & Culture+15 moreEYE AND EAR FOUNDATION: $25,050,250 · HealthEYE AND EAR …Primary Care Health Services Inc: $3,150,000 · HealthPrimary Care…SOUTHWEST PA AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTR: $1,550,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $1,545,000 · Health+7 more: $5,345,750 · Health+7 moreUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $15,691,522 · EducationUNIVERSITY…DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: $5,380,475 · EducationDUQUESNE U…STEEL CITY SQUASH INC: $2,215,000 · EducationSTEEL CITY…CARLOW UNIVERSITY: $2,195,000 · EducationCARLOW UNI…President and Fellows of Middlebury College: $1,180,000 · Education+10 more: $6,806,000 · Education+10 moreNEW SUN RISING: $2,570,100 · Human ServicesNEW SUN R…PITTSBURGH MINORITY BUSINESS ACCELERATOR: $1,955,000 · Human ServicesPITTSBURG…LOCALLY GROWN: $1,560,000 · Human ServicesLOCALLY G…REIMAGINE REENTRY INC: $1,550,000 · Human ServicesREIMAGINE…SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA PARTNERSHIP FOR AGING: $1,550,000 · Human ServicesSOUTHWEST…BETHLEHEM HAVEN OF PITTSBURGH: $1,425,000 · Human ServicesJUST MEDIATION PITTSBURGH: $1,350,000 · Human ServicesTHE CITIZEN SCIENCE LAB: $1,200,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY HUMAN SERVICES CORPORATION: $1,061,000 · Human ServicesMERAKEY ALLEGHENY VALLEY SCHOOL: $1,040,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF PITTSBURGH: $960,500 · Human Services+21 more: $11,734,035 · Human Services+21 moreCINNAIRE LENDING CORPORATION: $5,000,000 · Housing & ShelterALLEGHENY COUNCIL TO IMPROVE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS-HOUSING INCORPORATED: $4,136,500 · Housing & ShelterRISING TIDE PARTNERS: $3,000,000 · Housing & ShelterCity of Bridges CLT: $1,250,000 · Housing & ShelterDOLLAR ENERGY FUND INC: $1,151,650 · Housing & ShelterMCKEES ROCKS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $900,000 · Housing & ShelterREBUILDING TOGETHER PITTSBURGH: $745,000 · Housing & Shelter+1 more: $500,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$145,959,999Community Improvement$43,159,300Arts & Culture$41,425,385Health$36,641,000Education$33,467,997Human Services$27,955,635Housing & Shelter$16,683,150

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetCarnegie Mellon University: $25,962,750 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetEYE AND EAR FOUNDATION: $25,050,250 over 5y, 69% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $15,691,522 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHILL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $7,035,000 over 4y, 52% of budgetAFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER: $6,876,000 over 5y, 32% of budgetPITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST: $6,718,000 over 5y, 3.3% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD ALLIES INC: $6,555,850 over 5y, 22% of budgetDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: $5,380,475 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetBRIDGEWAY CAPITAL INC: $5,300,000 over 5y, 13% of budgetCINNAIRE LENDING CORPORATION: $5,000,000 over 1y, 39% of budgetCARNEGIE INSTITUTE: $4,550,695 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetINNOVATEPGH PARTNERSHIP: $4,475,000 over 5y, 55% of budgetALLEGHENY COUNCIL TO IMPROVE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS-HOUSING INCORPORATED: $4,136,500 over 5y, 3.3% of budgetNORTHSIDE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY: $3,419,000 over 5y, 95% of budgetALLEGHENY CONFERENCE ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $3,224,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetMON VALLEY INITIATIVE: $3,200,000 over 3y, 18% of budgetPrimary Care Health Services Inc: $3,150,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetPITTSBURGH SYMPHONY INC: $3,149,500 over 5y, 5.0% of budgetRISING TIDE PARTNERS: $3,000,000 over 2y, 59% of budgetRIVERS OF STEEL HERITAGE CORPORATION: $3,000,000 over 1y, 47% of budgetCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH: $2,650,000 over 3y, 10% of budgetNEW SUN RISING: $2,570,100 over 4y, 27% of budgetTHE PITTSBURGH PROMISE FOUNDATION: $2,500,100 over 2y, 31% of budgetMANCHESTER CRAFTSMEN'S GUILD: $2,405,000 over 3y, 47% of budgetThe Greenwood Plan: $2,325,000 over 2y, 83% of budgetPOISE FOUNDATION: $2,292,100 over 4y, 9.0% of budgetSTEEL CITY SQUASH INC: $2,215,000 over 5y, 17% of budgetCARLOW UNIVERSITY: $2,195,000 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND: $2,075,000 over 2y, 38% of budgetTHREE RIVERS MOTHERS MILK BANK D/B/A MID-ATLANTIC MOTHERS' MILK BANK: $2,020,400 over 2y, 35% of budgetCatapult Greater Pittsburgh: $2,000,500 over 4y, 26% of budgetZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF PITTSBURGH: $2,000,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetTHE RIDC REGIONAL GROWTH FUND: $2,000,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetPITTSBURGH MINORITY BUSINESS ACCELERATOR: $1,955,000 over 3y, 94% of budgetTRWIB INC: $1,800,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetPITTSBURGH DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP: $1,777,500 over 5y, 9.3% of budgetPITTSBURGH GLASS CENTER INC: $1,737,500 over 5y, 14% of budgetTHRILL MILL INC: $1,680,000 over 5y, 40% of budgetWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVANCY: $1,661,144 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetTHE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $1,607,600 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetRIVERLIFE: $1,576,500 over 5y, 16% of budgetLOCALLY GROWN: $1,560,000 over 4y, 37% of budgetSOUTHWEST PA AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTR: $1,550,000 over 3y, 73% of budgetBIKE SHARE PITTSBURGH INC: $1,550,000 over 4y, 31% of budgetREIMAGINE REENTRY INC: $1,550,000 over 4y, 53% of budgetSOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA PARTNERSHIP FOR AGING: $1,550,000 over 5y, 87% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $1,545,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $1,444,000 over 4y, 11% 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.

The Heinz EndowmentsRichard King Mellon F…The Grable FoundationMcCune Foundation Pnc…The Buhl FoundationEden Hall FoundationOpportunity FoundationStaunton Farm Foundat…The Jack Buncher Foun…The Pittsburgh Founda…The United Way of Sou…The Fine Foundation
The Heinz EndowmentsPA264.3× affinity280 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Heinz Endowments · Richard King Mellon Foundation · The Grable Foundation · McCune Foundation Pnc Bank Na · The Buhl Foundation · Eden Hall Foundation · Opportunity Foundation · Staunton Farm Foundation 540-054 Dba Staunton Farm Foundation · The Jack Buncher Foundation · The Pittsburgh Foundation · The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · The Fine Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • President and Fellows of Middlebury College: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
86report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.
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Find your warmest path to Hillman Family Foundations 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 1374 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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