· Private foundation
Hillquist Irrevocable Family Foundation Trust
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, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k16 grants · $17k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $48k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $192k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF BRANCH COUNTY | $82,099 |
| FAMILIES FORWARD MICHIGAN INC | $60,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - ROSS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS | $50,000 |
| MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY SOCIAL WORK | $26,500 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - ENGINEERING | $21,800 |
| CRYSTAL COMMUNITY SKI CLUB | $5,000 |
| TIBBETS ENDOWMENT FUND | $2,500 |
| COGNITION | $2,000 |
| COLDWATER BAND BOOSTERS | $1,000 |
| KIWANIS CHILDRENS FUND | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| CHS NATIONAL ART HONOR SOCIETY | $1,000 |
| BRANCH COUNTY LITERACY COUNCIL | $1,000 |
| THE ARMY OF SURVIVORS | $840 |
| TIBBETS OPERA HOUSE FOUNDATION | $750 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–23, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those 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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +45% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.
38 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2025, 23 since wound down; 6 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, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $52k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CMChildrens Museum of Branch County Inc8× · 2018–2025 · $317k · revenue +53% · 49% of their budget
- CCCRYSTAL COMMUNITY SKI CLUB4× · 2022–2025 · $18k · revenue +87%
- BABENZIE AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY8× · 2017–2024 · $8k · revenue +515%
Funded once
- MKMICHIGAN KINSHIP CARE COALITIONone grant, 2022 · $10k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2022 · $10k
- I1ISAIAH 11 HOUSE CALHOUN COUNTYone grant, 2023 · $10k
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.
We advocate and facilitate the development of a network of multipurpose recreational trails in Northern Lower Michigan.
To preserve the knowledge, skills and technology involved with the maintenance and operation of steam locomotives and to educate the public about the enormous impact that these machines had in the economic development of owosso and the…
To protect scenic and natural lands in northern Michigan.
The Historical Society of Michigan will foster in citizens a deeper understanding of and appreciation for all Michigan history through programs and publications; preserve and promote Michigan history through conferences, publications,…
To educate the public on the history of Manistee County
Education the museum functions as a time capsule using everday object and images to tell stories collected from the daily lives of the men, women, and families who built our community. the museum allows visitors to re-connect with the…
To preserve, record and maintain the historical information of the area between michigan's upper and lower peninsulas, known as michilimackinac.
Promoting the knowledge and appreciation of the local heritage among the citizens of frankenmuth, michigan.
The beaver island historical society has a mission to "share and preserve the unique history of beaver island and the archipelago". we advance our mission through well maintained collections and well-articulated exhibits in our clean and…
To preserve, restore, and maintain the buildings and grounds known as crisp point lighthouse located on county road 412, mcmillan township, luce county, michigan.
To promote bicycling and the rights of bicyclists on the roadways in michigan.
How this is measured
19 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. 19 of the 65 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 Childrens Museum of Branch County Inc ↗
- Who funds Kettering University ↗
- Who funds CRYSTAL COMMUNITY SKI CLUB ↗
- Who funds READERS ARE LEADERS ↗
- Who funds BENZIE AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds COGNITION ↗
- Who funds MUNSON HEALTHCARE FOUNDATIONS ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE BETSIE VALLEY TRAIL ↗
- Who funds THOMPSONVILLE AREA REVITALIZATION PROJEC ↗
- Who funds BENZIE SENIOR RESOURCES ↗
- Who funds INLAND SEAS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds BENZIE CENTRAL SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds BENZIE COUNTY COMMUNITY CHEST ↗
- Who funds KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
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: Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation · The Art and Mary Schmuckal Family Foundation · The Seabury Foundation · Rotary Charities of Traverse City · Herbert H and Barbara C Dow Foundation · Oleson Foundation · The Broad Family Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Hillquist Irrevocable Family Foundation Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hillquist Irrevocable Family Foundation Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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