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Hillsdale Fund at a glance

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Hillsdale Fund

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.5M
Granted FY2024still arriving
69
Grants FY2024still arriving
14
States reached
$100k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$2.3MArts & Culture$1.7MEnvironment$1.4MHuman Services$1.1MHealth$1.1MFood & Nutrition$509kYouth Development$443kPhilanthropy$419kOther$0
02FY2024 · 69 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k12 grants · $45k
  • $10k–50k49 grants · $898k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $515k
$15,000
Median grant
14
States reached
$29M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MEMPHIS INNER CITY RUGBY$100,000
WOODBERRY FOREST SCHOOL$80,000
BLUE SCHOLARS INITIATIVE INC$70,000
ALLIANCE FOR THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY$65,000
CURAMERICAS GLOBAL INC$50,000
CAMP HARBOUR VIEW FOUNDATION INC$50,000
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$50,000
SEATTLE AQUARIUM SOCIETY SEAS DBA SEATTLE AQUARIUM$50,000
BUSINESS OF ART CENTER DBA MANITOU ART CENTER$40,000
ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC$40,000
MOSES H CONE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OPERATING CORPORATION$31,000
DENSION UNIVERSITY$30,000
SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTE INC$30,000
GREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRY$30,000
TRIANGLE LAND CONSERVANCY INC$30,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $1.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 74% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%NEADS INC: $10k → 11%ST VINCENT'S HOUSE: $66k → 14%THE HUMAN SERVICES COUNCIL: $25k → 9%SAMARITAN COLONY INC: $14k → 23%BEL INIZIO INC: $15k → 16%ANNIE'S HOPE CENTER FOR GROWING AND HEALING: $25k → 12%IRENE WORTHAM RESIDENTIAL CENTER INC: $30k → 12%FAMILY SERVICE OF THE PIEDMONT INC: $25k → 16%GRACE CLINIC OF YADKIN VALLEY: $35k → 17%Charity Global Inc: $15k → 17%BEL INIZIO INC: $10k → 16%HEALTH IN THE HOOD INC: $20k → 15%YOUTH VILLAGES INC: $25k → 17%Springs Rescue Mission: $30k → 9%CHARITY GLOBAL INC: $15k → 17%STYLE SAVES INC: $30k → 15%Hearts of the Father Outreach Inc: $27k → 12%CHARITY GLOBAL INC: $10k → 17%BEL INIZIO INC: $10k → 16%HEARTS OF THE FATHER OUTREACH INC: $19k → 12%MONTROSE GRACE PLACE: $10k → 16%Bel Inizio Inc: $10k → 16%MIAMI DIAPER BANK INC: $10k → 15%URBAN MINISTRIES OF WAKE COUNTY: $15k → 8%MIAMI DIAPER BANK INC: $10k → 15%FAMILY SUPPORT NETWORK OF CENTRAL CAROLINA: $15k → 16%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREENSBORO INC: $50k → 16%BACKPACK BEGINNINGS: $40k → 16%ADULT CENTER FOR ENRICHMENT INC: $20k → 16%ADULT CENTER FOR ENRICHMENT INC: $15k → 16%RALEIGH RESCUE MISSION INC: $50k → 8%SEVEN HOMES INC: $15k → 16%AUTHORACARE COLLECTIVE: $25k → 16%TAMMY LYNN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $25k → 8%TAMMY LYNN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC: $20k → 8%WHEELS4HOPE: $30k → 8%YMCA OF THE TRIANGLE AREA INC: $32k → 8%THE GREEN CHAIR PROJECT INC: $20k → 8%DRESS FOR SUCCESS TRIANGLE NC: $15k → 8%DRESS FOR SUCCESS TRIANGLE NC: $15k → 8%GREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRY: $30k → 16%GREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRY: $30k → 16%GREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRY: $30k → 16%GREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRY: $25k → 16%GREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRY: $25k → 16%GREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRY: $25k → 16%GREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRY: $20k → 16%Greensboro Urban Ministry: $20k → 16%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

ME
WA
MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
OR
WY
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
MS
GA
TX
FL
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.

59%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.8M · 129 repeat orgs$4.7M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

129 repeat relationships: 32 still active in FY2024, 97 since wound down; 37 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

129
200

Total granted

$6.8M
$3.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+20%

Still filing today

84%
81%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $784k 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 & CultureHuman ServicesEnvironmentHealthFood & NutritionOther
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

  • WF
    WOODBERRY FOREST SCHOOL
    8× · 2017–2024 · $403k · revenue +47%
  • AF
    ALLIANCE FOR THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY
    5× · 2019–2024 · $275k · revenue +281%
  • GU
    GREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $205k · revenue +38%

Funded once

  • SV
    ST VINCENTS HOUSEgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $66k · revenue +225%
  • TS
    THE SOFT POWER HEALTH TRUST
    one grant, 2020 · $58k · revenue -5%
  • BC
    BERKSHIRE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
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
Nashville Public Radio

Nashville public radio's mission is to be the most trusted & independent nashville voice, connecting our communities through non-partisan journalism, compelling storytelling, civil conversation and music discovery.

Arts & Culture
2
Children's Home Society of North Carolina Inc

The Children's Home Society of North Carolina's mission is to promote the right of every child to a permanent, safe, and loving family.

Human Services
3
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
4
Three Rivers Land Trust Inc

Protect and conserve land, natural areas, rural landscapes, family farms and historic places within north carolina's heartland

Environment
5
Foundation for the Carolinas

Inspiring philanthropy and strengthening our region through innovative community initiatives and quality services to donors and constituents.

Philanthropy
6
Greater Winston-Salem Development Corp

To recruit new businesses to winston-salem and forsyth county in order to facilitate growth and economic diversification in the area.

Community Improvement
7
Research Triangle Regional Partnership

The research triangle regional partnership is an association of area economic development agencies dedicated to keeping the research triangle region economically strong by collectively marketing the region's competitive advantages and…

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8
North Carolina Conservation Network

The north carolina conservation network supports, trains, and coordinates diverse groups and directly advocates to achieve equitable and sustainable solutions for our environment.

Environment
9
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
10
Eastern National

Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.

Recreation & Sports
11
Mcnc

To provide advanced electronic and information technologies to the nc education community, public health, and government agencies and to benefit economic development in nc.

Science & Tech
12
North Carolina Chamber

The organization is a proactive, nonpartisan business advocacy organization. the organization works in the legislative, regulatory and political arenas to proactively drive positive change to ensure that north carolina is a leading place…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Foundation Medici Endowment Fund. 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

308 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 308 of the 376 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.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
81
Early backer (in before they grew)
303/308
Grantees still filing
212/308
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WOODBERRY FOREST SCHOOL: $402,500 · EducationWOODBERRY FOREST SCHOOLDENISON UNIVERSITY: $120,000 · EducationDENISON UNIVERSITYDavidson College: $120,000 · EducationDavidson CollegeGranville Athletic Boosters: $100,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE: $100,000 · EducationSAINT MARYS SCHOOL: $90,000 · EducationOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $87,500 · EducationTHE WEBB SCHOOL: $87,000 · EducationGUILFORD COLLEGE: $80,000 · EducationFRANKLIN CENTER: $75,000 · Education+22 more: $824,793 · Education+22 moreUNITED WAY OF GREATER GREENSBORO INC: $178,000 · OtherIMPACT GLOBAL HEALTH ALLIANCE: $125,000 · Other+84 more: $3,348,684 · Other+84 moreTHE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC: $205,000 · Arts & CultureTHE ROCK AND …LOCUST PROJECTS INC: $110,000 · Arts & CultureLOCUST PROJEC…CONCRETE COUCH: $108,500 · Arts & CultureCONCRETE COUC…THE FOUNTAINHEAD RESIDENCY INC: $65,000 · Arts & CultureTHE FOUNTAINH…NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES: $55,000 · Arts & CultureSANDHILLS FAMILY HERITAGE ASSOCIATION: $50,000 · Arts & CultureTHE MARITIME AQUARIUM AT NORWALK INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF THE NC STATE MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES: $50,000 · Arts & CultureCapital City Symphony: $50,000 · Arts & CultureREYNOLDA HOUSE INC: $45,000 · Arts & CultureNORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF LIFE & SCIENCE INC: $40,000 · Arts & CultureTHE NATURAL SCIENCE CENTER OF GREENSBORO INC DBA GREENSBORO SCIENCE CENTER: $40,000 · Arts & Culture+12 more: $304,500 · Arts & Culture+12 moreGREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRY: $205,000 · Human ServicesGREENSBORO …ST VINCENTS HOUSE: $66,047 · Human ServicesST VINCENTS…STYLE SAVES INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesYoung Men's Christian Association of Greensboro Inc: $50,000 · Human ServicesTHE RALEIGH RESCUE MISSION INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesHEARTS OF THE FATHER OUTREACH INC: $46,250 · Human ServicesTAMMY LYNN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC: $45,000 · Human ServicesBEL INIZIO INC: $45,000 · Human ServicesCHARITY GLOBAL INC: $40,000 · Human ServicesBACKPACK BEGINNINGS: $40,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY SERVICE OF THE PIEDMONT INC: $35,000 · Human ServicesGrace Clinic of Yadkin Valley: $35,000 · Human ServicesAdult Center for Enrichment Inc: $35,000 · Human Services+10 more: $272,000 · Human Services+10 moreLAND TRUST ALLIANCE INC: $115,000 · EnvironmentLAND TRUST…CLEAN MIAMI BEACH INC: $100,000 · EnvironmentCLEAN MIAM…COALITIONS & COLLABORATIVES INC: $98,000 · EnvironmentCOALITIONS…SEAL HARBOR VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY INC: $80,000 · EnvironmentSEAL HARBO…Blue Scholars Initiative Inc: $70,000 · EnvironmentBlue Schol…Natural Resources Council of Maine Inc: $65,000 · EnvironmentNatural Re…Maine Coast Heritage Trust: $50,000 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF THE YAMPA INC: $44,000 · EnvironmentWATERSHED NOW INC aka Watershed NOW aka Friends of Big Elkin Creek: $42,000 · EnvironmentCOALITION FOR THE UPPER SOUTH PLATTE: $36,000 · Environment+10 more: $245,000 · Environment+10 moreMOSES H CONE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OPERATING CORPORATION: $81,000 · HealthMEDIC ONE FOUNDATION: $65,000 · HealthTHE SOFT POWER HEALTH TRUST: $57,875 · HealthBASIC HEALTH INTERNATIONAL INC: $50,000 · HealthSPECIAL KIDS INC: $45,661 · HealthHEALING TRANSITIONS INC: $40,000 · HealthHAVEN HOUSE INC: $38,522 · HealthRonald McDonald House Charities of Western Washington & Alaska: $35,000 · HealthNorwalk Hospital Foundation: $30,090 · HealthCraig Hospital Foundation: $30,000 · HealthTHE APHASIA PROJECT: $20,000 · HealthALLIANCE FOR THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY: $275,000 · Community ImprovementTHE PLAINS COMMUNITY LEAGUE: $52,500 · Community ImprovementPROJECT ANGEL HEART: $35,000 · Community ImprovementVIRGINIA ORGANIZING INC: $29,000 · Community Improvement
Education$2,086,793Other$3,651,684Arts & Culture$1,173,000Human Services$1,014,297Environment$945,000Health$493,148Community Improvement$391,500

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%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWOODBERRY FOREST SCHOOL: $402,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetALLIANCE FOR THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY: $275,000 over 5y, 12% of budgetGREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRY: $205,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetTHE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC: $205,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER GREENSBORO INC: $178,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetIMPACT GLOBAL HEALTH ALLIANCE: $125,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetDENISON UNIVERSITY: $120,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDavidson College: $120,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetADARA DEVELOPMENT (USA): $116,300 over 3y, 8.2% of budgetLAND TRUST ALLIANCE INC: $115,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetLOCUST PROJECTS INC: $110,000 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetCONCRETE COUCH: $108,500 over 4y, 18% of budgetGranville Athletic Boosters: $100,000 over 2y, 7.7% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCLEAN MIAMI BEACH INC: $100,000 over 4y, 29% of budgetMemphis Inner City Rugby: $100,000 over 1y, 9.4% of budgetCOALITIONS & COLLABORATIVES INC: $98,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetSAINT MARYS SCHOOL: $90,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $87,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WEBB SCHOOL: $87,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetWINDY HILL FOUNDATION INC: $85,000 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetMOSES H CONE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OPERATING CORPORATION: $81,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER: $80,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFAUQUIER FREE CLINIC INC: $80,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetGUILFORD COLLEGE: $80,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSEAL HARBOR VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY INC: $80,000 over 8y, 9.3% of budgetFRANKLIN CENTER: $75,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER GREENSBORO INC: $75,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPartner for People and Place Inc: $73,225 over 2y, 31% of budgetBlue Scholars Initiative Inc: $70,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetST VINCENTS HOUSE: $66,047 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetColumbus School for Girls: $66,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNatural Resources Council of Maine Inc: $65,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetTHE FOUNTAINHEAD RESIDENCY INC: $65,000 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetMEDIC ONE FOUNDATION: $65,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetSPARK THE JOURNEY: $60,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetTHE SOFT POWER HEALTH TRUST: $57,875 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC: $56,409 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetUNC HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $55,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES: $55,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PLAINS COMMUNITY LEAGUE: $52,500 over 4y, 15% of budgetSTYLE SAVES INC: $50,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetNORTH SHORE TENNIS AND FITNESS: $50,000 over 1y, 58% of budgetHOSPICE OF WAKE COUNTY INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Greensboro Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE RALEIGH RESCUE MISSION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetFoxcroft School: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSANDHILLS FAMILY HERITAGE ASSOCIATION: $50,000 over 1y, 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.

Triangle Community Fo…The Cannon Foundation…Community Foundation …Tannenbaum-Sternberge…Aj Fletcher FoundationJohn William Pope Fou…The Cemala Foundation…W Trent Ragland Jr Fo…North Carolina Commun…United Way of the Gre…The Leon Levine Found…Moses H Cone Memorial…
Triangle Community Foundation IncNC70.7× affinity53 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Triangle Community Foundation Inc · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro Inc · Tannenbaum-Sternberger Foundation Inc · Aj Fletcher Foundation · John William Pope Foundation · The Cemala Foundation Inc · W Trent Ragland Jr Foundation · North Carolina Community Foundation · United Way of the Greater Triangle Inc · The Leon Levine Foundation · Moses H Cone Memorial Hospital Operating Corporation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Chesapeake Bay Trust: 100% of income from government
  • Chesapeake Conservancy Inc: 27% of income from government
  • Human Services Council Inc: 27% of income from government
  • The Sundari Foundation Inc: 5% of income from government
  • The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Nantucket Conservation Foundation Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston College: 3% of income from government
  • The Fountainhead Residency Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Family Promise Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Camillus House Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Camp Harbor View Foundation Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Health in the Hood Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
70report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Hillsdale Fund?

Find your warmest path to Hillsdale Fund 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 376 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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