Minnesota · Private foundation
Hillswood 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.
- $169k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2024
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $17,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $34,300
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Hillswood Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 9 | $169k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $382k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $400k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $400k | 15% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $271k | 18% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $175k | 11% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $160k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| DePauw University | $928,050 | 7 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities | $253,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Indiana Historical Society | $203,750 | 7 | 1% |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | $92,775 | 5 | 0% |
| Feed My Starving Children Inc | $90,175 | 7 | 0% |
| Youth Investment Foundation | $87,275 | 7 | 0% |
| Beyond Our Door | $53,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Microgrants | $41,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Twin Cities Rise | $40,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Jeremiah Program | $39,000 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| DePauw University | $928,050 | 7 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities | $253,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Indiana Historical Society | $203,750 | 7 | 1% |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | $92,775 | 5 | 0% |
| Feed My Starving Children Inc | $90,175 | 7 | 0% |
| Youth Investment Foundation | $87,275 | 7 | 0% |
| Beyond Our Door | $53,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Microgrants | $41,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Twin Cities Rise | $40,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Jeremiah Program | $39,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Sun Valley Film Festival Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Books for Africa Inc | $29,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Ketchum Community Development Corporation | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($63k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Hillswood Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Hillswood Foundation
- How much does Hillswood Foundation give?
- Hillswood Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $169,300 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Hillswood Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (47%), Youth Development (17%), Arts & Culture (15%).
- Who are Hillswood Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: DePauw University ($928k), Boys and Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities ($253k), Indiana Historical Society ($204k).
- Does Hillswood Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Hillswood Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Hillswood Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, The Minneapolis Foundation, Mightycause Charitable Foundation.
- Where is Hillswood Foundation based?
- Hillswood Foundation is based in MN.
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