· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k1 grant · $8k
- $10k–50k8 grants · $162k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| DEPAUW UNIVERSITY | $34,300 |
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE TWIN CITIES | $27,000 |
| INDIANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY | $25,000 |
| NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY | $17,000 |
| BEYOND OUR DOOR | $17,000 |
| TIMBER BAY - YOUTH INVESTMENT FDN | $17,000 |
| SUNVALLEY SUMMER SYMPHONY MUSIC FESTIVAL | $12,500 |
| FEED MY STARVING CHILDREN | $12,000 |
| BOOKS FOR AFRICA INC | $7,500 |
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 (FY18–24, $87k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 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
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 +42% since the first grant, against -74% for those funded once.
13 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down.
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 FY2024, 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
Backed again, and grew
DePauw University7× · 2018–2024 · $928k · revenue +31%- BABOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE TWIN CITIES7× · 2018–2024 · $253k · revenue +49%
- IHINDIANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY7× · 2018–2024 · $204k · revenue +91%
Funded once
- NMNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSISone grant, 2018 · $10k
- KCKETCHUM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONone grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue -74%
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.
Minnesota state college southeast foundation assists the college in achieving excellence in technical education for employment by developing financial and community resources for students, employers, and communities within our service area.
The organization's mission is to bring stakeholders together to promote prosperity and long-term growth of minnesota's economy.
The minnesota chamber of commerce proactively leads the business community statewide to: advance pro-business, responsible minnesota public policy that creates jobs and grows the econony; provde member services to address evolving business…
Mity's mission is to inspire and challenge intellectually curious students to pursue their passions within a diverse, inclusive community and empower them by building skills and relationships for lifelong success.
The minnesota business partnership's mission is to maintain a high quality of life for all minnesotans by ensuring that the state's economy remains strong, globally competitive and its prospects for growth bright by working with elected…
Grow businesses, build wealth and increase reinvestement in the african communities of minnesota
The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.
Mn community measurement empowers stakeholders with meaningful information to drive improvement.
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…
Fisk university produces graduates from diverse backgrounds with the integrity and intellect required for substantive contributions to society. our curriculum is grounded in the liberal arts. our faculty and administrators emphasize the…
To assist individuals in developing their ability to earn and become contributing citizens in their community. we support the development of self sufficiency in every person regardless of background, economic status, or level of ability.…
Mcad provides a transformative education within a community of support for creative students of all backgrounds to work, collaborate, and lead with confidence in a dynamic, interconnected world.
How this is measured
13 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. 13 of the 15 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 DePauw University ↗
- Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE TWIN CITIES ↗
- Who funds INDIANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds FEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC ↗
- Who funds YOUTH INVESTMENT FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds BEYOND OUR DOOR ↗
- Who funds MICROGRANTS ↗
- Who funds Twin Cities Rise ↗
- Who funds JEREMIAH PROGRAM ↗
- Who funds SUN VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL INC ↗
- Who funds BOOKS FOR AFRICA INC ↗
- Who funds KETCHUM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Hillswood Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hillswood Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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