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Hilltop 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.

$1.1M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
64
Grants FY2024
34
Organizations funded FY2023
18%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$15,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$60,000
Organizations funded a year
28 to 34
FY2022 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
13
Total assets, FY2024
$3.7M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 18% of the organizations Hilltop Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.

The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving64$1.1M52%
FY202334$200k18%
FY202228$200kn/a
93% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Health$532kHuman Services$362kReligion$153kPhilanthropy$83kAnimals$74kArts & Culture$68kHousing & Shelter$55kYouth Development$43kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
NH
IL
NY
MA
NV
IN
CT
CA
CO
KY
VA
GA

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Hilltop Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Valley Health Foundation (Vhf)$110,00031%
Faith Communications Corp$80,00032%
In the Waiting$70,0003n/a
Nathan Adelson Hospice Inc$60,00030%
Community Health Alliance$55,10930%
Northern Nevada HIV Outpatient Program Education and Services$54,00030%
United Methodist Memorial Home$50,00010%
Fresnos Chaffee Zoo Corporation$50,00010%
Pahrump Senior Center Inc$35,0003n/a
Bill Wilson Center$35,00030%
Domestic Violence Resource Center$32,00031%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$25,99830%
Sierra Mono Museum$25,0001n/a
Kqed Inc$25,00020%
Veterans Guest House Inc$22,00021%
American Lung Association$20,00010%
Covenant House$20,00010%
American Cancer Society Inc$20,00010%
The Kelly S Brush Foundation Inc$20,00011%
Planned Parenthood Mar Monte Inc$20,00010%
Vera Institute of Justice Inc$20,00010%
Marjaree Mason Center Inc$17,50030%
Eddy House$15,49820%
Trauma Intervention Programs Inc$15,00012%
Fresno Ideaworks$15,00035%
New Hampshire Children's Trust Inc$15,00010%
Poverello House$15,00030%
Abode Services$15,00030%
Nike Animal Rescue Foundation$14,24919%
Hospice of Santa Cruz County$10,00010%
Colby-Sawyer College$9,00030%
Nevada Public Radio$7,50010%
Food Bank of Northern Nevada Inc$5,50010%
Tails Of Nye County Inc$5,0003n/a
Homefirst Services of Santa Clara County$5,00010%
Reno-Sparks Gospel Mission Incorporated$5,0001n/a
Tu Casa Latina$4,00021%
Channel 5 Public Broadcasting Inc$3,00010%
National Pony Express Corporation$2,50012%
Center for Adaptive Riding$2,50011%
Nevada Humane Society$2,50010%
Never Forgotten Animal Society Inc$2,50021%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($448k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Hilltop Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetValley Health Foundation (Vhf): $110,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetFaith Communications Corp: $80,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetNathan Adelson Hospice Inc: $60,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCommunity Health Alliance: $55,109 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNorthern Nevada HIV Outpatient Program Education and Services: $54,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Methodist Memorial Home: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFresnos Chaffee Zoo Corporation: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBill Wilson Center: $35,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDomestic Violence Resource Center: $32,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $25,998 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKqed Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVeterans Guest House Inc: $22,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetAmerican Lung Association: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCovenant House: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Kelly S Brush Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Mar Monte Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVera Institute of Justice Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMarjaree Mason Center Inc: $17,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetEddy House: $15,498 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTrauma Intervention Programs Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetFresno Ideaworks: $15,000 over 3y, 4.9% of budgetNew Hampshire Children's Trust Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPoverello House: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAbode Services: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNike Animal Rescue Foundation: $14,249 over 1y, 9.4% of budgetHospice of Santa Cruz County: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetColby-Sawyer College: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNevada Public Radio: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFood Bank of Northern Nevada Inc: $5,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHomefirst Services of Santa Clara County: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTu Casa Latina: $4,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetChannel 5 Public Broadcasting Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNational Pony Express Corporation: $2,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetCenter for Adaptive Riding: $2,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetNevada Humane Society: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNever Forgotten Animal Society Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 37.

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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.

NV Energy Charitable FoundationNV23.7× affinity9 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: NV Energy Charitable Foundation · Robert Z Hawkins Foundation · Community Foundation of Northern Nevada · The Nell J Redfield Foundation · The E L Cord Foundation · Helen Close Charitable Foundation · Sosj Knights Hospitaller Priory of the Western USA · The Skip Viragh Foundation Inc · Peek Family Charitable Foundation · John Ben Snow Memorial Tr Uw #839158 · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Tahoe Community 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.

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About Hilltop Foundation

How much does Hilltop Foundation give?
Hilltop Foundation reported 64 grants totaling $1,082,992 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 28 and 34 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
What does Hilltop Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (36%), Human Services (24%), Religion (10%).
Who are Hilltop Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Valley Health Foundation (Vhf) ($110k), Faith Communications Corp ($80k), In the Waiting ($70k).
Does Hilltop Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Hilltop 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 Hilltop Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include NV Energy Charitable Foundation, Robert Z Hawkins Foundation, Community Foundation of Northern Nevada.
Where is Hilltop Foundation based?
Hilltop Foundation is based in NV.

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 67 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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