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Robert J Hiler Family Foundation at a glance

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Robert J Hiler Family 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.

$650k
Granted FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Philanthropy$5.2MAnimals$2.5MPublic Benefit$500kArts & Culture$126kEducation$85kHealth$84kRecreation & Sports$30kHuman Services$30kOther$0
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $50k–250k1 grant · $150k
  • $250k+1 grant · $500k
$500,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$9.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LARRY & JANET HILER CHARITABLE FUND$500,000
WALKERTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$150,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–20, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%WOMEN'S CARE CENTER FOUNDATION: $10k → 13%WOMEN'S CARE CENTER FOUNDATION: $10k → 13%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

MA
OR
WY
IN
OH
PA
NJ
DC
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.7M · 13 repeat orgs$830k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
14

Total granted

$7.7M
$680k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+53%
+152%

Still filing today

46%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $150k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’24
EducationHealthArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentReligionFood & 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

  • TRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE
    2× · 2019–2020 · $40k · revenue +53%
  • SJ
    ST JOSEPH THE PROTECTOR FDN INC
    2× · 2019–2020 · $20k · revenue +307%
  • LC
    LAPORTE COUNTY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC
    2× · 2019–2020 · $15k · revenue +143%

Funded once

  • CO
    CITY OF LAPORTE INDIANA
    one grant, 2020 · $500k
  • TF
    TRUST FOR NATIONAL MALL
    one grant, 2020 · $100k
  • Purdue Research Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +28%
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
Loyola University

Loyola University New Orleans, a Jesuit and Catholic institution of higher education, welcomes students of diverse backgrounds and prepares them to lead meaningful lives with and for others; to pursue truth, wisdom, and virtue; and to work…

Education
2
Lake Forest College

Provide post-secondary education leading to a baccalaureate degree. Program service expenditures are made in conjunction with the operation of a liberal arts college spread over 107 acres with approximately 63 educational and support…

Education
3
Benedictine University

Benedictine University is an inclusive academic community dedicated to teaching and learning, scholarship and service, truth and justice, as inspired by the Catholic intellectual tradition, the social teaching of the Church, and the…

Education
4
Leadership Indianapolis Inc

Educate, Inspire, Connect and Mobilize Community Leaders to serve and strengthen greater Indianapolis.

Public Benefit
5
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

University of the sciences prepares students to become leaders, innovators, and skilled practitioners in the sciences, the health professions, and related disciplines. we deliver excellence in teaching, research, and service through a safe…

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6
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
7
St Louis Christian College

Saint louis christian college prepares biblical servant leaders for urban, suburban, rural, and global ministry.

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8
North Dakota State University Foundation

Building enduring relationships that maximize advocacy and philanthropy to support North Dakota State University.

Education
9
The Northern Michigan University Foundation

The nmu foundation will establish and foster relationships to generate resources that benefit the strategic goals of northern michigan university.

Education
10
Louisville Collegiate School

Louisville collegiate school inspires academic excellence, extraordinary character and global citizenship.

Education
11
Luther Classical College

Luther classical college educates lutherans in the classical, lutheran tradition and prepares them for godly vocations within family, church, and society, fostering christian culture through study of the best of our western heritage.

Education
12
Indiana Wesleyan University

Indiana wesleyan university is a christ-centered academic community committed to changing the world by developing students in character, scholarship, and leadership.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Catholic Leadership Institute; the most unlike its peers is University of Notre Dame du Lac. 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

17 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. 17 of the 31 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
14/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LUCKY DOG GIFT FUND: $2,500,000 · OtherLUCKY DOG GIFT FUNDJ & C HILER FAMILY CHARITABLE FUND: $2,500,000 · OtherJ & C HILER FAMILY CHARITABLE FUNDLARRY & JANET HILER CHARITABLE FUND: $2,500,000 · OtherLARRY & JANET HILER CHARITABLE FUNDCITY OF LAPORTE INDIANA: $500,000 · OtherCITY OF LAPORTE INDIANA+13 more: $372,500 · OtherTRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE: $40,000 · EducationUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $25,000 · EducationPurdue Research Foundation: $10,000 · EducationJOHN GLENN EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationSTANLEY CLARK SCHOOL INC: $10,000 · EducationLA LUMIERE SCHOOL INC: $5,000 · EducationUNITY FOUNDATION OF LA PORTE COUNTY: $65,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ST JOSEPH COUNTY INC: $20,000 · PhilanthropyLAPORTE COUNTY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureNORTHERN INDIANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $6,000 · Arts & CultureST JOSEPH THE PROTECTOR FDN INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesSt John's Health Foundation: $10,000 · HealthNATIONAL PSORIASIS FOUNDATION: $8,000 · HealthBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF LA PORTE COUNTY INC: $5,000 · Youth Development
Other$8,372,500Education$100,000Philanthropy$85,000Arts & Culture$21,000Human Services$20,000Health$18,000Youth Development$5,000

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 budgetUNITY FOUNDATION OF LA PORTE COUNTY: $65,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JOSEPH THE PROTECTOR FDN INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetLAPORTE COUNTY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $15,000 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetPurdue Research Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJOHN GLENN EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 41% of budgetSTANLEY CLARK SCHOOL INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL PSORIASIS FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHERN INDIANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCAMPING AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF LA PORTE COUNTY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCATHOLIC LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY PANTRY INC: $2,000 over 1y, 3.0% 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.

The Bessemer Giving F…Unity Foundation of l…University of Notre D…Healthcare Foundation…1st Source Bank Found…Lilly Endowment IncGs Donor Advised Phil…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Natl Christian Charit…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
The Bessemer Giving FundNJ16.5× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Bessemer Giving Fund · Unity Foundation of la Porte County · University of Notre Dame du Lac · Healthcare Foundation of la Porte Inc · 1st Source Bank Foundation Inc Xxx-Xx-Xxxx · Lilly Endowment Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Robert J Hiler Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Robert J Hiler Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Trustees of Boston College: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
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.

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 31 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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