New York · Private foundation
The Hilda Mullen Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $589k
- Granted FY2018
- 28
- Grants FY2018
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2018
- 24%
- First-time grantees FY2018
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of The Hilda Mullen Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to National Philanthropic Trust, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2018, the last year The Hilda Mullen Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 17 organizations, $589k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2018
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2018
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 21 to 27
- FY2017 to FY2018
- States reached, FY2018
- 7
- Total assets, FY2018
- $7.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2018, 24% of the organizations The Hilda Mullen Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2018 | 21 | $514k | 24% |
| FY2017 | 27 | $586k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Human Rights Watch Inc | $2,005,000 | 3 | 1% |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | $400,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New York Civil Liberties Union Foundation | $150,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Interact Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 11% |
| Physicians for Human Rights Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Weavers Way Community Programs | $80,000 | 2 | 10% |
| The Second Stage Theatre Inc | $70,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Outright International | $45,000 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 30 grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($353k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Hilda Mullen Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Hilda Mullen Foundation
- How much does The Hilda Mullen Foundation give?
- The Hilda Mullen Foundation reported 28 grants totaling $588,500 in its FY2018 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 27 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2018.
- What does The Hilda Mullen Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (70%), International (18%), Civil Rights (7%).
- Who are The Hilda Mullen Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Human Rights Watch Inc ($2.0M), American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc ($400k), New York Civil Liberties Union Foundation ($150k).
- Does The Hilda Mullen Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2018, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Hilda Mullen 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 The Hilda Mullen Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is The Hilda Mullen Foundation based?
- The Hilda Mullen Foundation is based in NY.
Play a game based on Hilda Mullen’s filings →