New York · Private foundation
The Hilgos 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.
- $13k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 24%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $250
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $4,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 17
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $64k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 24% of the organizations The Hilgos Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $403 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 14 | $13k | 21% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $13k | 24% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $10k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $12k | 31% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $15k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $2k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $9k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $10k | 36% |
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $19,490 | 9 | 0% |
| Usagainstalzheimer's | $4,460 | 6 | 0% |
| Window to the World Communications Inc | $2,400 | 5 | 0% |
| The Phillips Collection | $1,980 | 8 | 0% |
| The Art Institute of Chicago | $1,970 | 9 | 0% |
| Tradeoffs Inc | $1,802 | 3 | 0% |
| The George Washington University | $1,600 | 2 | 0% |
| The Barnes Foundation | $884 | 5 | 0% |
| Lorenzo's House | $404 | 3 | 0% |
| Smithsonian Institution | $345 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $19,490 | 9 | 0% |
| Usagainstalzheimer's | $4,460 | 6 | 0% |
| Window to the World Communications Inc | $2,400 | 5 | 0% |
| The Phillips Collection | $1,980 | 8 | 0% |
| The Art Institute of Chicago | $1,970 | 9 | 0% |
| Tradeoffs Inc | $1,802 | 3 | 0% |
| The George Washington University | $1,600 | 2 | 0% |
| The Barnes Foundation | $884 | 5 | 0% |
| Lorenzo's House | $404 | 3 | 0% |
| Smithsonian Institution | $345 | 4 | 0% |
| National Women's History Museum | $330 | 1 | 0% |
| American University | $309 | 1 | 0% |
| Lawyers for the Creative Arts | $300 | 1 | n/a |
| American Friends of the Musee Dorsay | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Hunterdon Art Museum | $103 | 1 | 0% |
| Institute for Therapy Through the Arts | $103 | 1 | 0% |
| Joan Dancy and P a L S Inc | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| Project Implicit Inc | $50 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($56k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Hilgos 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: The Chicago Community Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Hilgos Foundation
- How much does The Hilgos Foundation give?
- The Hilgos Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $12,533 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 17 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Hilgos Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (66%), Health (29%), Education (2%).
- Who are The Hilgos Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc ($19k), Usagainstalzheimer's ($4k), Window to the World Communications Inc ($2k).
- Does The Hilgos Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Hilgos 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 Hilgos Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, Charities Aid Foundation America, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
- Where is The Hilgos Foundation based?
- The Hilgos Foundation is based in NY.
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