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The Hilliard Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Hilliard Foundation Inc

Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$493k
Granted FY2026still arriving
29
Grants FY2026still arriving
1
States reached
$62k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$409kEducation$265kHuman Services$206kPhilanthropy$160kEnvironment$122kRecreation & Sports$100kFood & Nutrition$72kCrime & Legal$37kOther$0
02FY2026 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2026

  • Under $10k10 grants · $58k
  • $10k–50k17 grants · $323k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $112k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED WAY OF THE SOUTHERN TIER$62,000
ELMIRA COLLEGE$50,000
JOHN W JONES MUSEUM$35,000
FOOD BANK OF THE SOUTHERN TIER$30,000
CLEMENS CENTER$30,000
TANGLEWOOD NATURE CENTER$30,000
COMMUNITY ARTS OF ELMIRA$27,500
QUARRY FARM FOUNDATION INC$25,000
YWCA ELMIRA & THE TWIN TIERS$25,000
THE ART COUNCIL OF THE SOUTHERN FINGER LAKES$15,000
HORSEHEADS FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER$15,000
NATIONAL SOARING MUSEUM$15,000
CORNING-ELMIRA MUSICAL ARTS INC$13,000
CHEMUNG COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY$12,500
FRIENDS OF THE CHEMUNG RIVER WATERSHED$10,000
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 (FY21–26, $255k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%CASA OF THE SOUTHERN TIER: $8k → 13%CASA OF THE SOUTHERN TIER: $8k → 13%CASA OF THE SOUTHERN TIER: $8k → 13%CASA OF THE SOUTHERN TIER: $7k → 13%CASA OF THE SOUTHERN TIER: $7k → 13%CASA OF THE SOUTHERN TIER: $7k → 13%YWCA ELMIRA & THE TWIN TIERS: $25k → 15%YWCA ELMIRA & THE TWIN TIERS: $25k → 15%YWCA ELMIRA & THE TWIN TIERS: $25k → 15%YWCA ELMIRA AND THE TWIN TIERS: $25k → 15%FAMILY SERVICES SOCIETY INC: $8k → 13%FAMILY SERVICES SOCIETY INC: $8k → 13%FAMILY SERVICES SOCIETY INC: $8k → 13%NEIGHBORHOOD TRANSFORMATION CENTER INC: $10k → 15%FAMILY SERVICES SOCIETY INC: $5k → 13%FAMILY SERVICES SOCIETY INC: $5k → 13%FAMILY SERVICES SOCIETY INC: $5k → 13%NEIGHBORHOOD TRANSFORMATION CENTER INC: $10k → 15%THE SENIOR CENTER INC: $5k → 15%THE SENIOR CENTER INC: $5k → 15%HORSEHEADS FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $15k → 15%HORSEHEADS FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $10k → 15%HORSEHEADS FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $8k → 15%HORSEHEADS FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $5k → 15%HORSEHEADS FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $5k → 15%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.
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.8M · 28 repeat orgs$88k to everyone else

28 repeat relationships: 26 still active in FY2026, 2 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
11

Total granted

$1.8M
$68k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
0%

Still filing today

82%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25’26
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationPhilanthropyEnvironmentYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • EC
    ELMIRA COLLEGE
    4× · 2021–2026 · $310k · revenue +18%
  • CA
    COMMUNITY ARTS OF ELMIRA INC
    5× · 2021–2026 · $104k · revenue +265% · 30% of their budget
  • YW
    YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ELMIRA AND THE TWIN TIERS INC
    4× · 2021–2026 · $100k · revenue +6%

Funded once

  • American Diabetes Association
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue 0%
  • SC
    SOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER INC
    one grant, 2025 · $10k · revenue 0%
  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF CHEMUNG
    one grant, 2021 · $8k
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
Fulton County Historical Society

Museum provides general public with displays and information about the history of Fulton County New York.

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2
Newcomb Historical Museum

The organization was formed to safeguard and share existing and future collections related to the social, cultural, and economic history of the high peaks adirondack region in and around the township of newcomb in essex county, new york.

Arts & Culture
3
The History Center in Tompkins County Inc

The History Center in Tompkins County, Inc. is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to preserve and encourage access to its unique collections, while designing learning experiences and services that create opportunities for people to…

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4
Ontario County Historical Society

Provide various educational, cultural, and museum programs and services to area residents and tourists in order to promote an appreciation of ontario county, ny.

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5
Oneida County Historical Society Inc

The society's mission is to preserve the past of oneida county and central new york for present and future generations. the society seeks to make this rich heritage readily available to researchers, families and students, enhancing the…

Arts & Culture
6
The Historical Society of Rockland

The Historical Society of Rockland County is a museum and educational organization dedicated to engaging diverse audiences in a dynamic dialogue about the rich historical heritage of the county.

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7
Columbia County Historical Society Inc

The organization operates a historical society and three museums as well as a library for historical research.

Arts & Culture
8
Albany County Historical Association

To preserve, present and promote the history and culture of Albany County, New York

Arts & Culture
9
Franklin County Historical Society- Kittochtinny

The objective of the franklin county historical society - kittochtinny shall be to foster increased knowledge of the history of franklin county and the cumberland valley through a museum and library, to publish papers of the corporation at…

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10
Seneca Museum of Waterways and Industry

Operation of a historical museum. provide education to adults and children about the history of the seneca river and its importance in the industrialization of seneca county

Arts & Culture
11
East Village Community Coalition Inc

Promote and improve the health, safety, recreation and well being of the east village neighborhood to enhance and foster a sense of community, by conserving historic properties in the neighborhood, by controlling growth and development…

Community Improvement
12
Huntington Historical Society

Preserving the ongoing heritage of the Town of Huntington

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Elmira College; the most unlike its peers is American Diabetes Association. 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

29 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 29 of the 42 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
13/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CLEMENS CENTER: $125,000 · OtherCLEMENS CENTERTANGLEWOOD NATURE CENTER: $115,000 · OtherTANGLEWOOD NATURE CENTERCHEMUNG COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $54,500 · OtherCHEMUNG COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCI…FOOD BANK OF THE SOUTHERN TIER: $52,000 · OtherFOOD BANK OF THE SOUTHERN TIERONE SEVENTY ONE CEDAR INC: $29,000 · OtherONE SEVENTY ONE CEDAR INCCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF ROCHESTER: $27,000 · OtherTHE ROCKWELL MUSEUM: $27,000 · Other+12 more: $82,320 · Other+12 moreCOMMUNITY ARTS OF ELMIRA INC: $103,500 · Arts & CultureCOMMUNITY ARTS OF ELMIRA …NATIONAL SOARING MUSEUM: $90,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL SOARING MUSEUMTHE ARTS COUNCIL OF THE SOUTHERN FINGER LAKES INC: $80,000 · Arts & CultureTHE ARTS COUNCIL OF THE S…JOHN W JONES MUSEUM: $50,000 · Arts & CultureJOHN W JONES MUSEUMCORNING ELMIRA MUSICAL ARTS INC ORCHESTRA OF THE SOUTHERN FINGER LAKES: $47,500 · Arts & CultureCORNING ELMIRA MUSICAL AR…ELDRIDGE PARK CAROUSEL PRESERVATION SOCIETY INC: $32,200 · Arts & CultureELDRIDGE PARK CAROUSEL PR…WINGS OF EAGLES DISCOVERY CENTER: $30,000 · Arts & CultureWINGS OF EAGLES DISCOVERY…+1 more: $3,000 · Arts & CultureUNITED WAY OF THE SOUTHERN TIER INC: $222,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF THE S…QUARRY FARM FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 · PhilanthropyQUARRY FARM FOUNDAT…THE POTTERS HANDS FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 · PhilanthropyTHE POTTERS HANDS F…ELMIRA COLLEGE: $310,000 · EducationELMIRA COLLEGE+2 more: $10,000 · EducationYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ELMIRA AND THE TWIN TIERS INC: $100,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG WOMEN'S C…CASA of the Southern Tier Inc: $44,591 · Human ServicesCASA of the Sou…HORSEHEADS FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER INC: $42,500 · Human ServicesHORSEHEADS FAMI…Family Service Society Inc: $37,500 · Human ServicesFamily Service …NEIGHBORHOOD TRANSFORMATION CENTER: $20,000 · Human ServicesNEIGHBORHOOD TR…THE SENIOR CENTER INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF THE CHEMUNG RIVER WATERSHED INC: $30,500 · EnvironmentThe Finger Lakes Land Trust Inc: $10,000 · EnvironmentAMPLIFY EQUITY INC: $10,000 · Community Improvement
Other$511,820Arts & Culture$436,200Philanthropy$332,000Education$320,000Human Services$254,591Environment$40,500Community Improvement$10,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetELMIRA COLLEGE: $310,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE SOUTHERN TIER INC: $222,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY ARTS OF ELMIRA INC: $103,500 over 5y, 30% of budgetYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ELMIRA AND THE TWIN TIERS INC: $100,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetNATIONAL SOARING MUSEUM: $90,000 over 6y, 8.7% of budgetTHE ARTS COUNCIL OF THE SOUTHERN FINGER LAKES INC: $80,000 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetQUARRY FARM FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 over 3y, 7.1% of budgetCHEMUNG COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $54,500 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetJOHN W JONES MUSEUM: $50,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetCORNING ELMIRA MUSICAL ARTS INC ORCHESTRA OF THE SOUTHERN FINGER LAKES: $47,500 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetCASA of the Southern Tier Inc: $44,591 over 6y, 3.9% of budgetHORSEHEADS FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER INC: $42,500 over 5y, 4.4% of budgetFamily Service Society Inc: $37,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetTHE POTTERS HANDS FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetELDRIDGE PARK CAROUSEL PRESERVATION SOCIETY INC: $32,200 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHEMUNG RIVER WATERSHED INC: $30,500 over 4y, 5.6% of budgetWINGS OF EAGLES DISCOVERY CENTER: $30,000 over 4y, 7.3% of budgetONE SEVENTY ONE CEDAR INC: $29,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetTHE ROCKWELL MUSEUM: $27,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD TRANSFORMATION CENTER: $20,000 over 2y, 9.4% of budgetTHE SENIOR CENTER INC: $10,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetAMPLIFY EQUITY INC: $10,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetThe Finger Lakes Land Trust Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHEMUNG VALLEY MONTESSORI SCHOOL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

Community Foundation …Douglas G Anderson Le…The Anderson Foundati…Corning Incorporated …United Way of the Sou…The Triangle FundTioga Downs Regional …The Tripp Foundation …Bobbie and John G Ull…Panosian Family Found…The Arts Council of t…JM McDonald Foundatio…
Community Foundation of Elmira-Corning and the Finger Lakes IncNY43× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Elmira-Corning and the Finger Lakes Inc · Douglas G Anderson Leigh R Evans Foundation · The Anderson Foundation Inc · Corning Incorporated Foundation · United Way of the Southern Tier Inc · The Triangle Fund · Tioga Downs Regional Community Foundation Inc · The Tripp Foundation Inc · Bobbie and John G Ullman Family Foundation Inc · Panosian Family Foundation Inc · The Arts Council of the Southern Finger Lakes Inc · JM McDonald Foundation Inc

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 The Hilliard Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Hilliard Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Hilliard Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to The Hilliard Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 42 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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