Virginia · Private foundation
The Hilltop 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.
- $390k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2025
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 4%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 20 to 25
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $7.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 4% of the organizations The Hilltop Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 19 | $390k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 23 | $543k | 4% |
| FY2023 | 22 | $427k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 22 | $470k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 25 | $560k | 4% |
| FY2020 | 24 | $744k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 24 | $542k | 17% |
| FY2018 | 20 | $414k | 20% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Readykids Inc | $540,000 | 9 | 4% |
| Blue Ridge Area Food Bank Inc | $245,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Computers4kids | $245,000 | 9 | 7% |
| Charlottesville Free Clinic | $241,000 | 9 | 1% |
| The Paramount Theater Foundation in F/K/A the Paramount Theater Inc | $225,000 | 9 | 17% |
| The Women's Initiative | $200,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Southern Environmental Law Center | $160,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Appalachian Voices | $160,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Tri-River Habitat for Humanity Inc | $150,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Wildrock Inc | $120,000 | 8 | 6% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Readykids Inc | $540,000 | 9 | 4% |
| Blue Ridge Area Food Bank Inc | $245,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Computers4kids | $245,000 | 9 | 7% |
| Charlottesville Free Clinic | $241,000 | 9 | 1% |
| The Paramount Theater Foundation in F/K/A the Paramount Theater Inc | $225,000 | 9 | 17% |
| The Women's Initiative | $200,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Southern Environmental Law Center | $160,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Appalachian Voices | $160,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Tri-River Habitat for Humanity Inc | $150,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Wildrock Inc | $120,000 | 8 | 6% |
| Virginia Institute of Autism Inc | $105,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Light House Studio Inc | $100,000 | 4 | 8% |
| Charlottesville Tomorrow | $90,000 | 9 | 2% |
| Virginia Discovery Museum Inc | $85,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Community Climate Collaborative | $82,500 | 7 | 2% |
| WorkSource Enterprises | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.8M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Hilltop 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: Charlottesville Area Community Foundation · Perry Foundation Inc · The J & E Berkley Foundation · Manning Family Foundation · The Rimora Foundation · The Genan Foundation · Caplin Foundation · The Farkas Family Foundation · Leaw Family Foundation Inc · The Charles Fund Inc · Westwind Foundation · The Hartfield Fdn Inc 0739-80-42
How this is measured
About The Hilltop Foundation
- How much does The Hilltop Foundation give?
- The Hilltop Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $390,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 25 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Hilltop Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (24%), Health (15%), Arts & Culture (14%).
- Who are The Hilltop Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Readykids Inc ($540k), Blue Ridge Area Food Bank Inc ($245k), Computers4kids ($245k).
- Does The Hilltop Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 4% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The 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 The Hilltop Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Charlottesville Area Community Foundation, Perry Foundation Inc, The J & E Berkley Foundation.
- Where is The Hilltop Foundation based?
- The Hilltop Foundation is based in VA.
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