Florida · Private foundation
The Hilt 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.
- $105k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 86%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,405
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $95,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 8
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 86% of the organizations The Hilt Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $127k 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 | 5 | $105k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $127k | 86% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $76k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $137k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $61k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $23k | 63% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $16k | 40% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $174k | 67% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Lake Sailing School Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Whitehall Township | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Harbor Hospice Foundation | $11,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Ss Milwaukee Clipper Preservation Inc | $3,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Arts Council of White Lake | $3,405 | 1 | n/a |
| Muskegon Rescue Mission | $2,650 | 6 | n/a |
| First Congregational Church | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Tempting Tables | $250 | 1 | 4% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Lake Sailing School Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Whitehall Township | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Harbor Hospice Foundation | $11,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Ss Milwaukee Clipper Preservation Inc | $3,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Arts Council of White Lake | $3,405 | 1 | n/a |
| Muskegon Rescue Mission | $2,650 | 6 | n/a |
| First Congregational Church | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Tempting Tables | $250 | 1 | 4% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Muskegon Conservation Club | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Heartland Hospice Memorial Fund Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Trinity Lutheran Church | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Muskegon Museum of Art Foundation | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Laketon Bethel Reformed Church | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Lebanon Lutheran Church | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Pioneer Resources | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| St Pauls Episcopal Church | $100 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($796k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Hilt 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: Community Foundation for Muskegon County · Howmet Aerospace Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Hilt Foundation
- How much does The Hilt Foundation give?
- The Hilt Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $104,905 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 8 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Hilt Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (61%), Philanthropy (31%), Human Services (3%).
- Who are The Hilt Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: White Lake Sailing School Inc ($15k), Whitehall Township ($15k), Harbor Hospice Foundation ($11k).
- Does The Hilt Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 86% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Hilt 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 Hilt Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Muskegon County, Howmet Aerospace Foundation, Consumers Energy Foundation.
- Where is The Hilt Foundation based?
- The Hilt Foundation is based in FL.
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