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The J Robert & Barbara A Hillier Foundation Inc

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.

$159k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
2
Grants FY2025
13
Organizations funded FY2024
69%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$153,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$153,000
Organizations funded a year
7 to 28
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$166k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 69% of the organizations The J Robert & Barbara A Hillier Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $68k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesHealthEnvironmentHousing & ShelterOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving2$159k0%
FY202413$226k69%
FY20239$190k33%
FY20227$157k0%
FY202128$69k32%
FY202022$40k50%
FY201915$81k47%
FY201818$26k61%
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$888kHealth$31kArts & Culture$30kEnvironment$12kCivil Rights$10kPhilanthropy$5kHousing & Shelter$4kHuman Services$4kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
MD
DC
GA
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 45 grantees
All grantees of The J Robert & Barbara A Hillier Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Nj Institute of Technology$608,3617n/a
The Trustees of Princeton University$78,82630%
The Peddie School$57,50060%
Trustees of the Lawrenceville School$24,00040%
Princeton Day School Inc$20,00070%
Women's College Club of Princeton$19,73079%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$15,86110%
Arts Council of Princeton$5,50020%
McCarter Theatre Company$5,00050%
New Hope Arts Inc$4,00011%
Homefront Inc$3,00030%
NAMI Mercer NJ Inc$3,00030%
Princeton First Aid and Rescue Squad$3,00030%
Princeton Children's Fund Inc$3,00021%
Trinity Hall$2,50010%
Friends of the Delaware Canal Inc$2,25031%
The Teak Fellowship Inc$2,00020%
Trustees of Phillips Academy$1,77510%
Witherspoon-Jackson Historical and Cultural Society$1,5001n/a
Young Mens Christian Association of Princeton$1,50020%
Princeton Prospect Foundation$1,50020%
Princeton Adult School$1,07510%
Princeton Healthcare System Holding Inc$1,00010%
The YWCA Princeton Inc$1,00010%
Princeton Senior Resource Center Dba Center for Modern Aging Princeton$1,00010%
Princeton Community Housing Inc$75020%
Medicine for Peace$75020%
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends$7252n/a
Isles Inc$60030%
Phillips' Mill Community Association Inc$50011%
Princeton Nursery School$50010%
Consortium for Sustainable Development Inc$5001n/a
Friends of Princeton Open Space$50010%
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation$50010%
Princeton Quadrangle Club Foundation$5001n/a
Delaware Riverkeeper Network$50010%
Felician University$50010%
Urban League of Essex County$5001n/a
Solebury Township Historical Society$2501n/a
The Free Library of New Hope & Solebury$25010%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$25010%
Capital Harmony Works Inc$25010%
Historical Society of Princeton$25010%
Whyy Inc$25010%
National Geographic Society$20010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($107k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The J Robert & Barbara A Hillier Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $78,826 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Peddie School: $57,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of the Lawrenceville School: $24,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPrinceton Day School Inc: $20,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWomen's College Club of Princeton: $19,730 over 7y, 8.7% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $15,861 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArts Council of Princeton: $5,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMcCarter Theatre Company: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNew Hope Arts Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHomefront Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNAMI Mercer NJ Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetPrinceton First Aid and Rescue Squad: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPrinceton Children's Fund Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetTrinity Hall: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Delaware Canal Inc: $2,250 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetThe Teak Fellowship Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Phillips Academy: $1,775 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Mens Christian Association of Princeton: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPrinceton Prospect Foundation: $1,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPrinceton Adult School: $1,075 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPrinceton Healthcare System Holding Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe YWCA Princeton Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPrinceton Senior Resource Center Dba Center for Modern Aging Princeton: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPrinceton Community Housing Inc: $750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMedicine for Peace: $750 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetIsles Inc: $600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPhillips' Mill Community Association Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPrinceton Nursery School: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of Princeton Open Space: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetInstitute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDelaware Riverkeeper Network: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFelician University: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Free Library of New Hope & Solebury: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCapital Harmony Works Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHistorical Society of Princeton: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWhyy Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Geographic Society: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 38.

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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.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation IncNJ36.4× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc · Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc · Curtis W McGraw Foundation · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · The Trustees of Princeton University · Tenacre Foundation · Investors Foundation Inc · George H and Estelle M Sands Foundation · The Burke Foundation Inc · Albemarle Foundation · The Griffin-Cole Fund · Wm Bryce Thompson Foundation

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.

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About The J Robert & Barbara A Hillier Foundation Inc

How much does The J Robert & Barbara A Hillier Foundation Inc give?
The J Robert & Barbara A Hillier Foundation Inc reported 2 grants totaling $159,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 28 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The J Robert & Barbara A Hillier Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (90%), Health (3%), Arts & Culture (3%).
Who are The J Robert & Barbara A Hillier Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Nj Institute of Technology ($608k), The Trustees of Princeton University ($79k), The Peddie School ($58k).
Does The J Robert & Barbara A Hillier Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 69% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The J Robert & Barbara A Hillier Foundation Inc 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 J Robert & Barbara A Hillier Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc, Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc, Curtis W McGraw Foundation.
Where is The J Robert & Barbara A Hillier Foundation Inc based?
The J Robert & Barbara A Hillier Foundation Inc is based in NJ.

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 64 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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