New York · Private foundation
The John S Hilson Family Fund
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.
- $4.6M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 76
- Grants FY2025
- 41
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 46%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,466,508
- Organizations funded a year
- 37 to 41
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 14
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 46% of the organizations The John S Hilson Family Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k 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 | 60 | $4.6M | 32% |
| FY2024 | 41 | $267k | 46% |
| FY2021 | 38 | $261k | 68% |
| FY2020 | 41 | $343k | 27% |
| FY2019 | 37 | $239k | n/a |
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, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hilson Fam Fund Tr Agreement 04292023 | $1,391,091 | 1 | 51% |
| The Hilson Parker Fund Trust Ua Dtd 4/24/2023 | $1,370,142 | 1 | 41% |
| Pratt Institute | $235,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Manhattanville University | $105,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Big Dog Ranch Rescue Inc | $65,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Trustees of Boston University | $52,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Silvermine Guild of Artists Inc | $39,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Trustees of Deerfield Academy | $26,530 | 3 | 0% |
| Lake Worth Christian School Society | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| One Story Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 2% |
Show all 49 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 63 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The John S Hilson Family Fund supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 47 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About The John S Hilson Family Fund
- How much does The John S Hilson Family Fund give?
- The John S Hilson Family Fund reported 76 grants totaling $4,627,925 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 37 and 41 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does The John S Hilson Family Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (59%), Education (12%), Arts & Culture (2%).
- Who are The John S Hilson Family Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Hilson Fam Fund Tr Agreement 04292023 ($1.4M), The Hilson Parker Fund Trust Ua Dtd 4/24/2023 ($1.4M), Pratt Institute ($235k).
- Does The John S Hilson Family Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 46% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The John S Hilson Family Fund 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 John S Hilson Family Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Morris Family Foundation, Hobbs Family Charitable Trust, New Canaan Community Foundation Inc.
- Where is The John S Hilson Family Fund based?
- The John S Hilson Family Fund is based in NY.
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