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The Margaret and Al Hill Family Foundation at a glance

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The Margaret and Al Hill Family Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$330k
Granted FY2022
14
Grants FY2022
1
States reached
$80k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

67% of The Margaret and Al Hill Family Foundation’s FY2023 grant dollars went to Pikes Peak Community Foundation, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2023 names 3 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year The Margaret and Al Hill Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 13 organizations, $330k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

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’17
9
’18
6
’19
8
’20
20
’21
13
’22
3
’23

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Philanthropy$5.6MHuman Services$1.6MAnimals$1.4MPublic Safety & Disaster$956kRecreation & Sports$191kEnvironment$114kHealth$101kArts & Culture$65kOther$0
02FY2022 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $195k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $130k
$20,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE PIKES PEAK REGION$79,955
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FIELD INSTITUTE INC$50,000
GARDEN OF THE GODS FOUNDATION$25,000
FOCUS ON THE FAMILY$25,000
US OLYMPIC & PARA-LYMPIC MUSEUM$25,000
VAIL HEALTH FOUNDATION$20,045
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS$20,000
COLORADO SPRINGS PIONEERS MUSEUM$20,000
INCLINE FRIENDS$15,000
YOUNG LIFE PIKES PEAK$15,000
FRIENDS OF MOUNTAIN RESCUE$10,000
ROCKY MOUNTAIN PUBLIC MEDIA$10,000
PIKES PEAK AREA CRIMESTOPPERS$10,000
TESSA$5,000
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 (FY17–23, $1.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $5k → 14%EARLY CONNECTIONS LEARNING CENTERS: $5k → 9%SPRINGS RESCUE MISSION: $1k → 9%TESSA: $937k → 9%TESSA: $80k → 9%TESSA: $70k → 9%TESSA: $50k → 9%TESSA: $25k → 9%TESSA: $5k → 9%TRI-LAKES CARES: $5k → 9%SILVER KEY SENIOR SERVICES: $40k → 9%SILVER KEY SENIOR SERVICES: $10k → 9%SILVER KEY SENIOR SERVICES: $10k → 9%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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.4M · 17 repeat orgs$194k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2022, 5 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call). Read against FY2022, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
21

Total granted

$4.4M
$164k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+32%

Still filing today

82%
81%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesArts & CultureHealthEnvironmentRecreation & SportsEducationOther
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

  • HS
    HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE PIKES PEAK REGION
    7× · 2017–2023 · $1.3M · revenue +84%
  • T
    TESSA
    6× · 2018–2023 · $1.2M · revenue +31%
  • RM
    Rocky Mountain Field Institute Inc
    2× · 2018–2022 · $100k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • FT
    FOOD TO POWER (FKA COLORADO SPRINGS FOOD RESCUE)graduated
    one grant, 2020 · $32k · revenue +45%
  • UD
    UCCS Development Corpgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue ×979
  • CH
    CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES COLORADO FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $20k · revenue -27%
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
Colorado Physician Health Program Corporation

The mission of the Colorado Physician Health Program Corporation is to promote the health and well-being of physicians and physician assistants through evaluation, treatment referral, support education and research.

Health
2
The Colorado Parks Foundation Inc
Recreation & Sports
3
Colorado Springs Convention and Visitors Bureau

Colorado Springs Convention and Visitors Bureau's, now doing business as Visit Colorado Springs (VCOS), primary exempt purpose is promotion of the Pikes Peak Region. VCOS is designed to stimulate the visitor industry in the Pikes Peak…

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4
Colorado Springs Philharmonic Foundation

To raise funds and acquire assets, both real and personal, that will provide financial assistance to the Colorado Springs Philharmonic Orchestra.

Arts & Culture
5
Colorado Press Association

Promote the general interest of daily, weekly, and monthly newspapers and online publications, improve editorials and business methods of daily and weekly newspapers, and advance those newspapers' usefulness and influence in the public…

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6
Colorado Museum of Natural History

Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.

Arts & Culture
7
Pikes Peak Athletic Foundation
Recreation & Sports
8
Public Broadcasting of Colorado Inc

To deliver meaningful news, music, and cultural experiences to everyone in colorado using the power of the human voice in all its forms

Arts & Culture
9
Rocky Mountain Wild

Rocky mountain wild works to protect, connect, and restore wildlife and wild lands in the southern rocky mountain region. we work to secure the biodiversity of the mountains, plains, and desert ecosystems of colorado, wyoming, utah, and…

Environment
10
Center for Nonprofit Excellence

The Center for Nonprofit Excellence strengthens Southern Colorado's nonprofit sector through leadership and resource development, advocacy and collaboration. Together, with our partners, we are co-creating a vibrant community in the Pikes…

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11
Estes Park Medical Center Foundation

Estes Park Health Foundation increases community awareness of Estes Park Health (EPH). The Foundation develops, manages, and distributes funds to assist them in fulfilling their mission.

Health
12
Community Foundation Serving Southwest Colorado

To develop and increase charitable giving that connects donors to community needs in Southwest Colorado and to support the nonprofit sector through granting and educational opportunities.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Pikes Peak Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Incline Friends. 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

34 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. 34 of the 41 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/34
Grantees still filing
23/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PIKES PEAK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,609,414 · PhilanthropyPIKES PEAK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION+1 more: $30,000 · PhilanthropyHUMANE SOCIETY OF THE PIKES PEAK REGION: $1,315,968 · AnimalsHUMANE SOCIETY…TESSA: $1,167,092 · Human ServicesTESSASILVER KEY SENIOR SERVICES INC: $60,000 · Human Services+4 more: $16,000 · Human ServicesFriends of Mountain Rescue Inc: $945,796 · Public Safety & DisasterFriends of…FOCUS ON THE FAMILY: $180,000 · OtherYOUNG LIFE PIKES PEAK: $150,000 · OtherRocky Mountain Field Institute Inc: $100,000 · OtherCHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO: $80,000 · OtherROCKY MOUNTAIN PLANNED PARENTHOOD INC: $50,500 · OtherFOOD TO POWER (FKA COLORADO SPRINGS FOOD RESCUE): $32,000 · OtherUCCS Development Corp: $25,000 · Other+16 more: $120,545 · OtherIncline Friends: $110,000 · EnvironmentGarden of the Gods Foundation: $40,000 · EnvironmentBetty Ford Alpine Gardens: $14,000 · EnvironmentCOLORADO SPRINGS PIONEERS MUSEUM: $55,000 · Arts & CultureUnited States Olympic and Paralympic Museum: $30,000 · Arts & CultureROCKY MOUNTAIN PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGHWAY: $5,000 · Arts & CultureColorado Springs Philharmonic Orchestra: $5,000 · Arts & Culture
Philanthropy$5,639,414Animals$1,315,968Human Services$1,243,092Public Safety & Disaster$945,796Other$738,045Environment$164,000Arts & Culture$110,000

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 budgetPIKES PEAK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,609,414 over 2y, 33% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF THE PIKES PEAK REGION: $1,315,968 over 7y, 4.3% of budgetTESSA: $1,167,092 over 6y, 24% of budgetFriends of Mountain Rescue Inc: $945,796 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetIncline Friends: $110,000 over 6y, 85% of budgetRocky Mountain Field Institute Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetSILVER KEY SENIOR SERVICES INC: $60,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCOLORADO SPRINGS PIONEERS MUSEUM: $55,000 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN PLANNED PARENTHOOD INC: $50,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGarden of the Gods Foundation: $40,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetFOOD TO POWER (FKA COLORADO SPRINGS FOOD RESCUE): $32,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetUnited States Olympic and Paralympic Museum: $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPIKES PEAK UNITED WAY: $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetVAIL HEALTH SERVICES FOUNDATION: $20,045 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES COLORADO FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN PUBLIC MEDIA INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBetty Ford Alpine Gardens: $14,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetPIKES PEAK AREA CRIME STOPPERS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetCASA of the Pikes Peak Region: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHANDA PLAN FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGHWAY: $5,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetMINDS MATTER COLORADO INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetColorado Springs Philharmonic Orchestra: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOLORADO SPRINGS CHILD NURSERY CENTERS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS COLORADO: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTRI-LAKES CARES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCommunity Partnership for Child Development: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER FOR THE PIKES PEAK REGION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetChildren's Hospital Colorado Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetColorado Springs Youth Sports Complex Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE SPRINGS RESCUE MISSION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

El Pomar FoundationThe Joseph Henry Edmo…Pikes Peak Community …Ent Credit UnionColorado Springs Heal…T Rowe Price Foundati…The Anschutz Foundati…Colorado Gives Founda…The Myron Stratton Ho…Pikes Peak United WayINDYGIVE DBA Give Pik…The Marson Foundation
El Pomar FoundationCO44.7× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: El Pomar Foundation · The Joseph Henry Edmondson Foundation · Pikes Peak Community Foundation · Ent Credit Union · Colorado Springs Health Foundation · T Rowe Price Foundation · The Anschutz Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · The Myron Stratton Home · Pikes Peak United Way · INDYGIVE DBA Give Pikes Peak · The Marson 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Margaret and Al Hill Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Margaret and Al Hill Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    15report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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 Margaret and Al Hill Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Margaret and Al Hill Family Foundation 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 41 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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