Indiana · Private foundation
W August Hillenbrand Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $136k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 41%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $36,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 20
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.1M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 41% of the organizations W August Hillenbrand Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 60% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 40% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $78k 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 | 14 | $136k | 21% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $129k | 41% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $134k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $113k | 36% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $109k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $116k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bonefish & Tarpon Trust Inc | $89,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Ocean Reef Chapel Inc | $72,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Ocean Reef Catholic Community Inc | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Ocean Reef Medical Center Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Ocean Reef Art League Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 1% |
| The Everglades Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Anns Nest | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Safe Passage Inc | $4,700 | 1 | 0% |
| Sisters of St Francis | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Southeastern Indiana Young Men's Christian Association Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bonefish & Tarpon Trust Inc | $89,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Ocean Reef Chapel Inc | $72,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Ocean Reef Catholic Community Inc | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Ocean Reef Medical Center Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Ocean Reef Art League Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 1% |
| The Everglades Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Anns Nest | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Safe Passage Inc | $4,700 | 1 | 0% |
| Sisters of St Francis | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Southeastern Indiana Young Men's Christian Association Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Batesville Main Street Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Oldenburg Academy | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 29 recipients with no EIN on record ($428k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget W August Hillenbrand Family 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: William A & Marth H Hillenbrand Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
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About W August Hillenbrand Family Foundation
- How much does W August Hillenbrand Family Foundation give?
- W August Hillenbrand Family Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $136,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 20 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does W August Hillenbrand Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (53%), Health (20%), Animals (12%).
- Who are W August Hillenbrand Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Bonefish & Tarpon Trust Inc ($89k), Ocean Reef Chapel Inc ($72k), Ocean Reef Catholic Community Inc ($50k).
- Does W August Hillenbrand Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 41% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does W August Hillenbrand Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as W August Hillenbrand Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include William A & Marth H Hillenbrand Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is W August Hillenbrand Family Foundation based?
- W August Hillenbrand Family Foundation is based in IN.
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