Indiana · Private foundation
William A & Marth H Hillenbrand Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $261k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $67,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 18
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.2M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations William A & Marth H Hillenbrand Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $71k 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 | 10 | $261k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $274k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $280k | 60% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $237k | 56% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $192k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oldenburg Academy | $178,077 | 4 | n/a |
| Safe Passage Inc | $112,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Batesville Main Street Inc | $57,875 | 3 | 21% |
| Kids Discovery Factory | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Margaret Mary Health Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Cincinnati Museum Association | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| City of Batesville | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Healthnetwork Foundation Fka Health Net Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Xavier University | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| So Loved Ripley County Foster Closet | $8,250 | 1 | 15% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oldenburg Academy | $178,077 | 4 | n/a |
| Safe Passage Inc | $112,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Batesville Main Street Inc | $57,875 | 3 | 21% |
| Kids Discovery Factory | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Margaret Mary Health Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Cincinnati Museum Association | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| City of Batesville | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Healthnetwork Foundation Fka Health Net Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Xavier University | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| So Loved Ripley County Foster Closet | $8,250 | 1 | 15% |
| Edelweiss House Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Batesville Beautification League Inc | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Giving Hearts a Hand Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 15% |
| St Johns United Church of Christ | $2,487 | 1 | n/a |
| Sisters of St Francis | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($675k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget William A & Marth H Hillenbrand 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: The Frederick W and Jolene Edmunds Rockwood Family Foundation · John A Hillenbrand Foundation Inc · W August Hillenbrand Family Foundation · Ripley County Community Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About William A & Marth H Hillenbrand Foundation
- How much does William A & Marth H Hillenbrand Foundation give?
- William A & Marth H Hillenbrand Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $261,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 18 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does William A & Marth H Hillenbrand Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (39%), Health (18%), Human Services (10%).
- Who are William A & Marth H Hillenbrand Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Oldenburg Academy ($178k), Safe Passage Inc ($113k), Batesville Main Street Inc ($58k).
- Does William A & Marth H Hillenbrand Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does William A & Marth H Hillenbrand Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as William A & Marth H Hillenbrand Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Frederick W and Jolene Edmunds Rockwood Family Foundation, John A Hillenbrand Foundation Inc, W August Hillenbrand Family Foundation.
- Where is William A & Marth H Hillenbrand Foundation based?
- William A & Marth H Hillenbrand Foundation is based in IN.
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