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Willow Hill Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$161k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
38
Grants FY2024
15
Organizations funded FY2023
33%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$2,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$50,000
Organizations funded a year
15 to 36
FY2018 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
8
Total assets, FY2024
$2.7M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Willow Hill Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesHealthEnvironmentEducationArts & CultureFood & NutritionOther
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
FY2024still arriving37$161k27%
FY202315$96k33%
FY202236$156k33%
FY202127$92k15%
FY202025$55k32%
FY201923$50k26%
FY201823$62kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Health$258kHuman Services$99kInternational$78kEducation$61kYouth Development$44kReligion$30kFood & Nutrition$25kRecreation & Sports$22kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
WY
OH
CT
UT
CO
NM
TN
OK
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 40 grantees
All grantees of Willow Hill Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The University of Cincinnati Foundation$75,00020%
Back 2 Back Ministries Inc$70,00070%
Springer School and Center$37,50060%
Neuro-Acupuncture Institute Inc$30,00027%
Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation$30,00030%
Cincinnati Parks Foundation$20,00060%
Lighthouse Youth Services$15,00030%
The Andrew K Dwyer Foundation$14,00062%
Living Arrangements for the Developmentally Disabled Inc$13,00030%
Taft Museum of Art$10,00020%
The Children's Hospital Foundation at Saint Francis$10,0002n/a
Stepping Stones Inc$9,00070%
Hobe Sound Community Chest Inc$9,00060%
Mercy Ships International$8,00020%
The Indian Hill Church$8,0002n/a
Jupiter Island Medical Clinic Inc$8,00050%
La Soupe Inc$8,00040%
Freestore Foodbank Inc$7,00040%
Fishers Island Conservancy Inc$6,25061%
Crayons and Beyond Inc$6,00060%
The Cincinnati Ballet Company Inc$5,00020%
Lawrence Memorial Hospital Inc$5,00010%
Island Health Project Inc$5,00060%
Madisonville Education and Assistance Center Inc$5,00040%
Fishers Island Community Center Inc$5,00011%
Inter Parish Ministry Inc$5,00060%
Kenzie's Closet$5,00061%
International Rett Syndrome Foundation$4,00010%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$3,00010%
The Guardians of Martin County Inc$3,00030%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$3,00010%
Santa Maria Community Services Inc$3,00010%
American Brain Tumor Association$2,80010%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Cincinnati$2,50010%
The Banner Lake Club Inc$1,60030%
Boys & Girls Club of Martin County$1,50010%
Hobe Sound Nature Center Inc$1,20020%
The Garden Club of America$1,00010%
Families Forward$5001n/a
North Chicago Community Partners$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 28 recipients with no EIN on record ($214k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Willow Hill Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe University of Cincinnati Foundation: $75,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBack 2 Back Ministries Inc: $70,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSpringer School and Center: $37,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNeuro-Acupuncture Institute Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 7.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Colorado Foundation: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCincinnati Parks Foundation: $20,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetLighthouse Youth Services: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Andrew K Dwyer Foundation: $14,000 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetLiving Arrangements for the Developmentally Disabled Inc: $13,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTaft Museum of Art: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetStepping Stones Inc: $9,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetHobe Sound Community Chest Inc: $9,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMercy Ships International: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJupiter Island Medical Clinic Inc: $8,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetLa Soupe Inc: $8,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFreestore Foodbank Inc: $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFishers Island Conservancy Inc: $6,250 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetCrayons and Beyond Inc: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Cincinnati Ballet Company Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLawrence Memorial Hospital Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIsland Health Project Inc: $5,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMadisonville Education and Assistance Center Inc: $5,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetFishers Island Community Center Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetInter Parish Ministry Inc: $5,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetKenzie's Closet: $5,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetInternational Rett Syndrome Foundation: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Guardians of Martin County Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSanta Maria Community Services Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Brain Tumor Association: $2,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Greater Cincinnati: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Banner Lake Club Inc: $1,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Martin County: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHobe Sound Nature Center Inc: $1,200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Garden Club of America: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Chicago Community Partners: $250 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 37.

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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.

Louise Taft Semple FoundationOH26.2× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Louise Taft Semple Foundation · Woodward Family Charitable Foundation · Farmer Family Foundation · Millstone Fund · The Thomas J Emery Memorial · The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · The Frederic C Hamilton Family Foundation · The Oliver Family Foundation · Sutphin Family Foundation Ica · Pfau Charitable Foundation · Robert H & Susan F Castellini Foundation · Williams 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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Find your warmest path to Willow Hill 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.

About Willow Hill Foundation

How much does Willow Hill Foundation give?
Willow Hill Foundation reported 38 grants totaling $160,581 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 36 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
What does Willow Hill Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (39%), Human Services (15%), International (12%).
Who are Willow Hill Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: The University of Cincinnati Foundation ($75k), Back 2 Back Ministries Inc ($70k), Springer School and Center ($38k).
Does Willow Hill Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Willow Hill Foundation 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 Willow Hill Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Louise Taft Semple Foundation, Woodward Family Charitable Foundation, Farmer Family Foundation.
Where is Willow Hill Foundation based?
Willow Hill Foundation is based in OH.

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 68 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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