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THE HILLSIDE TRUST

THE HILLSIDE TRUST (Ohio) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $828,284 to it, the largest being THE GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION ($144,625). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$425k
Funders on record
35
Grants received
$828k
Net assets
$11M
27/35 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 43%
01What it does

What The Hillside Trust does

Mission

Advocating the thoughtful use and preservation of our hillsides through research and education, land conservation and advocacy of responsible land use.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Research and education concerning hillside stability issues in southwest ohio and northern kentucky.

    $45,279 spent
    35% of program spending
  2. Advocacy and responsible development of the region's hillsides.

    $45,279 spent
    35% of program spending
  3. Stewardship program: to help maintain properties owned and protected by The Hillside Trust.

    $25,874 spent
    20% of program spending
  4. Land acquisition efforts: to preserve hillside land in southwest ohio and northern kentucky.

    $12,937 spent
    10% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $129,369.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($1.3M) Expenses 100 ($118k) Net assets 100 ($8.6M)2018 Revenue 21 ($261k) Expenses 128 ($152k) Net assets 101 ($8.7M)2019 Revenue 101 ($1.3M) Expenses 128 ($151k) Net assets 114 ($9.8M)2020 Revenue 32 ($403k) Expenses 136 ($160k) Net assets 117 ($10M)2021 Revenue 37 ($467k) Expenses 145 ($171k) Net assets 121 ($10M)2022 Revenue 54 ($679k) Expenses 178 ($210k) Net assets 126 ($11M)2023 Revenue 19 ($238k) Expenses 169 ($199k) Net assets 127 ($11M)2024 Revenue 34 ($425k) Expenses 166 ($196k) Net assets 131 ($11M)
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Revenue (34)Expenses (166)Net assets (131)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $8.7M to $9.8M (+13%).

$8.6M
$8.7M
$9.8M
$10M
$10M
$11M
$11M
$11M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 0% · 2019 90%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

84% of THE HILLSIDE TRUST’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,639 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$1.1M
’17
$110k
’18
$1.1M
’19
$242k
’20
$296k
’21
$469k
’22
$39k
’23
$229k
’24
16
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Chief executive

Eric Russo

Executive director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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No longer listed·0071021
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 17 funders, grant income rose $18k → $103k.

3 of 35 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 27% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of THE HILLSIDE TRUST’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 35 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

THE HILLSIDE TRUST has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 17% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left

27% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund THE HILLSIDE TRUST.

17%
largest funder
36%
top three
~13
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 56% · 2018 40% · 2019 32% · 2020 13% · 2021 42% · 2022 18% · 2023 19% — diversifying over time.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How long its funders stay

57% of THE HILLSIDE TRUST's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 77% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

73% of THE HILLSIDE TRUST's grant income comes from Ohio funders.

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MA
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NC
OK
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Ohio out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $222k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

THE HILLSIDE TRUST runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,266 environment nonprofits its size.

Operating margin54% · top quartile
Months of reserve15.5mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−14% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,266 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like THE HILLSIDE TRUST

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In Ohio

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

66% of spending goes to programs.

Program 66%Management 26%Fundraising 8%

Governance

9
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

97%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

OH

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE HILLSIDE TRUST?
THE HILLSIDE TRUST (Ohio) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $828,284 to it, the largest being THE GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION ($144,625). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE HILLSIDE TRUST have?
IRS filings report 35 organizations giving $828,284 in grants to THE HILLSIDE TRUST, 27 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE HILLSIDE TRUST?
THE GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $144,625 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE HILLSIDE TRUST find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 35 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing