John W Hill Hill and Knowlton Foundation
New York, NY · EIN 13-6161529. Reported 55 grants totalling $586,755 to 42 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. John W Hill Hill and Knowlton Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $4,160 and $10,000; the smallest was $425 and the largest $60,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Executive Leadership Council | Washington, DC | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Americares Foundation | Stamford, CT | $36,670 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Project Sunshine | New York, NY | $35,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| USA for Unhcr | Washington, DC | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Economic Club of New York | New York, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Brazil Foundation | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Committee for Economic Development of the Conference Board | Arlington, VA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| International Rescue Committee | Albert Lea, MN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lagrant Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Institute of Public Relations | Gainesville, FL | $20,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Red Cross | Boone, IA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Literacy Partners Inc | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Turkish Philanthropy Funds | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Institute for Public Relations | Gainesville, FL | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Columbus Citizens Foundation | New York, NY | $12,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jazz at Lincoln Center | New York, NY | $10,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Committee for Economic Develpment of the Conference Board | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Committee for Economic Development of the Conference Board | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Feeding America | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| God's Love We Deliver | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Make-a-Wish Metro New York and Western New York | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mayors Fund to Advance New York City | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Palestinian American Medical Association | Fairfax, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Strive | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Pride Network | Newark, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Voices Project USA Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wounded Warrior Project | Jacksonville, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| YMCA of Greater New York | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Diversity Action Alliance | New York, NY | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Asu Foundation (mccain Institute) | Tempe, AZ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City Meals on Wheels | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Service Society of Ny | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| International Committee of Red Cross | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Un Wfp USA | Boone, IA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Service Society of New York | New York, NY | $4,585 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Trevor Project | West Hollywood, CA | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nina Vaca Foundation | Dallas, TX | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| YMCA of Greater Ny | New York, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Everyorg | San Francisco, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Notre Dame | Notre Dame, IN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
7 of 42 (17%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 18%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Executive Leadership Council
To support the Executive Leadership Council - Lagrant Foundation
To support the LAGRANT foundation - Committee for Economic Development of the Conference Board
To support the CED and The Conference Boards 2022 Awards Program and Business Statesmanship Initiat - International Rescue Committee
To support the International Rescue Committee - Project Sunshine
To support Project Sunshine - Turkish Philanthropy Funds
To support the Turkish Philanthropy Funds
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 37 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 9 | $106,170 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 13 | $166,160 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 24 | $240,425 | $8,750 |
| 2024 | 9 | $74,000 | $10,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. John W Hill Hill and Knowlton Foundation has 5 of them, worth $57,500. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Project Sunshine | New York, NY | $20,000 |
| Institute of Public Relations | Gainesville, FL | $12,500 |
| Mayor's Fund to Advance New York | New York, NY | $10,000 |
| Wounded Warrior Project | Jacksonville, FL | $10,000 |
| Un World Food Program USA | Boone, IA | $5,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 46% of this one's giving went to organizations in New York. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from John W Hill Hill and Knowlton Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 3 World Trade Ctr Fl 29, New York, NY, 10007. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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