Conrad N Hilton Foundation
Accepts applications
Conrad N Hilton Foundation is a private foundation in Westlake Village, California. In tax year 2024 it gave $321 million in 1,339 grants; the typical grant was $76,000 and the largest $3.5 million. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.
From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.
- Grants paid, 2024$321 million
- Number of grants1,339
- Typical grant$76,000
- Largest grant$3.5 million
- Assets$7.4 billion
- New grantees48%
Giving in 2024 was up from $210 million the year before.
48% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Number of grants | Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $210 million | 1,340 | $7.1 billion |
| 2024 | $321 million | 1,339 | $7.4 billion |
How to apply
| Contact | Conrad N Hilton Foundation 1 Dole Drive, Westlake Village, CA 91362 |
|---|---|
| Phone or email | (818) 851-3700 |
| What to submit | - requested amount - purpose of request - applicant's: legal name, also known as, tax id (EIN), complete address, main phone, website, fiscal year end, current fiscal year organization budget, previous fiscal year organization budget, fiscal sponsor requirement? Yes/no, head of organization (name, title, and email), primary contact (name, title, direct phone, and email). - type of support requested: general operating support or project support - proposal narrative |
| Deadlines | August 29th |
| Restrictions | Good neighbor grants are not made: - to individuals - to organizations that discriminate against certain groups or individuals in the delivery of programs and services on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation or disability - to projects outside of the geographic focus area - for influencing legislation and/or elections, promoting voter registration; for political candidates, political campaigns - for social or political issues outside the united states of america - for temporary exhibits, travel, surveys, films or publishing activities - for endowment funds - for fundraising dinners or sponsorships, or events |
Foundation website IRS filings on ProPublica
What Conrad N Hilton Foundation funds
Where it gives
Its US grants went to recipients in 46 states, the most to California. It also paid $69.9 million in 197 grants to recipients outside the US.
| State | Grants | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| California | 543 | $80.6 million |
| New York | 109 | $31.0 million |
| District of Columbia | 122 | $30.8 million |
| Maryland | 30 | $10.4 million |
| Pennsylvania | 10 | $6.9 million |
| New Mexico | 12 | $5.5 million |
| Louisiana | 21 | $5.4 million |
| Illinois | 26 | $5.3 million |
| Oregon | 8 | $4.6 million |
| Washington | 19 | $4.2 million |
Grants paid in 2024
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Marywood University | To implement phase iv of the higher education for sisters in africa program for sisters in multiple countries in africa | $3.5 million |
| Marywood University | To implement phase vi of the sisters leadership development initiative in ten countries in africa and establish an investment fund for sisters education | $2.9 million |
| Norwegian Refugee Council USA | To support two-generation youth livelihoods and early childhood development programming in colombia, ecuador, and uganda | $2.6 million |
| Amazon Frontlines | For general operating support | $2.5 million |
| Lunione Internazionale Delle Superiore Generali | To support the education and training of sisters in interculturality, canon law, formation for synodality, advocacy communication, and formation for practical action on anti-trafficking, integral ecology, migration, and theology | $2.3 million |
| Universidad de Los Andes | To scale-up a community-based psychosocial model promoting maternal mental health and early childhood development among refugees and forcibly displaced persons in colombia | $2.3 million |
| Uptime Catalyst Facility | To scale-up performance-based contracting for safe water service delivery and influence regional and global financing of rural water services | $2.3 million |
| Brilliant Corners | To expand its operating capacity to serve as a larger fiscal intermediary in the homelessness sector in los angeles county | $2.3 million |
| United Way Inc | To support the homeless response system in achieving operational excellence and expanding upstream solutions to homelessness in los angeles county | $2.2 million |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc | To the mayors migration council, a project of rockefeller philanthropy advisors, inc., to help launch the global cities fund children and caregivers initiative, expand direct funding to city projects, and strengthen infrastructure to provide technical assistance and global advocacy support | $2.1 million |
| Catholic Relief Services | To strengthen the capacity of women religious in kenya, zambia, malawi, tanzania, and ghana in sustainable comprehensive responses for children and their families in early childhood development | $2.1 million |
| LTSC Community Development Corporation | To support housing preservation work across the los angeles region and increase the organizations capacity in its multi-pronged approach to homelessness in little tokyo | $2.1 million |
| Mercy Corps | To support venezuelan and colombian youth access employment and leadership opportunities in cartagena, medellin, valledupar, and other nearby municipalities | $2.0 million |
| Sesame Workshop | To support inclusion and belonging for refugee and migrant-hosting communities by nurturing early learning environments | $2.0 million |
| World Vision | To extend the safe water enterprise model to more systems in asutifi north, expand service delivery to asunafo north, and co-design and pilot a drinking water sustainability fund for the rural water sector | $2.0 million |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc | For the international resource for impact and storytelling, a project of rockefeller philanthropy advisors, inc., to support a consortium of partners to enable young mothers and their young children to thrive in kenya, tanzania, and mozambique | $1.7 million |
| United States Fund for UNICEF | To embed early childhood development (ecd) within existing systems and service delivery mechanisms at national and sub-national levels in kenya, tanzania, and mozambique, and to provide global and regional leadership and technical guidance on ecd | $1.7 million |
| Corporation for Supportive Housing | To support a multifaceted plan to address chronic homelessness in los angeles county through increasing access to and development of supportive housing, increased alignment with healthcare systems and statewide policy advocacy | $1.6 million |
| New Mexico Early Childhood Education and Care Department | To strengthen a comprehensive cross-department prenatal to age 3 systems agenda including, home visiting services, support to tribal communities, and improved data | $1.6 million |
| Stanford University | To elevate parent voices for regional (los angeles county) and statewide decision-making through launching a monthly statewide parent need survey for families with young children | $1.6 million |
| Brac USA Inc | To support the scaling up of integrated two-generational programming for refugee and host communities in uganda | $1.5 million |
| Strathmore University Foundation | To provide entrepreneurship education, training, and coaching to catholic sisters in order to build the financial sustainability of their charitable ministries | $1.5 million |
| The Regents of the University of California | To support the california policy lab in improving performance metrics to drive data-driven decision-making and advancing knowledge in predictive modeling and prevention strategies for individuals experiencing homelessness in los angeles | $1.5 million |
| Stichting Irc International Water and Sanitation Centre | To support the community water and sanitation agency in its growth as a professionalized public utility in ghana, playing a stronger regulatory role within the sector in the context of rural water reforms in ghana | $1.4 million |
| Safe Water Network | To improve the reliability and sustainability of rural piped water systems in ghana by expanding the provision of safely managed water to new households, digitizing operational aspects of service delivery, and disseminating learnings to the water sector | $1.3 million |
| Catholic Relief Services | To equip local faith-based leaders and organizations to deliver quality early childhood development services and strengthen inter-faith networks in kenya, mozambique, and tanzania, with a targeted impact for 19,800 caregivers | $1.3 million |
| New Yorkers for Children Inc | To support a project to study, pilot and expand models to improve placement stability, mental health and wraparound support for transition-aged foster youth and caregivers in new york city | $1.3 million |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | To establish a baseline for lead contamination in drinking water systems in ghana and uganda, support these governments to develop remediation solutions and adopt national standards, and disseminate results at global water events | $1.2 million |
| Brilliant Corners | To support a partnership with los angeles county's department of health services and the department of public health to pilot and refine an expanded service model for clients with substance use needs in supportive housing | $1.2 million |
| United Way Inc | To support public and policymaker education on impacts of current public investments on homelessness | $1.2 million |
| Project Maji | To support the ahafo region and associated district assemblies to implement district wash master plans by installing and operating 45 solar-powered water systems in communities of less than 1,000 people, increasing local access to safe water | $1.1 million |
| The People Concern | To pilot permanent supportive housing plus at a housing site to enhance nursing and case management capabilities | $1.1 million |
| WATER4 Inc | To scale a safely managed water service delivery model in wassa east and surrounding communities to demonstrate financial viability and long-term sustainability | $1.1 million |
| Cap Youth Empowerment Institute - Kenya | To train and place opportunity youth in climate-smart agricultural jobs and hospitality careers and advocate for reform with the technical and vocational education and training system | $1.1 million |
| United Way Inc | To support direct investments in physical infrastructure and service delivery in faith and community-based organizations and targeted daytime/shelter service locations, and oversee implementation and evaluation | $1.1 million |
| Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | To support the development of federal policies related to implementing housing access for people experiencing homelessness | $1.0 million |
| United Way Inc | To implement narrative change work through strategic communications capacity building for a housing and homelessness coalition in los angeles | $1.0 million |
| Leadership Conference of Women Religious | To support the leadership conference of women religious with implementation of a new vision for emergent religious life in the us, including the creation of a pan-continental alliance of religious for the americas. | $1.0 million |
| Youthbuild Mexico Ac | To create a multipronged approach to youth employment in mexico city, including direct service, collaboration and advocacy on behalf of opportunity youth | $1.0 million |
| Air Serv International Inc | To improve humanitarian flight operations in sudan, south sudan, and northern uganda for vital relief delivery and personnel transport, while enhancing the aviation professional development program at uganda's entebbe international airport | $1.0 million |
Officers and trustees
- Peter A Laugharn
- Sonia Moldovan
- Beth Dehamel
- Michael Buchman
- Leslie Lockhart
- Atiqua Hashem
- David Haroz
- Linda Hilton
- Justin McAuliffe
- James R Galbraith
- Conrad N Hilton III
- Michael O Hilton
- Matthew J Hart
- Sr Joyce Meyer
- John L Notter
Questions people ask
Does Conrad N Hilton Foundation accept grant applications?
Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: August 29th.
How much does Conrad N Hilton Foundation give?
$321 million in tax year 2024, across 1,339 grants, with a typical grant of $76,000.
Who runs Conrad N Hilton Foundation?
Its 2024 filing lists Peter A Laugharn (President and Ceo), Sonia Moldovan (VP, Strategy & Programs (Start 01/24)), Beth Dehamel (VP, Operations and Cfo) and Michael Buchman (VP and Cio) among 15 officers and trustees.
What does Conrad N Hilton Foundation fund?
Based on its grants, mainly international, youth programs and human services.