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The Osgood-Hilles Charitable Trust

Accepts applications West Windsor, Vermont · EIN 471981241

The Osgood-Hilles Charitable Trust is a private foundation in West Windsor, Vermont. In tax year 2025 it gave $102,500 in 10 grants; the typical grant was $7,500 and the largest $30,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was up from $96,700 the year before.

30% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$106,0008$1.5 million
2024$96,70011$1.6 million
2025$102,50010$1.9 million

How to apply

ContactThe Osgood-Hilles Charitable Trust
207 Trafton Road, West Windsor, VT 05089
Phone or email(802) 484-0033

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What The Osgood-Hilles Charitable Trust funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 2 states, the most to Vermont.

StateGrantsAmount
Vermont8$80,000
New Hampshire2$22,500

Grants paid in 2025

All 10 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
American Precision Museum
West Windsor, VT
General support$30,000
Old South Church
Windsor, VT
General support$20,000
Cornish Community Initiative
Cornish Flat, NH
General support$12,500
Colby Sawyer College
New London, NH
General support$10,000
Windsor Public Library
Windsor, VT
General support$10,000
Ascutney Outdoors
Brownsville, VT
General support$5,000
Lucy Mackenzie Humane Society
Winidsor, VT
General support$5,000
Windsor Food Shelf
Windsor, VT
General support$4,000
Vermont Public
Colchester, VT
General support$4,000
Vermont Digger
Montpelier, VT
General support$2,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does The Osgood-Hilles Charitable Trust accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does The Osgood-Hilles Charitable Trust give?

$102,500 in tax year 2025, across 10 grants, with a typical grant of $7,500.

Who runs The Osgood-Hilles Charitable Trust?

Its 2025 filing lists Frederick W Hilles (Trustee) and Jane E Osgood (Trustee).

What does The Osgood-Hilles Charitable Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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