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Hill Family Foundation

Accepts applications Mercer Island, Washington · EIN 911539805

Hill Family Foundation is a private foundation in Mercer Island, Washington. In tax year 2024 it gave $1.3 million in 22 grants; the typical grant was $50,000 and the largest $150,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was up from $1.1 million the year before.

32% of its 2024 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$1.1 million21$5.1 million
2024$1.3 million22$5.5 million

How to apply

ContactAnne Thomson
7900 28th Street Suite 310, 7900 28th Street Suite 310, Mercer Island, WA 98040
Phone or email(206) 232-7500, doug@hillinvestment.com
What to submitAny application format can be used.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Hill Family Foundation funds

Where it gives

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

StateGrantsAmount
Washington21$1.3 million
Massachusetts1$27,000

Grants paid in 2024

All 22 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Community Roots Housing
Seattle, WA
Donation$150,000
Vashon Maury Community Food Bank
Vashon, WA
Donation$125,000
Compass Housing Allicance
Seattle, WA
Donation$100,000
Food Lifeline
Seattle, WA
Donation$100,000
Low Income Housing Institute
Seattle, WA
Donation$100,000
NW Havest
Seattle, WA
Donation$100,000
Desc
Seattle, WA
Donation$100,000
Farestart
Seattle, WA
Donation$75,000
Plymouth Housing
Seattle, WA
Donation$50,000
Treehouse
Seattle, WA
Donation$50,000
United Way
Seattle, WA
Donation$50,000
Friends of Youth
Kirkland, WA
Donation$50,000
Community Passageways
Seattle, WA
Donation$50,000
YWCA SeattleKingSnohomish
Seattle, WA
Donation$50,000
United Indians of All Tribes
Seattle, WA
Donation$35,000
Undue Medical Debt
Boston, MA
donation$27,000
Youthcare
Seattle, WA
Donation$25,000
Black Future COOP
Seattle, WA
Donation$10,000
Atlantic Street Center
Seattle, WA
donation$10,000
Langston
Seattle, WA
Donation$10,000
Amara
Seattle, WA
Donation$10,000
Black Past
Seattle, WA
Donation$5,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Hill Family Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Hill Family Foundation give?

$1.3 million in tax year 2024, across 22 grants, with a typical grant of $50,000.

Who runs Hill Family Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists Michael Hill (Vice President), Anne Thomson (President), John G Hill (Secretary) and Stephen R Hill (Treasurer) among 7 officers and trustees.

What does Hill Family Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly housing and homelessness, food and hunger and human services.

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