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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “hilltop”
Where the money went
Largest: $20,000 to HILLTOP ALLIANCE — soil sisters - hilltop pass through - reissuing an amount returned in fy23
Largest: $108,000 to HILLTOP COMMUNITY RESOURCES INC — emergency funding
Largest: $450,000 to THE PITTSBURGH PARKS CONSERVANCY — advancing park equity in homewood and the hilltop
Largest: $75,000 to HILLTOP URBAN FARM — to support the expanding programming of the hilltop urban farm (farmer incubator program, community farm, farmers market, youth farm) to benefit the surrounding hilltop communities
Largest: $21,000 to PEACE COMMUNITY CENTER — program support (hilltop scholars and vibrant schools coalition) and capital campaign
Hilltop Lakes Chapel FoundationHilltop Lakes, TXCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $472,114 · through 2025Largest: $300,000 to HILLTOP LAKES CHAPEL — assist the hilltop lakes chapel
Western Colorado CommunityGrand Junction, COCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2025Largest: $538,445 to HILLTOP COMMUNITY RESOURCES — youth connections, hilltop's housing continuum, latimer house
Largest: $155,015 to ANCHORAGE PARK FOUNDATION — hilltop mountain bike park
Largest: $300,000 to HILLTOP MONTESSORI SCHOOL — operational support
Alice L Kerr Price Char Tr F0145500San Antonio, TXCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $150,022 · through 2024Largest: $48,360 to HILLTOP HAVEN — fund the charitable activites of the beneficiary
Largest: $267,996 to HILLTOP TABERNACLE CHURCH — unrestricted general support
Mercy Terrace ApartmentsErie, PACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $239,100 · through 2025Largest: $62,400 to Mercy Hilltop Center — to provide assistance for the sustainablity of operations.
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →

