Open Foundations · Ohio

Hcs Foundation

Westlake, Ohio · EIN 346514235. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $7.8M across 75 grants in 2024, a median of $40K each.

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$7.8M
paid in 2024
75
grants paid
$40K
median grant
18%
to first-time recipients
$105.4M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
L THOMAS HILTZ
Address
1991 CROCKER ROAD 450, WESTLAKE, OH, 441451998
Phone
2167813502
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
GRANT REQUESTS ARE SENT TO THE ATTENTION OF TRUSTEE LISTED IN LINE 2A.
Submission deadline
NONE
Restrictions on awards
NONE

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202503049349101000. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

first installmentsecond installmentfinal installmentcampaignprogrammingeventcincinnati

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 75 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Xavier UniversityOH$2,000,000TOWARD CONSTRUCTION OF THE COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE
2The Summit Country Day SchoolOH$587,958UPPER SCHOOL RESOURCES PROGRAM 2024-2025, 2025-2026, & 2026-2027
3Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater CincinnatiOH$500,000A NEW GENERATION CAMPAIGN
4Craig and Frances Lindner Center of HopeOH$500,000THIRD INSTALLMENT TO LINDNER CENTER OF HOPE'S $30 MILLION TRANSFORMING HOPE CAMPAIGN
5Zoological Society of CincinnatiOH$400,000FINAL INSTALLMENT TO SUPPORT THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ELEPHANT TREK
6Bob Woodruff Family Foundation IncNY$250,000PLEDGE TOWARD STAND UP FOR HEROES EVENT
7Cincinnati Association for the BlindOH$250,000UNDERWRITE THE COST OF RENOVATING SPACE AT 2045 GILBERT AVENUE TO CREATE A CLASSIFICATION FOLDER PRODUCTION LINE
8The Children's Theatre of CincinnatiOH$250,000THIRD INSTALLMENT TO SUPPORT THE RENOVATION OF EMERY THEATRE
9St Francis Xavier ChurchOH$167,000SECOND INSTALLMENT TOWARD THE ADSUM CAMPAIGN FOR RENEWAL
10Wesley Community Services OrganizationOH$166,667FIRST INSTALLMENT TOWARD DRIVING THE FUTURE CAMPAIGN
11Optimall Services IncOH$150,500TOWARD HIRE OF A DIRECTOR OF COACHING, $90,000.00, AND A PART-TIME DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, $60,000.00
12Cc Pro FoundationOH$125,000SPONSORSHIP OF THE PINK RIBBON EVENT
13Cincinnati Works IncOH$120,000FIRST INSTALLMENT IN SUPPORT OF CINCINNATI WORKS' FINANCIAL WELLNESS PROGRAM AND EXPANSION OF TAX PREPARATION SERVICES
14Cincinnati Museum AssociationOH$100,000FOURTH INSTALLMENT TO SPONSOR NEW EXHIBITIONS AT THE MUSEUM REQUIRING PRIOR APPROVAL BY THE H. C. S. FOUNDATION TRUSTEES
15Living Arrangements for the Developmentally Disabled IncOH$100,000FIRST INSTALLMENT IN SUPPORT OF PHASE III OF FOREVER HOME

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202058$6.1M
202170$6.8M
202261$7.6M
202363$7.8M
202475$7.8M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Ohio95%
Michigan3%
New York1%
District of Columbia1%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Allison H KroppSECRETARY, TRUSTEE · 2024
Francie S HiltzVICE CHAIRMAN, TRUSTEE · 2024
L Thomas HiltzCHAIRMAN, TRUSTEE · 2024
Michael W SchottTREASURER, TRUSTEE · 2024
Peter S HiltzTRUSTEE · 2024

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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