Conrad N Hilton Foundation
The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation is a private foundation based in Westlake Village, California, established in 1944 by Conrad N. Hilton. It supports nonprofit organizations working to improve lives and alleviate human suffering worldwide, using long-term strategic partnerships across its program areas.
Conrad N Hilton Foundation at a glance
In short: Conrad N Hilton Foundation gave $287.7M across 1,339 grants in 2024 (avg $215K), top state California. 31% of 2024 grantees were new. Source: 2024 IRS Form 990-PF.
- Annual giving (2024)
- $287,749,627
- +2.6% vs 2023
- Grants made (2024)
- 1,339
- -0.1% vs 2023
- Average grant
- $214,899
- +2.6% vs 2023
- Median grant
- $76,000
- Total assets
- $7,362,883,680
- +3.7% vs 2023
- New grantees (estimate)
- 31% first-time grantees (312 of 1,020, 2024)
- Primary geography
- California (28% of itemized 2024 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990-PF, 2024 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2024; updated October 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to Conrad N Hilton Foundation
- Accepts unsolicited proposals
- No
- How to Apply
-
The Foundation does not accept unsolicited requests, except through the Good Neighbor Program. That program is for eligible nonprofits and Title 1 schools providing direct services in its stated local geographic area. The filing lists requested amount, purpose, applicant and contact information, organization budgets, support type, and a proposal narrative among the application materials. Restrictions include individuals, projects outside the geographic focus area, lobbying or election-related work, endowments, fundraising events, and certain other activities.
- Review Cycle
- The 2026 Good Neighbor Program deadline was August 28, 2026; that application window has closed.
- Deadline
- The 2026 Good Neighbor Program deadline was August 28, 2026; that application window has closed.
- Contact
Application contact: Conrad N Hilton Foundation
Mailing address: 1 Dole Drive, Westlake Village, CA 91362
Phone: (818) 851-3700
Website: https://hiltonfoundation.org
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Open Grants
2 open opportunities from Conrad N Hilton Foundation
Who Conrad N Hilton Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2024
The largest 2024 recipient was Marywood University ($6.4M across 2 grants). Together the top 10 received $39.3M.
Organizations only. It also paid 11 grants to individuals ($945,500), which are not listed by name.
Grant Size Distribution
6,336 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 3,224 grants of 6,336 (51%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
The Foundation describes its work as global. Its listed 2024 grants include support for work in multiple African countries, Colombia, Ecuador, Uganda, and Los Angeles County. The Good Neighbor Program has a narrower local focus: the Conejo Valley, extending northwest to Camarillo, Oxnard, and Ventura, including Agoura Hills, Newbury Park, Oak Park, an individual recipient, and Westlake Village.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2024 grant dollars across all 1,339 itemized grants.
States
Cities
Is Conrad N Hilton Foundation open to new grantees?
31%
first-time grantees, 2024
In 2024, 312 of 1,020 grantees (31%) were first-time recipients. First grants averaged $134K; repeat grants $347K. How we count
Medians: $28K first-time, $150K repeat.
- 52% of 2024 grantees were also funded in 2023. Method
- Giving held roughly steady from 2021 to 2024 (−10%). Method
- In 2024 it paid out 98% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Foundations have until the end of the next year to meet it. Method
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990-PF filings (2020–2024). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $207.6M (2020) to $415.7M (2022). In 2024 it made 1,339 grants totaling $287.7M.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Marywood University Scranton, PA | To implement phase iv of the higher education for sisters in africa program for sisters in multiple countries in africa | $3,500,000 |
| Marywood University Scranton, PA | To implement phase vi of the sisters leadership development initiative in ten countries in africa and establish an investment fund for sisters education | $2,860,462 |
| Norwegian Refugee Council USA Washington, DC | To support two-generation youth livelihoods and early childhood development programming in colombia, ecuador, and uganda | $2,600,000 |
| Amazon Frontlines San Francisco, CA | For General Operating Support | $2,500,000 |
| 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 | $2,325,000 |
| 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 | $2,300,000 |
| Uptime Catalyst Facility | To scale-up performance-based contracting for safe water service delivery and influence regional and global financing of rural water services | $2,300,000 |
| Brilliant Corners Los Angeles, CA | To expand its operating capacity to serve as a larger fiscal intermediary in the homelessness sector in los Angeles county | $2,255,000 |
| United Way Inc Los Angeles, CA | To support the homeless response system in achieving operational excellence and expanding upstream solutions to homelessness in los Angeles county | $2,200,000 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc New York, NY | 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 | $2,150,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Qualifying Distributions | Net Investment Income | Distributable Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7,362,883,680 | $619,701,927 | $386,521,836 | $287,749,627 | 1,339 | $346,794,890 | $405,433,507 | $353,535,248 |
| 2023 | $7,099,706,570 | $339,969,771 | $277,574,892 | $280,533,019 | 1,340 | $337,189,750 | $208,491,252 | $344,825,040 |
| 2022 | $6,624,019,686 | $311,337,309 | $601,924,125 | $415,747,483 | 1,336 | $477,314,864 | $93,756,125 | $364,761,945 |
| 2021 | $8,715,149,227 | $666,198,573 | $472,068,268 | $320,644,675 | 1,135 | $370,073,679 | $454,264,579 | $387,259,063 |
| 2020 | $7,732,630,405 | $2,481,413,875 | $232,526,564 | $207,550,062 | 1,186 | — | $401,404,107 | $322,911,670 |
Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Conrad N Hilton Foundation reported a distributable amount of $353.5M for 2024 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
The Foundation’s mission is to improve the lives of individuals living in poverty and experiencing disadvantage throughout the world. Its seven initiatives are Catholic Sisters, Early Childhood Development, Foster Youth, Homelessness, Opportunity Youth, Refugees, and Safe Water. It also has additional focus areas in Disaster Relief and Recovery and Aviation.
Examples of supported organizations illustrate the range of its work. Marywood University received grants for programs supporting sisters’ education and leadership in Africa; the university describes itself as a Catholic institution that believes education empowers people. The Norwegian Refugee Council USA received support for youth livelihoods and early childhood development programming; it describes its work as raising funds for programs serving conflict-affected refugees and internally displaced people. Amazon Frontlines received a grant for general operating support and the 2024 Humanitarian Prize; it describes its mission as building power with Indigenous peoples to defend rights to land, life, and cultural survival. In Los Angeles, Brilliant Corners received support to expand its role in the homelessness sector; it describes its work as providing housing and services, especially to people transitioning from or at risk of homelessness or institutionalization.
Grantmaking
The Foundation’s 2024 filing reports 1,339 grants totaling $287,749,627. Grant amounts ranged from $150 to $3.5 million, with a median of $76,000. Its largest 2024 grants included $3.5 million to Marywood University for a phase of its Higher Education for Sisters in Africa program; $2.86 million to Marywood University for a sisters’ leadership initiative; and $2.6 million to the Norwegian Refugee Council USA for youth livelihoods and early childhood development programming in Colombia, Ecuador, and Uganda. Other large grants supported safe water services, homelessness work in Los Angeles County, and refugee and early childhood programs.
The Foundation’s $2.5 million 2024 Humanitarian Prize was presented to Amazon Frontlines. Prize nominations are submitted through an open process, and an independent international jury selects the recipient.
The Good Neighbor Program is the Foundation’s stated exception to its usual approach of not accepting unsolicited proposals. For 2026, grants were described as $10,000 for eligible nonprofits’ general operating support and up to $5,000 for Title 1 schools’ project or program support. The stated 2026 application window ran from April 1 through August 28, with decisions by November 6.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2024 filing lists Peter A. Laugharn as president and CEO; Sonia Moldovan as vice president, strategy and programs; Beth DeHamel as vice president, operations and CFO; Michael Buchman as vice president and CIO; Leslie Lockhart as vice president, talent and culture; and Atiqua Hashem as vice president, secretary and general counsel. It lists Linda Hilton as chair and Justin McAuliffe as vice chair.
Conrad N Hilton Foundation is led by Peter A. Laugharn, President & CEO on every filing since 2020; all 18 officers listed in 2024 are compensated.
Officers on the 2024 filing
Peter A. Laugharn
President & CEO
On filings since 2020
37.5 hrs/week
$726K (2020) → $1M (2024)
Linda Hilton
Chairman
Director → Vice Chair, 2021
Vice Chair → Chairman, 2024
On filings since 2020
8 hrs/week
$35K (2020) → $55K (2024)
Conrad N. Hilton III
Director
On filings since 2020
4 hrs/week
$35K (2020) → $45K (2024)
James R. Galbraith
Director
On filings since 2020
4 hrs/week
$35K (2020) → $45K (2024)
John L. Notter
Director
On filings since 2020
4 hrs/week
$35K (2020) → $45K (2024)
Michael O. Hilton
Director
On filings since 2020
4 hrs/week
$35K (2020) → $45K (2024)
Sr Joyce Meyer
Director
On filings since 2020
4 hrs/week
$35K (2020) → $45K (2024)
Beverly Hilton Neapolitan
Director
New on the 2024 filing
4 hrs/week
$45K (2024)
Caitlin Hilton
Director
New on the 2024 filing
4 hrs/week
$45K (2024)
Louise Nelson
Director
New on the 2024 filing
4 hrs/week
$45K (2024)
Matthew J. Hart
Director
New on the 2024 filing
4 hrs/week
$45K (2024)
Atiqua Hashem
Vice President, Secretary & General Counsel
On filings since 2020
37.5 hrs/week
$97K (2020) → $605K (2024)
Justin McAuliffe
Vice Chair
Director → Vice Chair, 2024
On filings since 2020
6 hrs/week
$76K (2020) → $50K (2024)
Michael Buchman
Vice President & CIO
Vice President & Co -Chief Investment Officer → Vice President & CIO, 2022
On filings since 2020
37.5 hrs/week
$1.9M (2020) → $1.3M (2024)
Beth Dehamel
Vice President, Operations & CFO
Vice President & Administrator - CFO → Vice President, Operations & CFO, 2022
On filings since 2021
37.5 hrs/week
$339K (2021) → $514K (2024)
Leslie Lockhart
Vice President, Talent & Culture
On filings since 2022
37.5 hrs/week
$121K (2022) → $430K (2024)
David Haroz
Chief of Staff - Manager
On filings since 2023
37.5 hrs/week
$407K (2023) → $436K (2024)
Sonia Moldovan
Vice President, Strategy & Programs
New on the 2024 filing
37.5 hrs/week
$518K (2024)
Former officers (11)
- Former: Hawley Hilton McAuliffe (2020–2023) — Chairman
- Former: Kofi Appenteng (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Marc Holley (2020–2023) — Vice President, Strategy & Programs
- Former: Tamara Lewis (2020–2022) — Vice President, Talent & Culture
- Former: Mark Rosenberg (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Marshall Stowell (2020–2021) — Vice President of Communications
- Former: Yatin Patel (2020–2021) — Vice President & Co -Chief Investment Officer
- Former: Monica Emerson (2020) — Deputy CFO & Treasurer
- Former: Ofelia Esquivel (2020) — Corporate Secretary
- Former: Patrick Modugno (2020) — Vice President & Administrator - CFO
- Former: Steve Hilton (2020) — Chairman
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2024. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2024 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2024 filing was $1.3M, to Michael Buchman (VP and CIO). 18 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Conrad N Hilton Foundation
How much does Conrad N Hilton Foundation give each year?
Conrad N Hilton Foundation gave $287.7M across 1,339 grants in 2024, according to its 2024 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2023 it gave $280.5M across 1,340 grants.
What is Conrad N Hilton Foundation's typical grant size?
Conrad N Hilton Foundation's median grant in 2024 was $76,000, and its average grant was $214,899, across 1,339 grants on its 2024 IRS Form 990-PF. Organizations receiving their first grant from Conrad N Hilton Foundation that year got $134K on average.
Where does Conrad N Hilton Foundation give grants?
Conrad N Hilton Foundation's top state is California, with 28% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2024 IRS Form 990-PF. The next largest states were New York (11%) and District of Columbia (11%). The most frequent recipient cities were Los Angeles, CA (174 grants), Washington, DC (119 grants), New York, NY (91 grants) and Thousand Oaks, CA (28 grants).
Does Conrad N Hilton Foundation give general operating support?
Yes: 38% of Conrad N Hilton Foundation's 2024 grants with a stated purpose (503 of 1,339) were for general or operating support, per its 2024 IRS Form 990-PF. Recurring purposes include "To Support Project 180" (5 grants) and "To Support Young Life Brazos Valley" (3 grants).
Who are Conrad N Hilton Foundation's largest grantees?
Conrad N Hilton Foundation's largest 2024 grantees include Marywood University ($6,360,462 across 2 grants), United Way Inc ($6,237,300 across 6 grants) and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc ($5,309,000 across 7 grants), according to its 2024 IRS Form 990-PF. It also paid 11 grants to individuals ($945,500), which are not listed by name. Together they received 6% of its itemized 2024 grant dollars.
How large is Conrad N Hilton Foundation?
Conrad N Hilton Foundation reported $7.4B in total assets on its 2024 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $346.8M in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $353.5M (roughly 5% of its investment assets). Falling short in one year is not a violation: foundations have until the end of the next year to meet the minimum.
What does Conrad N Hilton Foundation fund?
The Foundation’s mission is to improve the lives of individuals living in poverty and experiencing disadvantage throughout the world. Its seven initiatives are Catholic Sisters, Early Childhood Development, Foster Youth, Homelessness, Opportunity Youth, Refugees, and Safe Water. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Conrad N Hilton Foundation?
The Foundation does not accept unsolicited requests, except through the Good Neighbor Program. Eligibility and process details are in the grantmaking section of this profile. See how to apply ↑
What is Conrad N Hilton Foundation's EIN?
Conrad N Hilton Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 94-3100217. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2024.
Does Conrad N Hilton Foundation accept unsolicited proposals?
No, according to Grantable's research on the foundation's published guidelines. See how to apply ↑
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.
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