Hill Top Center

Private foundation · Grantmaker Lake Bluff, IL EIN: 36-2124225

Hill Top Center is a private foundation focused on Health, based in Lake Bluff, IL. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $5.2M in total assets. In 2025, it made $656K in qualifying distributions. Net investment income was $203K.

Hill Top Center at a glance

Total assets
$5,154,195
-8.5% vs 2024
Revenue (2025)
$316,081
-24.3% vs 2024
Qualifying distributions (2025)
$655,685
+21.8% vs 2024
Expenses (2025)
$784,838
+17.3% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Hill Top Center funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

5 grants across all recorded years

5<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 5 grants of 5 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

4states

Cities

DelafieldGenevaOverland ParkSt. Louis

How Hill Top Center gives

  • In 2025 it paid out 216% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$20K$40K$60K$80K0 grants2019 0 grants2020 0 grants2021 4 grants2022 0 grants2023 1 grant2024 0 grants2025

From 2022 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $25K (2024) to $70K (2022). In 2024 it made 1 grant totaling $25K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Clearview Home Corporation Delafield, WISupport Nursing Services$25,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsQualifying DistributionsNet Investment IncomeDistributable Amount
2025$5,154,195$316,081$784,838——$655,685$203,274$302,908
2024$5,633,663$417,663$668,864$25,0001$538,194$209,766$313,453
2023$5,906,996$187,870$499,112——$377,005$113,328$301,267
2022$6,235,822$719,852$505,615$70,0004$390,207$564,763$315,959
2021$6,038,499$684,107$412,991——$313,626$509,224$365,842
2020$7,124,138$591,533$414,912———$401,065—
2019$6,491,353$698,567$430,333———$362,168—

Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Hill Top Center reported a distributable amount of $303K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Hill Top Center is led by Susan Moeller, President since 2021 (on filings since 2019); none of the 4 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Susan Moeller

    President

    Vice President → President, 2021

    On filings since 2019

    10 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Corda Murphy

    Vice President

    Vice President → Secretary & Interim Vice President, 2024

    Secretary & Interim Vice President → Vice President, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • John Nitschke

    Treasurer

    On filings since 2019

    3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Maria Freeman

    Secretary

    Secretary → Director, 2024

    Director → Secretary, 2025

    On filings since 2021

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (4)
  • Former: Perry Fisher (2019–2022) — Vice President
  • Former: Lori Neuschel (2022) — Director
  • Former: Ardath Hamann (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Marti Gauger (2019) — Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Hill Top Center

How large is Hill Top Center?

Hill Top Center reported $5.2M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $656K in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $303K (roughly 5% of its investment assets).

What is Hill Top Center?

Hill Top Center is a private foundation focused on Health, based in Lake Bluff, IL. It holds $5.2M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Hill Top Center operate?

Hill Top Center has awarded grants in Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Wisconsin.

What is Hill Top Center's EIN?

Hill Top Center's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 36-2124225. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(2)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS April 27, 2026)
  2. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2024

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