Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Awards More Than $57 Million in Grants in the First Half of 2023

The Hilton Foundation expands its investments in locally-led organizations

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation announced today that the board of directors approved 13 grants totaling more than $57 million in the first two quarters of 2023. The grants span our seven initiatives across the Hilton Foundation’s work in the U.S. and internationally.

The following is an overview of the grants awarded in the first and second quarters of 2023:

Catholic Sisters – Jesuit Conference of Africa and Madagascar (JESAM) received $1.8 million over three years to register the Bakhita Partnership for Education and to continue to improve access to and completion of education for girls in Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, Tanzania and Malawi.

Foster Youth – New Yorkers for Children, Inc. received $3.6 million over three years to support a project to study, pilot and expand models to improve placement stability, mental health and wraparound support for transition-aged foster youth and caregivers in New York City. The Center for Fair Futures, a project of the Fund of the City of New York, was awarded $1.68 million over three years to expand implementation, TA and evaluation, and launch an innovation arm to identify gaps and pilot transition-aged youth-wellbeing projects alongside youth leaders.

Global Early Childhood Development – East and Southern Africa – ChildFund International USA received $3 million over three years to implement an evidence and community-based parenting program for caregivers of children 0-3 years in Kenya and Mozambique. Pact Inc. was awarded $3 million over three years to integrate early childhood development into USAID’s project to support young children and families affected by HIV in Tanzania.

Homelessness – Corporation for Supportive Housing received $5 million over three years to support a multi-faceted plan to address chronic homelessness in Los Angeles County through increasing access to and development of supportive housing, increased alignment with healthcare systems and statewide policy advocacy. United Way Inc. was awarded $8.5 million to support the homeless response system in achieving operational excellence and expanding upstream solutions to homelessness in Los Angeles County.

Opportunity Youth – Los Angeles Brotherhood Crusade – Black United Fund Inc. received $1,605,000 over three years for continued support to train, place and advance opportunity youth in South Los Angeles into middle-wage employment. Swahilipot Hub Foundation was awarded $2.55 million over four years to support a system of youth hubs, case management and career pathways services in Mombasa, Kenya.

Refugees – Addis Ababa City Government received $1.6 million over two years to strengthen the capacity of Addis Ababa to provide quality early childhood development services and livelihood opportunities for its residents, including refugees and internally displaced persons.

Safe Water – Aquaya Institute was awarded $3 million over three years to support water quality testing in all seven districts in partnership with local laboratories and universities.

Partnerships – Civicus World Alliance for Citizen Participation Inc. ("CIVICUS") received $1.5 million over three years to support solutions oriented Local Leadership Labs, which will surface solutions towards the shared global goal of influencing funding flows and policy decisions to better resource local actors, co-led with Network for Empowered Aid Response ("NEAR"). NEAR was awarded $1.5 million over three years to support Local Leadership Labs, which will surface solutions and data towards the shared global goal of influencing funding flows and policy decisions to better resource local actors, co-led with CIVICUS.

To learn more about our program areas and how we approach our work, please visit hiltonfoundation.org/program-areas. For more detailed information on our grantmaking, please visit hiltonfoundation.org/grants.

About the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation

International hotelier Conrad N. Hilton established the grantmaking foundation that bears his name in 1944 to help people living in poverty and experiencing disadvantage worldwide. Today, the work continues, concentrating on efforts to ensure healthy early childhood development and sustainable livelihoods for youth, support young people transitioning out of foster care, improve access to housing and support services for people experiencing homelessness, identify solutions to safe water access, and lift the work of Catholic sisters. Additionally, following selection by an independent, international jury, the Foundation annually awards the $2.5 million Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize to an organization doing extraordinary work to reduce human suffering. The Foundation is one of the world’s largest, with approximately $6.7 billion in assets. It has awarded grants to date totaling more than $3 billion, $435 million worldwide in 2022. Please visit www.hiltonfoundation.org for more information.