Hillman Accelerator primarily invests in early-stage, mission-driven startups through pitch competition awards and small program grants. Their funding targets founders and product-focused ventures—particularly in health technology, diagnostic/consumer health services, and tech-enabled financial algorithms—providing catalytic seed‑level capital rather than long-term operating support. Grants are pragmatic and award-based, aimed at accelerating product development or market entry for high-potential startups.
Hillman Accelerator Inc backs early-stage startups through pitch competition prizes and program grants, with all five recent grants going to U.S. recipients. The pattern is seed-level and award-based: every grant in the latest list was either a $25,000 prize or, in one case, a $10,000 prize. Recent awards show a clear preference for product-driven ventures, including Omcare for a Twitch Pitch Competition prize and Rubitection Inc for a program grant. The foundation also supported Algopear Corp with an award tied to developing AI-driven algorithms for investment strategies, which points to an interest in technology commercialization rather than broad operating support. Another recent prize went to Young King Hair, showing that the organization also backs consumer-facing founders when they fit the accelerator model. Across the recent grants, Hillman Accelerator Inc functions as a catalyst for founders at the point where a pitch, prototype, or product development step can move a venture forward. Its grants are structured as discrete awards, not ongoing institutional support, and the recipient list suggests it works with founders across different sectors rather than one narrow industry alone.
A clear thread in the foundation’s grantmaking is health technology. Hillman Accelerator Inc gave $25,000 to Omcare for a Twitch Pitch Competition prize, and another $25,000 to Rubitection Inc as a program grant. Those awards fit a startup-oriented model where funding supports early product or venture development. Another major theme is financial technology and AI. The foundation awarded $25,000 to Algopear Corp for developing investment strategies using AI-driven algorithms, aligning with its stated interest in algorithmic finance and technology commercialization. Consumer services also appear in the recent list: Young King Hair received a $25,000 Twitch Pitch Competition prize, showing that the foundation’s support can extend beyond software and finance when a founder-led venture fits the accelerator format. Provider Pool’s $10,000 prize adds another example of prize-based support for an early-stage business.
Hillman Accelerator Inc’s recent grants cluster at one size: the p25, median, and p75 are all $25,000, with a single $10,000 award appearing in the latest list. That points to a relatively standardized prize and program-grant structure rather than a wide spread of check sizes. The organization is a public charity, not a DAF, and it also makes program-related investments. The recent grant sample shows one-year awards to different recipients rather than repeated payments to the same grantee across the listed year. Its support is award-based and competitive in style, with Twitch Pitch Competition prizes appearing alongside program grants.
$110K
$1.1M
$1.1M
$1.6M
Most grants fall between $25K and $25K, with a median of $25K.
25th Percentile
$25K
Median
$25K
75th Percentile
$25K
About 0% of grants go to recipients in MO.
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Small, concentrated awards ($10k–$25k) delivered as competition prizes or short-term program grants; favors one-time, catalytic support to early-stage ventures rather than large multi-year commitments or recurring grants.
Notable grantees: YOUNG KING HAIR, ALGOPEAR CORP, RUBITECTION INC, OMCARE, PROVIDER POOL
Hillman Accelerator Inc gives nationally, and all recent grants in the sample went to U.S. recipients. Among the listed awards, Missouri appears most often by state, consistent with the top-state count, even though the foundation itself is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio and none of the recent grants went to Ohio recipients. Recipient cities in the recent list include Bloomington, Pittsburgh, Dallas, Atlanta, and St. Louis, showing that the foundation’s awards are spread across several metro areas rather than concentrated in one local market.
It provides early-stage, award-based support through Twitch Pitch Competition prizes and program grants. In the recent list, the grants were mostly $25,000, with one $10,000 award, which fits a seed-level accelerator model rather than long-term operating support.
The recent grants point to startups in health technology, AI-driven finance, and consumer services. Examples include Omcare, Rubitection Inc, Algopear Corp, and Young King Hair, each funded through prize or program-grant support tied to product or venture development.
The typical grant size is $25,000 at every quartile shown: p25, median, and p75 are all $25,000. In the latest grant list, four awards were $25,000 and one was $10,000.
No. Its geographic scope is national, and the recent grants went to recipients in Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Texas, Georgia, and Missouri. The sample also shows 0% of grants to Ohio recipients, despite the foundation being headquartered in Cincinnati.
Yes. Hillman Accelerator Inc is identified as making program-related investments, alongside its public-charity grantmaking. That fits a broader support model for early-stage ventures and founder-led programs.
2023
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2023.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OMCARE | BLOOMINGTON, MN | $25,000 | 2023 | TWITCH PITCH COMPETITION PRIZE |
| RUBITECTION INC | PITTSBURGH, PA | $25,000 | 2023 | PROGRAM GRANT |
| ALGOPEAR CORP | DALLAS, TX | $25,000 | 2023 | AWARD TO HELP WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF REVOLUTIONIZING INVESTMENT STRATEGIES USING AI-DRIVEN ALGORITHMS |
| YOUNG KING HAIR | ATLANTA, GA | $25,000 | 2023 | TWITCH PITCH COMPETITION PRIZE |
| PROVIDER POOL | ST LOUIS, MO | $10,000 | 2023 | TWITCH PITCH COMPETITION PRIZE |
OMCARE
$25,000TWITCH PITCH COMPETITION PRIZE
RUBITECTION INC
$25,000PROGRAM GRANT
ALGOPEAR CORP
$25,000AWARD TO HELP WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF REVOLUTIONIZING INVESTMENT STRATEGIES USING AI-DRIVEN ALGORITHMS
YOUNG KING HAIR
$25,000TWITCH PITCH COMPETITION PRIZE
PROVIDER POOL
$10,000TWITCH PITCH COMPETITION PRIZE