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  • Providing safe water

    Women carrying water

    Increasing sustainable access to safe water for people in severe need within developing countries.

     

  • Supporting Catholic Sisters

    Supporting Catholic Sisters

    Helping Sisters sustain and broaden the impact of their work.

     

  • Caring for vulnerable children

    Caring for vulnerable children

    Helping youth involved with the foster care system in the United States, and children affected by AIDS in the developing world, thrive in the communities where they live.

     

  • Preventing substance abuse

    group of teenagers

    Helping people gain the understanding, skill, and confidence to resist drugs and alcohol abuse.

     

  • Ending chronic homelessness

    Charlie in front of a supporting housing complex

    Making permanent supportive housing a reality for chronically homeless people in Los Angeles County.

     

Improving the lives of disadvantaged and vulnerable people throughout the world.

Grants

We invest in ten priority areas, including these initiatives:

2009 Grantmaking

2009 grantmaking

In 2009, the Foundation distributed more than $80 million in grants. Since inception, we have awarded nearly $900 million in grants.

Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize

Following selection by an independent international jury, the annual $1.5 million Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize is awarded to a nonprofit organization doing extraordinary work to alleviate human suffering.

Humanitarian Prize Medallion

Conrad Hilton’s Charge

Conrad N. Hilton, founder of Hilton Hotels, left his fortune to the Foundation. In his last will and testament, he charged us to relieve the suffering of the distressed and the destitute.

Conrad Hilton