The Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation

About The Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation

The Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation is dedicated to improving health and healthcare for all, with a focus on marginalized communities facing inequity, discrimination, and indifference. Their mission is to advance nursing-driven innovations that promote equitable, person-centered, and trustworthy care, cultivating a vibrant ecosystem of nurse innovators to build a healthier, more equitable future.

Products & Services

Hillman Emergent Innovation (HEI):Accelerates bold, early-stage nursing-driven interventions with up to five 12-18 month $50,000 grants per cycle, targeting marginalized populations.

Hillman Emergent Innovation: Serious Illness and End of Life (HSEI):Focuses on early-stage interventions for serious illness and end-of-life care, offering up to thirteen 12-18 month $50,000 grants per cycle for vulnerable populations.

Hillman Innovations in Care (HIC):Advances evidence-based interventions ready to grow, with a special focus on racism and health inequities; no applications accepted in 2025, resuming in 2026.

Hillman Innovation Dissemination (HID):Amplifies scaling of established interventions with proven outcomes, offering one 1-2 year $200,000 grant per cycle by invitation only.

Design Thinking for Health:An online course by the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and the Foundation to inspire nurse innovators in designing a healthier future.

Hillman Scholars in Nursing Innovation:An accelerated BSN-to-PhD program to equip nurse scientists with skills for healthcare transformation.

Specialties

Nursing-driven innovation Health equity Care for marginalized populations Serious illness and end-of-life care Addressing racism in healthcare

Funding History

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#	Type	Amount Fields	Date Fields	Investors
1	RT: Grant T: - FT: Grant	A: 250000 MR: - FA: $250,000 FAN: 250000	D: 2024-09-24 FD: 2024-09-24	1 investors
2	RT: Grants T: - FT: Grants	A: 600000 MR: - FA: $600,000 FAN: 600000	D: 2024-01-09 FD: 2024-01-09	2 investors
3	RT: Grant T: - FT: Grant	A: 600000 MR: - FA: $600,000 FAN: 600000	D: 2023-01-10 FD: 2023-01-10	1 investors

Grant Latest

2024-09-24

$250K

1 investor (Pro only)

Grants 2024-01-09

$600K

Grant 2023-01-10

$600K

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Growth Metrics

+45%

Employee Growth

YoY

3.2x

Funding Growth

Last Round

12

Markets

Operating

10K+

Customers

Active

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Team & Leadership

R

Rita Hillman

President

A

Alex Hillman

Publisher and Philanthropist

T

Toni Greaves

K

Karl Katz

Chief Curator of the Israel Museum in Jerusalem

S

Stephen Lash

Chairman Emeritus of Christie's Americas

P

Picasso

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