He was also the former owner of the PPG Palace in Pittsburgh. His father launched The Hillman Foundation in the early 50s, and he began expanding it in the mid-60s. The Hillman Foundation is now made up of 18 smaller foundations spread out around the country, all run by members of the Hillman family. He donated a large sum to the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Center, and he was also the primary philanthropist behind a transportation efficiency project, called Traffic21, at Carnegie-Mellon University. Henry Hillman died on April 14, 2017 at the age of 98.