California · Private foundation
Hess Justice Fund
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $791k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $791,293
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $791,293
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 4
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $665k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 75% of the organizations Hess Justice Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 93% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 7% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.3M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 1 | $791k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $1.4M | 75% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $300k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $95k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $20k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working America Education Fund | $1,295,811 | 5 | 5% |
| Southern Vision Alliance | $450,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Head Count Inc | $450,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Accelerate Change Inc | $402,221 | 1 | 1% |
| The Voter Participation Center | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
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About Hess Justice Fund
- How much does Hess Justice Fund give?
- Hess Justice Fund reported 1 grants totaling $791,293 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 4 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Hess Justice Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (50%), Public Benefit (35%), Civil Rights (15%).
- Who are Hess Justice Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Working America Education Fund ($1.3M), Southern Vision Alliance ($450k), Head Count Inc ($450k).
- Does Hess Justice Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Hess Justice Fund accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Where is Hess Justice Fund based?
- Hess Justice Fund is based in CA.
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