Ohio · Private foundation
Hg Hf & Lt Dornette Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $868k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2026
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 14
- FY2021 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 3
- Total assets, FY2026
- $13M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 43% of the organizations Hg Hf & Lt Dornette Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 32% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $200k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 18 | $818k | 50% |
| FY2025 | 14 | $620k | 43% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $365k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $385k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $675k | 78% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $520k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zoological Society of Cincinnati | $475,000 | 3 | 0% |
| World Wildlife Fund Inc | $275,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Cincinnati Parks Foundation | $220,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Cincinnati Museum Center | $150,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Cincinnati Nature Center | $125,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Fc Cincinnati Foundation | $100,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Valley View Foundation | $100,000 | 2 | 31% |
| United Way of Greater Cincinnati | $100,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts | $90,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Mariemont Preservation Foundation | $75,000 | 2 | 10% |
Show all 36 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($750k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Hg Hf & Lt Dornette Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 24 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · Josephine S Russell Charitable · Millstone Fund · Andrew Jergens Foundation · John a Schroth Family Char Tr · Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation · Louise Taft Semple Foundation · Pfau Charitable Foundation · The Thomas J Emery Memorial · Charles H Dater Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Hg Hf & Lt Dornette Foundation
- How much does Hg Hf & Lt Dornette Foundation give?
- Hg Hf & Lt Dornette Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $868,000 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 14 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2025.
- What does Hg Hf & Lt Dornette Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2026, its largest causes are Animals (20%), Environment (18%), Arts & Culture (10%).
- Who are Hg Hf & Lt Dornette Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2026: Zoological Society of Cincinnati ($475k), World Wildlife Fund Inc ($275k), Cincinnati Parks Foundation ($220k).
- Does Hg Hf & Lt Dornette Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Hg Hf & Lt Dornette Foundation 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.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Hg Hf & Lt Dornette Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, Ge Aerospace Foundation, Duke Energy Foundation.
- Where is Hg Hf & Lt Dornette Foundation based?
- Hg Hf & Lt Dornette Foundation is based in OH.
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