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The Hearst Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$17M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
111
Grants FY2024
120
Organizations funded FY2023
86%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$150,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$500,000
Organizations funded a year
120 to 203
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
29
Total assets, FY2024
$430M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 86% of the organizations The Hearst Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 82% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 18% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14M went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23
Arts & CultureEducationHealthHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterFood & NutritionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving111$17M60%
FY2023120$17M86%
FY2022150$19M97%
FY2021140$16M92%
FY2020203$32Mn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$34MEducation$17MHealth$17MFood & Nutrition$6.1MHuman Services$6.0MHousing & Shelter$4.3MYouth Development$2.9MCrime & Legal$2.2MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of The Hearst Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc$2,000,00011%
The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations$1,000,00020%
University of Pittsburgh$1,000,00020%
The Carnegie Hall Corporation$900,00040%
Children's Museum of Manhattan$750,00024%
Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums$750,00012%
California Academy of Sciences$750,00011%
The Hunter College Foundation Inc$750,00031%
Haven for Hope of Bexar County$700,00031%
New Museum of Contemporary Art$600,00022%
Theatre Forward Inc$550,000220%
Food & Friends Inc$525,00023%
Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Foundation$500,00011%
San Francisco Ballet Association$500,00011%
The Philharmonic Symphony Society of Ny Inc$500,00020%
Denver Art Museum$500,00011%
Whitney Museum of American Art$500,00010%
The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences$500,00030%
California Science Center Foundation$500,00012%
American Museum of Natural History$500,00010%
Seattle Art Museum$500,00021%
Save The Children Federation Inc$500,00010%
San Antonio Food Bank$500,00020%
Seattle Opera$500,00021%
Museum Associates$500,0001n/a
The Studio Museum in Harlem$500,00021%
Brooklyn Academy of Music Inc$500,00021%
Norton Museum of Art Inc$500,00013%
National Park Foundation$450,00020%
Los Angeles Philharmonic Association$450,00020%
New World Symphony Inc$450,00021%
Harvesters - the Community Food Network$450,00020%
The Joffrey Ballet$400,00021%
The New 42nd Street Inc$400,00021%
Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services$400,00020%
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc$375,00020%
Greater Boston Food Bank Inc$350,00020%
Exceptional Minds$350,00025%
Alice Lloyd College$350,00021%
New York Foundation for the Arts Inc$325,00021%
Opera Carolina$300,000117%
Center for Disability Servicesinc$300,00010%
Kitchens for Good$300,00024%
NAMI National$300,00011%
White Plains Hospital Medical Center$300,00020%
Autry Museum of the American West$300,00022%
Johns Hopkins University$300,00010%
Facing History & Ourselves Inc$275,00020%
Covenant House New Orleans$275,00023%
Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center Lucy Moses School for Music and Dance$275,00021%
Madison Square Boys & Girls Club$250,00012%
Rewild$250,00010%
New Alternatives for Children Inc$250,00011%
Kansas City Repertory Theatre Inc$250,00022%
Robert W Woodruff Arts Center Inc$250,00010%
Museum of Fine Arts$250,00010%
Villanova University$250,00020%
Way to Grow$250,00023%
The Santa Fe Opera$250,00011%
Refed Inc$250,00012%
Children's Health Council Inc$250,00011%
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Inc$250,00011%
Kimmel Center Inc$250,00011%
Detroit Symphony Orchestra Inc$250,00011%
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston$250,00010%
Northwest Harvest Emm$250,00010%
Children's Hospital of Orange County$250,00010%
San Francisco Symphony$250,00010%
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra$250,000136%
The Minnesota Opera$250,00013%
Nmdp Foundation$250,00012%
The Houston Food Bank$250,00010%
The J David Gladstone Institutes$250,00010%
Houston Symphony Society$250,00011%
Community Servings Inc$250,00021%
Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc$250,00010%
Catholic Health Care System$250,00010%
Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison Inc$250,00023%
Pacific Northwest Ballet Association$250,00011%
San Francisco Opera Association$250,00010%
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank$250,00010%
Connecticut Foodshare Inc$250,00010%
California Institute of the Arts$250,00010%
Family Gateway Inc$250,00022%
Keep Memory Alive$250,0001n/a
Statue of Liberty Ellis Island Foundation Inc$250,00011%
Food Bank of Northern Nevada Inc$250,00020%
San Francisco Food Bank$250,00010%
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center$250,00010%
American Conservatory Theatre Foundation$240,00020%
Betances Health Center$225,00020%
Pratt Institute$225,00020%
Ford's Theatre Society$225,00020%
Artspace Projects Inc$225,00020%
After-School All-Stars$225,00021%
M F Place Inc$200,00013%
The National Judicial College$200,00012%
Kansas State University$200,0001n/a
American Composers Orchestra Inc$200,00025%
University of Utah$200,0001n/a
Mercy Medical Angels$200,00023%
Doheny Eye Institute$200,00010%
Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras Inc$200,00011%
South Carolina Aquarium$200,00021%
Vassar Brothers Hospital Foundation$200,00016%
St Luke's Hospital Anderson Campus$200,00010%
First Place for Youth$200,00011%
Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation$200,00010%
National Louis University$200,00010%
Seattle University$200,00010%
Berkeley Repertory Theatre$200,00012%
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation$200,00010%
New Hope Housing Inc$200,00011%
American Federation for Aging Research Inc$200,00013%
The Art Institute of Chicago$200,00010%
New York City Center Inc$200,00011%
Conquer Cancer Foundation of the American Society of Clinical Oncology$200,00011%
Lupus Research Alliance Inc$200,00011%
Conservation Society of California$200,00011%
The Hetrick-Martin Institute Inc$200,00021%
University of Maryland Medical System Corporation$175,00010%
The Cincinnati Ballet Company Inc$175,00021%
Manhattan Theatre Club Inc$175,00021%
Philadelphia Orchestra Association$175,00020%
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra$175,00010%
Center for Hope Inc$175,00021%
Pequot Library Association$175,00028%
Mississippi Food Network Inc$175,00020%
NJ LEEP Inc$175,00023%
Actors Theatre of Louisville Inc$155,00025%
New York Hall of Science$150,00011%
Diamond Head Theatre$150,00013%
Chinese Hospital Association$150,00010%
Museum of Contemporary Art Denver$150,00013%
The Medstar-Georgetown Medical Center Inc$150,00010%
Bard College$150,00010%
Star of Hope Mission$150,00011%
The Heard Museum$150,00011%
Institute on Aging$150,00010%
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai$150,00010%
San Antonio Sports Foundation$150,00012%
San Francisco Conservatory of Music$150,00010%
Emergency Food Network of Tacoma and Pierce County$150,00010%
Oglebay Institute$150,00014%
Providence Trinitycare Hospice$150,00010%
San Jose Museum of Art Association$150,00012%
Ballet West$150,00011%
University of San Diego$150,00010%
Shedd Aquarium Society$150,00010%
Interlochen Center for the Arts$150,00010%
Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston$150,00011%
New York Historical Society$150,00010%
Colorado Museum of Natural History$150,00010%
Kenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry$150,00010%
John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts$150,00010%
Red Mountain Theatre Company Inc$150,00012%
Lutheran Family Services of Ne Inc$150,00010%
Lung Cancer Research Foundation$150,00012%
Trust for the National Mall$150,00011%
Community of Hope$150,00010%
Partnership for Regional Educational Preparation - Kansas City Inc$150,00019%
Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific$150,00010%
Challenge Success$150,00018%
Center for Curatorial Leadership Inc$150,00013%
Lenox Hill Neighborhood House Inc$150,00011%
The University of Charleston Inc$150,00010%
My Sisters Place Inc$150,00012%
Lifemoves$150,00010%
Cristo Rey Miami High School Inc$150,00013%
Davenport University$150,00010%
Claremont McKenna College$150,00010%
Lawrence Arts Center Inc$150,00015%
Magee-Womens Research Institute and Foundation$150,00010%
Liftfund Inc$150,00010%
Atlanta Music Project Inc$150,00025%
Genesys Works$150,00012%
National Foundation for Facial Reconstruction Inc$150,00013%
The Grady Health Foundation Inc$150,00011%
Cristo Rey Network$150,00011%
Arts Midwest Incorporated$150,00012%
Southeast Alaska Independent Living$150,00015%
Liberty Science Center$150,00010%
Miami City Ballet Inc$150,00011%
American Indian College Fund$150,00010%
Carleton College$150,00010%
Icivics Inc$150,00012%
Pine Street Inn Inc$150,00010%
Association of the Graduates of the United States Military Academy$150,00010%
Oregon Ballet Theatre$150,00012%
Chabot Space & Science Center Foundation$150,00012%
George Mark Childrens Fund$150,00012%
Dalmatian Dreams Dba Dream Foundation$150,00014%
Fountain House Inc$150,00010%
University of Maryland Medical System Foundation Inc$150,00011%
Washington State University$150,0001n/a
Mab Community Services Inc$150,00010%
Community Music Center of Boston Inc$150,00023%
Warren Village Inc$150,00012%
Inner-City Arts$150,00013%
University of Louisville Foundation Inc$150,00010%
Blood Cancer United Inc$150,00010%
Adirondack Historical Association$150,00013%
The Institute for Family Health$150,00010%
Ukiah Adventist Hospital$150,00010%
Digital Promise Global$150,00010%
The Dreamyard Project Inc$150,00012%
Center of Creative Arts$150,00013%
Youth Villages Inc$150,00010%
Bric Arts Media Bklyn Inc$150,00011%
University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation Inc$150,00010%
Henry E Huntington Library and Art Gallery$150,00010%
Carter Burden Network Inc$150,00012%
Spectrum Youth and Family Services Inc$150,00021%
Brooklyn Public Library$150,00010%
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Foundation Inc$150,00010%
Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts$150,00010%
Walker Art Center$150,00012%
Sansum Diabetes Research Institute$150,00012%
Accion Opportunity Fund Inc$150,000160%
Read Alliance Inc$150,00014%
Alley Theatre$140,00020%
Walnut Street Theatre Corporation$140,00021%
Washington & Jefferson College$125,00010%
Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York Inc$125,00010%
St John's University New York$125,00010%
Lehigh University$125,00010%
Homeworthy$125,00012%
The Cleveland Institute of Art$125,00010%
Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula$125,00010%
Cincinnati Arts Association$125,00011%
Hot Bread Kitchen Ltd$125,00011%
Codman Square Health Center Inc$125,00010%
American Council on Education$125,00010%
Apollo Theater Foundation Inc$125,00011%
Medical University Hospital Authority$125,0001n/a
Gettysburg College$125,00010%
Greyston Foundation Inc$125,00012%
Theatre for a New Audience Inc$125,00013%
Eb Research Partnership Inc$125,00012%
Kalamazoo College$125,00010%
Mississippi Children's Museum$125,00012%
The Children's Hospital of Alabama$125,00010%
Pisgah Legal Services$125,00011%
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center$125,0001n/a
The Center for Family Justice Inc$125,00012%
Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center Inc$125,00010%
LifeFlight Foundation$125,00012%
Wake Forest University$125,00010%
Nevada Health Centers Inc$125,00010%
Field Museum of Natural History$125,00010%
The University of Cincinnati Foundation$125,00010%
Misericordia University$125,00010%
Teaching Matters Inc$125,00012%
Prospect Park Alliance Inc$125,00011%
Edu-Futuro$125,00013%
Appalachian Mountain Community Health Centers$125,00010%
Storm King Art Center$125,00011%
Jumpstart for Young Children Inc$125,00011%
Council for Relationships Inc$125,00012%
Exalt Youth$125,00013%
Room to Grow National Inc$125,00013%
Chicago Theatre Group Inc$115,00021%
Hartford Stage Company Inc$105,00021%
Chn Housing Partners$100,00010%
After School Matters Inc$100,00010%
Hawaii Opera Theatre$100,00013%
America Needs You$100,00012%
Kids in Crisis Inc$100,00012%
Ronald McDonald House Albany Inc$100,00013%
Trinitas Foundation$100,00013%
Dr Phillips Center for the Performing Arts Inc$100,00010%
Urban Arts Partnership$100,00012%
Asian American Civic Association Inc$100,00012%
Sojourner Family Peace Center Inc$100,00010%
Children's Law Center Inc$100,00011%
John Burton Advocates for Youth$100,00012%
Metavivor Research and Support Inc$100,00012%
Nourish Up$100,00011%
Paper Mill Playhouse$100,00011%
The Bay Area Video Coalition Incorporated$100,00013%
Goddard Riverside Community Center$100,00010%
University of Central Ar Foundation Inc$100,00011%
Prohealth Care Foundation Inc$100,00013%
Ballet Arizona$100,00011%
Friends of the Underline Inc$100,00014%
Brooklyn Youth Chorus Academy Inc$100,00013%
Conservation Corps North Bay Inc$100,00011%
Henry Street Settlement$100,00010%
Muhlenberg College$100,00010%
The Louisville Orchestra Inc$100,00011%
Nebraska Early Childhood Collaborative$100,00011%
Black Ensemble Theater Corporation$100,00012%
Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers Inc$100,00010%
The Conversation US Inc$100,00011%
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia$100,00010%
The Young Center for Immigrant Childrens Rights$100,00011%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$100,00010%
Long Island University$100,00010%
Faith Family Medical Center Inc$100,00011%
Center for Supportive Schools Inc$100,00011%
Baptist Health South Florida Inc$100,00010%
Opera Omaha Inc$100,00012%
East Oakland Youth Development Center$100,00012%
Miami Children's Museum Inc Fka Miami Youth Museum$100,00011%
Academy of Hope Adult Public Charter School$100,00011%
Alder Graduate School of Education$100,00011%
Dientes Community Dental Care$100,00011%
Kutztown University Foundation Inc$100,00011%
The Commonwealth Club - World Affairs of California$100,00011%
Horizons National Student Enrichment Program Inc$100,00013%
Manna Inc$100,00015%
Covenant House Alaska$100,00010%
Chicago Urban League$100,00011%
Spoonfuls$100,00011%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Monterey County$100,00011%
Rosie's Theater Kids Inc$100,00015%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$100,00010%
USA West Province Society of Jesus$100,0001n/a
Women's Housing & Economic Development Corporation$100,00010%
Save the Redwoods League$100,00010%
Connecticut Public Broadcasting Inc$100,00010%
College Success Foundation$100,00011%
Enactus$100,00014%
The Wooden Floor for Youth Movement$100,00013%
the Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Louisville Inc$100,00010%
Bay Area Discovery Museum$100,00011%
Visual Arts Research and Resource Center Relating$100,00015%
The Auditory Oral School of Ny$100,00012%
Speed Art Museum$100,00011%
Healthy MothersHealthy Babies Coalition of Palm Beach County Inc$100,00012%
Sphinx Organization Inc$100,00011%
St Louis Shakespeare Festival$100,00014%
Youth Empowerment Project$100,00012%
New Classrooms Innovation Partners Inc$100,00010%
New York STEM Cell Foundation Inc$100,00010%
Young Men's Christian Association of Greater New York$100,00010%
Community Health Association of Spokane$100,00010%
Harlem Stage Inc$100,00013%
The Oasis Institute$100,00011%
Mt Washington Pediatric Hospital Inc$100,00010%
Academy for Global Citizenship Charter School$100,00011%
The Food Basket Inc$100,00011%
Allies for Community Business Inc$100,00011%
Kind Inc$100,00010%
Reel Stories Teen Filmmaking Inc$100,00012%
Four Oaks Family and Children's Services$100,00010%
St Thomas Aquinas College$100,00010%
Breaking Ground Housing Development Fund Corporation$100,00010%
Alliance for Choice in Education$100,0001n/a
National Organization on Disability$100,00014%
Mayhew$100,00017%
Hudson Headwaters Health Network$100,00010%
Delta Waterfowl Foundation$100,00012%
Chapman University$100,00010%
Dance Theatre of Harlem Inc$100,00011%
The Doe Fund Inc$100,00010%
Young Audiences of Louisiana Inc$100,00012%
Central Texas Food Bank Inc$100,00010%
Bronx River Alliance Inc$100,00018%
The Aspen Institute Inc$100,00010%
Starfish Family Services Inc$100,00010%
Aeon$100,00010%
Shakespeare & Company Inc$100,00012%
The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Inc$100,00010%
Rocking the Boat Inc$100,00012%
Publicolor Inc$100,00012%
Fii - National$100,00010%
Helen Keller International$100,00010%
Wesley Housing Development Corporation of Northern Virginia$100,00011%
University of Scranton$100,00010%
The Literacy Lab$100,00010%
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park$100,00011%
Dance Downtown la Inc la Dance Project$100,00012%
Society of the Third Street Music School Settlement$100,00011%
Youth Speaks Inc$100,00014%
King's College$100,00010%
Modern States Education Alliance Inc$100,00015%
The Smith Center for the Performing Arts$100,00011%
Colby-Sawyer College$100,00010%
Girls Write Now Inc$100,00014%
Bridges from School to Work Inc$100,00011%
American Kidney Fund Inc$100,00010%
Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz$100,00013%
Climb Dba Climb Wyoming$100,00011%
Goodwill Industries of Kentucky Inc$100,00010%
St Francis College$100,00010%
Supporting Initiatives to Redistribute Unused Medicine - Sirum$100,00010%
Alzheimers Greater Los Angeles$100,00012%
Greenlight Fund Inc$100,00010%
Gwynedd Mercy University$100,00010%
Bucknell University$100,00010%
Wheeling Health Right Inc$100,00013%
Lewis University$100,00010%
Dreamspring$100,00010%
Back on My Feet$100,00012%
Justice Innovation Inc$100,00010%
Wings Program Inc$100,00011%
Westminster University$100,00010%
American Brain Foundation$100,00011%
The Foundation Fighting Blindness Inc$100,00010%
Getting Out and Staying Out Inc$100,00012%
Seton Hill University$100,00010%
City Lore Inc$100,00012%
Reach Riverside Development Corp$100,00012%
Seattle Theatre Group$100,00010%
Colorado Ballet$100,00011%
Shore Country Day School$100,00011%
Family Rescue Inc$100,00011%
Oakland School for the Arts$100,00011%
Allegheny College$100,00010%
Partnership for Los Angeles Schools$100,00010%
The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association$100,00010%
Springfield College$100,00010%
First Step Staffing Inc$100,00010%
Bridge the Gap College Prep$100,00015%
Mississippi Museum of Art Inc$100,00013%
Warrior-Scholar Project Foundation$100,00012%
East Carolina University Medical & Health Sciences Foundation Inc$100,00011%
Volunteer Legal Advocates$100,00013%
Girls Who Code Inc$100,00010%
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library Foundation Incorporated$100,00011%
Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center$100,00010%
Spy Hop Productions$100,00012%
Stepafrika USA Inc$100,00012%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City Inc$100,00011%
Project Camp Inc$100,00012%
National Children's Alliance Inc$100,00010%
Harvey Mudd College$100,00010%
The Educator Academy Inc$100,00011%
New York City Ballet Inc$100,00010%
Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc$100,00010%
Soil Health Institute$100,00012%
Better Basics Inc$90,00015%
Levine Music Inc$85,00011%
Youth Opportunities Unlimited$80,00011%
Steppingstone Foundation Inc$75,00011%
The Portland Playhouse$75,00014%
Santa Rosa Symphony Association$75,00012%
World Savvy$75,00012%
National Guild for Community Arts Education Inc$75,00016%
Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center Inc$75,00011%
Vista del Mar Child and Family Services$75,00010%
Philharmonic Society of Orange County$75,00011%
Pacific Lutheran University$75,00010%
Exodus Transitional Community Inc$75,00010%
Chicago Children's Advocacy Center$75,00011%
Destiny Arts Center$75,00013%
Collegiate Directions Inc$75,00015%
Family Service League Inc$75,00010%
Lyric Opera of Chicago$75,00010%
Turner House Clinic Inc$75,00010%
Common Threads$75,00012%
Julia Morgan School for Girls$75,00011%
Musical Instrument Museum$75,00010%
Next One Up Foundation Inc$75,00013%
Coalfield Development Corporation$75,00011%
Miami Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired Inc$75,00011%
Washington Drama Society Inc$75,00011%
Hopephl$75,00011%
The Ghetto Film School Inc$75,00011%
The Society of St Andrew Inc$75,00010%
North Lawndale Employment Network$75,00011%
Community Options Inc$75,00010%
The Writing Revolution Inc$75,00012%
Depaul USA Inc$75,00011%
Double Edge Theatre Productions Inc$75,00016%
The Maryland Food Bank Inc$75,00010%
National College Advising Corps Inc$75,00010%
Dee Norton Lowcountry Children's Center$75,00012%
CatchLight$75,00012%
Chris 180 Inc$75,00010%
Healthpoint$75,00010%
Camba Inc$75,00010%
Delaware Valley University$75,00010%
South Texas Food Bank$75,00010%
University Settlement Society of New York$75,00010%
Alabama Shakespeare Festival$75,00012%
Gateways Hospital & Mental Health Center$75,00010%
Freestore Foodbank Inc$75,00010%
Amigos del Museo del Barrio Inc El Museo del Barrio$75,00010%
Ocean Discovery Institute$75,00013%
Los Angeles Lgbt Center$75,00010%
Cincinnati Works$75,00012%
Franciscan Health Foundation Inc$75,00011%
Center for Aquatic Sciences$75,00016%
Byte Back$75,00013%
Fashion Scholarship Fund$75,0001n/a
Clover Nola Inc$75,00010%
Eugene Ballet Company$75,00012%
The Seed Foundation$75,00011%
Museum of Chinese in America$75,00011%
Strive International Inc$75,00011%
Pro Bono Partnership Inc$75,00012%
Foodcorps Inc$75,00010%
Thompson Child & Family Focus Inc$75,00010%
Baltimore Museum of Art$75,00010%
Church World Service Inc$75,00010%
Center for Employment Opportunities Inc$75,00010%
Child Guidance Center of Southern Connecticut Inc$75,000110%
Safe Passage Project Corporation$75,00011%
Envision Education Inc$75,00010%
Urban Gateways$75,00013%
Mind Builders Creative Arts Inc$75,00012%
The Hope Program Inc$75,00012%
Ps Arts$75,00012%
Surge Institute$75,00011%
Jazz Foundation of America Inc$75,00012%
Communityworks Inc$75,00012%
One-Eighty Place$75,00011%
Texas Ballet Theater Inc$75,00011%
Shepherd's Hope Inc$75,00012%
New Door Ventures Fka Golden Gate Community Inc$75,00011%
Mississippi Low-Income Childcare Initiative Inc$75,00016%
Purpose Built Schools Atlanta Inc$75,00010%
Transcendence Theatre Company$75,00011%
Dance Institute of Washington$75,00015%
Safe Horizon Inc$75,00010%
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Association$75,00011%
Renewal House Inc$75,00011%
Goodwill Industries of the Valleys Inc$75,00010%
Northern Virginia Family Services Inc$75,00010%
Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest Nc Inc$75,00010%
Online News Association$75,00012%
Appalachian Sustainable Development$75,00014%
Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tn Inc$75,00010%
Providence After School Alliance$75,00014%
Good Samaritan Health Center of Gwinnett Inc$75,00012%
Veterans of Foreign Wars Foundation$75,00011%
Signature Theatre Company Inc$75,00011%
Nashville Symphony Association$60,00010%
Center Theatre Group of Los Angeles$60,00010%
University Musical Society$50,0001n/a
Vermont Foodbank$50,00010%
Safe Alliance Inc$50,00011%
Guthrie Theater Foundation$50,00010%
Lifeline Education Charter School$50,00010%
The Knowledge House Fellowship Inc$50,00011%
Bbb Wise Giving Alliance$50,00012%
Heroes and Horses Inc$50,00012%
Old Globe Theatre$50,00010%
Coalition for the Homeless Inc$50,00010%
Safe & Sound$50,00010%
American Printing House for the Blind Inc$50,00010%
All Stars Project Inc$50,00011%
Fighting Chance Inc$50,000111%
Young Womens Christian Association of San Antonio$50,00012%
The Supreme Court Historical Society$50,00013%
Wallin Education Partners$50,00011%
Woodcraft Rangers$50,00010%
Hope House Inc$50,00011%
Liberty's Kitchen Inc$50,00012%
Happybottoms$50,00012%
Denver Center for the Performing Arts$40,00010%
American Repertory Theatre Co Inc$40,00010%
The Cleveland Play House$30,00010%
Dallas Theater Center$30,00010%
The Connecticut Players Foundation Inc D/B/A Long Wharf Theatre$30,00011%
Seattle Repertory Theatre$30,00010%
Trinity Repertory Company$30,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 88 recipients with no EIN on record ($13M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Hearst Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc: $2,000,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $1,000,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetUniversity of Pittsburgh: $1,000,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Carnegie Hall Corporation: $900,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetChildren's Museum of Manhattan: $750,000 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetCorporation of the Fine Arts Museums: $750,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetCalifornia Academy of Sciences: $750,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetThe Hunter College Foundation Inc: $750,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetHaven for Hope of Bexar County: $700,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetNew Museum of Contemporary Art: $600,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetTheatre Forward Inc: $550,000 over 2y, 20% of budgetFood & Friends Inc: $525,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetLos Angeles County Museum of Natural History Foundation: $500,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSan Francisco Ballet Association: $500,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetThe Philharmonic Symphony Society of Ny Inc: $500,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetDenver Art Museum: $500,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetWhitney Museum of American Art: $500,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences: $500,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCalifornia Science Center Foundation: $500,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History: $500,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSeattle Art Museum: $500,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $500,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSan Antonio Food Bank: $500,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSeattle Opera: $500,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetThe Studio Museum in Harlem: $500,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetBrooklyn Academy of Music Inc: $500,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetNorton Museum of Art Inc: $500,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetNational Park Foundation: $450,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetLos Angeles Philharmonic Association: $450,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNew World Symphony Inc: $450,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetHarvesters - the Community Food Network: $450,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Joffrey Ballet: $400,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetThe New 42nd Street Inc: $400,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetSacramento Food Bank & Family Services: $400,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCrohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc: $375,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGreater Boston Food Bank Inc: $350,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetExceptional Minds: $350,000 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetAlice Lloyd College: $350,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetNew York Foundation for the Arts Inc: $325,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetOpera Carolina: $300,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetCenter for Disability Servicesinc: $300,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKitchens for Good: $300,000 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetNAMI National: $300,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetWhite Plains Hospital Medical Center: $300,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAutry Museum of the American West: $300,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetJohns Hopkins University: $300,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFacing History & Ourselves Inc: $275,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCovenant House New Orleans: $275,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

The Shubert Foundation IncNY50.2× affinity31 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Shubert Foundation Inc · Booth Ferris Foundation Xxxxx4008 · The Andrew W Mellon Foundation · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Pinkerton Foundation · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · The New York Community Trust · Robin Hood Foundation · Td Charitable Foundation · Altman Foundation · The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc · The Pierre & Tana Matisse Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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How do I get to The Hearst Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Hearst Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About The Hearst Foundation

How much does The Hearst Foundation give?
The Hearst Foundation reported 111 grants totaling $16,975,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 120 and 203 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does The Hearst Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (34%), Education (17%), Health (17%).
Who are The Hearst Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc ($2.0M), The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations ($1.0M), University of Pittsburgh ($1.0M).
Does The Hearst Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 86% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Hearst Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Hearst Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Shubert Foundation Inc, Booth Ferris Foundation Xxxxx4008, The Andrew W Mellon Foundation.
Where is The Hearst Foundation based?
The Hearst Foundation is based in NY.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 651 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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