New York · Private foundation
The Hite Foundation Inc
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.
- $948k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 31%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $35,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $15M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 31% of the organizations The Hite Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $103k 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 | 13 | $948k | 23% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $728k | 31% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $900k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $819k | 18% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $398k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $641k | 38% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $624k | 30% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $611k | 27% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Philharmonic Symphony Society of Ny Inc | $1,175,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Little Orchestra Societyorpheon Inc | $549,000 | 8 | 15% |
| Central Park Conservancy Inc | $425,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Wnet | $350,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Aspen Institute Inc | $229,288 | 9 | 0% |
| Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center | $210,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association | $200,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Metropolitan Opera Association Inc | $157,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Hias Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Music Associates of Aspen Inc | $105,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Philharmonic Symphony Society of Ny Inc | $1,175,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Little Orchestra Societyorpheon Inc | $549,000 | 8 | 15% |
| Central Park Conservancy Inc | $425,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Wnet | $350,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Aspen Institute Inc | $229,288 | 9 | 0% |
| Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center | $210,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association | $200,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Metropolitan Opera Association Inc | $157,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Hias Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Music Associates of Aspen Inc | $105,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Amchai Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| African Parks Foundation of America | $90,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Pionero Philanthropy Inc | $79,000 | 2 | 26% |
| Young Concert Artists Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Fund for Public Schools Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jewish Resource Center Chabad Of | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Foundation for New Education Initiatives Inc | $15,975 | 1 | 0% |
| Vail Veterans Foundation Inc | $11,500 | 2 | 0% |
| New World Symphony Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Brooklyn Heights Synagogue | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| James Madison High School Alumni Association Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Bloomingdalefamilyprograminc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Hite Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 19 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.
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How this is measured
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About The Hite Foundation Inc
- How much does The Hite Foundation Inc give?
- The Hite Foundation Inc reported 13 grants totaling $947,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Hite Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (39%), Health (22%), Religion (9%).
- Who are The Hite Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Philharmonic Symphony Society of Ny Inc ($1.2M), The Little Orchestra Societyorpheon Inc ($549k), Central Park Conservancy Inc ($425k).
- Does The Hite Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Hite Foundation Inc 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 The Hite Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, National Philanthropic Trust, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is The Hite Foundation Inc based?
- The Hite Foundation Inc is based in NY.
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