Alabama · Private foundation
The Ronne & Donald Hess Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $364k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 46
- Grants FY2024
- 50
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $124,502
- Organizations funded a year
- 50 to 89
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 10
- Total assets, FY2024
- $929k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 6% of the organizations The Ronne & Donald Hess Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 44 | $348k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 50 | $340k | 6% |
| FY2022 | 71 | $520k | 11% |
| FY2021 | 89 | $647k | 51% |
| FY2020 | 55 | $113k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Springs School | $353,684 | 5 | 5% |
| Breakthrough T1d | $124,502 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham | $91,458 | 5 | n/a |
| American Friends of the Ocean Cleanup Foundation | $87,000 | 5 | 0% |
| N E Miles Jewish Day School | $66,546 | 5 | 2% |
| Chabad at Dartmouth | $61,505 | 4 | n/a |
| Women's Foundation of Alabama | $59,222 | 5 | 1% |
| Chabad of Alabama | $41,650 | 5 | n/a |
| United Way of Central Alabama Inc | $40,539 | 5 | 0% |
| Collat Jewish Family Services of Birmingham | $37,024 | 3 | 1% |
Show all 66 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 50 recipients with no EIN on record ($666k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Ronne & Donald Hess Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Lisa and Alan Engel Foundation · Mike and Gillian Goodrich Foundation · Protective Life Foundation · The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham · The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · Hill Crest Foundation Inc · Altecstyslinger Foundation · Robert R Meyer Foundation · Susan Mott Webb Charitable Trust · Alabama Power Foundation Inc · Abroms Charitable Foundation Inc · Arlington Partners Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
Compare The Ronne & Donald Hess Foundation with peer funders
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About The Ronne & Donald Hess Foundation
- How much does The Ronne & Donald Hess Foundation give?
- The Ronne & Donald Hess Foundation reported 46 grants totaling $364,454 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 50 and 89 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Ronne & Donald Hess Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (32%), Education (23%), Philanthropy (17%).
- Who are The Ronne & Donald Hess Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Indian Springs School ($354k), Breakthrough T1d ($125k), University of Alabama at Birmingham ($91k).
- Does The Ronne & Donald Hess Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Ronne & Donald Hess 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 The Ronne & Donald Hess Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lisa and Alan Engel Foundation, Mike and Gillian Goodrich Foundation, Protective Life Foundation.
- Where is The Ronne & Donald Hess Foundation based?
- The Ronne & Donald Hess Foundation is based in AL.
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