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William Randolph Hearst Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

William Randolph Hearst Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$35M
Granted FY2024still arriving
264
Grants FY2024still arriving
46
States reached
$2.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$66MArts & Culture$48MEducation$44MPhilanthropy$6.8MHuman Services$6.6MFood & Nutrition$5.7MScience & Tech$5.5MHousing & Shelter$4.9MOther$0
02FY2024 · 264 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k52 grants · $214k
  • $10k–50k30 grants · $643k
  • $50k–250k144 grants · $19M
  • $250k+38 grants · $15M
$100,000
Median grant
46
States reached
$943M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
New York-Presbyterian Hospital$2,000,000
Norton Museum of Art$1,000,000
The Paley Center for Media$500,000
Los Angeles County Museum of Art$500,000
Columbia University in the City of NY$500,000
Harvard University$500,000
Alamo Trust Inc$500,000
Inner City Scholarship ( Partnership Schools)$500,000
Covenant House$500,000
The Juilliard School$500,000
The New York Botanical Garden$375,000
University of California San Francisco$375,000
Yale University$350,000
Pioneer Works Art Foundation$350,000
Habitat for Humanity International$300,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $8.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 89% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Downtown Women's Center: $100k → 14%Mill Community Ministries: $100k → 10%Zero to Three Natl Ctr for Infants Toddlers & Families: $175k → 14%EOD Warrior Foundation: $100k → 8%Caridad Center Inc: $200k → 11%Cook Inlet Tribal Council: $100k → 10%Mutual Ground: $100k → 8%Kessler Foundation: $150k → 4%Hospice of the Bluegrass: $150k → 15%Saint John's Program for Real Change: $100k → 12%Women's Economic Self-Sufficiency Team: $200k → 14%Guadalupe Center: $125k → 10%Boys Hope Girls Hope: $200k → 21%Society of St Vincent de Paul District Council of Cincinnati: $100k → 16%Home of the Innocents: $100k → 15%Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation: $150k → 6%Helpmate Inc: $100k → 12%Pendleton Place: $100k → 10%Gulf Coast Housing Partnership: $100k → 23%KidWorks: $100k → 14%Center for Developmental Services: $100k → 10%Preble Street: $100k → 7%Greater Missoula Family YMCA: $100k → 9%Hour Children: $100k → 13%Project HOME: $100k → 22%Serving Seniors: $100k → 11%ChildSafe: $150k → 16%Upstate Warrior Solution Inc: $100k → 10%The Children's Place at Home Safe: $150k → 11%Crossroads Rhode Island: $100k → 14%The New York Foundling: $100k → 17%The Women's Home: $100k → 16%Graham-Windham: $100k → 20%Exceptional Children's Foundation: $100k → 14%The People Concern: $200k → 14%Compass Family Services: $150k → 10%Healthcare for the Homeless - Houston: $150k → 16%Family Nurturing Center of MA: $125k → 16%Jewish Board of Family & Children's Services Inc: $250k → 17%Union Station Homeless Services: $100k → 14%American Red Cross National Headquarters: $125k → 14%Children's Institute Inc: $100k → 14%Delivering Good: $100k → 17%Delivering Good: $100k → 17%The Farmlink Project: $100k → 14%Covenant House: $500k → 17%Covenant House: $500k → 17%Braver Angels Inc: $150k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
ME
VT
NH
WA
ID
MT
ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
WY
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
OK
LA
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

42%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$85M · 218 repeat orgs$119M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

218 repeat relationships: 117 still active in FY2024, 101 since wound down; 122 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

218
778

Total granted

$85M
$101M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+20%

Still filing today

55%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18M went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesFood & NutritionPhilanthropyOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • LC
    LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $4.2M · revenue +13%
  • PW
    PIONEER WORKS ART FOUNDATION
    4× · 2020–2024 · $2.4M · revenue +2%
  • NORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC
    3× · 2020–2024 · $2.1M · revenue +88%

Funded once

  • TS
    THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTEgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $1.7M · revenue +55%
  • NY
    New York Presbyterian
    one grant, 2021 · $1.6M
  • NY
    New York University-School of Medicine (NYUSOM)
    one grant, 2020 · $1.4M
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
2
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

—
3
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
4
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
5
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
6
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
7
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

—
8
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
9
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
10
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
11
Manhattan University

Manhattan university is an independent catholic instituion of higher learning that embraces qualified men and women of all faiths, cultures, and traditions. the mission of manhattan university is to provide a contemporary, person-centered…

Education
12
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mile High United Way Inc; the most unlike its peers is Skystone Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

773 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 773 of the 1,145 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
53
Early backer (in before they grew)
773/773
Grantees still filing
534/773
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital: $9,000,000 · OtherNewYork-Presbyterian HospitalThe Metropolitan Opera: $7,500,000 · OtherThe Metropolitan OperaLincoln Center- Geffen Hall: $3,300,000 · OtherLincoln Center- Geffen HallUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO: $2,375,000 · Other+75 more: $36,871,250 · Other+75 moreTHE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $1,670,000 · HealthTHE SCRIPPS RESEARCH…MAYO CLINIC: $1,500,000 · HealthMAYO CLINICSAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $1,300,000 · HealthSAN FRANCISCO GENERA…NORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $1,250,000 · HealthNORTHWELL HEALTH FOU…NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH: $1,250,000 · HealthNATIONAL JEWISH HEAL…NEW YORK GENOME CENTER INC: $1,250,000 · HealthNEW YORK GENOME CENT…WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER CORPORATION: $1,250,000 · HealthWASHINGTON HOSPITAL …JACKSON HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $1,200,000 · HealthTHE V FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 · HealthCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $1,000,000 · Health+24 more: $9,925,000 · Health+24 moreLINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $4,200,000 · Arts & CultureLINCOLN CENTER FO…PIONEER WORKS ART FOUNDATION: $2,350,000 · Arts & CulturePIONEER WORKS ART…NORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC: $2,150,000 · Arts & CultureNORTON MUSEUM OF …INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF PHOTOGRAPHY: $1,000,000 · Arts & CultureTHE PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA: $1,000,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM ASSOCIATES: $1,000,000 · Arts & CultureWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $875,000 · Arts & Culture+21 more: $7,150,000 · Arts & Culture+21 morePresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $2,533,500 · EducationPresident and F…THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $1,537,500 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF…JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $1,020,000 · EducationJOHNS HOPKINS U…UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY AT A…TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $935,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE…New York University: $688,000 · Education+29 more: $9,187,539 · Education+29 morePARTNERSHIP FOR INNER CITY EDUCATION DBA PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS: $650,000 · PhilanthropyTHE GREATER NEW ORLEANS FOUNDATION: $500,000 · PhilanthropyTHE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST: $500,000 · PhilanthropyCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $500,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREENVILLE INC: $350,000 · PhilanthropyTHE INTREPID FALLEN HEROES FUND: $325,000 · PhilanthropyHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $300,000 · PhilanthropyTHE GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $250,000 · PhilanthropySTAND UP TO CANCER: $250,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER MEMPHIS INC: $250,000 · PhilanthropySilicon Valley Community Foundation: $250,000 · PhilanthropyGreater Kansas City Community Foundation: $250,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF GREATER CHARLOTTE INC: $250,000 · PhilanthropyMILE HIGH UNITED WAY INC: $250,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC: $250,000 · PhilanthropyTHE PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION: $250,000 · PhilanthropyFeeding America: $750,000 · Food & NutritionAMERICAN FARMLAND TRUST: $350,000 · Food & NutritionRodale Institute: $325,000 · Food & NutritionCALIFORNIA RANGELAND TRUST: $250,000 · Food & NutritionCITY HARVEST INC: $250,000 · Food & NutritionCOVENANT HOUSE: $1,000,000 · Human ServicesDELIVERING GOOD INC: $275,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH BOARD OF FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC: $250,000 · Human Services
Other$59,046,250Health$22,595,000Arts & Culture$19,725,000Education$16,901,539Philanthropy$5,375,000Food & Nutrition$1,925,000Human Services$1,525,000

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $4,200,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $2,533,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPIONEER WORKS ART FOUNDATION: $2,350,000 over 4y, 7.5% of budgetNORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC: $2,150,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetTHE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $1,670,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $1,537,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $1,500,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN: $1,375,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $1,300,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetNORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $1,250,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetNATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH: $1,250,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNEW YORK GENOME CENTER INC: $1,250,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetWASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER CORPORATION: $1,250,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJACKSON HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $1,200,000 over 2y, 6.8% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $1,020,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetST PETER'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $1,000,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetTHE V FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $1,000,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetINTERNATIONAL CENTER OF PHOTOGRAPHY: $1,000,000 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetTHE PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA: $1,000,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetMUSEUM ASSOCIATES: $1,000,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY AT ALBANY FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $935,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $875,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetFeeding America: $750,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER: $750,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMARTIN LUTHER KING JR-LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE CORPORATION: $700,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNew York University: $688,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERSHIP FOR INNER CITY EDUCATION DBA PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS: $650,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $552,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHouston Grand Opera Association Inc: $550,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY FOUNDATION: $550,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCRAIG NEWMARK GRADUATE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM CUNY FOUNDATION INC: $550,000 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $550,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTEAM RUBICON INC: $550,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetTexas Children's Hospital: $550,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJUILLIARD SCHOOL: $500,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $500,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAlamo Trust Inc: $500,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetALTAMED HEALTH SERVICES CORPORATION: $500,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBEAUMONT HEALTH FOUNDATION: $500,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $500,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetOCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION: $500,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInterfaith Ministries for Greater Houston: $500,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetTHE GREATER NEW ORLEANS FOUNDATION: $500,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTHE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST: $500,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER: $500,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds President and Fellows of Harvard College ↗
  • Who funds PIONEER WORKS ART FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORK GENOME CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds JACKSON HEALTH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds ST PETER'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE V FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF PHOTOGRAPHY ↗
  • Who funds THE PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM ASSOCIATES ↗
  • Who funds CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART ↗
  • Who funds Feeding America ↗

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 Hyde and Watson F…Booth Ferris Foundati…The New York Communit…Pinkerton FoundationMother Cabrini Health…The Harry and Jeanett…Lily Auchincloss Foun…Robin Hood FoundationMufg Union Bank Found…Altman FoundationThe Ford FoundationThe Barker Welfare Fo…
The Hyde and Watson FoundationNJ46.2× affinity36 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Booth Ferris Foundation Xxxxx4008 · The New York Community Trust · Pinkerton Foundation · Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Inc · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · Lily Auchincloss Foundation Inc · Robin Hood Foundation · Mufg Union Bank Foundation Ag · Altman Foundation · The Ford Foundation · The Barker Welfare Foundation

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization William Randolph Hearst Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from William Randolph Hearst Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Oregon Coast Aquarium Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • William James College Inc: 11% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
  • Third Sector New England Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Artists for Humanity Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Jackson Health Foundation Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Franciscan Hospital for Children: 0% of income from government
  • Connecticut College: 0% of income from government
  • Sheppard Pratt Health System Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Museum of Fine Arts: 0% of income from government
  • Caridad Center Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Guadalupe Center Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Palm Beach Atlantic University Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
45report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to William Randolph Hearst Foundation?

Find your warmest path to William Randolph 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.

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 1145 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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