Grants awarded
Who does Hess Philanthropic Fund fund?
Hess Philanthropic Fund has awarded $81 million across 325 grants to 144 grantees between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in arts & culture. Its typical grant is $20,000, with most between $10,000 and $100,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $20,000 versus $15,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$80.8M
Typical grant
$20K
Grantees
144
Grants
325
Years
2020–2024
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Support |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rockefeller University
|
$19.4M | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
Museum of Modern Art
|
$14.4M | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| I Individual recipient | $10.5M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A American Museum of Natural History | $6.0M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| R Rockefeller University | $5.1M | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $2.0M | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $1.5M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| N National Trust for Historic Preservation | $1.5M | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| M Museum of Modern Art | $1.4M | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T Trinity School | $1.4M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Council of Foreign Relations | $1.3M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $1.3M | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| L Lincoln Center Theater | $1.3M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| N New York Presbyterian Hospital | $1.2M | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
The New York and Presbyterian Hospital
|
$1.1M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | NY | |
Asia Society
|
$1.0M | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| N New York-Presbyterian Fund INC | $1.0M | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | NY | |
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$800K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| H Harvard College | $725K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Sesame Workshop
|
$626K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| S Services for the Underserved | $552K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Jazz at Lincoln Center INC
|
$365K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| H Henry Street Settlement Art Show | $350K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Conversation Productions INC | $336K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
New York Stem Cell Foundation INC
|
$335K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| C Citizens Committee for New York | $330K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| A Asia Society | $275K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
|
$245K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| W Wnet | $200K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| J Jazz at Lincoln Center | $195K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $186K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$185K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
New York City Ballet INC
|
$175K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
Central Park Conservancy INC
|
$150K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| N NY Police Foundation | $150K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S Sus | $140K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$110K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| I Individual recipient | $108K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Bancroft Global Development
|
$100K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | DC | |
| M Moma Ps1 | $100K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$100K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
| N New York Stem Cell Foundation | $100K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $100K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Brown University of Providence
|
$90K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | RI | |
| C Civilians Theater Company | $80K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| N New York Presbyterian Hypertension Center | $75K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $75K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I International Council of Moma | $65K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| L Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts | $60K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
The Trustees of Princeton University
|
$60K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | NJ | |
| A American Associates of the National Theater | $55K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| E Eleanor Whitmore Early Childhood Center | $55K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Child Mind Institute INC
|
$50K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| I Individual recipient | $50K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| M Montefiore Medical Center | $50K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S Sus Services for the Underserved | $50K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| N New York Historical Society | $50K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| B Brown University | $50K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $50K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| J Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation -La | $50K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
East Hampton Library
|
$50K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| J Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation -NY | $50K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T The 92nd Street Y | $50K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Roundabout Theatre Company INC
|
$45K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| I Individual recipient | $45K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Thomas G Labrecque Foundation
|
$40K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | VA | |
| P Planned Parenthood of Greater New York | $40K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$40K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
Guild Hall of East Hampton INC
|
$40K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
Manhattan Theatre Club INC
|
$40K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
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$35K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| I Individual recipient | $30K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| A Americas Foundation of the Serpentine Galleries | $30K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| T The Civilians INC | $30K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
American Theatre Wing INC
|
$30K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| I Individual recipient | $25K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S Skowhegan | $25K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| F Film Society of Lincoln Center | $25K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Cancer Research Institute INC
|
$25K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | NY | |
| A American Associates of the National Theatre | $25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| S Seleni Institute | $25K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| 9 92nd Street Y | $25K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $25K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Northside Center for Child Development INC
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$25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NY | |
| E Everytown for Gun Safety | $25K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| 9 92nd Street Y Nursery School | $20K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $20K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $20K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| L Ladies' Village Improvement Society of East Hampton INC | $20K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| F Foundation 4 Arts &preservation Embassies | $20K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
The Brearley School
|
$20K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
| F Foundation 4 Arts & Preservation Embassies | $20K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Planned Parenthood Federation of America INC
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$20K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| T Tate Americas Foundation | $16K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| R Roundabout Theatre Company | $15K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T The Public Theatre | $15K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| A Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation | $15K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
World Monuments Fund INC
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$15K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
Committee to Protect Journalists INC
|
$15K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NY | |
| M Manhattan Theatre Club | $15K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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