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Private foundation (trust)EIN 813520745Est. 2016-09

HESS PHILANTHROPIC FUND

NEW YORK, NY 10019

Total Assets

$339.4M

FY 2023

Annual Giving

$21.3M

FY 2023

Grants Made

69

FY 2023

Avg Grant

$309K

FY 2023

Grant Range

$6–$8.8M

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

PhilanthropyVoluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2023 filing

Total Revenue

$32.9M

Total Expenses

$28.2M

Qualifying Distributions

$21.3M

Distributable Amount

$15.9M

Min. Investment Return

$16.0M

Payout rate 100%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.100%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

69 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $6 through median $15K to maximum $8.8M, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

4 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2023. Peak $21.3M in 2023. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

253 grants

ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY
$19.4M
4 grants
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
$14.4M
4 grants
METROPOLITAN OPERA
$8.0M
4 grants
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
$5.4M
4 grants
MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING
$1.5M
1 grant
NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION
$1.5M
3 grants
CONGREGATION EMANU-EL
$1.5M
4 grants
NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN
$1.3M
3 grants

Grant Size Distribution

253 grants

<$10K
102
grants
$10–50K
71
grants
$50–250K
49
grants
$250K–1M
15
grants
$1–5M
14
grants
$5M+
2
grants

Geographic Focus

11 states

New York
$62.9M
96% of total
District of Columbia
$1.6M
2% of total
Massachusetts
$500K
1% of total
West Virginia
$336K
1% of total
California
$140K
0% of total
Louisiana
$140K
0% of total
Rhode Island
$90K
0% of total
New Jersey
$60K
0% of total
Virginia
$40K
0% of total
Maryland
$3K
0% of total

+1 more states

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