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Private foundation (trust)EIN 136161746Est. 1946-07

The Hearst Foundation

New York, NY 100193741

Accepts unsolicited proposals

Total Assets

$430.3M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$17.0M

FY 2024

Grants Made

111

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$153K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$75K–$500K

Typical

Deadlines

See the Fdns website Hearstfdn.org

Applications

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$31.7M

Total Expenses

$21.9M

Qualifying Distributions

$18.9M

Distributable Amount

$19.8M

Min. Investment Return

$20.3M

Payout rate 95%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.95%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

111 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $75K through median $150K to maximum $500K, 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 2024. Peak $26.3M in 2020. Hover bars for details.

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

Top Recipients

500 grants

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc
$2M
1 grant
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
$750K
1 grant
California Academy of Sciences
$750K
1 grant
New York Public Library
$750K
2 grants
Save the Chidren
$700K
2 grants
Save the Children Federation
$500K
1 grant
Children's Museum of Manhattan
$500K
1 grant
Hunter College Foundation
$500K
2 grants

Grant Size Distribution

500 grants

<$10K
$10–50K
5
grants
$50–250K
475
grants
$250K–1M
19
grants
$1–5M
1
grants
$5M+

Geographic Focus

46 states

New York
$20.6M
26% of total
California
$14.6M
18% of total
Texas
$3.7M
5% of total
District of Columbia
$3.2M
4% of total
Pennsylvania
$3.1M
4% of total
Massachusetts
$3M
4% of total
Washington
$2.5M
3% of total
Illinois
$2.3M
3% of total
Florida
$2.1M
3% of total
Maryland
$2.0M
3% of total

+36 more states

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