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William Randolph Hearst Foundation

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$111.7M
in grants paid
879
grants
705
recipients
2022–2024
filing years

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

  • $2.0M

    New York-Presbyterian Hospital · New York, NY · 2024

    To support new Cancer Building with a capital investment

  • $1.0M

    Norton Museum of Art · West Palm Beach, FL · 2024

    To support the expansion and renovation of facility

  • $500,000

    The Juilliard School · New York, NY · 2024

    To provide scholarships in the performing arts

  • $500,000

    Columbia University in the City of Ny · New York, NY · 2024

    To establish the WRH Journalism scholarship

  • $500,000

    Harvard University · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    To support undergraduate financial aid through the Phobe Apperson Hearst Scholarship

  • $500,000

    Inner City Scholarship ( Partnership Schools) · New York, NY · 2024

    To provide scholarships

  • $500,000

    Alamo Trust · San Antonio, TX · 2024

    To support a capital campaign for the Vistors Ctr and 4D Theater Lobby

  • $500,000

    Los Angeles County Museum of Art · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    To support the Building LACMA capital campaign

  • $500,000

    The Paley Center for Media · New York, NY · 2024

    To establish the Hearst HS Media Internship

  • $500,000

    Covenant House · New York, NY · 2024

    To support Anti-Human trafficking program

  • $375,000

    University of California San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    To support the Psychiatry Urology Depts.

  • $375,000

    The New York Botanical Garden · Bronx, NY · 2024

    To support educational programs

  • $350,000

    Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2024

    To support RULER for recognizing, understanding, labeling, expressing regulating emotions

  • $350,000

    Pioneer Works Art Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    To support the construction of a public observatory

  • $300,000

    Houston Grand Opera · Houston, TX · 2024

    To provide the expansion of the Community and Learning programs

  • $300,000

    New York University · New York, NY · 2024

    To provide public service scholarships under the Tenney Scholarship Fund

  • $300,000

    University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2024

    To support the capital campaign for a Cold Lab in the College of Environment

  • $300,000

    Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY · 2024

    To support the Pathways to Leadership and Advancement in Nursing

  • $300,000

    San Francisco General Hospital · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    To support a capital campaign for the Outpatient Heath Center

  • $300,000

    Habitat for Humanity International · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    To support the implementation of Community Aging in Place

  • $300,000

    Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    To support environmental education programs

  • $300,000

    Texas Children'S Hospital · Houston, TX · 2024

    To support the pursue of youth mental heath care under the Bridge Clinic Program

  • $300,000

    Weill Medical College of Cornell University · New York, NY · 2024

    To support the creation of the Center for the Study and Support of Caregivers

  • $300,000

    Sustainable Development Solutions Network · New York, NY · 2024

    To support science sustainability development curricula

  • $250,000

    University of the Incarnate Word · San Antonio, TX · 2024

    To provide equipment for the Health Professions Simulation Skills Center

  • $250,000

    Translational Genomics Research Institute Fdn · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

    To support pancreatic cancer research program

  • $250,000

    San Francisco Symphony · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    To support the music education programs

  • $250,000

    Brown University of Providence · Providence, RI · 2024

    To provide support for Hearst Medical Scholars Program

  • $250,000

    Punahou School · Honolulu, HI · 2024

    To provide capital support for the construction of the Academy Learning Commons

  • $250,000

    Beacon Education · Wilmington, NC · 2024

    To support girls leadership programs at GLOWS Academy

  • $250,000

    Scripps Health · San Diego, CA · 2024

    To support capital campaign to expand Scripps Memorial Hospital-Encinitas

  • $250,000

    Phoenix Children'S Hospital · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

    To support implementation of a system-wide Suicide Screening Initiative

  • $250,000

    Hackensack Meridian Health · Edison, NJ · 2024

    To support an early career investigator in Aging research

  • $250,000

    Syracuse University · Syracuse, NY · 2024

    To support the Institute for Democracy, Journalism and Citizenship

  • $250,000

    New York Genome Center · New York, NY · 2024

    To support genomic research to cure disease

  • $250,000

    Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2024

    To support the School of Nursings micro-credentialing program and the TV News Archive

  • $250,000

    San Francisco Film Society · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    To provide general operating support

  • $250,000

    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2024

    To support the Immuno-Oncology Fellowship program

  • $225,000

    American Federation for Aging Research · New York, NY · 2024

    To support research in aging

  • $225,000

    Houston Symphony Society · Houston, TX · 2024

    To support Education and Community Engagement initiatives

  • $200,000

    Venice Family Clinic · Venice, CA · 2024

    To support the expansion of heath care and social services for patients

  • $200,000

    San Francisco Museum of Modern Art · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    To support School, Teacher and Family initiatives in the arts

  • $200,000

    Moxi the Wolf Museum of Exploration Innovation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

    To support School Programs

  • $200,000

    Massachusetts General Brigham Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024

    To support CIH

  • $200,000

    Martin Luther King Jr Community Hospital · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    To support the Community Healthcare Graduate Medical Education Program

  • $200,000

    Asheville Art Museum Association · Asheville, NC · 2024

    To support conservation, digitization and education programming

  • $200,000

    Pacific Community Ventures · Oakland, CA · 2024

    To support the Business Advising Program

  • $200,000

    Rodale Institute · Kutztown, PA · 2024

    To support farmer education programs on organic and regenerative farming

  • $200,000

    Bridge Housing · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    To provide Mental Health First Aid Certification Training

  • $200,000

    Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts · New York, NY · 2024

    To provide support for the 10 arts organization within the Lincoln Center Campus

  • $200,000

    Utah Museum of Fine Arts · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024

    To support Learning and Engagement programs for art education

  • $200,000

    University of the Pacific · Stockton, CA · 2024

    To provide scholarships for students in the Master of Physician Assistant Studies program

  • $200,000

    United Way of Greater Houston · Houston, TX · 2024

    To support Navigator and Integrated Client Journey Services.

  • $200,000

    Otis College of Art and Design · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    To provide enhanced support services vital for student retention and success

  • $200,000

    Bronx Childrens Museum · Bronx, NY · 2024

    To support the Expanding Assess Initiative to encourage learning

  • $200,000

    University of Montana Missoula · Missoula, MT · 2024

    To support Montana Media Lab Youth Voices program

  • $200,000

    University of California Davis · Davis, CA · 2024

    To provide scholarship support for Avenue program participants

  • $200,000

    The Edible Schoolyard Project · Berkeley, CA · 2024

    To support the development of new programs and expansion of the affiliate network

  • $200,000

    The Minnesota Opera · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

    To support opera education and community programs

  • $200,000

    College Track · Oakland, CA · 2024

    To support general operations

  • $175,000

    Zero To Three Natl Ctr for Infants Toddlers & Families · Washinton, DC · 2024

    To support early childhood specialists through the HealthySteps program

  • $175,000

    Rubicon Programs · Richmond, CA · 2024

    To provide comprehensive reentry services to justice-involved individuals

  • $175,000

    Whitney Museum of American Art · New York, NY · 2024

    To support the Hearst internship

  • $150,000

    Oregon Coast Aquarium · Newport, OR · 2024

    To support a capital campaign for the Sees-Ha Xwee-Nish Marine Wildlife Rehab Center

  • $150,000

    Avondale House · Houston, TX · 2024

    To support the expansion of A Home to Call My Own initiative for individuals with autism

  • $150,000

    Museum of Jewish Heritage · New York, NY · 2024

    To support the expansion of Holocaust education programs

  • $150,000

    Ca Court Appointed Special Advocates Assoc · San Diego, CA · 2024

    To support general operations

  • $150,000

    The Children'S Place at Home Safe · Lake Worth, FL · 2024

    To support renovations for specialized therapeutic group care home for foster youth

  • $150,000

    Memphis Brooks Museum of Art · Memphis, TN · 2024

    To support the New Art Museum for Memphis capital campaign

  • $150,000

    Hubbard Street Dance Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

    To provide general operating support

  • $150,000

    Stanford Medicine · Redwood City, CA · 2024

    To support research on metastatic prostate cancer

  • $150,000

    Sundari Foundation · Miami Beach, FL · 2024

    To support the development of the Childrens Village at Lotus House

  • $150,000

    Harmony Project · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    To provide general operating support

  • $150,000

    Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation · Woodbury, NY · 2024

    To support the Career Development Awards in pancreatic cancer research

  • $150,000

    Simmons University · Boston, MA · 2024

    To provide scholarships to undergraduate nursing students

  • $150,000

    Harbor House of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2024

    To support the creation of an Ingenerational Life Center for all ages and abilities

  • $150,000

    The Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Ny · New York, NY · 2024

    To support Feeding Our Neighbors and eviction Prevention programs

  • $150,000

    Workshops for Warriors · San Diego, CA · 2024

    To provide training and employment services for transitioning military veterans

  • $150,000

    Remote Area Medical · Rockford, TN · 2024

    To support general operations

  • $150,000

    Eisner Health · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    To support capital campaign for Plaza del Valle community health center

  • $150,000

    Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    To support the Clinical Investigator Award Program

  • $150,000

    Tampa Bay Resiliency Fund · Clearwater, FL · 2024

    To provide Emergency Hurricane Helene Aid

  • $150,000

    San Francisco Zoological Society · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    To support the capital campaign for the Jaguar Jungle

  • $150,000

    Roundabout Theatre Company · New York, NY · 2024

    To support arts education programs in public schools

  • $150,000

    Operation Smile · Virginia Beach, VA · 2024

    To support an Operation Smile Surgical Fellow and Nursing Fellow

  • $150,000

    Church Health Center of Memphis · Memphis, TN · 2024

    To support expansion for Eye Care

  • $150,000

    American Indian Health and Family of Se Mi · Detroit, MI · 2024

    To support a new healthcare facility

  • $150,000

    Reach Out and Read · Boston, MA · 2024

    To support the Building Connections Begins at Birth initiative

  • $150,000

    Literacy · New York, NY · 2024

    To provide general support for operations

  • $150,000

    Greenville Free Medical Clinic · Greenville, SC · 2024

    To support the expansion of three rural satellite clinics

  • $150,000

    Board of the University of Alabama · Tuscaloosa, AL · 2024

    To provide scholarships under the Rural Medical Scholars program

  • $150,000

    Braver Angels · New York, NY · 2024

    To support the College Debates and Discourse Alliance

  • $150,000

    Newport Hospital Foundation · Newport, RI · 2024

    To support the establishment of an inpatient adolescent behavioral health unit

  • $150,000

    University of Nevada Las Vegas · Las Vegas, NV · 2024

    To support the Empowering Schools Program to address youth mental health

  • $150,000

    University of Nebraska Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2024

    To support rural students enrolled in health sciences

  • $150,000

    Woodruff Arts Center · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    To support the Experience Atlanta, Experience Woodruff capital campaign

  • $150,000

    Staten Island Museum · Staten Island, NY · 2024

    To provide general operating support

  • $150,000

    Woodland Park Zoological Society · Seattle, WA · 2024

    To support the Forest Trailhead exhibit

  • $150,000

    Nova Southeastern University · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2024

    To support scholarships for undergraduate nursing students with financial need

  • $150,000

    Home Builders Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

    To support pre-apprenticeship training programs at BuildStrong Academies

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call. Most private foundations do not accept unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.