Funding search · EIN 236962077 · Columbia, PA

The Richard C Von Hess Foundation 0262-02-40

Name: The Richard C Von Hess Foundation 0262-02-40 grants, 2022–2025
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A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

75
grants reported: $8.8M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $62,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

exhibition restoration scholarship american memorial museum anniversary artists

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

2 grants matching “landi” · $60,000

$30,000
Landis Valley Associates · Lancaster, PA · 2025
Support the gunsmiths of the early republic: lancaster's legacy in american firearms exhibition
$30,000
Landis Valley Associates · Lancaster, PA · 2023
To support a web site &

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Louise Steinman Von Hess Foundation1 grant · $2.0M
The Royal Oak Foundation2 grants · $561,000
The Baltimore Museum of Art1 grant · $500,000
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts5 grants · $346,300
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts1 grant · $314,600
Woodmere Art Museum2 grants · $290,000
Historical Society of Pennsylvania3 grants · $275,000
Maryland Center for History and Culture2 grants · $250,000
Woodmere Art Museum1 grant · $250,000
The Von Hess Foundation1 grant · $237,500

Giving over time

$890,325

2022

$1.9M

2023

$2.7M

2024

$3.4M

2025

Grant history

All 75 reported grants, largest first.

$2.0M
Louise Steinman Von Hess Foundation · Columbia, PA · 2025
Support transformation of the adjacent railroad building into a visitor's center, museum and library annex
$500,000
The Baltimore Museum of Art · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Jacobs wing
$314,600
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Support the richard c. Von hess foundation scholarship and travel awards, the reconfigured memorial travel award in conjunction with pafa certificate programs, the hvac replacement project for pafa's historic landmark b… read allSupport the richard c. Von hess foundation scholarship and travel awards, the reconfigured memorial travel award in conjunction with pafa certificate programs, the hvac replacement project for pafa's historic landmark building, and the a nation of artists exhibition less
$280,500
The Royal Oak Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Restoration of entryway to
$280,500
The Royal Oak Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Restoration of entryway to
$250,000
Woodmere Art Museum · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Support the establishment and to secure naming rights for frances m. Maguire hall
$250,000
Woodmere Art Museum · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Secure naming rights
$237,500
The Von Hess Foundation · Columbia, PA · 2023
Purchase of florine
$200,000
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
Support the preservation of the unesco world heritage site fallingwater
$200,000
The Frick Art & Historical Center · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Support vermeer monet
$150,000
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum · Boston, MA · 2025
Support the book of esther in the age of rembrandt exhibition
$150,000
Rubicon Productions · Sparks Glencoe, MD · 2024
Creation of a documentary
$125,000
Historical Society of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Support renovations of hsp's conservation services laboratory
$125,000
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Pafa's historic landmark
$125,000
Maryland Center for History and Culture · Baltimore, MD · 2023
New facility for visiting
$125,000
Maryland Center for History and Culture · Baltimore, MD · 2022
New facility for visiting
$122,130
Oak Spring Garden Foundation · Upperville, VA · 2024
Conservation of the
$108,280
The University of the Arts · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Scholarship, internships,
$100,000
Peabody Essex Museum · Salem, MA · 2025
Support the saints, sinners, lovers and fools: 300 years of flemish masterworks exhibition
$100,000
Museum of the American Revolution · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
The declaration's journey
$100,000
Peabody Essex Museum · Salem, MA · 2024
Support the saints,
$100,000
Hillwood Estate Museum and Gardens · Washington, DC · 2023
Support for grace of monaco
$100,000
Historical Society of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Support interior renovation
$100,000
University of Iowa Center for · Iowa City, IA · 2023
Stanley museum's
$100,000
Historical Society of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Support interior renovation
$97,950
The University of the Arts · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Scholarship, internships,
$78,000
The National Society of the Colonial · Washington, DC · 2023
Restoration of the historic
$76,400
Demuth Foundation · Lancaster, PA · 2024
Foundation reinterpretation
$75,000
Historical Society of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Support 200th anniversary
$75,000
Museum of Fine Arts Boston · Boston, MA · 2024
2025 exhibition van gogh
$75,000
The Barnes Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Creation of exhibition
$75,000
Carnegie Museum of Art · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Support publication of a
$75,000
The Barnes Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Creation of exhibition
$75,000
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Making american artists
$70,000
Ladew Topiary Gardens · Monkton, MD · 2023
Restoration of the library
$70,000
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum · Boston, MA · 2022
Manet's madame auguste
$70,000
Ladew Topiary Gardens · Monkton, MD · 2022
Restoration of the library
$62,500
The Phillips Collection · Washington, DC · 2024
Bonnard's worlds exhibition
$62,500
Walters Art Museum Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Ethiopia at the crossroads
$62,500
The Phillips Collection · Washington, DC · 2023
Bonnard's worlds exhibition
$62,500
Walters Art Museum Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Ethiopia at the crossroads
$60,000
Delaware Art Museum · Wilmington, DE · 2025
Renovation of galleries 15 & 16
$60,000
Rock Ford Foundation · Lancaster, PA · 2022
Long rifles of the american
$58,440
James a Michener Art Museum · Doylestown, PA · 2023
To support the fall/winter
$55,275
Independence Seaport Museum · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Showcase the museum's
$55,272
Independence Seaport Museum · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Showcase the museum's
$55,000
Delaware Art Museum · Wilmington, DE · 2024
Jazz age illustration
$55,000
James a Michener Art Museum · Doylestown, PA · 2024
Interwoven exhibition
$55,000
Westmoreland Museum of American Art · Greensburg, PA · 2024
Support for 65 artists, 65
$55,000
Westmoreland Museum of American Art · Greensburg, PA · 2022
Gatecrashers: the rise of
$52,150
Demuth Foundation · Lancaster, PA · 2025
Support three year strategic plan
$50,000
Hillwood Estate Museum & Gardens · Washington, DC · 2025
Support the setting sail: the story of sea cloud exhibition
$50,000
Hillwood Estate Museum and Gardens · Washington, DC · 2024
The story of sea cloud
$50,000
Lancasterhistory · Lancaster, PA · 2024
Thaddeus stevens' law
$50,000
Lancasterhistory · Lancaster, PA · 2023
Restoration of thaddeus
$49,600
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Memorial scholarship &
$49,600
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Memorial scholarship &
$47,100
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Memorial scholarship &
$46,000
Delaware Art Museum · Wilmington, DE · 2023
Conservation efforts for
$45,000
Carpenters Company of the City and · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
300th anniversary
$45,000
Carpenters Company of the City and · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
300th anniversary
$40,000
Woodmere Art Museum · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
The art of american social
$37,000
The National Society of the Colonial · Washington, DC · 2024
American treasures:
$34,000
Victoria Mansion · Portland, ME · 2024
Bold, designing fellows
$30,000
Landis Valley Associates · Lancaster, PA · 2025
Support the gunsmiths of the early republic: lancaster's legacy in american firearms exhibition
$30,000
Landis Valley Associates · Lancaster, PA · 2023
To support a web site &
$25,000
Friends of the Maryland State Archives · Annapolis, MD · 2025
Support the publication of finding the maryland 400
$25,000
Christ Church Preservation Trust · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Installation of an
$25,000
National Society of the Colonial Dames · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Stenton collections
$25,000
Hudson Opera House · Hudson, NY · 2022
Interior restoration of
$25,000
National Society of the Colonial Dames · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Stenton collections
$20,000
Independence Seaport Museum · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Commemorate the nation's
$20,000
Museum of the American Revolution · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Black founders forten
$18,735
Huntington Museum of Art · Huntington, WV · 2023
Exhibition of prints and
$1,000
Longwood Gardens · Kennet Square, PA · 2025
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