Funding search · EIN 813520745 · New York, NY

Hess Philanthropic Fund

Name: Hess Philanthropic Fund grants, 2021–2023
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

196
grants reported: $51.6M
total given: 2021–2023
filing years: $17,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2023. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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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.

Top recipients

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

Rockefeller University3 grants · $16.2M
Museum of Modern Art3 grants · $9.9M
Metropolitan Opera3 grants · $6.9M
American Museum of Natural History3 grants · $3.1M
Memorial Sloan Kettering1 grant · $1.5M
Congregation Emanu-El3 grants · $1.2M
New York Presbyterian2 grants · $1.2M
New York Presbyterian Hospital1 grant · $1.1M
New York Presbyterian Fund1 grant · $1.0M
National Trust for Historic Preservation2 grants · $1.0M

Giving over time

$15.8M

2021

$14.5M

2022

$21.3M

2023

Grant history

The 100 largest of 196 grants.

$8.8M
Rockefeller University · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$5.1M
Museum of Modern Art · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$4.5M
Metropolitan Opera · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$4.1M
Rockefeller University · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$3.8M
Museum of Modern Art · New York, NY · 2021
Charitable
$3.2M
Rockefeller University · New York, NY · 2021
Charitable
$2.3M
American Museum of Natural History · New York, NY · 2021
Charitable
$1.6M
Metropolitan Opera · New York, NY · 2021
Charitable
$1.5M
Memorial Sloan Kettering · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$1.1M
New York Presbyterian Hospital · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$1.1M
New York Presbyterian · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$1.0M
Museum of Modern Art · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$1.0M
New York Presbyterian Fund · New York, NY · 2021
Charitable
$825,000
Metropolitan Opera · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$726,000
Congregation Emanu-El · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$630,000
American Museum of Natural History · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$500,000
National Trust for Historic Preservation · Washington Dc, DC · 2022
Charitable
$500,000
National Trust for Historic Preservation · Washington Dc, DC · 2021
Charitable
$335,000
Trinity School · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$315,000
Sesame Workshop · New York, NY · 2021
Charitable
$300,000
Council of Foreign Relations · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$300,000
Council of Foreign Relations · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$299,000
Council of Foreign Relations · New York, NY · 2021
Charitable
$264,180
Congregation Emanu-El · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$250,000
Asia Society · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$250,000
Asia Society · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$250,000
Asia Society · New York, NY · 2021
Charitable
$243,250
Congregation Emanu-El · New York, NY · 2021
Charitable
$235,000
American Museum of Natural History · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$230,000
Trinity School · New York, NY · 2021
Charitable
$225,000
Lincoln Center Theater · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$225,000
Services for the Underserved · Brooklyn, NY · 2021
Charitable
$200,000
Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Charitable
$200,000
Wnet · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$200,000
Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Charitable
$200,000
Wnet · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$200,000
Wnet · New York, NY · 2021
Charitable
$195,000
Jazz at Lincoln Center · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$186,000
Conversation Productions · Parkersburg, WV · 2023
Charitable
$165,000
Lincoln Center Theater · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$165,000
Lincoln Center Theater · New York, NY · 2021
Charitable
$160,000
Trinity School · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$136,000
Sesame Workshop · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$125,000
Citizens Committee for New York · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$125,000
New York STEM Cell Foundation · New York, NY · 2021
Charitable
$120,000
Jazz at Lincoln Center · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$115,000
Sus · Baton Rouge, LA · 2021
Charitable
$100,000
Henry Street Settlement Art Show · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$100,000
New York STEM Cell Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$100,000
Services for the Underserved · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Charitable
$100,000
Citizens Committee for New York · New York, NY · 2021
Charitable
$100,000
New York Philharmonic · New York, NY · 2021
Charitable
$100,000
New York Presbyterian · New York, NY · 2021
Charitable
$100,000
Ny Landmarks Conservancy · New York, NY · 2021
Charitable
$75,000
Services for the Underserved · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Charitable
$75,000
Citizens Committee for New York · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$65,000
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$60,000
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$60,000
Sesame Workshop · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$60,000
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2021
Charitable
$60,000
Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2021
Charitable
$50,000
Central Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$50,000
East Hampton Library · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$50,000
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$50,000
Ny Police Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$50,000
Central Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$50,000
Conversation Productions · Parkersburg, WV · 2022
Charitable
$50,000
Henry Street Settlement Art Show · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$50,000
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$50,000
Central Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2021
Charitable
$50,000
Conversation Productions · Parkersburg, WV · 2021
Charitable
$50,000
Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2021
Charitable
$50,000
Henry Street Settlement Art Show · New York, NY · 2021
Charitable
$50,000
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts · New York, NY · 2021
Charitable
$40,000
New York City Ballet · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$35,000
New York City Ballet · New York, NY · 2021
Charitable
$30,000
Jazz at Lincoln Center · New York, NY · 2021
Charitable
$25,000
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2023
Charitable
$25,000
Child Mind Institute · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$25,000
Civilians Theater Company · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Charitable
$25,000
Moma Ps1 · Long Island City, NY · 2023
Charitable
$25,000
Skowhegan · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$25,000
Child Mind Institute · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$25,000
Moma Ps1 · Long Island City, NY · 2022
Charitable
$25,000
New York City Ballet · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$25,000
Eleanor Whitmore Early Childhood Center · East Hampton, NY · 2021
Charitable
$25,000
Everytown for Gun Safety · New York, NY · 2021
Charitable
$25,000
Moma Ps1 · Long Island City, NY · 2021
Charitable
$25,000
New York City Center · New York, NY · 2021
Charitable
$20,000
American Associates of the National Theater · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$20,000
Guild Hall of East Hampton · East Hampton, NY · 2023
Charitable
$20,000
Sanctuary for Families · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$20,000
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2022
Charitable
$20,000
Sanctuary for Families · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$20,000
92nd Street Y · New York, NY · 2021
Charitable
$20,000
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2021
Charitable
$20,000
Cancer Research Institute · New York, NY · 2021
Charitable
$20,000
Sanctuary for Families · New York, NY · 2021
Charitable
$15,000
Manhattan Theatre Club · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$15,000
New York Presbyterian Hypertension Center · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable

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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.