Funding search · EIN 222856867 · Melville, NY
The Hite Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 45
- grants reported
- $3.4M
- total given
- 2021–2024
- filing years
- $50,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. 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
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York4 grants · $975,000
- Weill Cornell Hospital3 grants · $750,000
- The Little Orchestra Society - Orpheon3 grants · $240,000
- Wnet4 grants · $200,000
- The Young Mens and Young Womens Hebrew Association4 grants · $200,000
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center1 grant · $200,000
- Hias1 grant · $100,000
- Amchai1 grant · $100,000
- Metropolitan Opera Association4 grants · $85,000
- The Aspen Institute4 grants · $82,500
Giving over time
Grant history
All 45 reported grants, largest first.
- $275,000
Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York · New York, NY · 2021
General support
- $250,000
Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $250,000
Weill Cornell Hospital · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $250,000
Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $250,000
Weill Cornell Hospital · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $250,000
Weill Cornell Hospital · New York, NY · 2021
General support
- $200,000
Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $200,000
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center · Seattle, WA · 2022
General support
- $150,000
The Little Orchestra Society - Orpheon · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $100,000
Amchai · Miami, FL · 2024
General support
- $100,000
Hias · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $60,500
Max Scholar · Aventura, FL · 2024
General support
- $52,000
Pionero Philanthropy · Lauderdale, FL · 2023
General support
- $50,000
The Young Mens and Young Womens Hebrew Association · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $50,000
Wnet · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $50,000
The Young Mens and Young Womens Hebrew Association · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $50,000
Wnet · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $50,000
The Little Orchestra Society - Orpheon · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $50,000
The Young Mens and Young Womens Hebrew Association · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $50,000
Wnet · New York, NY · 2022
Fourth installment of a $200,000 pledge, $50,000
- $50,000
Hias · Silver Spring, MD · 2021
General support
- $50,000
The Young Mens and Young Womens Hebrew Association · New York, NY · 2021
General support
- $50,000
Wnet · New York, NY · 2021
Fourth installment of a $200,000 pledge, $50,000
- $40,000
The Little Orchestra Society - Orpheon · New York, NY · 2021
General support
- $35,000
Aspen Music Festival and School · Aspen, CO · 2024
General support
- $35,000
Aspen Music Festival and School · Aspen, CO · 2021
General support
- $27,500
The Aspen Institute · Aspen, CO · 2021
General support
- $27,000
Pionero Philanthropy · Lauderdale, FL · 2024
General support
- $25,000
African Parks Foundation of America · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $25,000
Jewish Resource Center Chabad of Aspen · Aspen, CO · 2024
General support
- $25,000
Metropolitan Opera Association · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $25,000
The Aspen Institute · Aspen, CO · 2024
General support
- $25,000
Young Concert Artists · New York, NY · 2024
General support
- $25,000
African Parks Foundation of America · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $25,000
Central Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $25,000
Mesayaat · 2023
General support
- $25,000
Young Concert Artists · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $25,000
Metropolitan Opera Association · New York, NY · 2022
General support
- $25,000
The Aspen Institute · Aspen, CO · 2022
General support
- $20,000
Metropolitan Opera Association · New York, NY · 2023
General support
- $20,000
African Parks Foundation of America · New York, NY · 2021
General support
- $15,000
Metropolitan Opera Association · New York, NY · 2021
General support
- $6,500
Vail Veterans Foundation · Vail, CO · 2021
General support
- $5,000
The Aspen Institute · Aspen, CO · 2023
General support
- $1,000
James Madison High School Alumni Association · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General support
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