Funding search · EIN 382617770 · Chicago, IL

Myrtle E & Wm G Hess Charitable Trust

Name: Myrtle E & Wm G Hess Charitable Trust grants, 2021–2024
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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.

41
grants reported: $1.1M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $15,000
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

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.

St Patrick Parish4 grants · $347,100
Christ Medicus Foundation4 grants · $170,000
Guest House4 grants · $110,000
University of Detroit Jesuit3 grants · $95,000
Mother and Unborn Baby Care4 grants · $93,473
Opendoor Outreach Center2 grants · $70,500
Angels Place1 grant · $55,000
Marian High School4 grants · $54,000
Trinity Health-Michigan Dba2 grants · $42,000
Mercy High School4 grants · $38,000

Giving over time

$329,554

2021

$324,500

2022

$97,100

2023

$393,473

2024

Grant history

All 41 reported grants, largest first.

$110,000
St Patrick Parish · Walkerton, IN · 2022
General
$110,000
St Patrick Parish · Walkerton, IN · 2021
General
$100,000
St Patrick Parish · Walkerton, IN · 2024
General
$75,000
Christ Medicus Foundation · Northville, MI · 2024
General
$65,000
University of Detroit Jesuit · Detroit, MI · 2024
General
$60,500
Opendoor Outreach Center · Rock Hill, SC · 2024
General
$55,000
Angels Place · Southfield Hills, MI · 2021
General
$50,000
Christ Medicus Foundation · Northville, MI · 2022
General
$50,000
Guest House · Lake Orion, MI · 2022
General
$43,473
Mother and Unborn Baby Care · Southfield, MI · 2024
General
$32,000
Trinity Health-Michigan Dba · Pontiac, MI · 2022
General
$27,100
St Patrick Parish · Walkerton, IN · 2023
General
$25,000
Christ Medicus Foundation · Northville, MI · 2021
General
$25,000
Guest House · Lake Orion, MI · 2021
General
$20,000
Guest House · Lake Orion, MI · 2024
General
$20,000
Christ Medicus Foundation · Northville, MI · 2023
General
$20,000
Mother and Unborn Baby Care · Southfield, MI · 2022
General
$20,000
Mother and Unborn Baby Care · Southfield, MI · 2021
General
$15,000
Guest House · Lake Orion, MI · 2023
General
$15,000
Marian High School · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2022
General
$15,000
University of Detroit Jesuit · Detroit, MI · 2022
General
$15,000
Loyola High School Foundation · Detroit, MI · 2021
General
$15,000
Marian High School · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2021
General
$15,000
University of Detroit Jesuit · Detroit, MI · 2021
General
$12,000
Marian High School · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2024
General
$12,000
Marian High School · Bloomfield Hills, MI · 2023
General
$10,000
Mercy High School · Farmington Hills, MI · 2024
General
$10,000
Mother and Unborn Baby Care · Southfield, MI · 2023
General
$10,000
Mercy High School · Farmington Hills, MI · 2022
General
$10,000
Opendoor Outreach Center · Rock Hill, SC · 2022
General
$10,000
Abide Ministries · Clawson, MI · 2021
General
$10,000
Mercy High School · Farmington Hills, MI · 2021
General
$10,000
Trinity Health-Michigan Dba · Pontiac, MI · 2021
General
$9,554
Dominican Sisters of Peace · Columbus, OH · 2021
General
$8,000
Mercy High School · Farmington Hills, MI · 2023
General
$7,500
Society of St Vincent De Paul · White Lake, MI · 2024
General
$7,500
Society of St Vincent De Paul · White Lake, MI · 2022
General
$5,000
Society of St Vincent De Paul · White Lake, MI · 2023
General
$5,000
St Vincent and Sarah Fisher Center · Detroit, MI · 2022
General
$5,000
Society of St Vincent De Paul · White Lake, MI · 2021
General
$5,000
St Vincent and Sarah Fisher Center · Detroit, MI · 2021
General

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