Hess Philanthropic Fund
Private foundation · New York, NY · EIN 81-3520745 · reported 2023–2025
203grants reported
$15Kmedian award
$10Klower quartile
$1smallest grant
$50.7Mtotal paid
9states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 11 of its 203 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $4.5M in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
Co Tag 810 Seventh Ave
New York, NY 10019-0000
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Rockefeller University | New York, NY | $8,850,000 |
| Rockefeller University | New York, NY | $5,125,000 |
| Museum of Modern Art | New York, NY | $5,096,400 |
| Metropolitan Opera | New York, NY | $4,450,000 |
| Rockefeller University | New York, NY | $4,135,000 |
| Metropolitan Opera | New York, NY | $2,550,000 |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering | New York, NY | $1,500,000 |
| Museum of Modern Art | New York, NY | $1,424,425 |
| New York Presbyterian Hospital | New York, NY | $1,200,000 |
| New York Presbyterian | New York, NY | $1,100,000 |
| New York Presbyterian Hospital | New York, NY | $1,100,000 |
| Museum of Modern Art | New York, NY | $1,003,625 |
| Metropolitan Opera | New York, NY | $825,000 |
| Congregation Emanu-El | New York, NY | $726,000 |
| American Museum of Natural History | New York, NY | $630,000 |
| American Museum of Natural History | New York, NY | $600,000 |
| Lincoln Center Theater | New York, NY | $540,000 |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering | New York, NY | $500,000 |
| National Trust for Historic Preservation | Washington DC, DC | $500,000 |
| Trinity School | New York, NY | $350,000 |
| Trinity School | New York, NY | $335,000 |
| Council of Foreign Relations | New York, NY | $300,000 |
| Council of Foreign Relations | New York, NY | $300,000 |
| Asia Society | New York, NY | $275,000 |
| Congregation Emanu-El | New York, NY | $264,180 |
| Asia Society | New York, NY | $250,000 |
| Asia Society | New York, NY | $250,000 |
| American Museum of Natural History | New York, NY | $235,000 |
| Harvard College | Cambridge, MA | $225,000 |
| Lincoln Center Theater | New York, NY | $225,000 |
| WNET | New York, NY | $200,000 |
| Harvard College | Cambridge, MA | $200,000 |
| WNET | New York, NY | $200,000 |
| Harvard College | Cambridge, MA | $200,000 |
| WNET | New York, NY | $200,000 |
| Jazz at Lincoln Center | New York, NY | $195,000 |
| Jazz at Lincoln Center | New York, NY | $195,000 |
| Conversation Productions | Parkersburg, WV | $186,000 |
| Conversation Productions | Parkersburg, WV | $186,000 |
| Lincoln Center Theater | New York, NY | $165,000 |
| Trinity School | New York, NY | $160,000 |
| Council of Foreign Relations | New York, NY | $150,000 |
| Sesame Workshop | New York, NY | $136,000 |
| Citizens Committee for New York | New York, NY | $125,000 |
| Jazz at Lincoln Center | New York, NY | $120,000 |
| Henry Street Settlement Art Show | New York, NY | $100,000 |
| New York STEM Cell Foundation | New York, NY | $100,000 |
| NY Police Foundation | New York, NY | $100,000 |
| Services for the Underserved | Brooklyn, NY | $100,000 |
| Henry Street Settlement Art Show | New York, NY | $100,000 |
| New York STEM Cell Foundation | New York, NY | $100,000 |
| Services for the Underserved | Brooklyn, NY | $76,500 |
| Sesame Workshop | New York, NY | $75,000 |
| Citizens Committee for New York | New York, NY | $75,000 |
| Services for the Underserved | Brooklyn, NY | $75,000 |
| Congregation Emanu-El | New York, NY | $71,100 |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York, NY | $65,000 |
| Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts | New York, NY | $60,000 |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York, NY | $60,000 |
| Sesame Workshop | New York, NY | $60,000 |
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