Richard C Von Hess Foundation
Private foundation · Columbia, PA · EIN 23-6962077 · reported 2023–2025
61grants reported
$70Kmedian award
$50Klower quartile
$1,000smallest grant
$7.9Mtotal paid
10states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 1 of its 61 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $25K 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
PO Box 68
Columbia, PA 17512-0068
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Louise Steinman Von Hess Foundation SUPPORT TRANSFORMATION OF THE ADJACENT RAILROAD BUILDING INTO A VISITOR'S CENTER, MUSEUM AND LIBRARY | Columbia, PA | $2,000,000 |
| The Baltimore Museum of Art Inc JACOBS WING | Baltimore, MD | $500,000 |
| Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts SUPPORT THE RICHARD C. VON HESS FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP AND TRAVEL AWARDS, THE RECONFIGURED MEMORIAL | Philadelphia, PA | $314,600 |
| The Royal Oak Foundation RESTORATION OF ENTRYWAY TO | New York, NY | $280,500 |
| The Royal Oak Foundation RESTORATION OF ENTRYWAY TO | New York, NY | $280,500 |
| Woodmere Art Museum SUPPORT THE ESTABLISHMENT AND TO SECURE NAMING RIGHTS FOR FRANCES M. MAGUIRE HALL | Philadelphia, PA | $250,000 |
| Woodmere Art Museum SECURE NAMING RIGHTS | Philadelphia, PA | $250,000 |
| The Von Hess Foundation PURCHASE OF FLORINE | Columbia, PA | $237,500 |
| Western Pennsylvania Conservancy SUPPORT THE PRESERVATION OF THE UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE FALLINGWATER | Pittsburgh, PA | $200,000 |
| The Frick Art & Historical Center SUPPORT VERMEER MONET | Pittsburgh, PA | $200,000 |
| Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum SUPPORT THE BOOK OF ESTHER IN THE AGE OF REMBRANDT EXHIBITION | Boston, MA | $150,000 |
| Rubicon Productions Inc CREATION OF A DOCUMENTARY | Sparks Glencoe, MD | $150,000 |
| Historical Society of Pennsylvania SUPPORT RENOVATIONS OF HSP'S CONSERVATION SERVICES LABORATORY | Philadelphia, PA | $125,000 |
| Maryland Center for History and Culture NEW FACILITY FOR VISITING | Baltimore, MD | $125,000 |
| Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts PAFA'S HISTORIC LANDMARK | Philadelphia, PA | $125,000 |
| Oak Spring Garden Foundation CONSERVATION OF THE | Upperville, VA | $122,130 |
| The University of the Arts SCHOLARSHIP, INTERNSHIPS, | Philadelphia, PA | $108,280 |
| Peabody Essex Museum SUPPORT THE SAINTS, SINNERS, LOVERS AND FOOLS: 300 YEARS OF FLEMISH MASTERWORKS EXHIBITION | Salem, MA | $100,000 |
| Hillwood Estate Museum and Gardens SUPPORT FOR GRACE OF MONACO | Washington, DC | $100,000 |
| Historical Society of Pennsylvania SUPPORT INTERIOR RENOVATION | Philadelphia, PA | $100,000 |
| University of Iowa Center for STANLEY MUSEUM'S | Iowa City, IA | $100,000 |
| Peabody Essex Museum SUPPORT THE SAINTS, | Salem, MA | $100,000 |
| Museum of the American Revolution THE DECLARATION'S JOURNEY | Philadelphia, PA | $100,000 |
| The National Society of the Colonial RESTORATION OF THE HISTORIC | Washington, DC | $78,000 |
| Demuth Foundation FOUNDATION REINTERPRETATION | Lancaster, PA | $76,400 |
| Carnegie Museum of Art SUPPORT PUBLICATION OF A | Pittsburgh, PA | $75,000 |
| The Barnes Foundation CREATION OF EXHIBITION | Philadelphia, PA | $75,000 |
| Historical Society of Pennsylvania SUPPORT 200TH ANNIVERSARY | Philadelphia, PA | $75,000 |
| The Barnes Foundation CREATION OF EXHIBITION | Philadelphia, PA | $75,000 |
| Museum of Fine Arts Boston 2025 EXHIBITION VAN GOGH | Boston, MA | $75,000 |
| Ladew Topiary Gardens RESTORATION OF THE LIBRARY | Monkton, MD | $70,000 |
| The Phillips Collection BONNARD'S WORLDS EXHIBITION | Washington, DC | $62,500 |
| Walters Art Museum Foundation ETHIOPIA AT THE CROSSROADS | Baltimore, MD | $62,500 |
| The Phillips Collection BONNARD'S WORLDS EXHIBITION | Washington, DC | $62,500 |
| Walters Art Museum Foundation ETHIOPIA AT THE CROSSROADS | Baltimore, MD | $62,500 |
| Delaware Art Museum RENOVATION OF GALLERIES 15 & 16 | Wilmington, DE | $60,000 |
| James A Michener Art Museum TO SUPPORT THE FALL/WINTER | Doylestown, PA | $58,440 |
| Independence Seaport Museum SHOWCASE THE MUSEUM'S | Philadelphia, PA | $55,272 |
| Westmoreland Museum of American Art SUPPORT FOR 65 ARTISTS, 65 | Greensburg, PA | $55,000 |
| Delaware Art Museum JAZZ AGE ILLUSTRATION | Wilmington, DE | $55,000 |
| James A Michener Art Museum INTERWOVEN EXHIBITION | Doylestown, PA | $55,000 |
| Demuth Foundation SUPPORT THREE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN | Lancaster, PA | $52,150 |
| Hillwood Estate Museum & Gardens SUPPORT THE SETTING SAIL: THE STORY OF SEA CLOUD EXHIBITION | Washington, DC | $50,000 |
| Lancasterhistory RESTORATION OF THADDEUS | Lancaster, PA | $50,000 |
| Hillwood Estate Museum and Gardens THE STORY OF SEA CLOUD | Washington, DC | $50,000 |
| Lancasterhistory THADDEUS STEVENS' LAW | Lancaster, PA | $50,000 |
| Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP & | Philadelphia, PA | $49,600 |
| Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP & | Philadelphia, PA | $49,600 |
| Delaware Art Museum CONSERVATION EFFORTS FOR | Wilmington, DE | $46,000 |
| Carpenters Company of the City and 300TH ANNIVERSARY | Philadelphia, PA | $45,000 |
| The National Society of the Colonial AMERICAN TREASURES: | Washington, DC | $37,000 |
| Victoria Mansion BOLD, DESIGNING FELLOWS | Portland, ME | $34,000 |
| Landis Valley Associates SUPPORT THE GUNSMITHS OF THE EARLY REPUBLIC: LANCASTER'S LEGACY IN AMERICAN FIREARMS EXHIBITION | Lancaster, PA | $30,000 |
| Landis Valley Associates Inc TO SUPPORT A WEB SITE & | Lancaster, PA | $30,000 |
| Friends of the Maryland State Archives Inc SUPPORT THE PUBLICATION OF FINDING THE MARYLAND 400 | Annapolis, MD | $25,000 |
| National Society of the Colonial Dames STENTON COLLECTIONS | Philadelphia, PA | $25,000 |
| Christ Church Preservation Trust INSTALLATION OF AN | Philadelphia, PA | $25,000 |
| Museum of the American Revolution BLACK FOUNDERS FORTEN | Philadelphia, PA | $20,000 |
| Independence Seaport Museum COMMEMORATE THE NATION'S | Philadelphia, PA | $20,000 |
| Huntington Museum of Art Inc EXHIBITION OF PRINTS AND | Huntington, WV | $18,735 |
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