Open Foundations · New York

William Randolph Hearst Foundation

New York, New York · EIN 136019226. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $34.7M across 262 grants in 2024, a median of $100K each.

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$34.7M
paid in 2024
262
grants paid
$100K
median grant
56%
to first-time recipients
$942.7M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
See the Fdn's website hearstfdnorg
Address
300 W57th St, New York, NY, 10019
Phone
Not stated in the filing
Email
support.nyhearstfdn.org
Form the request should take
Applications are available on the Foundations website hearstfdn.org
Submission deadline
See the Foundations website hearstfdn.org
Restrictions on awards
See the Foundations website Hearstfdn.org

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202532999349100203. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

ussyp scholarshipjap scholarshipeducationhealth

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 262 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1New York-presbyterian HospitalNY$2,000,000To support new Cancer Building with a capital investment
2Norton Museum of ArtFL$1,000,000To support the expansion and renovation of facility
3Alamo Trust IncTX$500,000To support a capital campaign for the Vistors Ctr and 4D Theater Lobby
4Columbia University in the City of NyNY$500,000To establish the WRH Journalism scholarship
5Covenant HouseNY$500,000To support Anti-Human trafficking program
6Harvard UniversityMA$500,000To support undergraduate financial aid through the Phobe Apperson Hearst Scholarship
7Inner City Scholarship ( Partnership Schools)NY$500,000To provide scholarships
8Los Angeles County Museum of ArtCA$500,000To support the Building LACMA capital campaign
9The Juilliard SchoolNY$500,000To provide scholarships in the performing arts
10The Paley Center for MediaNY$500,000To establish the Hearst HS Media Internship
11The New York Botanical GardenNY$375,000To support educational programs
12University of California San FranciscoCA$375,000To support the Psychiatry Urology Depts.
13Pioneer Works Art FoundationNY$350,000To support the construction of a public observatory
14Yale UniversityCT$350,000To support RULER for recognizing, understanding, labeling, expressing regulating emotions
15Columbia University in the City of New YorkNY$300,000To support the Pathways to Leadership and Advancement in Nursing

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
2020461$69.7M
2021321$34.1M
2022336$39.7M
2023278$36.9M
2024262$34.7M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
New York21%
California14%
Massachusetts5%
North Carolina5%
Florida4%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Anissa B BalsonVice President Director · 2024
Carlton J CharlesAssistant Treasurer · 2024
Catherine a BostronAssistant Secretary · 2024
David J BarrettVice President Director · 2024
Donna Kalajian LaganiVP Eastern Dirrector · 2024
Eve B BurtonAssistant Secretary · 2024
Frank J Bennack JrVice President Director · 2024
George R Hearst IiiVice President Director · 2024
Gilbert C Maurerdeceased 2025Vice President Director · 2024
James M AsherVP Secretary Director · 2024
John G ConomikesVice President Director · 2024
Karen AlsupDeputy Inv. Officer · 2024
Lisa H HagermanVice President Director · 2024
Mark F MillerVice President Director · 2024
Mary FisherTreasurer Controller · 2024
Mitchell I ScherzerVice President Assist. Treas. · 2024
Roger P PaschkeAssistant Treasurer CIO · 2024
Steven R SwartzVice President Director · 2024
Virginia H RandtVice President Director · 2024
William R Hearst IiiPresident Director · 2024

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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