Distributing $13,850,000 in summer grants, Hearst Foundations aided 97 organizations across the country, including Miami Children’s Museum, ACE Scholarships, Lung Cancer Research Foundation and the Youth Empowerment Project, furthering their initiatives in culture, education, health and social services.
The Hearst Foundations serve as a national philanthropic resource and have distributed more than 22,100 grants to 6,335 organizations, totaling $1.4 billion since 1946. In 2021, nearly 320 grants were awarded, totaling $41.7 million, including COVID-19 and Texas winter storm response grants. This year, the foundations’ work continues to help people of all backgrounds in the United States build healthy, productive and inspiring lives.
Grant proposals are submitted by organizations around the country and reviewed by staff based in New York City and San Francisco. These requests are then brought to the board of directors for approval each quarter. The Hearst Foundations are independent private philanthropies operating separately from Hearst.
Learn more about the services supported by the summer 2022 grants below.
CULTURE
Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD: To support education programs.
Boise Art Museum, Inc., Boise, ID: To support educational programs.
Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn, NY: To support educational and cultural programming.
Building for the Arts NY, Inc., New York, NY: To support the expansion of Music and the Brain.
Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, Inc., Orlando, FL: To support the AdventHealth School of the Arts.
Gina Gibney Dance, Inc., New York, NY: To support community programming.
Interlochen Center for the Arts, Interlochen, MI: To provide Interlochen Arts Camp scholarships for students from non-urban communities.
Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE: To support the Evolve Joslyn Capital Campaign.
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc., New York, NY: To support the Lincoln Center Corporate Fund.
Miami Children's Museum, Miami, FL: To support education programs.
Mid-America Arts Alliance, Kansas City, MO: To support ExhibitsUSA programming.
Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, Denver, CO: To support teen leadership programs.
New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark, NJ: To support arts education and professional development throughout the Greater Newark area.
Oregon Ballet Theatre, Portland, OR: To support education and community engagement programming.
Pennsylvania Ballet Association, Philadelphia, PA: To support the construction of a new building.
The Edison Institute, Dearborn, MI: To support the new Educator-in-Residence program.
Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, San Antonio, TX: To support Generation NEXT education programs.
Vero Beach Museum of Art, Inc., Vero Beach, FL: To support the exhibit and education programs for Changing Nature: A New Vision, Photographs by James Balog.
Young Audiences of Louisiana Inc., New Orleans, LA: To support the Louisiana Wolf Trap Early Learning Through the Arts program.
92nd Street Young Men’s & Young Women’s Hebrew Association, New York, NY: To support the Dance @ 92Y program.
EDUCATION
ACE Scholarships, Greenwood Village, CO: To provide ACE Scholarships for children of low-income families.
Amarillo College, Amarillo, TX: To support the development and implementation of the Project CARES Evening Nursing program.
Anchor Center for Blind Children, Denver, CO: To support Cortical Visual Impairment research and programming.
Brandeis University, Waltham, MA: To provide undergraduate research opportunities in the creative arts, humanities and social sciences.
California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA: To support the Charles Gaines Fellowship for MFA Art Students.
Chapman University, Orange, CA: To support the purchase of a metabolic cart and body composition measurement systems.
Clarke School for the Deaf, Northampton, MA: To support Listening and Spoken Language services for children who are deaf or hard of hearing.
College of Eastern Idaho, Idaho Falls, ID: To support the new Future Tech building.
Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School, Takoma Park, MD: To support the creation of the Center for Student Achievement.
Duke University, Durham, NC: To support ClimateCAP to offer fellowship opportunities and expand program reach.
Eastside College Preparatory School, East Palo Alto, CA: To support college readiness and alumni programming.
English for New Bostonians, Inc., Boston, MA: For general support.
Goddard Riverside Community Center, New York, NY: To support the Options Center to provide college access and college success programs.
Gotham Gives Inc., New York, NY: To support Computer Science for All.
Lemonade Day, Houston, TX: To support the K-8 education programs in Houston, New York and San Francisco.
Le Moyne College, Syracuse, NY: To provide scholarships for economically disadvantaged students.
Marymount High School, Los Angeles, CA: To support the Centennial Objectives: Relocation & Remodeling of Life Science Labs and Fine Arts Studios.
Miami Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Inc., Miami, FL: To support children with Cortical Visual Impairment.
Misericordia University, Dallas, PA: To support the relocation and expansion of the Occupational and Physical Therapy building.
Online News Association, Washington, DC: For general support.
Our House, Inc., Atlanta, GA: To support a capital and organizational capacity campaign.
Pace University, New York, NY: To provide scholarships for underrepresented students in the Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing program.
Partnership for Los Angeles Schools, Los Angeles, CA: To support the Capacity Building program.
Seattle University, Seattle, WA: To support the expansion of the clinical simulation program for nursing students.
Starfish Family Services Inc., Inkster, MI: To support behavioral health services.
The BASIC Fund, Oakland, CA: To support the Scholars Program.
The Literacy Lab, Washington, DC: To support the Leading Men Fellowship program in Atlanta and Cincinnati.
Trinity University, San Antonio, TX: To support new equipment and training in the Makerspace.
University of Colorado, Boulder, Boulder, CO: To provide state-of-the-art technology for the Immersive Media Lab in the College of Media, Communication and Information.
University of Denver, Denver, CO: To provide scholarship support for students from low-income, first-generation and other underrepresented backgrounds.
Wabash College, Crawfordsville, IN: To provide summer stipends for underserved students participating in the Wabash Liberal Arts Immersion Program.
William James College, Newton, MA: To support William Randolph Hearst Scholarships for students in Serving the Mental Health Needs of the Underserved program.
HEALTH
Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, TX: To provide new equipment to enhance care for premature infants.
Bread for the City, Washington, DC: To support the Medical Program.
Caridad Center, Inc., Boynton Beach, FL: For general support.
Center for Courageous Kids, Scottsville, KY: To expand the therapeutic Outdoor Treehouse Camping Program for seriously ill and special needs children.
Children's Hospital & Medical Center, Omaha, NE: To support the Specialty Clinic Medical Assistant Scholarship Program.
Columbia University in the City of New York, New York, NY: To support the Colorectal Surgery Fellowship.
Doheny Eye Institute, Pasadena, CA: To provide laboratory equipment for the new headquarters.
Emma Pendleton Bradley Hospital, East Providence, RI: To support recreational facilities at the Children’s Residential and Family Treatment program.
Flagstaff Medical Center, Flagstaff, AZ: To provide professional development for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest management to first responders.
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA: To support the Evergreen Fund for scientists.
Gateways Hospital and Mental Health Center, Los Angeles, CA: To support training and implementation of a trauma-informed care and adverse childhood experiences screening program.
God's Love We Deliver, Inc., New York, NY: To expand home-delivered, medically tailored nutrition services nationwide.
Houston Methodist, Houston, TX: To support a multimedia outreach effort by the Department of Urology and the Dr. Mary and Ron Neal Cancer Center.
Hunter College Foundation Inc., New York, NY: To support the Hearst Clinical Nursing Chair and the Clinical Registered Nurse Anesthetist Doctorate in Nursing Practice program.
Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT: To support expansion of the mental health care provider workforce at Primary Children's Hospital.
Kennedy Krieger Foundation Inc., Baltimore, MD: To expand the professional training program in the Center for Child and Family Traumatic Stress.
Lung Cancer Research Foundation, New York, NY: To support the Career Development Award for Minority Researchers.
MarinHealth Medical Center, Greenbrae, CA: To support expansion of the outpatient Neurology practice.
Memorial Health Care System Foundation, Chattanooga, TN: To support the new CHI Memorial Hospital in Georgia.
New York Stem Cell Foundation, Inc., New York, NY: To support the Ethnic Diversity Biobank.
Physicians for Human Rights, Inc., New York, NY: To support the asylum program and frontline health care workers wellness programs in the United States.
Providence Alaska, Anchorage, AK: To support school-centered behavioral health integration in Anchorage and Kodiak area schools.
Renewal House Inc., Nashville, TN: For general support.
Riley Children's Foundation, Indianapolis, IN: To expand the Maternal and Newborn Simulation Training Program in rural birthing centers, neonatal units and emergency departments.
Swope Health, Kansas City, MO: To support the Programs of All Inclusive Care for the Elderly KC Adult Wellness Center.
The Carter Center, Inc., Atlanta, GA: To support American participants in the Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism.
Trinitas Health Foundation, Elizabeth, NJ: To support the development of a new Interventional Radiology unit.
Trinity Health, Minot, ND: To provide capital support for the SANE Interview and Exam Room in the new Emergency Trauma Center.
Wheeling Health Right, Inc., Wheeling, WV: To expand dental care services.
SOCIAL SERVICE
Association to Benefit Children, Inc., New York, NY: To support youth development programs.
Church World Service, Inc., New York, NY: To provide legal services to Afghans recently resettled in Greensboro, NC.
Coastal Enterprises, Inc., Brunswick, ME: To provide technical assistance to new and emerging entrepreneurs and microenterprises.
Common Threads, Austin, TX: To support healthy cooking and nutrition education for underserved children and families across the country.
Community Works, Greenville, SC: For general support.
DC Volunteer Lawyers Project, Washington, DC: To support the Child Advocacy Program.
FareStart, Seattle, WA: To support the Job Training program.
Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana, Chicago, IL: To support Girl Scout leaders through trauma-informed training.
Henry Street Settlement, New York, NY: To support the Employment Services Division.
Pisgah Legal Services, Asheville, NC: To provide legal aid to low-income residents of western North Carolina.
Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center, San Francisco, CA: For general support.
The Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York, New York, NY: To support the Feeding Our Neighbors program and eviction prevention.
The Grooming Project, Kansas City, MO: To support the capital campaign for a new training school.
Women's Economic Self-Sufficiency Team, Albuquerque, NM: To support The Money Learning Lab, an educational, financial program for diverse entrepreneurs.
YMCA of Bucks County, Doylestown, PA: To support youth programs and capital improvements.
Youth Empowerment Project, New Orleans, LA: For general support.
For more information, visit the Hearst Foundations website.
