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Hee Family Foundation Inc

Preselected recipients only New York, New York · EIN 464207845

Hee Family Foundation Inc is a private foundation in New York, New York. In tax year 2025 it gave $678,000 in 20 grants; the typical grant was $10,000 and the largest $225,000. It only gives to organizations it selects itself and does not accept unsolicited applications.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was down from $963,500 the year before.

35% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$858,50010$5.6 million
2024$963,50014$5.4 million
2025$678,00020$5.3 million

How to apply

Hee Family Foundation Inc says in its IRS filing that it only makes contributions to preselected organizations, so unsolicited applications are unlikely to be considered. Organizations it funds are usually invited.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Hee Family Foundation Inc funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 9 states, the most to Connecticut.

StateGrantsAmount
Connecticut1$225,000
California2$210,000
New York6$72,000
Virginia4$58,000
Utah1$50,000
District of Columbia2$30,000
North Carolina2$25,000
Pennsylvania1$5,000
South Dakota1$3,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 20 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Yale University
New Haven, CT
General donation$225,000
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
General donation$200,000
Sundance Institute
Provo, UT
General donation$50,000
The Virginia Athletics Foundation
Charlottesville, VA
General donation$33,000
Ballet Theatre Foundation Inc
New York, NY
General donation$25,000
The Performance Zone Aka the Field
New York, NY
General donation$25,000
Georgetown University
Washington, DC
General donation$25,000
Young Peoples Performing Company
Durham, NC
General donation$20,000
University of Virginiathe McIntire Foundation
Charlottesville, VA
General donation$10,000
Callisto
San Francisco, CA
General donation$10,000
Jefferson Scholars Foundation
Charlottesville, VA
General donation$10,000
Opportunity Music Project Ny
New York, NY
General donation$8,000
Randalls Island Park Alliance Ny
New York, NY
General donation$8,000
Cape Eluthera Foundation
Philadelphia, PA
General donation$5,000
Durham Academy
Durham, NC
General donation$5,000
The Nature Conservancy
Arlington, VA
General donation$5,000
World Wildlife Fund
Washington, DC
General donation$5,000
The Boys and Girls Club of Harlem
New York, NY
General donation$5,000
YMCA of the Seven Council Fires
Dupree, SD
General donation$3,000
The Brearley School
New York, NY
General donation$1,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Hee Family Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

No. Its IRS filing says it only makes contributions to preselected organizations.

How much does Hee Family Foundation Inc give?

$678,000 in tax year 2025, across 20 grants, with a typical grant of $10,000.

Who runs Hee Family Foundation Inc?

Its 2025 filing lists Andrew C Hee (Director), Rachel J Erickson Hee (Director) and Kevin Hee (Director).

What does Hee Family Foundation Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education, arts and culture and environment and conservation.

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