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FY 2024

Verified NonprofitLast Filed 2024EIN 13-1882107

Hearing Health Foundation

NEW YORK, NYNTEE: H20Founded 1958Website

mission statement

Prevent and cure hearing loss and tinnitus. (see SCH o ) hearing health foundation's vision is to have a world where people can enjoy life without hearing loss and tinnitus. Since 1958, hearing health foundation has been the leading nonprofit funder for funding for basic, clinical and translational research in hearing and balance science, and a leader in driving new innovations and treatments for people with hearing loss, tinnitus, and other hearing conditions. This includes funding research that led to the development of cochlear implants and many of today's standard treatments for otosclerosis (abnormal bone growth in the ear) and ear infections. In the 1990's hearing health foundation advocated in washington, DC, for universal newborn hearing screening legislation, to detect hearing loss at birth. Today, 98% of newborns are tested (up from 4% in 1994).

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Total Revenue

$4.7M

FY 2024

Program Spending

88.5%

of total expenses

Known Funders

2019–2024 filings

Key Metrics (FY 2024)

The Numbers

$14.3M

Total Assets

$13.9M net

33.9 mo

Operating Reserves

FY 2024

Active Programs

FY 2024

Total Employees

FY 2024

Funding Track Record

Backed by 89 Institutional Funders

$6.2M raised across 292 grants · +$50K committed (2019–2024 filings)

Funder Geography

Funders across 26 states (2019–2024 filings)

Institutional Funding by Year

PaidCommittedBoth

Funder	Location	Total Awarded
The Meadowview Foundation	SAN RAFAEL, CA	$725,000
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund	BOSTON, MA	$620,508
The Robert M Sinskey Foundation	LOS ANGELES, CA	$600,000
Les Paul Foundation	SYOSSET, NY	$350,000
The Derfner Foundation	NEW YORK, NY	$300,000
Fred Maytag Family Foundation	SAN FRANCISCO, CA	$300,000
National Philanthropic Trust	JENKINTOWN, PA	$255,416
Greater Kansas City Community Foundation	Kansas City, MO	$200,000
The Meringoff Family Foundation Inc	NEW YORK, NY	$200,000
Peierls Foundation	GOLDEN, CO	$190,700

Total tracked: $6,154,375 across 292 grants · +$50,228 committed across 2 commitments (2019–2024 filings)

Totals reflect grants as reported on funder tax returns. Timing may not match recipient revenue: funder and recipient fiscal years often differ, and grants paid by a funder in one year may be recognized by the recipient in a different year.

Programs (FY 2024)

What They Do

$3.1M in expenses

Hearing restoration project and emerging research grants - hearing health foundation is committed to hearing research and supports two pillar research programs, emerging research grants (erg) and the hearing restoration project (HRP). The erg program provides seed funding to researchers working across the spectrum of hearing and balance science, including many underfunded areas of otology. Since 1958 HHF has through erg funded innovative research that has advanced basic, clinical and translational research in hearing and balance. HHF's HRP, founded in 2011, is the first international consortium of researchers working to regenerate the sensory cells in the inner ear to restore hearing and cure tinnitus.

$721K in expenses

"hearing health magazine" (HHM) - HHM is the award-winning magazine published by hearing health foundation that is the ultimate consumer education resource on hearing loss, tinnitus, and related hearing and balance conditions. Available in print and online, the quarterly for and by consumers and professionals alike highlights inspiring, relatable first-person stories and reliable, real-world solutions based on the latest research and technology. HHM connects members of the hearing loss community to one another while providing timely scientific progress reports and emphasizing prevention and the connection between hearing health and overall wellbeing.

$511K in expenses

Communication/education - hearing health foundation's "keep listening" campaign is an evergreen initiative to educate all ages about the importance of hearing health and preventing hearing damage, including tinnitus, from the only fully modifiable cause of hearing loss: excess noise. Through engaging broadcast TV public service announcements and concerted social media outreach, the campaign sounds the alarm of listening too loud and too long such as through headphones and at noisy music and recreational venues, and teaches simple lifestyle changes to protect hearing such as using earplugs, taking hearing breaks, and advocating for quieter shared public spaces. In addition to TV and social media, HHF broadly shares educational content and research updates through the website and (see schedule o)blog, print magazine, digital newsletter, and at conferences.

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