Collective Impact

Supporting the communities where we live and work is a cornerstone of Hearst's mission, and in 2025, colleagues around the world made a difference far beyond our organization. Through significant volunteer efforts, robust partnerships and collaborative initiatives, we gave our time and applied our skills to causes that help create positive change. Together, our collective impact brought connection, care and hope for the future.

Between Hearst colleagues and the Hearst match, we raised $8.4 million for more than 3,500 causes around the world and donated more than 27,000 hours of volunteer time.

Thank you for your generosity!

Providing essential reporting & relief amid natural disasters

Amid devastating natural disasters like the Southern California wildfires and the Hill Country floods in Texas, the Hearst Foundations announced millions in grants to organizations on the ground helping communities while Hearst Newspapers journalists commemorated those affected with front page spreads and in-depth reporting across national outlets.

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In a crucial time for wildfire prevention, Hearst Forests have constructed 400 acres of shaded fuel breaks to protect communities, infrastructure and timberlands.

Child with parent in living room with Christmas tree.

Since 1986, the San Francisco Chronicle has partnered with the Season of Sharing Fund to care for and nourish San Francisco Bay Area neighbors, raising over $16 million to date for its 2025—2026 campaign. Each year, the fund provides housing support to 5,000 families and individuals and more than 4 million meals to people facing hunger.

Educating audiences: Very Local's archive-based Weathering the Storm series

Educating audiences: Hearst Television’s Very Local premiered Weathering the Storm, a series that looks back at some of the nation’s most extreme natural disasters through HTV archival footage and stories of those who lived through it. An episode on the devastating 2017 Tubbs Fire in California features footage and interviews from Sacramento's KCRA-TV and stories from the San Francisco Chronicle.

Throughout the holiday season, Hearst colleagues gave locally, finding food pantries in their communities through Hearst Gives Back's food pantry finder in ChatGPT.

Together, we raised $1.8 million for 1,500 nonprofits during Hearst’s annual United Way Drive! Thanks to our colleagues, every gift made an even bigger difference in building stronger, healthier communities through our Hearst Gives Back always-on 100% matching program.

Town & Country hosted its 12th annual Philanthropy Summit at Hearst Tower centered on the theme “The Time Is Now: When Crisis Becomes a Call to Action.” The event featured powerful voices including Broadway stars Renée Elise Goldsberry, Jonathan Groff, Celia Keenan-Bolger, John Leguizamo and Brian Stokes Mitchell; Sherrie Westin, President & CEO of Sesame Workshop with a special visit from Elmo; and teen activist Avery Colvert, founder, Altadena Girls and the organization's President and Co-Founder Lauren Sandidge.

Town & Country 's 12th Philanthropy Summit

Our businesses are making a positive impact in the communities where we live and work.

HEARST RANCH SOLAR PROJECT POWERS 100,000 HOMES

The California Flats solar project on the Jack Ranch generates enough clean, renewable energy to serve 100,000 homes and displace over 109,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide annually — the equivalent of taking 22,000 cars off the road.

ELLE’s 2025
Women of Impact

In April, ELLE’s 2025 Women of Impact event spotlighted transformative female leaders. Philanthropist Melinda French Gates and former Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern joined Nina Garcia for a conversation that celebrated diverse pathways toward leadership and global influence as well as reframing leadership styles to prioritize empathy and curiosity.

Fitch Ratings and Black Book came together to release the 2025 Vehicle Depreciation Report, providing key insights and data from the U.S. automotive market to inform buyers and sellers on trends in vehicle prices, depreciation rates, used-car values and market conditions so they can make smarter financial decisions when buying, selling, financing or trading in vehicles.

32,000+

meals for families in need

Hearst Connecticut Media Group teamed up with Connecticut Foodshare to help alleviate hunger across the state, packaging more than 32,000 meals for families in need.

distributed

11,000 +

school bags to children  across the globe

Fitch continued to support worldwide education, distributing more than 11,000 school bags to children across the globe and helping construct six new schools in Senegal and Nepal through the nonprofit buildOn.

Men’s Health hosted its inaugural Men’s Health Lab, while Women’s Health hosted its second annual event. Both events brought in experts, editors and leading voices to explore key health issues impacting communities today.

Eco-Conscious Living Summit

Hearst Magazines  hosted its fourth annual Eco-Conscious Living Summit, where editors, thought leaders and change-makers gathered for inspired conversation and actionable ideas that move toward a sustainable future.

Level Up Ventures Senior Venture Analyst Iyke Iwotor joined HTV station WLWT-TV, Cincinnati, OH during Black Tech Week to discuss how the fund maximizes opportunities for underrepresented entrepreneurs.

Our content, partnerships and initiatives inform and inspire.

Colleagues Give Back

Colleagues across the company volunteering locally.

The Houston Chronicle team assembled to organize bags for Kids’ Meals, Inc., ensuring meals for children in need came with a personal touch.

The Houston Chronicle team donated their time to aid re:Mind, an organization that supports community members' mental health.

In October, Black Book colleagues laced up their sneakers for a cause, joining the Paint Gwinnett Pink 5K Walk/Run to support research during Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Fitch empowered more than 750 colleagues through MentorPoint, the company-wide mentorship program fostering growth and connection.

Noregon colleagues continued their yearly tradition, shaving their heads to support St. Baldrick’s mission to cure childhood cancer.

Fitch colleagues worldwide demonstrated their commitment to community during Global Volunteer Week by packing school bags and supplies for children in need — including 1,000 kits for United Way Mumbai.

Hearst Networks EMEA put its compassion into action, helping renovate women’s shelters, supporting cancer charities and showing up each month to serve meals for those experiencing hardship.

Fitch hosted the third Spring Reception for Mental Health Awareness in London in partnership with the nonprofit David Riddell Memorial CIO, raising £1.8 million to fuel lifesaving mental health programs.

Capes on, laces tied — the QGenda team hit the pavement for Children's Healthcare of Atlanta's Strong4Life Superhero Sprint, celebrating the healthcare heroes who inspire them daily.

Hearst colleagues joined Red Cross for a holiday event that included building pet preparedness kits for local disaster relief and sending thank you notes to neighborhood fire stations.

Clean and green: Hearst Newspapers’ LocalEdge celebrated National Volunteer Month in April by assisting Buffalo Olmstead Parks Conservancy with a clean-up at Brent Garden in MLK Park.

In 2025, colleagues around the world made a difference far beyond our organization.

From school supply drives to biking for an end to Alzheimer’s disease, Hearst Television stations took the time to honor social causes this year, helping to raise $51 million to benefit children, families and communities.

Together, our collective impact brought connection,care and hope for the future.

Tables and graphs from road conditions report.

Hearst brands collaborate on road conditions report

Hearst Television’s National Investigative Unit teamed up with Hearst Transportation's MOTOR for a report on how poor road conditions financially impact cars and drivers. HTV interviewed Hearst Magazines' MotorTrend to learn how to protect your vehicle. Check out Rough Road Rundown, a game created by the Hearst Television Data Team that simulates road condition data and calculates consumer costs based on the MOTOR survey.

After a segment on WIYY-FM, 98 Rock, Baltimore, MD, a 5-year-old Baltimore child was connected with a kidney donor listener! WBAL-TV brought the story full circle, reporting on the happy ending.

IMPROVING POPULATION HEALTH

Zynx Health launched Zynx for Chronic Care Management, a cloud-based solution that delivers evidence-based care plans to improve population health.

Remembering Gil Maurer

Steve Swartz, Frank Bennack, Will Hearst and Norman Foster each speaking at a podium.

Following his passing, we honored the memory of Gilbert C. Maurer, director and former chief operating officer of Hearst and trustee of the trust established under the will of William Randolph Hearst. Over the course of 50 years, Gil guided the company through major expansion across magazines, television, cable and digital media, helping to shape Hearst into the modern organization it is today. An accomplished watercolor artist, a champion of Hearst’s art collection and the founder of the Maurer Family Foundation, which supports museums, architecture and cultural institutions — Gil left a legacy of civic and creative investment that enriched both Hearst and the wider world.

Steve Swartz:

President & Chief Executive Officer

“Gil Maurer lived a remarkable life. He helped build the modern Hearst corporation and kept working on it until the day he died. He was an artist, a civic leader, a savvy investor and philanthropist, and with his wife Ann he built a great family and found time to travel the world many times over. Our Hearst colleagues and I learned so many life lessons from Gil and we are forever in his debt.”

Frank Bennack:

Executive Vice Chairman

"For almost 50 years, he was my partner in general management, and during that time, Hearst became one of the fastest-growing media companies in the world. His performance as head of Hearst Magazines was superb, and he was my partner in the expansion of our newspaper publishing, cable networking, broadcasting and new media interests as well. The entire company and Hearst family feel his loss deeply. He will be missed.”

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