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Dorothy B Hersh Foundation Inc at a glance

· Private foundation

Dorothy B Hersh Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$872k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$4.0MHuman Services$915kRecreation & Sports$305kEducation$246kYouth Development$72kHousing & Shelter$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $47k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $575k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$100,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$28M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MORRISTOWN MEDICAL HEALTH FOUND$250,000
CENTRASTATE HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION$200,000
OVERLOOK HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$200,000
VIRTUA HEALTH$100,000
ST JOSEPH'S HEALTH FOUNDATION$75,000
PG CHAMBERS SCHOOL$28,000
SPECIAL STRIDES$18,700
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $204k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 6%. 79% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 6%Seeing Eye: $42k → 4%SCARC Foundation: $22k → 6%ARC of Essex Cty: $10k → 16%WOMEN AWARE: $25k → 8%ALLAIRE COMMUNITY FARM: $100k → 6%COMMUNITY ACCESS UNLIMITED: $5k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 7% of Dorothy B Hersh Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 100% of the giving stays in NJ; by stated purpose, 93%.

Dorothy B Hersh Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 6.6% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.8M · 14 repeat orgs$747k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
16

Total granted

$4.8M
$672k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+14%

Still filing today

43%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $75k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEducationRecreation & SportsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • CAMP NEJEDA FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2021–2023 · $305k · revenue +71%
  • VH
    VIRTUA HEALTH INC
    3× · 2020–2024 · $228k · revenue +33%
  • PC
    PG CHAMBERS SCHOOL
    4× · 2018–2024 · $204k · revenue +25%

Funded once

  • TC
    The Children's Hospital at St Peter
    one grant, 2017 · $180k
  • CS
    CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY
    one grant, 2020 · $100k
  • AC
    ALLAIRE COMMUNITY FARM A NJ NONPROFIT CO
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue -12%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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Garden Academy Inc

Garden academy, inc. uses scientific data-based and accountable interventions to provide an individualized education to students with autism, so that they may lead lives of the greatest possible independence. we are committed to helping…

Education
2
Nassau Suffolk Services for the Autistic Inc

Nassau suffolk services for the autistic (nssa) offers hope to people with autism and their families by providing high quality life-long support through services which enable people with autism to function better in everday life. nssa…

Health
3
Nyc Autism Charter Schools

The mission of nyc autism charter schools is to provide individualized, scientifically based educational services to children with autism and other pervasive development disorders.

Education
4
Schi Disability Services Inc

Schi disability services (sds) is dedicated to providing a variety of needed services to individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities and their families in a way that preserves their dignity and integrity, while improving their…

Human Services
5
The Keswell School

The keswell school is a specialized school for children with autism spectrum disorder.

Education
6
New Jersey Institute for Disabilities Inc

New jersey institute for disabilities, inc. is dedicated to the provision of comprehensive, superior, multi-faceted programs of service to individuals with developmental and related disabilities and their families regardless of race,…

Health
7
The Calais School

The calais school and its staff are committed to providing all students with academic and behavioral skills to reach their fullest potential and become life-long learners and socially competent members of their communities.

Education
8
Educational Partnership for Instructing Children Inc

The educational partnership for instructing children (epic) is dedicated to providing educational services for individuals with autism and pervasive developmental disorder (pdd).

Education
9
The Center for Autism a Nj Nonprofit Corporation

To provide services for adults with autism spectrum disorders and pervasive developmental delays that have aged out of the school system in order for these adults to pursue productive and meaningful lives and achieve integration within the…

Health
10
Scarc Inc

Provide high quality services and supports to people with developmental disabilities and their families in sussex county.

Human Services
11
Essex Valley School Inc

Essex valley school, inc is a private school for students with disabilities. the school provides educational, therapeutic, and recreational services to students with behavioral disabilities.

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12
Allegro School Inc

To provide quality services to educate and support children and adults who have autism spectrum disorder, as needed throughout their lifespan ever mindful of quality of life, the intent to maximize each individuals potential through a…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Pg Chambers School; the most unlike its peers is Kean University Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

16 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 16 of the 31 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
11/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OVERLOOK HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $756,183 · OtherOVERLOOK HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONJERSEY SHORE UNIVERSITY MED CTR: $696,431 · OtherJERSEY SHORE UNIVERSITY MED CTROcean Medical Center: $410,000 · OtherOcean Medical CenterPhilips Health CareTrinitas Hospita: $400,000 · OtherPhilips Health CareTrinitas HospitaJersey Shore University Medical Cen: $325,000 · OtherJersey Shore University Medical CenMorristown Medical Health Foundtion: $300,000 · OtherMorristown Medical Health FoundtionMORRISTOWN MEDICAL HEALTH FOUND: $275,000 · OtherMORRISTOWN MEDICAL HEALTH FOUNDPG CHAMBERS SCHOOL: $203,736 · OtherThe Children's Hospital at St Peter: $180,000 · Other+10 more: $395,130 · Other+10 moreCENTRASTATE HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $800,000 · HealthCENTRASTATE HEALTHCARE…VIRTUA HEALTH INC: $227,786 · HealthVIRTUA HEALTH INCSPECIAL STRIDES INC: $48,700 · Health+1 more: $28,320 · HealthCAMP NEJEDA FOUNDATION INC: $305,345 · Recreation & SportsALLAIRE COMMUNITY FARM A NJ NONPROFIT CO: $100,000 · Human ServicesTHE SEEING EYE INC: $42,150 · Human ServicesWOMEN AWARE INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesSCARC FOUNDATION INC: $22,000 · Human ServicesTHE ARC OF ESSEX COUNTY INC: $10,000 · Human Services+1 more: $5,007 · Human ServicesKEAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $12,044 · Education
Other$3,941,480Health$1,104,806Recreation & Sports$305,345Human Services$204,157Education$12,044

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCENTRASTATE HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $800,000 over 5y, 5.8% of budgetCAMP NEJEDA FOUNDATION INC: $305,345 over 2y, 11% of budgetVIRTUA HEALTH INC: $227,786 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPG CHAMBERS SCHOOL: $203,736 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetALLAIRE COMMUNITY FARM A NJ NONPROFIT CO: $100,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetSPECIAL STRIDES INC: $48,700 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetREED ACADEMY: $45,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE SEEING EYE INC: $42,150 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGOOD GRIEF INC: $28,320 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTHE FORUM SCHOOL: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWOMEN AWARE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSCARC FOUNDATION INC: $22,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetMane Stream Inc: $17,600 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetKEAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $12,044 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ARC OF ESSEX COUNTY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACCESS UNLIMITED INC: $5,007 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds CENTRASTATE HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CAMP NEJEDA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds VIRTUA HEALTH INC ↗
  • Who funds PG CHAMBERS SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds ALLAIRE COMMUNITY FARM A NJ NONPROFIT CO ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL STRIDES INC ↗
  • Who funds REED ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds THE SEEING EYE INC ↗
  • Who funds GOOD GRIEF INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FORUM SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN AWARE INC ↗
  • Who funds SCARC FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Mane Stream Inc ↗
  • Who funds KEAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ARC OF ESSEX COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY ACCESS UNLIMITED INC ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Community Foundation …Columbia Bank Foundat…Investors Foundation …The Robert Wood Johns…Kessler Foundation IncCatholic Human Servic…Ej Grassmann TrustThe Provident Bank Fo…The Hyde and Watson F…Verizon FoundationJpmorgan Chase Founda…Paypal Charitable Giv…
Community Foundation of New JerseyNJ18.4× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of New Jersey · Columbia Bank Foundation · Investors Foundation Inc · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · Kessler Foundation Inc · Catholic Human Services Foundation · Ej Grassmann Trust · The Provident Bank Foundation · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Verizon Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Dorothy B Hersh Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dorothy B Hersh Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Women Aware Inc: 43% of income from government
  • Community Access Unlimited Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Special Strides Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The Arc of Essex County Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Mane Stream Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The Forum School: 0% of income from government
  • Virtua Health Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 31 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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