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Douglas P & Grace F Herr Family Foundation at a glance

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Douglas P & Grace F Herr Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$650k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Housing & Shelter$691kHuman Services$351kEducation$203kReligion$47kYouth Development$17kFood & Nutrition$16kHealth$8kCivil Rights$7kOther$0
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $36k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $203k
  • $250k+2 grants · $950k
$9,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$650,000
GUADALUPE CENTER INC$300,000
DANVILLE AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FDN$203,288
FELLOWSHIP HOUSING CORP$9,000
TUBMAN$9,000
SHINE FOR YOUR FUTURE$9,000
SURVIVOR RESOURCE CENTER$9,000
02The need
03

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 (FY20–24, $320k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 96% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%MILLS COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $8k → 10%GUADALUPE CENTER INC: $300k → 15%NEW MOMS: $3k → 14%FOSTERING GREAT IDEAS: $3k → 10%NEW MOMS: $2k → 14%NEW MOMS: $2k → 14%FOSTERING GREAT IDEAS: $2k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
CA
MO
NM
SC
LA
FL
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

5%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$72k · 6 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +72% since the first grant, against +47% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
12

Total granted

$72k
$113k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+72%
+47%

Still filing today

100%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 1% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.2M went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationHealthEnvironmentHousing & ShelterFood & NutritionOther
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

  • FH
    Fellowship Housing Corporation
    4× · 2020–2024 · $33k · revenue +139%
  • SH
    SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND
    2× · 2020–2022 · $16k · revenue +17%
  • NM
    NEW MOMS INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $7k · revenue +72%

Funded once

  • VE
    VARIOUS ENTITES
    one grant, 2023 · $47k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $8k
  • RU
    REBUILD UPSTATEgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $8k · revenue +209%
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.

1
Thrive Dc

Thrive dc works to prevent and end homelessness by providing vulnerable individuals with a comprehensive range of services to help stabilize their lives.

Food & Nutrition
2
First Growth Children & Family Charities Dba Classic Wines Foundation

Based in portland, oregon, we are dedicated to producing food and wine events to raise funds for local nonprofits benefiting children and families.

Human Services
3
Residential Opportunities Inc

We partner with children and adults with disabilities and their families so they may live more meaningful, healthy, and independent lives in their homes and communities.

Human Services
4
Thrive Chicago Nfp

Thrive chicago's mission is to prepare chicago's youth for a vibrant future by aligning efforts and outcomes from cradle to career.

Human Services
5
The Refuge Center for Counseling Inc

The refuge center exists to offer excellent, accessible and affordable mental and emotional healthcare service in support of a transformational impact on communities. in carrying out this mission, the staff and board of directors strive to…

Human Services
6
Better Together Strengthening Familes Inc

Better together helps at-risk families by empowering parents and surrounding them with community, meaningful work opportunities, and practical support. our volunteer-driven, professionally supported model provides direct services so that…

Human Services
7
New Road Missions

We are compelled by god's word to provide security, education and the hope of jesus to children in south africa so they can thrive personally and impact their future families, communities and the kingdom of god.

Religion
8
Greenlight Family Services

Greenlight's mission is to achieve the best outcomes for families, young adults, and children by providing the highest quality services. its primary focus is to provide adoption and guardianship for children in the welfare system.

Human Services
9
Raphael House of San Francisco Inc

The mission of raphael house is to help low-income families and families experiencing homelessness strengthen family bonds by achieving stable housing and financial independence.

Human Services
10
Rebound Inc

To create positive impact in housing and economic development, while helping families to have access to affordable, quality housing within our historic urban neighborhoods.

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11
Thrive Family Resource Center

Thrive family resource center's mission is to help break the cycle of poverty by offering high quality child care and family support. we are building community, one family at a time.

Human Services
12
United Methodist Ministry With Children and Families Inc

Methodist childrens homes seeks to bring restoration to children and youth who have been neglected or abused. by the end of their time with us, we hope to see that they find reconciliation with their biological families, love within an…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New Moms Inc; the most unlike its peers is Fair Hope Ministry. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

18 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. 18 of the 24 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
13/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $650,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITYVARIOUS ENTITES: $47,000 · OtherVARIOUS ENTITES+9 more: $58,850 · Other+9 moreGUADALUPE CENTERS INC: $300,000 · Human ServicesGUADALUPE CENTERS INC+4 more: $22,100 · Human Services+4 moreDANVILLE AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $203,288 · EducationDANVILLE AREA COM…RIPPLE OF ONE: $8,000 · EducationFellowship Housing Corporation: $33,000 · Housing & ShelterTUBMAN: $9,000 · HealthWashburn Center for Children: $8,000 · HealthSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND: $16,000 · Food & NutritionDREAMORG: $7,050 · EnvironmentREUNITY RESOURCES: $3,000 · Environment
Other$755,850Human Services$322,100Education$211,288Housing & Shelter$33,000Health$17,000Food & Nutrition$16,000Environment$10,050

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGUADALUPE CENTERS INC: $300,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetDANVILLE AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $203,288 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetFellowship Housing Corporation: $33,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND: $16,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSHINE FOR YOUR FUTURE: $9,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetTUBMAN: $9,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetREBUILD UPSTATE: $8,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetWashburn Center for Children: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRIPPLE OF ONE: $8,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMILL VILLAGE MINISTRIES: $8,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFair Hope Ministry: $8,000 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetDREAMORG: $7,050 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNEW MOMS INC: $7,050 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFOSTERING GREAT IDEAS: $5,250 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $4,050 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetREUNITY RESOURCES: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMAKE MUSIC NOLA: $1,800 over 1y, 0.9% 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.

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.

The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncNC8.6× affinity6 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Douglas P & Grace F Herr Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Douglas P & Grace F Herr Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 24 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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