· Private foundation
Herak Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k3 grants · $11k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $120k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $168k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| GONZAGA UNIVERSITY | $100,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $68,000 |
| CHESTERTON ACADEMY OF NOTRE DAME | $40,000 |
| NAZARETH GUILD | $40,000 |
| PRIEST LAKE FOOD BANK | $20,000 |
| UNION GOSPEL MISSION | $10,000 |
| ETERNAL WORD TELEVISION NETWORK INC | $10,000 |
| ST ANTHONY CATHOLIC CHURCH | $5,000 |
| ST BLANCHE CHURCH | $4,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO | $2,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.
8 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
CORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY6× · 2020–2025 · $163k · revenue +36%- CAChesterton Academy of Notre Dame6× · 2020–2025 · $55k · revenue +35%
- PLPRIEST LAKE FOOD BANK CORP6× · 2020–2025 · $25k · revenue +16%
Funded once
- CFCoughlin Family Scholarshipone grant, 2020 · $3k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2020 · $3k
OUR PLACE COMMUNITY OUTREACHone grant, 2024 · $2k · revenue +19%
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.
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.
Provide food, shelter, counseling and other support to those in need in eastern washington.
Union mission ministries, inc. is set apart by the spirit of god to preach the gospel and meet physical and emotional needs through out west virginia through the provision of shelter, clothing, food, counseling, and structured programs for…
To bring the healing, help, and hope of jesus christ to those in need with a compassionate, caring presence. our values are dignity, hospitality, service, excellence, compassion, and joy.
Responding to the gospel of jesus, st. leonard assists seniors of all faiths to achieve their highest level of independence by operating a continuing care retirement community located on approximately 240 acres in centerville, ohio.
The union gospel mission duluth is a welcoming christian nonprofit organization that serves as a refuge and is committed to nourishing peoples physical, spiritual, and social needs. through our on-site meal program, community housing…
To grow disciples of jesus christ by ministering to and serving those in need while sharing god's hope, faith, and love, bringing them to a place of restoration and empowering them to become productive members of our society.
Catholic charities is the primary social service agency of the diocese of pittsburgh, serving all regardless of religious affiliations, at their time of great need. relying on god's providence and embracing the call of the gospel and the…
A private institution of higher education offering graduate and undergraduate degrees.
Housing & health care services for the young & older adults in central minnesota.
The heart of Catholic Medical Center is to carry out Christ's healing ministry by offering health, healing, and hope to every individual who seeks our care.
The dynamic catholic mission is to re-energize the catholic church in america by developing world-class resources that inspire people to rediscover the genius of catholicism
Provide our neighbors with reliable access to healthy food & life-changing resources.
How this is measured
5 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. 5 of the 18 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Herak Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Herak Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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