Iowa · Private foundation
Herby Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $28k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2025
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 79%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 19
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $357k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 79% of the organizations Herby Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 77% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 23% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 17 | $28k | 41% |
| FY2024 | 19 | $29k | 79% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $22k | 23% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $42k | 8% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $84k | 19% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $30k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $30k | 29% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $15k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Floyd County Historical Society | $18,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Mid-Iowa Council of Boy Scouts of America Inc | $17,750 | 6 | 0% |
| Charles City Public Library Foundation | $13,000 | 6 | 8% |
| City Improvement Association | $7,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Community Pathways of Steele County | $6,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Alexandra House Inc | $5,500 | 5 | 0% |
| American Passenger Train History Museum Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Food Bank of Iowa | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Owatonna Hope Center Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hospitality House of Owatonna Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Floyd County Historical Society | $18,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Mid-Iowa Council of Boy Scouts of America Inc | $17,750 | 6 | 0% |
| Charles City Public Library Foundation | $13,000 | 6 | 8% |
| City Improvement Association | $7,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Community Pathways of Steele County | $6,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Alexandra House Inc | $5,500 | 5 | 0% |
| American Passenger Train History Museum Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Food Bank of Iowa | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Owatonna Hope Center Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hospitality House of Owatonna Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Annies Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Feed My Starving Children Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| National 19th Amendment Society | $2,000 | 2 | 3% |
| The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Second Harvest Heartland | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bethel University | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Northeast Iowa Food Bank | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| 180 Degrees Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Centennial Community Food Shelf | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 28 recipients with no EIN on record ($186k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Herby Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: First Security Foundation · Tomson Family Foundation Trust · Otto Bremer Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Herby Family Foundation
- How much does Herby Family Foundation give?
- Herby Family Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $27,750 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 19 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Herby Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (20%), Education (20%), Recreation & Sports (18%).
- Who are Herby Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Floyd County Historical Society ($18k), Mid-Iowa Council of Boy Scouts of America Inc ($18k), Charles City Public Library Foundation ($13k).
- Does Herby Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 79% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Herby Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Herby Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include First Security Foundation, Tomson Family Foundation Trust, Otto Bremer Trust.
- Where is Herby Family Foundation based?
- Herby Family Foundation is based in IA.
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