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Hermann Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.9M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
46
Grants FY2024
42
Organizations funded FY2023
33%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$1,000,000
Organizations funded a year
2 to 63
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
12
Total assets, FY2024
$68M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Hermann Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $242k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’20’21’22’23
HealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureEducationAnimalsEnvironmentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving39$2.9M46%
FY202342$2.0M33%
FY202246$3.6M30%
FY202163$8.5M75%
FY202031$782k94%
FY20182$2k0%
FY201717$21kn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$13MEnvironment$1.3MPhilanthropy$1.2MEducation$1.2MCrime & Legal$882kArts & Culture$246kRecreation & Sports$80kYouth Development$58kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
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MO
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 112 grantees
All grantees of Hermann Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
St Louis Children's Hospital Foundation$11,959,58459%
Washington University$1,040,00020%
Concordance$877,00042%
McLaren Northern Michigan Foundation$610,25052%
Missouri Botanical Garden Board of Trustees$525,10050%
United Way of Greater St Louis Inc$500,00050%
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation$200,00010%
Santa Barbara Bowl Foundation$100,00040%
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital$64,00040%
Laguna Blanca School$59,40040%
St Louis Art Museum Foundation$55,10020%
Town of Palm Beach United Way Inc$45,00030%
Mac Sports Foundation$38,500422%
The Society of the Four Arts Inc$37,50020%
Sansum Clinic$30,00020%
Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara$27,50030%
Operation Brightside Inc Dba Brightside St Louis$25,00016%
Autism Speaks Inc$17,50020%
National Breast Cancer Foundation Inc$15,00030%
Als Therapy Development Foundation Inc$14,89530%
Mary Institute and St Louis Country Day School$14,60050%
Sunshine Ministries Inc$13,50040%
The Frick Collection$10,63020%
St Peters Episcopal Church$10,1003n/a
The Palm Beach Police and Fire Foundation Inc$10,10020%
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation$10,00010%
Stl Youth Jobs$10,00011%
One805 Inc$10,00010%
The Busch Wildlife Sanctuary Inc$10,00011%
Streetsquash Inc$10,00020%
Paraquad Inc$10,00010%
Institute for Neurodegenerative Disorders$10,00020%
Hope Happens Inc$9,94032%
Home Works - Thvp$9,62021%
Municipal Theatre Association of St Louis$7,66230%
Sherwood Forest Camp Inc$7,50010%
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention$7,48030%
St Louis Youth Soccer Association$6,50020%
The Haven of Grace$5,50010%
The Marfan Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Santa Barbara Zoological Foundation$5,00020%
Entrepreneur Startup Business Development Corporation$5,00010%
Havenhouse St Louis$5,00011%
Fathers Support Center St Louis$5,00010%
Sling Health$5,000112%
Ready Readers$5,00010%
Strength and Honor Mentoring and Tutoring$5,0001n/a
Church of Bethesda by the Sea Inc$5,0001n/a
The Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach Inc$4,80010%
Missouri Athletic Club$4,01020%
Child Center-Marygrove$4,00040%
Chp 11-99 Foundation$4,00010%
The Innocence Project Inc$3,71010%
Youth in Need$3,67540%
National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression$3,50030%
Environmental Working Group$3,00010%
Journey Church Inc$3,0001n/a
Montecito Firefighters Charitable Foundation$3,00021%
Transition House$2,60010%
Variety the Childrens Charity of St Louis$2,6001n/a
World Central Kitchen Inc$2,50010%
The Cultural Landscape Foundation$2,50010%
St Louis Area Food Bank Inc$2,50010%
Lift for Life Academy Inc$2,50010%
Central Park Conservancy Inc$2,50020%
St Andrews Charitable Foundation$2,50010%
Healing Transitions Inc$2,50010%
Missouri Veterans Endeavor$2,50010%
Great Rivers Habitat Alliance$2,17530%
Shelterbox USA Inc$2,00010%
Center of Creative Arts$1,50010%
Little Traverse Conservancy Inc$1,10020%
Forest Park Forever Inc$1,00010%
1000 Friends of Florida Inc$1,00010%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Missouri and Kansas$1,00010%
Maritime Heritage Alliance$1,00011%
Cottage 1886 Foundation Inc$1,00011%
Operation Food Search Inc$1,00010%
Focus Marines Foundation$1,00010%
The Caregiver Club$1,00010%
New Hope Educational Foundation Inc$1,00012%
The Tanzanian Childrens Fund Inc$1,00010%
The Saint Louis Zoo Association$1,00010%
Buccan Provisions Non-Profit Corp$1,0001n/a
Eye Thrive$1,00010%
St Margaret Mary Alacoque Catholic Church$1,0001n/a
World Bird Sanctuary$1,00010%
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago$1,00010%
St Johns Episcopal Church$1,0001n/a
The Fortune Society Inc$1,00010%
Save The Children Federation Inc$1,00010%
Trustees of Deerfield Academy$1,00010%
Safer Waters in Memory - of Nicholas$1,00011%
City Academy Inc$1,00010%
American Nurses Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Harbor Springs Area Historical Society$1,00010%
Kidsmart Inc$55010%
Artist First$50010%
Foxcroft School$50010%
Naval Aviation Museum Foundation Inc$50010%
The Trustees of Princeton University$33060%
Brain Injury Association of Missouri Inc$25010%
St Patrick Center$25010%
Stray Rescue of St Louis$25010%
Froedtert Hospital Foundation Inc$25010%
Great Meadows Foundation Inc$25010%
The Woman's Exchange of St Louis$20010%
Florida Sheriffs Association Inc$10010%
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation$10010%
Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc$10010%
Bicycle Colorado$10010%
The Westerly Hospital Foundation Inc$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Hermann Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSt Louis Children's Hospital Foundation: $11,959,584 over 5y, 9.1% of budgetWashington University: $1,040,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetConcordance: $877,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetMcLaren Northern Michigan Foundation: $610,250 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetMissouri Botanical Garden Board of Trustees: $525,100 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetUnited Way of Greater St Louis Inc: $500,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Cleveland Clinic Foundation: $200,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSanta Barbara Bowl Foundation: $100,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSanta Barbara Cottage Hospital: $64,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLaguna Blanca School: $59,400 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSt Louis Art Museum Foundation: $55,100 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTown of Palm Beach United Way Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMac Sports Foundation: $38,500 over 4y, 22% of budgetThe Society of the Four Arts Inc: $37,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSansum Clinic: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCancer Foundation of Santa Barbara: $27,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetOperation Brightside Inc Dba Brightside St Louis: $25,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetAutism Speaks Inc: $17,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNational Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAls Therapy Development Foundation Inc: $14,895 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMary Institute and St Louis Country Day School: $14,600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSunshine Ministries Inc: $13,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetThe Frick Collection: $10,630 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Palm Beach Police and Fire Foundation Inc: $10,100 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSanta Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetStl Youth Jobs: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetOne805 Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Busch Wildlife Sanctuary Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetStreetsquash Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetParaquad Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetInstitute for Neurodegenerative Disorders: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHope Happens Inc: $9,940 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetHome Works - Thvp: $9,620 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetMunicipal Theatre Association of St Louis: $7,662 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSherwood Forest Camp Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Foundation for Suicide Prevention: $7,480 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSt Louis Youth Soccer Association: $6,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Haven of Grace: $5,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Marfan Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSanta Barbara Zoological Foundation: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEntrepreneur Startup Business Development Corporation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHavenhouse St Louis: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFathers Support Center St Louis: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSling Health: $5,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetReady Readers: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach Inc: $4,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMissouri Athletic Club: $4,010 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChild Center-Marygrove: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 104.

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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.

St Louis Community Foundation IncMO50.8× affinity26 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: St Louis Community Foundation Inc · The Lilly Christy Busch Hermann Foundation · St Louis Community Foundation · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · World Wide Technology Foundation · Youthbridge Community Foundation · Pershing Charitable Trust · Moneta Group Charitable Foundation · Sander Foundation · Centene Foundation · Tsf · Brown Dana Charitable Trust

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.

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Find your warmest path to Hermann Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

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About Hermann Family Foundation

How much does Hermann Family Foundation give?
Hermann Family Foundation reported 46 grants totaling $2,867,352 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 63 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Hermann Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (72%), Environment (7%), Philanthropy (6%).
Who are Hermann Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: St Louis Children's Hospital Foundation ($12M), Washington University ($1.0M), Concordance ($877k).
Does Hermann Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Hermann Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Hermann Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include St Louis Community Foundation Inc, The Lilly Christy Busch Hermann Foundation, St Louis Community Foundation.
Where is Hermann Family Foundation based?
Hermann Family Foundation is based in MO.

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 140 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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