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Hermann Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.9M
Granted FY2024still arriving
46
Grants FY2024still arriving
12
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0197% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Health$13MEnvironment$1.3MPhilanthropy$1.2MEducation$1.2MCrime & Legal$882kArts & Culture$246kRecreation & Sports$80kYouth Development$58kOther$0
02FY2024 · 46 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k33 grants · $92k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $95k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $680k
  • $250k+2 grants · $2.0M
$5,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$68M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST LOUIS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$1,000,000
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY$1,000,000
THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION$200,000
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI - ST LOUIS$160,000
MCLAREN NORTHERN MICHIGAN FOUNDATION$120,000
MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN$100,000
UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS$100,000
SANTA BARBARA BOWL FOUNDATION$25,000
MAC SPORTS FOUNDATION(IN-KIND DONATION)$22,917
LAGUNA BLANCA SCHOOL$16,000
MAC SPORTS FOUNDATION$11,000
ONE805 INC$10,000
SANTA BARBARA COTTAGE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$10,000
KEYWAY CENTER FOR DIVERSION AND REENTRY (CENTER FOR WOMEN IN TRANSITION)$7,500
LAGUNA BLANCA SCHOOL$7,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–24, $18k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 74% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Youth in Need: $2k → 5%Youth in Need: $1k → 5%YOUTH IN NEED: $425 → 5%TANZANIAN CHILDREN'S FUND: $1k → 8%Youth in Need: $250 → 5%Missouri Veterans Endeavor: $3k → 11%Innocence Project: $4k → 17%EYE THRIVE: $1k → 21%Make-A-Wish Missouri & Kansas: $1k → 11%Fathers & Families Support Center: $5k → 21%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
IA
OH
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
NC
DC
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$17M · 48 repeat orgs$462k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +31% since the first grant, against +21% for the ones you funded once.

48 repeat relationships — 21 still active in FY2024, 27 since wound down; 18 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

48
73

Total granted

$17M
$372k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+21%

Still filing today

81%
74%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $89k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureEnvironmentPhilanthropyOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • SL
    ST LOUIS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $12M · revenue +401%
  • WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2020–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +16%
  • C
    CONCORDANCE
    4× · 2020–2023 · $877k · revenue +76%

Funded once

  • THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $200k · revenue +28%
  • OB
    OPERATION BRIGHTSIDE INC DBA BRIGHTSIDE ST LOUISgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +44%
  • SY
    STL YOUTH JOBSgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +120%

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

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
2
St Marys Healthcare System for Children Inc

To serve as the sole member of the various health care and supporting organizations that comprise st. mary's healthcare system for children

Health
3
St Martin Hospital Inc

To improve, maintain and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.

Health
4
Society for Neuroscience

Sfn's mission is to: 1. advance the understanding of the brain and the nervous system by bringing together scientists of all segments of neuroscience, by facilitating the integration of research directed at all levels of biological…

Health
5
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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6
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
7
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
8
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
9
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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10
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
11
Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation Inc

Sarasota memorial healthcare foundation is the philanthropic partner that helps sarasota memorial health care system bring world-class care to our community.

Health
12
The Minneapolis Foundation

The foundation cultivates generosity by taking action on the greatest civic, social, and economic needs partnering with nonprofits, facilitating grantmaking, driving research and advocacy, and providing services to donors seeking to make a…

Philanthropy

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Missouri and Kansas and the most unlike its peers is Great Meadows 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.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyHealth Access Advocacy and …Independent K-12 SchoolsLocal History MuseumsDevelopmental Disabilities …Christian Youth CampsVolunteer Fire & Ems Servic…Elementary Literacy TutoringDomestic Violence ServicesPolicy Research and AdvocacyMilitary Veterans SupportAddiction Recovery ServicesChristian Missionary Organi…Animal Rescue and ShelterYouth Development ServicesFood Banks and PantriesYouth Sports ProgramsSenior Support ServicesCommunity FoundationsCancer Support ServicesEnvironmental Conservation …United Way Affiliates
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 40 years old; the field is 24. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number18%2%<5yr12%6%5–10yr16%11%10–20yr15%23%20–35yr16%30%35–55yr24%28%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value18%4%<5yr12%0%5–10yr16%0%10–20yr15%73%20–35yr16%7%35–55yr24%16%55yr+

The field is 18% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 4% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 12% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/113
the rest of the field
12%
4,544/39,378

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

107 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2026, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 107 of the 140 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
17
Early backer (in before they grew)
107/107
Grantees still filing
71/107
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

ST LOUIS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $11,959,584 · HealthST LOUIS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONMCLAREN NORTHERN MICHIGAN FOUNDATION — $610,250 · Health+22 more — $422,365 · HealthUNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI - ST LOUIS — $800,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY…THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION — $400,000 · OtherTHE CLEVEL…ST LOUIS ART MUSEUM FOUNDATION — $55,100 · Other+83 more — $392,354 · Other+83 moreWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY — $1,040,000 · EducationLAGUNA BLANCA SCHOOL — $59,400 · Education+10 more — $33,700 · EducationCONCORDANCE — $877,000 · Crime & Legal+1 more — $10,100 · Crime & LegalUNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC — $500,000 · PhilanthropyTown of Palm Beach United Way Inc — $45,000 · PhilanthropyMAC SPORTS FOUNDATION — $38,500 · Philanthropy+3 more — $8,750 · PhilanthropyMISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BOARD OF TRUSTEES — $525,100 · Environment+5 more — $8,275 · EnvironmentSANTA BARBARA BOWL FOUNDATION — $100,000 · Recreation & SportsSTREETSQUASH INC — $10,000 · Recreation & Sports+2 more — $5,000 · Recreation & Sports
Health$12,992,199Other$1,647,454Education$1,133,100Crime & Legal$887,100Philanthropy$592,250Environment$533,375Recreation & Sports$115,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your 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 budgetONE805 INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS — $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSanta Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTL YOUTH JOBS — $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetPARAQUAD INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSTREETSQUASH INC — $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE BUSCH WILDLIFE SANCTUARY INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% 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 budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA — $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HAVEN OF GRACE — $5,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetREADY READERS — $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFATHERS SUPPORT CENTER ST LOUIS — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MARFAN FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHAVENHOUSE ST LOUIS — $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSLING HEALTH — $5,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetSANTA BARBARA ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetENTREPRENEUR STARTUP BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

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

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

St Louis Community Fo…The Lilly Christy Bus…St Louis Community Fo…United Way of Greater…World Wide Technology…Youthbridge Community…Pershing Charitable T…Moneta Group Charitab…Sander FoundationCentene FoundationTsfBrown Dana Charitable…
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

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Hermann Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 120%2%6%14%25%your share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc — 30% of income from government
  • Naval Aviation Museum Foundation Inc — 13% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Princeton University — 11% of income from government
  • Als Therapy Development Foundation Inc — 8% of income from government
  • Florida Sheriffs Association Inc — 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
12get no government money at all
20report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Hermann Family Foundation?

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.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 140 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

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

Source object · view filing

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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home
State money flows
the interactive map of money crossing state lines