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Hermann Family Foundation at a glance

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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 it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% 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
02FY2024 · 46 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

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
UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS$100,000
MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN$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
SANTA BARBARA COTTAGE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$10,000
ONE805 INC$10,000
KEYWAY CENTER FOR DIVERSION AND REENTRY (CENTER FOR WOMEN IN TRANSITION)$7,500
LAGUNA BLANCA SCHOOL$7,000
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.

show:

Its 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 its 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
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

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

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

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +14% for those 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%
+14%

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
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

  • 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 +38%
  • SY
    STL YOUTH JOBSgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +120%
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
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…

—
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Missouri and Kansas; 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.
04the grantee network

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

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 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
16
Early backer (in before they grew)
107/107
Grantees still filing
71/107
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and 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 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 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 budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% 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 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.

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

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 Hermann Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hermann Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 120%2%6%14%25%funder's 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
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.
05Through Plinth

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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 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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