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Hermanson Family Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$3k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
6
Grants FY2024
15
Organizations funded FY2023
27%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$500
Largest grant, FY2024
$1,000
Organizations funded a year
9 to 29
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
3
Total assets, FY2024
$42k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 27% of the organizations Hermanson Family Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationInternationalPublic BenefitArts & CultureRecreation & SportsReligionOther
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 arriving6$3k0%
FY202315$296k27%
FY202219$21k5%
FY202125$33k24%
FY202029$40k28%
FY201922$41k36%
FY201817$24k47%
FY20179$16kn/a
94% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$680kPhilanthropy$579kInternational$39kReligion$21kHealth$14kHuman Services$12kFood & Nutrition$10kPublic Benefit$8kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
NY
IA
PA
CA
CO
NE
MO
VA
AZ
NM
KS
NC
DC
FL

Top grantees

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

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Iowa State University Foundation$336,10770%
Riverside Lutheran Bible Camp$12,7505n/a
Samaritan's Purse$12,50060%
United Way of Story County Inc$11,00060%
Ripe for Harvest World Outreach$9,5008n/a
Hope Ministries$5,50080%
Living History Farms Foundation$3,80070%
Mobility Worldwide$3,30050%
Luthern Congregation in Mission for Christ$3,3004n/a
Judicial Watch Inc$2,50050%
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All grantees of Hermanson Family Charitable Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Iowa State University Foundation$336,10770%
Riverside Lutheran Bible Camp$12,7505n/a
Samaritan's Purse$12,50060%
United Way of Story County Inc$11,00060%
Ripe for Harvest World Outreach$9,5008n/a
Hope Ministries$5,50080%
Living History Farms Foundation$3,80070%
Mobility Worldwide$3,30050%
Luthern Congregation in Mission for Christ$3,3004n/a
Judicial Watch Inc$2,50050%
Compassion International Incorporated$2,00040%
Iowa 4-H Foundation$2,00040%
University of Washington$1,7503n/a
Immanuel Lutheran Church$1,6003n/a
Story City Historical Society$1,50020%
Iowa State Fair Foundation$1,00010%
Church on the Street Inc$7503n/a
American Bible Society$70030%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$60020%
Sunshine Acres Children's Home Inc$55020%
Christian Crusaders$50020%
Dresses For Orphans Inc$50011%
Mary Greeley Medical Center Foundation$30010%
Young America's Foundation$30010%
Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry Inc$30010%
The Heritage Foundation$10010%
Wartburg College$10010%
University of Washington Foundation$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($58k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetIowa State University Foundation: $336,107 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetSamaritan's Purse: $12,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Story County Inc: $11,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHope Ministries: $5,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetLiving History Farms Foundation: $3,800 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMobility Worldwide: $3,300 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetJudicial Watch Inc: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCompassion International Incorporated: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetIowa 4-H Foundation: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetStory City Historical Society: $1,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetIowa State Fair Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Bible Society: $700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSunshine Acres Children's Home Inc: $550 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChristian Crusaders: $500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDresses For Orphans Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMary Greeley Medical Center Foundation: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYoung America's Foundation: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLoaves & Fishes Food Pantry Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Heritage Foundation: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWartburg College: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Washington Foundation: $100 over 1y, 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 22.

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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.

Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community FdnIA24.3× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · South Story Bank Charitable Foundation · Meredith Corporation Foundation · Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc · Christian Community Foundation Inc · United Way Worldwide · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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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About Hermanson Family Charitable Foundation

How much does Hermanson Family Charitable Foundation give?
Hermanson Family Charitable Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $2,900 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 29 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Hermanson Family Charitable Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (49%), Philanthropy (41%), International (3%).
Who are Hermanson Family Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Iowa State University Foundation ($336k), Riverside Lutheran Bible Camp ($13k), Samaritan's Purse ($13k).
Does Hermanson Family Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Hermanson Family Charitable 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 Hermanson Family Charitable Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn, Alliant Energy Foundation Inc, South Story Bank Charitable Foundation.
Where is Hermanson Family Charitable Foundation based?
Hermanson Family Charitable Foundation is based in IA.

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 48 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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