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Hermelin Family Support Foundation at a glance

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Hermelin Family Support Foundation

To support the jewish community and the community as a whole.

$388k
Granted FY2020
7
Grants FY2020
3
States reached
$160k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

52% of Hermelin Family Support Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Jewish Federation Of Detroit, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 4 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year Hermelin Family Support Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 6 organizations, $360k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

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12
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6
’20
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’21
3
’22
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’24
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’25

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Philanthropy$1.7MHealth$648kReligion$563kEducation$335kArts & Culture$108kRecreation & Sports$36kInternational$22kAnimals$6kOther$0
02FY2020 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 7 grants below total $360,180, the rows itemized in this filing. The $387,630 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $27,450 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2020

  • Under $10k4 grants · $20k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $340k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$5.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CONGREGATION SHAAREY ZEDEK$160,000
HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM$100,000
JEWISH FEDERATION OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT$80,180
ORT AMERICA INC$5,000
HILLEL DAY SCHOOL$5,000
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDER ASSOCIATION$5,000
DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS$5,000
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 (FY18–18, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%JARC: $5k → 8%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.
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 15 repeat orgs$131k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2020, 9 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call). Read against FY2020, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
10

Total granted

$1.6M
$67k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+36%

Still filing today

73%
90%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

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HealthEducationArts & CulturePhilanthropyInternationalEmploymentOther
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

  • HF
    HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM
    5× · 2017–2024 · $465k · revenue +69%
  • HD
    HILLEL DAY SCHOOL OF METRO DETROIT
    4× · 2017–2020 · $45k · revenue +59%
  • TD
    THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2019–2023 · $27k · revenue +398%

Funded once

  • JT
    JEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY OF AMERICA
    one grant, 2017 · $16k
  • BI
    BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $8k · revenue -39%
  • UNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGANgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $6k · revenue +85%
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
The Jewish Fund

The jewish fund is organized and operates exclusively for charitable, educational, and religious purposes. the fund's primary activities are: supporting a jewish health care mission in the greater detroit area and michigan; promotion of…

Philanthropy
2
The Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

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3
Minneapolis Jewish Federation

Minneapolis jewish federation is a nonprofit organization that promotes a culture of philanthropy, leverages resources to meet local and global jewish needs, and facilitates community planning to ensure a thriving and secure future.

Philanthropy
4
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
5
San Diego Jewish Academy

San Diego Jewish Academy empowers each student to learn for life, guided by Jewish values and rooted in strength of community.

Education
6
Abraham Joshua Heschel Day School

Abraham joshua heschel day school cultivates students' natural sense of wonder into an exceptionally rich education that encourages critical thinking, creativity, and compassion. in partnership with our families, we inspire our students to…

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7
Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor

The federation provides and inspires philanthropic leadership and community-building to nurture a strong, engaged, connected, vibrant, and enduring jewish community locally, in israel, and around the world.

Philanthropy
8
Hebrew Academy of Cleveland

The mission of the hebrew academy is to imbue all students with a love of god, torah and eretz yisroel and to prepare them to achieve excellence in torah and general knowledge based on successful cooperation among family, judaic and…

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9
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.

Education
10
Hillel of Metropolitan Detroit

Inspire students to be active in jewish life.

Education
11
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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12
Jewish Federation Council of Greater La

Based on jewish values, the jewish federation of greater los angeles convenes and leads the community and leverages its resources to assure the continuity of the jewish people, support a secure state of israel, care for jews in need here…

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Federation of Detroit; the most unlike its peers is Gesher Human Services. 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

28 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 28 of the 30 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/28
Grantees still filing
17/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED JEWISH FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED JEWISH FOUNDATIONJEWISH FEDERATION OF DETROIT: $652,578 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF DETROIT+2 more: $15,000 · PhilanthropySHAAREY ZEDEK CONGREGATION YESHIV: $496,500 · OtherSHAAREY ZEDEK CONGREGATION YES…ORT AMERICA INC: $229,940 · OtherORT AMERICA INCEPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF GREATER LOS ANGELES: $67,500 · OtherEPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF GREATER…UNITED SYNAGOGUE OF CONSERVATIVE JUDAISM: $66,050 · OtherUNITED SYNAGOGUE OF CONSERVATI…+7 more: $67,195 · Other+7 moreHENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM: $465,000 · HealthHENRY FORD HEALTH S…BARBARA ANN KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE: $85,000 · HealthBARBARA ANN KARMANO…ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $25,915 · Health+1 more: $5,000 · HealthHOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTER INC: $28,000 · Arts & CultureTHE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS FOUNDATION INC: $26,666 · Arts & CultureDETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $24,500 · Arts & CultureTHE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS: $17,780 · Arts & CultureHILLEL DAY SCHOOL OF METRO DETROIT: $45,000 · EducationJEAN AND SAMUEL FRANKEL JEWISH ACADEMY OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT: $10,000 · EducationALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: $5,950 · EducationSAINT ANN'S SCHOOL: $5,000 · EducationFRESH AIR SOCIETY: $36,000 · Recreation & SportsFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $14,000 · InternationalBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $7,800 · International
Philanthropy$1,667,578Other$927,185Health$580,915Arts & Culture$96,946Education$65,950Recreation & Sports$36,000International$21,800

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNITED JEWISH FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF DETROIT: $652,578 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetHENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM: $465,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetORT AMERICA INC: $229,940 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetBARBARA ANN KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE: $85,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetEPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF GREATER LOS ANGELES: $67,500 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetHILLEL DAY SCHOOL OF METRO DETROIT: $45,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFRESH AIR SOCIETY: $36,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTER INC: $28,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS FOUNDATION INC: $26,666 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $25,915 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $24,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS: $17,780 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $14,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JEWISH ENSEMBLE THEATRE: $10,595 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetTHE SCHECHTER INSTITUTES INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetJEAN AND SAMUEL FRANKEL JEWISH ACADEMY OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $7,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $6,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDETROIT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $5,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGESHER HUMAN SERVICES: $5,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAINT ANN'S SCHOOL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJARC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDETROIT CHILDREN'S FUND: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

William Davidson Foun…Harold and Penny B Bl…The Irving and Ethel …Schostak Family Suppo…The Andrea and Lawren…Edward C and Linda Dr…United Jewish Foundat…Karp Family FoundationThe Sigmund and Sophi…Shari & Alon Friendsh…Pappas Foundation IncDavid Kahan Family Fo…
William Davidson FoundationMI28.4× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: William Davidson Foundation · Harold and Penny B Blumenstein Foundation Corporation · The Irving and Ethel Palman Foundation · Schostak Family Support Foundation · The Andrea and Lawrence Wolfe Family Foundation · Edward C and Linda Dresner Levy Foundation · United Jewish Foundation · Karp Family Foundation · The Sigmund and Sophie Rohlik Foundation · Shari & Alon Friendship Foundation Inc · Pappas Foundation Inc · David Kahan Family Foundation

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

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no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Hermelin Family Support Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Hermelin Family Support 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 30 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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