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Hermes Family Foundation Co Gwendolyn H at a glance

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Hermes Family Foundation Co Gwendolyn H

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.

$86k
Granted FY2024still arriving
31
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$26k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$204kHealth$97kArts & Culture$54kReligion$24kHuman Services$23kPublic Safety & Disaster$22kAnimals$19kYouth Development$15kOther$0
02FY2024 · 31 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k30 grants · $60k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $26k
$2,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FORSYTH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC$26,000
ST JUDE CHILDRENS RESEARCH HOSPITAL$8,500
MOSES CONE HEALTH$6,000
VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY$5,000
CARLISLE SCHOOL$3,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS PIEDMONT TRIAD CH$3,000
FAMILY YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN$3,000
THE PIEDMONT ARTS ASSOCIATION$2,000
GREENSBORO SCIENCE CENTER$2,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE BLUE RIDGE$2,000
SUMMIT SCHOOL INC$2,000
SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY$2,000
SUMMERFIELD FIRE DISTRICT$2,000
IMPRINTS CARES$2,000
ROANOKE COLLEGE$2,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $12k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $1k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS PIEDMONT TRIAD CH: $3k → 16%MOUNTAIN VALLEY HOSPICE: $2k → 17%SOUTHERN AREA AGENCY ON AGING: $2k → 17%RIVERWOOD THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER: $1k → 15%GREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRY: $1k → 16%CRISIS CONTROL MINISTRY: $2k → 15%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

NY
PA
KY
VA
TN
NC
DC
GA
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.

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$363k · 39 repeat orgs$137k to everyone else

39 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2024, 23 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

39
47

Total granted

$363k
$103k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+36%

Still filing today

44%
32%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $33k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesHealthAnimalsPublic Safety & DisasterArts & CultureOther
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

  • FC
    FORSYTH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC
    3× · 2020–2024 · $54k · revenue +46%
  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $19k · revenue +78%
  • TS
    The Summit School Incorporated
    5× · 2017–2024 · $14k · revenue +32%

Funded once

  • FC
    FRANKLIN COUNTRY HIGH SCHOOL
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • DU
    DUKE UNIVERSITY IRON DUKES
    one grant, 2017 · $8k
  • PH
    PATRICK HENRY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
    one grant, 2017 · $6k
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
Greensboro College

Greensboro College provides a liberal arts education grounded in the traditions of the United Methodist Church and fosters the intellectual, social, and spiritual development of all students while supporting their individual needs.

Education
2
Hampden-Sydney College

Since 1775, the mission of Hampden-Sydney College has been to form good men and good citizens in an atmosphere of sound learning.

Education
3
Springfield College

The mission of springfield college is to educate students in spirit, mind and body for leadership in service to others by building on a foundation of the college's humanics philosophy, academic excellence, service, and student success.…

Education
4
Salisbury Academy

To provide an enriching and challenging curriculum and educational community which encourages students to be life-long learners, develop strong character, serve their community, and deepen their faith.

—
5
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
6
Davidson Day School

Davidson Day is a Pre-K through 12th grade college preparatory school located in Davidson, North Carolina. Davidson Day School fosters academic excellence through collaboration, creativity, and character development. Our vision is to be a…

Education
7
Spartanburg Day School

The mission of the spartanburg day school is to provide a superior educational experience, in a community of trust, that prepares students for a life well lived. spartanburg day school is dually accredited by southern association of…

—
8
University of Lynchburg

The mission of the University is to inspire independent thinkers who become trustworthy, effective leaders that shape caring communities. The vision of the University of Lynchburg is to cultivate a world that is innovative, authentic, and…

Education
9
The Miller School of Albemarle

We create opportunities for discovery and reflection by engaging the minds, hands, and hearts of our students.

Education
10
Omni Montessori School

Omni Montessori School is dedicated to adhering to the teachings of Maria Montessori by providing a child-centered environment that offers an individualized and integrated curriculum for students age 3 - grade nine.

—
11
President and Trustees of Bates College

Bates is a college of the liberal arts and sciences, and is a coeducational, nonsectarian, residential college with special commitments to academic rigor, and to assuring in all of its efforts the dignity of each individual, and access to…

Education
12
Gaston Memorial Hospital Inc

To provide compassionate, exceptional and highly reliable care.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hospice of Surry County Inc; the most unlike its peers is American Diabetes Association. 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

39 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. 39 of the 100 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
38/39
Grantees still filing
24/39
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: $31,500 · OtherVIRGINIA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORYPIEDMONT ARTS: $14,000 · OtherMOSES CONE HOSPITAL: $11,000 · OtherFRANKLIN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL: $10,500 · OtherSPCA: $10,000 · OtherFRANKLIN COUNTRY HIGH SCHOOL: $10,000 · Other+64 more: $202,300 · Other+64 moreFORSYTH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC: $54,000 · EducationFORSYTH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INCCARLISLE SCHOOL: $20,000 · EducationCARLISLE SCHOOLROANOKE COLLEGE: $15,500 · EducationROANOKE COLLEGEFERRUM COLLEGE: $13,500 · EducationFERRUM COLLEGEThe Summit School Incorporated: $13,500 · EducationThe Summit School IncorporatedIMPRINTS CARES: $13,500 · EducationIMPRINTS CARESWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY: $9,500 · EducationWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY+5 more: $16,000 · Education+5 moreST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $19,000 · HealthMOSES H CONE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OPERATING CORPORATION: $11,000 · Health+2 more: $1,500 · HealthAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $4,000 · Human ServicesCRISIS CONTROL MINISTRY INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesSOUTHERN AREA AGENCY ON AGING: $2,000 · Human ServicesHospice of Surry County Inc: $1,500 · Human ServicesGREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRY: $1,000 · Human ServicesRIVERWOOD THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER: $1,000 · Human ServicesMARTINSVILLE HENRY COUNTY SPCA: $3,000 · AnimalsRED DOG FARM ANIMAL RESCUE NETWORK: $1,000 · AnimalsHUMANE SOCIETY OF THE PIEDMONT INC: $1,000 · AnimalsSUMMERFIELD FIRE DISTRICT INC: $2,000 · Public Safety & DisasterWALNUT COVE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $1,000 · Public Safety & DisasterSUMMERFIELD FIREFIGHTERS CHARITABLE CORPORATION: $1,000 · Public Safety & DisasterTHE NATURAL SCIENCE CENTER OF GREENSBORO INC DBA GREENSBORO SCIENCE CENTER: $3,000 · Arts & CultureMartinsville-Henry County Historical Society: $200 · Arts & Culture
Other$289,300Education$155,500Health$31,500Human Services$11,500Animals$5,000Public Safety & Disaster$4,000Arts & Culture$3,200

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 budgetFORSYTH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC: $54,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCARLISLE SCHOOL: $20,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $19,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetROANOKE COLLEGE: $15,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFERRUM COLLEGE: $13,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Summit School Incorporated: $13,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetIMPRINTS CARES: $13,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMOSES H CONE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OPERATING CORPORATION: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY: $9,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMT TABOR HIGH SCHOOL PTSA: $9,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetSUMMERFIELD ELEMENTARY PTA: $6,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Piedmont Arts Association: $5,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOak Ridge Elementary School PTO: $4,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetMARTINSVILLE HENRY COUNTY SPCA: $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE NATURAL SCIENCE CENTER OF GREENSBORO INC DBA GREENSBORO SCIENCE CENTER: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGUILFORD COLLEGE: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSUMMERFIELD FIRE DISTRICT INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCRISIS CONTROL MINISTRY INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHERN AREA AGENCY ON AGING: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPATRICK HENRY COLLEGE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwest Guilford Middle School PTSO: $2,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE BLUE RIDGE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDANVILLE SCIENCE CENTER: $1,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHospice of Surry County Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREENSBORO URBAN MINISTRY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWALNUT COVE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWinston Salem Lacrosse Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetRIVERWOOD THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRED DOG FARM ANIMAL RESCUE NETWORK: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF THE PIEDMONT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARTINSVILLE CEMETERY ASSOCIATION: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMartinsville-Henry County Historical Society: $200 over 1y, 0.5% 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.

  • Who funds FORSYTH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds CARLISLE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds ROANOKE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds FERRUM COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds The Summit School Incorporated ↗
  • Who funds IMPRINTS CARES ↗
  • Who funds MOSES H CONE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OPERATING CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds MT TABOR HIGH SCHOOL PTSA ↗
  • Who funds SUMMERFIELD ELEMENTARY PTA ↗
  • Who funds DUKE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds The Piedmont Arts Association ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds Oak Ridge Elementary School PTO ↗

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.

The Winston-Salem Fou…Community Foundation …Reynolds American Fou…The Harvest Foundatio…Elster Foundation AgtDuke Energy FoundationCommunity Foundation …The Cannon Foundation…North Carolina Commun…Foundation for the Ca…The Bessemer Giving F…Raymond James Charita…
The Winston-Salem FoundationNC21.8× affinity9 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Winston-Salem Foundation · Community Foundation Serving Western Virginia · Reynolds American Foundation · The Harvest Foundation of the Piedmont · Elster Foundation Agt · Duke Energy Foundation · Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro Inc · The Cannon Foundation Inc · North Carolina Community Foundation · Foundation for the Carolinas · The Bessemer Giving Fund · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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.

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 100 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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