West Virginia · Private foundation
Herscher Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $160k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 29
- Grants FY2024
- 29
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 28 to 31
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.3M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 7% of the organizations Herscher Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 29 | $160k | 3% |
| FY2023 | 29 | $149k | 7% |
| FY2022 | 29 | $145k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 31 | $163k | 13% |
| FY2020 | 28 | $156k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The University of Charleston Inc | $85,000 | 5 | 0% |
| West Virginia Public Broadcasting Founda | $55,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Library Foundation of Kanawha County Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Covenant House Inc | $33,500 | 5 | 0% |
| The Children's Home Society of West Virginia Inc | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The West Virginia Humanities Council Inc | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| West Virginia Health Right Inc | $15,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Daymark Inc | $11,500 | 5 | 0% |
| The Education Alliance-Business and Community for Public Schools Inc | $11,000 | 5 | 0% |
| National Youth Science Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The University of Charleston Inc | $85,000 | 5 | 0% |
| West Virginia Public Broadcasting Founda | $55,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Library Foundation of Kanawha County Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Covenant House Inc | $33,500 | 5 | 0% |
| The Children's Home Society of West Virginia Inc | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The West Virginia Humanities Council Inc | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| West Virginia Health Right Inc | $15,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Daymark Inc | $11,500 | 5 | 0% |
| The Education Alliance-Business and Community for Public Schools Inc | $11,000 | 5 | 0% |
| National Youth Science Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Charleston Ballet Inc | $8,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Manna Meal Inc | $7,000 | 5 | 0% |
| YMCA of Kanawha Valley Inc | $5,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Appalachian Children's Chorus Inc | $5,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Childhood Language Disorders Center Inc | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Roark Sullivan Lifeway Center | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Camc Foundation Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($414k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Herscher Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Truist West Virginia Foundation Inc · Encova Foundation of West Virginia · The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation · Charles & Mary Fayne Glotfelty Foundation Inc · Bernard H and Blanche E Jacobson Foundation · The Daywood Foundationinc · The Martha Gaines & Russell Wehrle Memorial Foundation · Tgkvf Inc · HB Wehrle Foundation Stephen D Wehrle TTEE · The Strong-Treister Family Foundation · The Jeanne G Hamilton and Lawson W Hamilton Jr Family Foundation Inc · Bowles Rice Foundation
How this is measured
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About Herscher Foundation Inc
- How much does Herscher Foundation Inc give?
- Herscher Foundation Inc reported 29 grants totaling $160,250 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 28 and 31 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Herscher Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (37%), Education (24%), Human Services (15%).
- Who are Herscher Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: The University of Charleston Inc ($85k), West Virginia Public Broadcasting Founda ($55k), Library Foundation of Kanawha County Inc ($50k).
- Does Herscher Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Herscher Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Herscher Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Truist West Virginia Foundation Inc, Encova Foundation of West Virginia, The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation.
- Where is Herscher Foundation Inc based?
- Herscher Foundation Inc is based in WV.
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