· Private foundation
Herscher Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k22 grants · $70k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $90k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF CHARLESTON | $15,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF CHARLESTON HEALTH CARE BOOTCAMP | $15,000 |
| CLAY CENTER | $15,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $15,000 |
| UNITED WAY | $10,000 |
| WEST VIRGINIA PUBLIC BROADCASTING | $10,000 |
| LIBRARY FOUNDATION OF KANAWHA COUNTY | $10,000 |
| YWCA | $7,500 |
| COVENANT HOUSE | $7,500 |
| KANAWHA VALLEY COLLECTIVE - EQUINOX MEN'S SHELTER | $6,000 |
| FESTIVALL | $5,000 |
| WEST VIRGINIA HUMANITIES COUNCIL | $5,000 |
| ARTS AMPLIFIED - GKVF | $5,000 |
| AMERICAN RED CROSS | $5,000 |
| SALVATION ARMY | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $42k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 16%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
32 repeat relationships: 28 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TUTHE UNIVERSITY OF CHARLESTON INC5× · 2020–2024 · $85k · revenue +15%
- TCTHE CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF WEST VIRGINIA INC5× · 2020–2024 · $25k · revenue +3%
- TWTHE WEST VIRGINIA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC5× · 2020–2024 · $25k · revenue +5%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2021 · $3k
- CFCAMC FOUNDATION INCgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue +125%
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.
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.
The west virginia chamber of commerce provides opportunities for broad based prosperity throughout west virginia.
Establish, conduct, implement, operate, coordinate and finance programs for the benefit of the low-income, minority, elderly, disadvantaged and handicapped citizens of wayne county, wv
Valley healthcare system shall improve our community's health by delivering the highest quality behavioral healthcare guided by our consumer's needs.
The mission of ccwv is to help our communities live the healthiest lives possible by meeting their immediate and long-term healthcare needs. this mission is accomplished by providing high quality, accessible, comprehensive, culturally…
The mission of voices for virginia's children is to champion public policies and legislation that achieve positive and equitable outcomes for young people.
Work to improve the health of children and families in west virginia through leadership. to provide a forum for diverse organizations to discuss, coordinate and collaborate on issues that improve the health and well-being of west virginia…
The wvnpa is a membership association dedicated to serving west virginia's nonprofit sector by providing year-round programming, serving as a clearing house of information, tools and resources through our website, and connect the sector…
Communityworks in west virignia (cwwv) creates housing and community development solutions for all west virginians through a network of member organizations. cwwv carries out its mission by providing effective training and technical…
Strengthening philanthropy in the mountain state.
To improve the health and health care quality for the residents of west virginia.
Improve the administration of justice and the provision of legal services for west virginia's citizens.
To provide families in western kentucky with education, advocacy and treatment that prevents child abuse, encourages family stability, promotes healthy relationships, enhances well-being and cultivates safe, nurturing families.
How this is measured
18 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. 18 of the 36 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHARLESTON INC ↗
- Who funds WEST VIRGINIA PUBLIC BROADCASTING FOUNDA ↗
- Who funds LIBRARY FOUNDATION OF KANAWHA COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds COVENANT HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds THE CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF WEST VIRGINIA INC ↗
- Who funds THE WEST VIRGINIA HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC ↗
- Who funds THE GREATER KANAWHA VALLEY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds WEST VIRGINIA HEALTH RIGHT INC ↗
- Who funds DAYMARK INC ↗
- Who funds THE EDUCATION ALLIANCE-BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL YOUTH SCIENCE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CHARLESTON BALLET INC ↗
- Who funds MANNA MEAL INC ↗
- Who funds YMCA OF KANAWHA VALLEY INC ↗
- Who funds APPALACHIAN CHILDREN'S CHORUS INC ↗
- Who funds CHILDHOOD LANGUAGE DISORDERS CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds ROARK SULLIVAN LIFEWAY CENTER ↗
- Who funds CAMC FOUNDATION INC ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Herscher Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Herscher Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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