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Hersher Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Hersher Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$2.6M
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$1.8M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2024.

Health$412kInternational$136kHuman Services$86kReligion$70kArts & Culture$45kHousing & Shelter$40kEducation$33kYouth Development$8k
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$300,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ACLU FOUNDATION$1,758,371
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND$300,000
PARTNERS IN HEALTH$286,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA$272,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 72% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%PARTNERS IN HEALTH: $286k → 16%UNITED POLICYHOLDERS: $21k → 10%SAYStuttering Assoc for the Young: $8k → 17%MOZAIC SENIOR LIFE: $16k → 9%PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND: $66k → 10%SOUTHERN INST FOR EDU & RESEARCH: $10k → 23%Families in Transition: $10k → 7%PARTNERS IN HEALTH: $26k → 16%UNITED POLICYHOLDERS: $15k → 10%SAY STUTTERING ASSOC FOR THE YOUNG: $8k → 17%Greater Bridgeport Symphony: $10k → 9%PLANNED PARENTHOODNORTHERN NEWENG: $60k → 10%FAMILIES IN TRANSITION: $10k → 7%PARTNERS IN HEALTH: $20k → 16%UNITED POLICYHOLDERS: $15k → 10%SAY STUTTERING ASSN FOR THE YOUTH: $8k → 17%Jewish Senior Services: $10k → 9%PLANNED PARENTHOODNORTHERN NEWENG: $60k → 10%FAMILIES IN TRANSITION: $10k → 7%PARTNERS IN HEALTH: $20k → 16%UNITED POLICYHOLDERS: $15k → 10%PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA: $272k → 17%JEWISH SENIOR SERVICES: $10k → 9%PLANNED PARENTHOODNORTHERN NEWENG: $55k → 10%FAMILIES IN TRANSITION: $10k → 7%PARTNERS IN HEALTH: $20k → 16%UNITED POLICYHOLDERS: $15k → 10%ACLU FOUNDATION: $1.8M → 17%JEWISH SENIOR SERVICES: $10k → 9%PLANNED PARENTHOODNORTHERN NEWENG: $20k → 10%TEMPLE ADATH YESHURUN: $20k → 7%PARTNERS IN HEALTH: $20k → 16%UNITED POLICYHOLDERS: $15k → 10%GREATER BRIDGEPORT SYMPHONY: $10k → 9%PLANNED PARENTHOODNORTHERN NEWENG: $20k → 10%PARTNERS IN HEALTH: $10k → 16%United Policy Holders: $8k → 10%MOZAIC SENIOR LIFE: $10k → 9%PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF NORTHERN NE: $10k → 10%Partners in Health: $10k → 16%UNITED POLICYHOLDERS: $8k → 10%JEWISH SENIOR SERVICES: $10k → 9%Planned ParenthoodNorthern NewEng: $10k → 10%PARTNERS IN HEALTH: $10k → 16%GREATER BRIDGEPORT SYMPHONY: $10k → 9%PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND: $300k → 10%JEWISH SENIOR SERVICES: $10k → 9%JEWISH HOME FOR THE ELDERLY: $10k → 9%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.

40%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 12 repeat orgs$2.1M to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
3

Total granted

$1.4M
$21k

Still filing today

75%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 22% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.0M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthCivil RightsHousing & ShelterEducationArts & 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

  • PARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $422k · revenue +120%
  • PP
    Planned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc
    3× · 2017–2025 · $376k · revenue +30%
  • UP
    United Policyholders
    8× · 2017–2024 · $111k · revenue +68%

Funded once

  • JH
    JEWISH HOME FOR THE ELDERLY
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • SS
    SAY STUTTERING ASSN FOR THE YOUTH
    one grant, 2017 · $8k
  • SI
    Southern Inst for Edu Research
    one grant, 2018 · $3k
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
Guttmacher Institute Inc

The institute is a leading research and policy organization committed to advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights worldwide.

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2
The Population Council Inc

We generate ideas, produce evidence, and design solutions to improve the lives of underserved populations around the world. we take a multidisciplinary, intergenerational, life-cycle approach that contributes to (see schedule o)four global…

International
3
Women's Law Project

Women's law project creates a more just and equitable society by advancing the rights and status of all women throughout their lives. to this end, we engage in high-impact litigation, advocacy, and education. the core values of women's law…

Civil Rights
4
Family Health Initiatives Inc

Our mission is to help hospitals, nonprofits and government improve the health and well being of communities.

Health
5
Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary

THE MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY ("THE INFIRMARY") IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT TEACHING HOSPITAL CONDUCTING PATIENT CARE AND RESEARCH. THE INFIRMARY IS A TEACHING HOSPITAL OF HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL AND AN INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH.…

Health
6
United Hospital Fund of New York

Working to build an effective and equitable health care system for every new yorker. (see sch. o)

Health
7
2020 Mom Policy Center for Maternal

The policy center is improving maternal mental health outcomes through closing gaps in care delivery, including improving detection and access to evidence-based and informed clinical and community-based care. the policy center has been…

Health
8
Power to Decide

Power to decide envisions a world where everyone - no matter who they are or where they live - has control over their bodies and can decide if, when, and under what circumstances to get pregnant and have a child. its mission is to advance…

Human Services
9
Health in Harmony

Health in Harmony's mission is to reverse tropical rainforest deforestation for planetary health.

Health
10
Rocky Mountain Planned Parenthood Inc

Planned parenthood of the rocky mountains, which includes health centers in colorado, southern nevada, and new mexico, has been helping individuals make responsible choices for over 104 years.pprm empowers individuals and families in the…

Health
11
The Partnership for Maternal and Child Health of Northern New Jersey Inc

The organization's mission is to provide quality cost effective outreach and education services for pregnant women, infants, children and families in new jersey. the partnership for maternal and child health of northern new jersey, inc. is…

Human Services
12
The International Institute On Race Equality and Human Rights

The international institute on race, equality and human rights contributes to the promotion and defense of human rights, through training, technical assistance, advocacy, and strategic litigation conducted at the regional and international…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc; the most unlike its peers is Greater Bridgeport Symphony Society Inc. 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

11 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. 11 of the 17 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
7/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $1,758,371 · Civil RightsAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INCPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $421,500 · HealthPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPOR…Planned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc: $376,000 · HealthPlanned Parenthood of Northern New En…PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $272,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMER…JEWISH HOME FOR THE ELDERLY OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC: $76,000 · HealthJEWISH HOME FOR THE ELDERLY OF FAIRFI…PLANNED PARENTHOODNORTHERN NEWENG: $225,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTH…United Policyholders: $111,000 · OtherUnited Policyho…Temple Adath Yeshurun: $55,000 · OtherTemple Adath Ye…GREATER BRIDGEPORT SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC: $30,000 · OtherGREATER BRIDGEP…SOUTHERN INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION & RESEARCH INC: $16,000 · Other+4 more: $35,500 · Other+4 moreFamilies in Transition: $40,000 · Housing & ShelterSTUTTERING ASSOCIATION FOR THE YOUNG INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureCHILDREN'S LITERACY FOUNDATION: $14,000 · Education
Civil Rights$1,758,371Health$1,145,500Other$472,500Housing & Shelter$40,000Arts & Culture$15,000Education$14,000

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 budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $1,758,371 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $421,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc: $376,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $272,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Policyholders: $111,000 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetJEWISH HOME FOR THE ELDERLY OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC: $76,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFamilies in Transition: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER BRIDGEPORT SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC: $30,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetSOUTHERN INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION & RESEARCH INC: $16,000 over 3y, 43% of budgetSTUTTERING ASSOCIATION FOR THE YOUNG INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCHILDREN'S LITERACY FOUNDATION: $14,000 over 4y, 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 AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds PARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds Planned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds United Policyholders ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH HOME FOR THE ELDERLY OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds Families in Transition ↗
  • Who funds GREATER BRIDGEPORT SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION & RESEARCH INC ↗
  • Who funds STUTTERING ASSOCIATION FOR THE YOUNG INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S LITERACY FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncIN9.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile 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 Hersher Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hersher Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Greater Bridgeport Symphony Society Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Planned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Jewish Home for the Elderly of Fairfield County Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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 17 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home