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James S Herr Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$613k
Granted FY2023
60
Grants FY2023
14
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your fieldRead
03Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0191% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Religion$3.4MFood & Nutrition$50kHuman Services$47kEducation$43kCommunity Improvement$25kArts & Culture$25kYouth Development$21kHealth$17kOther$0
02FY2023 · 60 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 60 grants below total $374,500 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $612,500 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $238,000 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k47 grants · $155k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $220k
$5,000
Median grant
14
States reached
$5.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Neighborhood Services Center$25,000
Haggai Institute$25,000
SILO$25,000
Lancaster Bible College$25,000
Oxford Mainstreet, Inc.$25,000
Biblica$20,000
SILO$15,000
Youth With A Mission (Lancaster)$10,000
Jr. Achievement of Southeastern Pennsylvania$10,000
New Hope Ministry$10,000
Sandy Cove Ministries$10,000
Chester County Food Bank$10,000
Oxford Area Historical Association$10,000
Olford Ministries International$7,500
Oxford Area Historical Association$7,000
02Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Christian Counseling & Training Center Inc

Provide counseling through assessments and counseling sessions. provided training program to churches and individuals.increase outreach in the community through social media and the web.

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2
Christian Financial Outreach and Impact Foundation Inc
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3
Center for Christian Counseling

Making Biblical counseling from licensed mental health professionals accessible to anyone who has need regardless of their insurance status or ability to pay.

Human Services
4
Churches in Missions Inc

Mobilization of churches in America by taking pastors and laymen on vision and service trips overseas in fulfillment of Jesus command to go ye into all the world, making disciples...

Human Services
5
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community

Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…

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6
Global City Missions Initiative Incorporated

Global City Mission Initiative is dedicated to cross-cultural evanglism, disciplemaking, church planting among diverse diaspora populations in strategic cities reaching out evangelistically to start multiply churches, training believers to…

Religion
7
Freedom in Christ Ministries

To provide resources, training, and continuing support to leaders in the us and around the world in order that they may help others find freedom in christ.

Religion
8
Bridge of Hope Inc

The mission of bridge of hope national is to engage christian faith communities in ending family homelessness through neighboring relationships that demonstrate christ's love.

Human Services
9
Christian Healthcare Ministries Inc

To glorify god, show christian love, and experience god's presence as christians share each other's medical bills.

Religion
10
Youth Conference Ministries Inc

To develop youth servant leaders who will share the message of jesus christ with their peers.

Youth Development
11
Campus Outreach Columbia

An interdenominational college ministry on seven college campuses across north and south carolina. goal is to see students leave college equipped and passionate to walk with jesus in the church and spread his love to others.

Philanthropy
12
Biblical Counseling and Training Ministries

To teach individuals how to apply the wisdom and depth of the bible's grace-centered message to the problems of daily living; and through various means, work to restore chirst to counseling and christ-centered counseling to the church.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Young Life and the most unlike its peers is Oxford Area Historical Association. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyChristian Outreach Ministri…Urban Agriculture EducationFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Food Pantries and AssistancePregnancy Support CentersAddiction & Mental Health T…Community FoundationsDomestic Violence and Sexua…Child Abuse Advocacy Servic…Community Hospital Systems
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 28 years old; the field is 19. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number18%3%<5yr13%13%5–10yr19%19%10–20yr17%28%20–35yr15%22%35–55yr17%16%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value18%4%<5yr13%21%5–10yr19%12%10–20yr17%38%20–35yr15%9%35–55yr17%16%55yr+

The field is 18% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 4% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 9% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/35
the rest of the field
9%
7,129/78,127

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

03the grantee network

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 30 of the 57 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/30
Grantees still filing
23/30
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Neighborhood Services Center — $26,000 · OtherNeighborhood Services CenterHaggai Institute — $25,000 · OtherHaggai InstituteJr. Achievement of Southeastern Pennsylvania — $10,000 · OtherJr. Achievement of Southeastern PennsylvaniaNew Hope Ministry — $10,000 · OtherNew Hope MinistrySandy Cove Ministries — $10,000 · OtherSandy Cove MinistriesOlford Ministries International — $7,500 · Other+32 more — $98,500 · Other+32 moreSILO WORKS — $40,000 · Human ServicesSILO WORKSGOOD NEIGHBORS INC — $5,000 · Human ServicesGOOD NEIGHBORS IN…CENTER FOR PARENT YOUTH UNDERSTANDING — $5,000 · Human ServicesCENTER FOR PARENT…FAMILY PROMISE OF SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY — $5,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY PROMISE OF…WATER STREET MINISTRIES — $2,500 · Human Services+1 more — $1,000 · Human ServicesOXFORD MAINSTREET INC — $25,000 · Arts & CultureOXFORD MAINS…Oxford Area Historical Association — $17,000 · Arts & CultureOxford Area …BIBLICA INC — $20,000 · ReligionBIBLICA I…THEHOPELINE INC — $5,000 · ReligionTHEHOPELI…Christian Farmers Outreach — $3,500 · ReligionChristian…GPA Mobilization Ministeries Inc — $2,500 · ReligionGPA Mobil…+1 more — $1,000 · ReligionLANCASTER BIBLE COLLEGE — $25,000 · EducationLANCASTER…PREGNANCY SUPPORT CTR OF JOHNSON COUNTY — $2,500 · EducationPREGNANCY…UNIVERSITY OF THE NATIONS KONA INC — $2,500 · EducationUNIVERSIT…YOUTH WITH A MISSION LANCASTER — $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentYOUNG LIFE — $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentCHESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK — $10,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$187,000Human Services$58,500Arts & Culture$42,000Religion$32,000Education$30,000Youth Development$15,000Food & Nutrition$10,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetSILO WORKS — $40,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetLANCASTER BIBLE COLLEGE — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOXFORD MAINSTREET INC — $25,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetOxford Area Historical Association — $17,000 over 1y, 7.9% of budgetYOUTH WITH A MISSION LANCASTER — $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCHESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOlford Ministries International — $7,500 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetGOOD NEIGHBORS INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCENTER FOR PARENT YOUTH UNDERSTANDING — $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCOMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCRIME VICTIMS' CENTER OF CHESTER COUNTY — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCare Net — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES — $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNEW LONDON COUNSELING CENTER — $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHEHOPELINE INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE CHILD CENTER OF NY INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChester County Community Foundation — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY — $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetYOUNG LIFE — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChristian Farmers Outreach — $3,500 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetTHE OAKS MINISTRY — $2,500 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetWATER STREET MINISTRIES — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOALITION FOR CHRISTIAN OUTREACH — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPREGNANCY SUPPORT CTR OF JOHNSON COUNTY — $2,500 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF THE NATIONS KONA INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOUNTY CORRECTIONS GOSPEL MISSION — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSet Free to Set Free, Inc. — $1,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Chester County Commun…The Oxford Area Found…United Way of Chester…Oxford Civic Associat…United Way of Souther…Cabot-Kjellerup Found…Shady Maple FoundationThe Dansko Foundation…Lancaster County Comm…Natl Christian Charit…Servant FoundationChristian Community F…
Chester County Community FoundationPA19.6× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Chester County Community Foundation · The Oxford Area Foundation · United Way of Chester County Inc · Oxford Civic Association · United Way of Southern Chester County · Cabot-Kjellerup Foundation · Shady Maple Foundation · The Dansko Foundation Inc · Lancaster County Community Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Servant Foundation · Christian Community Foundation Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

03Through Plinth

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How do I get to James S Herr Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to James S Herr Family 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 57 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $541k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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