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James S Herr Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$613k
Granted FY2023
61
Itemized grants FY2023
56
Organizations funded FY2023
20%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2023
$400k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2023
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2023
$25,000
Organizations funded a year
55 to 56
FY2022 to FY2023
States reached, FY2023
14
Total assets, FY2023
$5.9M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 20% of the organizations James S Herr Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.

The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY202356$395k20%
FY202255$312kn/a
91% classified

What it funded, over time

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

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

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Silo Works$50,000212%
Lancaster Bible College$50,00020%
Biblica Inc$40,0002n/a
New London Counseling Center$30,00024%
Oxford Mainstreet Inc$25,00016%
Chester County Food Bank$20,00020%
Youth With a Mission Lancaster$20,00021%
Oxford Area Historical Association$17,00018%
Thehopeline Inc$15,00020%
Olford Ministries International$15,00024%
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All grantees of James S Herr Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Silo Works$50,000212%
Lancaster Bible College$50,00020%
Biblica Inc$40,0002n/a
New London Counseling Center$30,00024%
Oxford Mainstreet Inc$25,00016%
Chester County Food Bank$20,00020%
Youth With a Mission Lancaster$20,00021%
Oxford Area Historical Association$17,00018%
Thehopeline Inc$15,00020%
Olford Ministries International$15,00024%
Community Volunteers in Medicine$10,00020%
Good Neighbors Inc$10,00021%
Care Net$10,00020%
Family Promise of Southern Chester County$10,00021%
Young Life$10,00020%
International Health Services$10,00020%
Crime Victims' Center of Chester County$10,00020%
Christian Farmers Outreach$7,00024%
Center for Parent Youth Understanding$6,00021%
The Oaks Ministry$5,00022%
The Child Center of Ny Inc$5,00010%
Water Street Ministries$5,00020%
University of the Nations Kona Inc$5,00020%
HEROES Inc$5,00011%
GPA Mobilization Ministeries Inc$5,0002n/a
Coalition for Christian Outreach$5,00020%
Solanco Neighborhood Ministries$5,0001n/a
Pregnancy Support Ctr of Johnson County$2,50016%
InterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA$2,0002n/a
Africa Association of Bible Schools$2,0002n/a
Iglesia Bautista West Brownsville$2,0002n/a
Greenhouse Project$2,0002n/a
Set Free to Set Free, Inc.$2,00022%
County Corrections Gospel Mission$2,00020%
Birth Care and Family Health$2,00010%
Lifehouse Church Mot$1,0001n/a
Amazing Tails LLC Inc$1,00011%
Rehoboth International Church$1,0001n/a
Black Girls Vote 4 Her Inc$1,00010%
Linville Hill Christian School$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($280k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget James S Herr Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSilo Works: $50,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetLancaster Bible College: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNew London Counseling Center: $30,000 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetOxford Mainstreet Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetChester County Food Bank: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetYouth With a Mission Lancaster: $20,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetOxford Area Historical Association: $17,000 over 1y, 7.9% of budgetThehopeline Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetOlford Ministries International: $15,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetCommunity Volunteers in Medicine: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGood Neighbors Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCare Net: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFamily Promise of Southern Chester County: $10,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetYoung Life: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Health Services: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCrime Victims' Center of Chester County: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetChristian Farmers Outreach: $7,000 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetCenter for Parent Youth Understanding: $6,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetThe Oaks Ministry: $5,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetThe Child Center of Ny Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWater Street Ministries: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of the Nations Kona Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHEROES Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCoalition for Christian Outreach: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPregnancy Support Ctr of Johnson County: $2,500 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetSet Free to Set Free, Inc.: $2,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetCounty Corrections Gospel Mission: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBirth Care and Family Health: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmazing Tails LLC Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetBlack Girls Vote 4 Her Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLinville Hill Christian School: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 31.

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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.

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

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.

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About James S Herr Family Foundation

How much does James S Herr Family Foundation give?
James S Herr Family Foundation reported 61 itemized grants totaling $399,500, out of $612,500 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 55 and 56 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
What does James S Herr Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2023, its largest causes are Religion (82%), Food & Nutrition (1%), Human Services (1%).
Who are James S Herr Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2022 to FY2023: Silo Works ($50k), Lancaster Bible College ($50k), Biblica Inc ($40k).
Does James S Herr Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does James S Herr Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as James S Herr Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Chester County Community Foundation, The Oxford Area Foundation, United Way of Chester County Inc.
Where is James S Herr Family Foundation based?
James S Herr Family Foundation is based in PA.

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 67 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 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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