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James S Herr Family Foundation at a glance

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James S Herr Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$613k
Granted FY2023
61
Grants FY2023
14
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
0191% 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
02FY2023 · 61 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 61 grants below total $399,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $612,500 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $213,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k47 grants · $155k
  • $10k–50k14 grants · $245k
$5,000
Median grant
14
States reached
$5.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Lancaster Bible College$25,000
Haggai Institute$25,000
Neighborhood Services Center$25,000
Neighborhood Services Center$25,000
SILO$25,000
Oxford Mainstreet, Inc.$25,000
Biblica$20,000
SILO$15,000
New Hope Ministry$10,000
Chester County Food Bank$10,000
Sandy Cove Ministries$10,000
Jr. Achievement of Southeastern Pennsylvania$10,000
Oxford Area Historical Association$10,000
Youth With A Mission (Lancaster)$10,000
Olford Ministries International$7,500
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$599k · 45 repeat orgs$108k to everyone else

45 repeat relationships: 45 still active in FY2023, 0 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

45
10

Total granted

$599k
$33k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+9%
+22%

Still filing today

49%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $75k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23
Human ServicesReligionEducationHealthYouth DevelopmentCivil RightsOther
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

  • SW
    SILO WORKS
    2× · 2022–2023 · $50k · revenue +37%
  • LB
    LANCASTER BIBLE COLLEGE
    2× · 2022–2023 · $50k · revenue +2%
  • BI
    BIBLICA INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $40k · revenue +100%

Funded once

  • OR
    Oxford Recreation Association
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • HI
    HEROES Incgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +522%
  • SN
    SOLANCO NEIGHBORHOOD MINISTRIES
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
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.

03Its 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
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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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Young Life; 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.
03the grantee network

35 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. 35 of the 67 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/35
Grantees still filing
26/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Neighborhood Services Center: $53,500 · OtherNeighborhood Services CenterHaggai Institute: $50,000 · OtherHaggai InstituteSandy Cove Ministries: $35,000 · OtherSandy Cove MinistriesJr. Achievement of Southeastern Pennsylvania: $20,000 · OtherOlford Ministries International: $15,000 · OtherCHESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK: $20,000 · Other+39 more: $193,500 · Other+39 moreSILO WORKS: $50,000 · Human ServicesSILO WORKSGOOD NEIGHBORS INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesGOOD NEIGHBOR…FAMILY PROMISE OF SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY: $10,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY PROMIS…CENTER FOR PARENT YOUTH UNDERSTANDING: $6,000 · Human ServicesCENTER FOR PA…WATER STREET MINISTRIES: $5,000 · Human ServicesWATER STREET …+2 more: $3,000 · Human ServicesBIBLICA INC: $40,000 · ReligionBIBLICA IN…THEHOPELINE INC: $15,000 · ReligionTHEHOPELIN…Christian Farmers Outreach: $7,000 · ReligionChristian …GPA Mobilization Ministeries Inc: $5,000 · ReligionGPA Mobili…+1 more: $2,000 · ReligionLANCASTER BIBLE COLLEGE: $50,000 · EducationLANCASTER…UNIVERSITY OF THE NATIONS KONA INC: $5,000 · EducationUNIVERSIT…PREGNANCY SUPPORT CTR OF JOHNSON COUNTY: $2,500 · EducationNEW LONDON COUNSELING CENTER: $30,000 · HealthCOMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE: $10,000 · HealthBIRTH CARE AND FAMILY HEALTH: $2,000 · HealthOXFORD MAINSTREET INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureOxford Area Historical Association: $17,000 · Arts & CultureYOUTH WITH A MISSION LANCASTER: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentYOUNG LIFE: $10,000 · Youth Development
Other$387,000Human Services$84,000Religion$69,000Education$57,500Health$42,000Arts & Culture$42,000Youth Development$30,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

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 budgetChester County Community Foundation: $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
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.

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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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 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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