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John & Rose Herman Support Foundation at a glance

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John & Rose Herman Support Foundation

To support the jewish community and the community as a whole.

$210k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$65k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

73% of John & Rose Herman Support Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Jewish Federation Of Grand Rapids, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 3 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.

Organizations named directly on the return

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’22
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’25

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

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 2025.

Philanthropy$630kReligion$160kArts & Culture$53kHuman Services$42kHealth$30kEducation$15kCivil Rights$6kEnvironment$5k
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 5 grants below total $138,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $210,100 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $71,600 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 · FY2025

  • $10k–50k4 grants · $74k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $65k
$17,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$3.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JEWISH FEDERATION OF GRAND RAPIDS$65,000
JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER DALLAS$36,000
HILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE$17,500
SHALOM AUSTIN$10,000
LEGACY SENIOR COMMUNITIES$10,000
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 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 92% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $10k → 17%SHALOM AUSTIN: $10k → 10%DALLAS HOLOCAUST MUSEUM: $12k → 14%AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSOCIATION: $6k → 14%JEWISH FEDERATION OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT: $29k → 8%JEWISH FEDERATION OF GRAND RAPIDS: $65k → 11%MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $7k → 17%SHALOM AUSTIN: $7k → 10%DALLAS HOLOCAUST MUSEUM: $9k → 14%HILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CA: $18k → 14%JEWISH FEDERATION OF DETROIT: $15k → 8%JEWISH FEDERATION OF GRAND RAPIDS: $50k → 11%MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $7k → 17%SHALOM AUSTIN: $7k → 10%DALLAS HOLOCAUST MUSEUM: $8k → 14%HILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE: $18k → 14%JEWISH FEDERATION OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT: $9k → 8%JEWISH FEDERATION OF GRAND RAPIDS: $50k → 11%SHALOM AUSTIN: $7k → 10%DALLAS HOLOCAUST MUSEUM: $7k → 14%HILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE: $17k → 14%TEMPLE EMANUEL YACHAD: $10k → 8%JEWISH FEDERATION OF GRAND RAPIDS: $50k → 11%DALLAS HOLOCAUST MUSEUM: $6k → 14%HILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CA: $17k → 14%JEWISH FEDERATION OF GRAND RAPIDS: $40k → 11%DALLAS HOLOCAUST MUSEUM: $6k → 14%HILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CA: $15k → 14%JEWISH FEDERATION OF GRAND RAPIDS: $40k → 11%JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER DALLAS: $36k → 14%HILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CA: $15k → 14%JEWISH FEDERATION OF GRAND RAPIDS: $40k → 11%JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER DALLAS: $22k → 14%HILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE: $7k → 14%JEWISH FEDERATION OF GRAND RAPIDS: $40k → 11%JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER DALLAS: $20k → 14%JEWISH FEDERATION OF GRAND RAPIDS: $40k → 11%JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER DALLAS: $18k → 14%JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER DALLAS: $17k → 14%JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER DALLAS: $16k → 14%JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER DALLAS: $14k → 14%JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER DALLAS: $8k → 14%JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER DALLAS: $7k → 14%TEMPLE SHALOM: $8k → 14%LEGACY SENIOR COMMUNITIES: $10k → 14%LEGACY SENIOR COMMUNITIES: $10k → 14%LEGACY SENIOR COMMUNITIES: $10k → 14%LEGACY SENIOR COMMUNITIES: $7k → 14%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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$275k · 6 repeat orgs$40k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +81% since the first grant, against -15% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
6

Total granted

$275k
$40k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+81%
-15%

Still filing today

100%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
Arts & CultureHealthReligionEducationPhilanthropyEnvironmentOther
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

  • HILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE
    7× · 2019–2025 · $106k · revenue +41%
  • TL
    THE LEGACY SENIOR COMMUNITIES INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $42k · revenue +81%
  • SA
    SHALOM AUSTIN
    6× · 2017–2025 · $41k · revenue +93%

Funded once

  • CE
    CONGREGATION EMANUEL
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
  • TS
    TEMPLE SHALOM
    one grant, 2020 · $8k
  • AL
    AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSNgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $6k · revenue +122%
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
Jewish Federation Council of Greater La

Based on jewish values, the jewish federation of greater los angeles convenes and leads the community and leverages its resources to assure the continuity of the jewish people, support a secure state of israel, care for jews in need here…

Philanthropy
2
The Jewish Fund

The jewish fund is organized and operates exclusively for charitable, educational, and religious purposes. the fund's primary activities are: supporting a jewish health care mission in the greater detroit area and michigan; promotion of…

Philanthropy
3
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
4
Minneapolis Jewish Federation

Minneapolis jewish federation is a nonprofit organization that promotes a culture of philanthropy, leverages resources to meet local and global jewish needs, and facilitates community planning to ensure a thriving and secure future.

Philanthropy
5
University of Southern California Hillel Foundation

To create an informed, celebratory and satisfying jewish community for students at the university of southern california, to deepen jewish identity through social, intellectual and spiritual participation, to offer diversified…

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6
American Jewish Committee

AJC's mission is to enhance the wellbeing of the Jewish people and Israel, and to advance human rights and democratic values in the United States and around the world. In pursuit of this mission, AJC advances democratic principles, fights…

Civil Rights
7
Jewish Federation of Greater Des Moines

The mission of the jewish federation of greater des moines is to further the continuity and welfare of the des moines, ames, and other central iowa jewish communities, and to enable these jewish communities to maximize their resources by…

Philanthropy
8
Jewish Senior Life

To enhance the quality of life, health, and well-being of jewish older adults, their families, and others in our community, consistent with the values and traditions of our jewish heritage.

Religion
9
Bureau of Jewish Education of Greater Los Angeles Inc

Bje enhances the quality of, increases access to, and encourages participation in jewish education throughout the jewish communities of greater los angeles. bje is an advocate, planner, catalyst, and creative leader for strengthening and…

Religion
10
San Diego Jewish Academy

San Diego Jewish Academy empowers each student to learn for life, guided by Jewish values and rooted in strength of community.

Education
11
Jewish Federation of Tulsa

The mission of the jewish federation of tulsa is to preserve and enhance jewish life and well-being in eastern oklahoma, israel, and the entire world. this mission is being addressed by pursuing charitable, humanitarian, cultural,…

Philanthropy
12
Jsl Foundation

We nurture a sense of community and enrich the lives of older adults, while embracing jewish values and celebrating life.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas; the most unlike its peers is Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life. 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

13 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. 13 of the 15 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
9/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JEWISH FEDERATION OF GRAND RAPIDS: $415,000 · OtherJEWISH FEDERATION OF GRAND RAPIDS+2 more: $17,800 · OtherJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER DALLAS: $157,500 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER D…JEWISH FEDERATION OF DETROIT: $52,600 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF DETROITSHALOM AUSTIN: $41,400 · PhilanthropySHALOM AUSTINHILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE: $105,700 · ReligionHILLEL THE F…Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum: $47,000 · Arts & CultureDallas Holo…THE LEGACY SENIOR COMMUNITIES INC: $41,800 · Arts & CultureTHE LEGACY …Broadway Dallas Inc: $5,500 · Arts & CultureBroadway Da…MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $23,900 · HealthAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $6,000 · HealthMIDDLEBRIDGE SCHOOL INC: $15,000 · EducationANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $6,000 · Civil RightsSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Environment
Other$432,800Philanthropy$251,500Religion$105,700Arts & Culture$94,300Health$29,900Education$15,000Civil Rights$6,000Environment$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GRAND RAPIDS: $415,000 over 9y, 6.5% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER DALLAS: $157,500 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetHILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE: $105,700 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF DETROIT: $52,600 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum: $47,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LEGACY SENIOR COMMUNITIES INC: $41,800 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetSHALOM AUSTIN: $41,400 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $23,900 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMIDDLEBRIDGE SCHOOL INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBroadway Dallas Inc: $5,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $5,000 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.

Vanguard Charitable E…Raymond James Charita…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramPA12.8× affinity8 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 John & Rose Herman Support Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John & Rose Herman Support Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to John & Rose Herman Support Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to John & Rose Herman Support 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 15 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 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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