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Molly and Joseph Herman Foundation

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.

$42k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
31
Grants FY2025
11
Organizations funded FY2024
0%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$4,000
Organizations funded a year
11 to 93
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
2
Total assets, FY2025
$617k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Molly and Joseph Herman Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureHealthInternationalCivil 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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving31$42k19%
FY202411$11k0%
FY202338$70k21%
FY202251$106k45%
FY202142$88k26%
FY202048$89k56%
FY201951$87k33%
FY201893$74k75%
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What it funded, over time

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

Education$161kHuman Services$68kArts & Culture$66kHousing & Shelter$47kCrime & Legal$42kHealth$37kFood & Nutrition$34kYouth Development$33kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 126 grantees
All grantees of Molly and Joseph Herman Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Dream Project Inc$80,42975%
Housing Solutions of Northern Arizona Inc$22,00040%
Northland Family Help Center$22,00050%
Victim Witness Services For Coconino County$21,00080%
Flagstaff Symphony Association$18,55071%
Literacy Volunteers of Coconino County Inc$18,47672%
Flagstaff Family Food Center$15,00070%
Flagstaff Festival of Science$14,50073%
St Mary's Food Bank Alliance$14,00080%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Flagstaff$13,75071%
Catholic Charities Community Services Inc$13,50070%
El Buen Samaritano Inc$12,2504n/a
United Way of Northern Arizona Inc$10,50060%
Flagstaff Shakespeare Festival$8,50072%
Flagstaff Shelter Services Inc$8,00060%
The Poore Medical Clinic Inc$7,50041%
Northern Arizona Institutions for Community Leadership$7,3502n/a
Terra BIRDS$6,50051%
Peaceful Revolution Project$6,5006n/a
Central Texas Food Bank Inc$6,05030%
Candelen Inc$6,00020%
Cancer Support Community Arizona$5,50060%
North Country Healthcare Inc$5,50020%
Azulita Project Inc$5,37533%
Williams Hospital District of Coconino County$5,0004n/a
Heritage Square Trust$5,0005n/a
Theatrikos Theatre Company$4,25050%
Mindfulness First$4,00023%
Northland Hospice$4,00040%
The Other Ones Foundation$3,50010%
Northern Arizona Bookfestival Inc$3,5005n/a
Habitat for Humanity of Northern Arizona$3,50030%
Northland Free Tax Assistance$3,5004n/a
Northern Arizona University Foundation$3,50030%
Sunshine Rescue Mission$3,50030%
Museum of Northern Arizona Inc$3,25030%
Paw Placement of Northern Arizona$3,25050%
Armstrong Community Music School$3,05020%
A New Dawn Az$3,0203n/a
Flagstaff Unified School District$3,0001n/a
Willow Bend Environmental Education Center$3,00030%
Planned Parenthood Arizona Inc$3,00030%
Quality Connections Inc$3,00040%
Sun Sounds Foundation$2,70032%
Grand Canyon Youth Inc$2,50020%
World Central Kitchen Inc$2,35010%
Todos Juntos Learning Center$2,25010%
Dig Deep$2,1501n/a
A New Dawn$2,0002n/a
Flagstaff Foodlink Inc$2,00021%
Flagstaff Dark Skies Coalition$2,0002n/a
Sunnyside Neighborhood Association$2,00012%
Dna Peoples Legal Services Inc$2,00020%
Lowell Observatory$2,00020%
International Raptor & Falconry Center$2,0003n/a
Tynkertopia Inc$2,00020%
Canyon Movement Company Inc$1,7502n/a
University of Arizona Foundation$1,75010%
Flagstaff Unified School District Foundation$1,7502n/a
The Ark Cat Sanctuary Inc$1,75030%
Friends of Camp Colton Inc$1,5001n/a
Pine Forest Foundation Inc$1,50022%
Orchestra Northern Arizona$1,5003n/a
Coconino Casa for Kids Inc$1,5002n/a
Goodwill of Central and Northern Arizona$1,50010%
Flagstaff Community Band$1,2502n/a
Episcopal Church of the Epiphany$1,0001n/a
Griffith Blue Heart$1,0001n/a
Sacred Peaks Equine Sanctuary$1,0002n/a
Sage Home Inc$1,00011%
Coconino Coalition for Children$1,00011%
STEM City Inc$1,0001n/a
Stuck Community Acupuncture Inc$1,00011%
International Refugee Assistance Project Inc$1,0001n/a
Coconino Community College Foundation$1,00010%
Arizona Cattle Dog Rescue$1,0002n/a
Flagstaff Junior Academy Inc$1,00010%
Northland Preparatory Academy$1,00010%
The Safe Alliance$1,00010%
Synetic Theater Inc$1,00010%
Mountain Schoolinc$1,00010%
Boys and Girls Club of Flagstaff$1,00010%
Chicanos Por la Causa Inc Cplc$1,00010%
Smart Schools Inc$1,00010%
Native American Disability Law Center$1,00010%
Four Corners Fiber Collective$7501n/a
Ballet Folklorico de Colores$7501n/a
Babbitt Brothers Foundation$75010%
Notmykid$7501n/a
Signature Theatre Inc$50010%
Alight$50010%
Flagstaff Arts Council Inc$50010%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$50010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$50010%
Arizona Theatre Company$50010%
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Inc$50010%
The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc$50010%
Arizona Science Center$50010%
Arizona Trail Association$50010%
International Rescue Committee INC$50010%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$50010%
Pine Forest Education Association Inc$40010%
NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc$30010%
The Studio Theatre Inc$30010%
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$30010%
Colorado Timberline Academy$25010%
Johns Hopkins University$25010%
Cross-Cultural Dance Resources Inc$2501n/a
Wakefield High School Education Foundation$25010%
International Planned Parenthood Federation Western Hemisphere Region$25010%
Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival Inc$1501n/a
Pomona College$10010%
Williams College$10010%
Maldef - Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund$10010%
Higher Achievement Program Inc$10010%
Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc$10010%
The Trustees of Mount Holyoke College$10010%
Charity Navigator$10010%
Trevor Project Inc$10010%
Community Residences INC$10010%
National Capital Area Council Boy Scouts of America$10010%
Pitzer College$10010%
Washington Drama Society Inc$10010%
New Jewish Narrative Inc$10010%
Animal Welfare League of Arlington$10010%
Mary's Center for Maternal and Child Care Inc$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 75 recipients with no EIN on record ($127k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Molly and Joseph Herman Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDream Project Inc: $80,429 over 7y, 5.2% of budgetHousing Solutions of Northern Arizona Inc: $22,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetNorthland Family Help Center: $22,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetVictim Witness Services For Coconino County: $21,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetFlagstaff Symphony Association: $18,550 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetLiteracy Volunteers of Coconino County Inc: $18,476 over 7y, 1.9% of budgetFlagstaff Family Food Center: $15,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFlagstaff Festival of Science: $14,500 over 7y, 2.8% of budgetSt Mary's Food Bank Alliance: $14,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Flagstaff: $13,750 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetCatholic Charities Community Services Inc: $13,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Northern Arizona Inc: $10,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFlagstaff Shakespeare Festival: $8,500 over 7y, 2.4% of budgetFlagstaff Shelter Services Inc: $8,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe Poore Medical Clinic Inc: $7,500 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetTerra BIRDS: $6,500 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetCentral Texas Food Bank Inc: $6,050 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCandelen Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCancer Support Community Arizona: $5,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNorth Country Healthcare Inc: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAzulita Project Inc: $5,375 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetTheatrikos Theatre Company: $4,250 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetMindfulness First: $4,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetNorthland Hospice: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Other Ones Foundation: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Northern Arizona: $3,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNorthern Arizona University Foundation: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSunshine Rescue Mission: $3,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMuseum of Northern Arizona Inc: $3,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPaw Placement of Northern Arizona: $3,250 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetArmstrong Community Music School: $3,050 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetWillow Bend Environmental Education Center: $3,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Arizona Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetQuality Connections Inc: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSun Sounds Foundation: $2,700 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetGrand Canyon Youth Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $2,350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTodos Juntos Learning Center: $2,250 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFlagstaff Foodlink Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetSunnyside Neighborhood Association: $2,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetDna Peoples Legal Services Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLowell Observatory: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTynkertopia Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetUniversity of Arizona Foundation: $1,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Ark Cat Sanctuary Inc: $1,750 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetPine Forest Foundation Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetGoodwill of Central and Northern Arizona: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSage Home Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 1.1% 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 96.

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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.

Arizona Community FoundationAZ92.5× affinity66 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arizona Community Foundation · Geofamily Foundation · Geile Charitable Foundation · United Way of Northern Arizona Inc · The Narbha Institute Inc · Health First Foundation-Northern Arizona · Flagstaff Arts Council Inc · Burton Family Foundation · Forest Highlands Foundation · Hartzell Family Foundation · Violet G Young Charitable Trust · APS 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 Molly and Joseph Herman Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

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About Molly and Joseph Herman Foundation

How much does Molly and Joseph Herman Foundation give?
Molly and Joseph Herman Foundation reported 31 grants totaling $42,059 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 93 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Molly and Joseph Herman Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (28%), Human Services (12%), Arts & Culture (11%).
Who are Molly and Joseph Herman Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Dream Project Inc ($80k), Housing Solutions of Northern Arizona Inc ($22k), Northland Family Help Center ($22k).
Does Molly and Joseph Herman Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Molly and Joseph Herman Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Molly and Joseph Herman Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Arizona Community Foundation, Geofamily Foundation, Geile Charitable Foundation.
Where is Molly and Joseph Herman Foundation based?
Molly and Joseph Herman Foundation is based in AZ.

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 205 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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