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Robert a & Gloria Sherman Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$13k
Granted FY2023
29
Grants FY2023
29
Organizations funded FY2023
48%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2023
$300
Largest grant, FY2023
$5,000
Organizations funded a year
9 to 38
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2023
13
Total assets, FY2023
$10k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 48% of the organizations Robert a & Gloria Sherman Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
InternationalHealthAnimalsEnvironmentHuman ServicesEducationOther
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
FY202329$13k48%
FY202216$10k25%
FY202137$19k65%
FY20209$5k56%
FY201938$32k63%
FY201827$11k67%
FY201719$53kn/a
91% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Health$44kInternational$24kAnimals$19kEnvironment$13kPublic Benefit$11kPhilanthropy$10kHuman Services$9kFood & Nutrition$3kOther$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 FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 63 grantees
All grantees of Robert a & Gloria Sherman Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Carter Center Inc$15,00030%
Animal Welfare League$12,50041%
Western Reserve Land Conservancy$5,00010%
The Pittsburgh Project$2,50020%
American Cancer Society Inc$2,00020%
Parkinson's Foundation Inc$1,60040%
American Kidney Fund Inc$1,60030%
The Ohio Environmental Council$1,55040%
Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc$1,50030%
Mercy Ships International$1,00010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$1,00010%
Humane Farming Association$1,00010%
Water Missions International$1,00020%
Ocean Conservancy$1,00030%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$1,00020%
American Parkinson Disease Assoc$1,00020%
American Institute for Cancer Research$90030%
International Rescue Committee INC$90020%
Earthjustice$90040%
Blood Cancer United Inc$80020%
American Indian College Fund$80030%
Helen Keller International$80020%
Arthritis Foundation Inc$70020%
Physicians Committee for Responsible Med$70030%
The Salvation Army$7002n/a
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc$70020%
Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue Inc$70020%
Save The Children Federation Inc$65020%
Humane World for Animals Inc$60020%
Best Friends Animal Society$60020%
Feeding America$60020%
Amnesty International of the USA Inc$60020%
American Heart Association Inc$60020%
United States Association for UNHCR$50010%
Greenpeace Inc$50010%
University of Pittsburgh$50010%
Lupus Foundation of America Inc$50020%
African Wildlife Foundation Inc$50010%
Finca International Inc$40020%
Christian Appalachian Project Inc$40020%
Friends of the Earth$40020%
Sierra Club$40010%
Farm Sanctuary Inc$30010%
Anti-Defamation League$30010%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$30010%
Lupus Foundation of America Inc$30010%
Mercy for Animals Inc$30010%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$30010%
Warren Family Mission$30020%
Alice Lloyd College$30010%
The Trust for Public Land$25010%
Paws for Purple Hearts$20010%
Mara Elephant Project USA Inc$20010%
Sierra Club Foundation$20010%
Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation$20010%
American Wildlife Foundation$20010%
The Seeing Eye Inc$20010%
Alley Cat Allies Inc$20010%
American Foundation for the Blind Inc$10010%
Common Cause$10010%
Born Free USA united with API$10010%
Freedom Service Dogs Inc$10010%
Disabled American Veterans$501n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 45 recipients with no EIN on record ($72k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Robert a & Gloria Sherman Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Carter Center Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAnimal Welfare League: $12,500 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetWestern Reserve Land Conservancy: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Pittsburgh Project: $2,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetParkinson's Foundation Inc: $1,600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Kidney Fund Inc: $1,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Ohio Environmental Council: $1,550 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGuide Dogs for the Blind Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Ships International: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHumane Farming Association: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWater Missions International: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOcean Conservancy: $1,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Parkinson Disease Assoc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Institute for Cancer Research: $900 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $900 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEarthjustice: $900 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Indian College Fund: $800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHelen Keller International: $800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetArthritis Foundation Inc: $700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPhysicians Committee for Responsible Med: $700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc: $700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPeaceful Valley Donkey Rescue Inc: $700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $650 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBest Friends Animal Society: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmnesty International of the USA Inc: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreenpeace Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Pittsburgh: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLupus Foundation of America Inc: $500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAfrican Wildlife Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFinca International Inc: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChristian Appalachian Project Inc: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Earth: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSierra Club: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFarm Sanctuary Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Multiple Sclerosis Society: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLupus Foundation of America Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMercy for Animals Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Wildlife Fund Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWarren Family Mission: $300 over 2y, 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 61.

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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.

Jpmorgan Chase FoundationNY10.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving 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.

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About Robert a & Gloria Sherman Family Foundation

How much does Robert a & Gloria Sherman Family Foundation give?
Robert a & Gloria Sherman Family Foundation reported 29 grants totaling $13,016 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 38 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Robert a & Gloria Sherman Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Health (30%), International (17%), Animals (13%).
Who are Robert a & Gloria Sherman Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: The Carter Center Inc ($15k), Animal Welfare League ($13k), Western Reserve Land Conservancy ($5k).
Does Robert a & Gloria Sherman Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 48% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Robert a & Gloria Sherman Family 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 Robert a & Gloria Sherman Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
Where is Robert a & Gloria Sherman Family Foundation based?
Robert a & Gloria Sherman Family Foundation is based in OH.

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 110 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 no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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