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The Ernest G Herman 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.

$600k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
31
Grants FY2024
32
Organizations funded FY2023
0%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$20,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$30,000
Organizations funded a year
24 to 36
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
4
Total assets, FY2024
$4.0M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 0% of the organizations The Ernest G Herman Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
HealthHuman ServicesCrime & LegalFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureOther
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
FY2024still arriving31$600k3%
FY202332$620k0%
FY202233$600k9%
FY202136$615k19%
FY202036$660k31%
FY201929$410k24%
FY201833$420k45%
FY201724$380kn/a
96% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$1.4MHuman Services$510kCivil Rights$500kReligion$400kFood & Nutrition$383kEducation$260kHousing & Shelter$260kYouth Development$255kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Holy Innocents Church$215,0008n/a
Children's Burn Foundation$207,50081%
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank$157,50080%
Children's Hospital Los Angeles$145,00070%
Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles$135,00070%
Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Los Angel$130,150710%
Tilden Study Center$130,00084%
Venice Family Clinic$120,00050%
The People Concern$120,00050%
Food Forward Inc$120,00070%
Show all 34 grantees
All grantees of The Ernest G Herman Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Holy Innocents Church$215,0008n/a
Children's Burn Foundation$207,50081%
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank$157,50080%
Children's Hospital Los Angeles$145,00070%
Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles$135,00070%
Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Los Angel$130,150710%
Tilden Study Center$130,00084%
Venice Family Clinic$120,00050%
The People Concern$120,00050%
Food Forward Inc$120,00070%
Brothers Helpers Inc$105,000833%
Aster Study Center Inc$105,00077%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$105,00060%
Inner City Law Center$105,00060%
Los Angeles Mission Inc$95,00070%
Women Against Gun Violence$80,00077%
Beyond Blindness$80,00051%
Clarematrix$75,00040%
Clockshop$35,00043%
Step Up on Second Street Inc$35,00040%
Nami Urban Los Angeles$30,00023%
Parkinson's Resource Organization Inc$30,00026%
The Maple Counseling Center$30,00020%
Breakthrough T1d$25,00020%
Brave Trails$25,00051%
Movement Strategy Center$20,00010%
Harold Robinson Foundation$15,00034%
Reece's Rainbow Inc$10,0001n/a
A Place Called Home$10,00010%
Exceptional Children's Foundation$10,00020%
Pacific Neuroscience Institute Foundation$10,00010%
Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy$10,00010%
Veterans Healthcare Policy Institute$5,00016%
Valley Family Center$5,00011%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 34 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.8M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Ernest G Herman Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 32 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetChildren's Burn Foundation: $207,500 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetLos Angeles Regional Food Bank: $157,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $145,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Family Service of Los Angeles: $135,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetEpilepsy Foundation of Greater Los Angel: $130,150 over 7y, 10% of budgetTilden Study Center: $130,000 over 8y, 4.4% of budgetVenice Family Clinic: $120,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe People Concern: $120,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFood Forward Inc: $120,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBrothers Helpers Inc: $105,000 over 8y, 33% of budgetAster Study Center Inc: $105,000 over 7y, 6.9% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $105,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetInner City Law Center: $105,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetLos Angeles Mission Inc: $95,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetWomen Against Gun Violence: $80,000 over 7y, 7.4% of budgetBeyond Blindness: $80,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetClarematrix: $75,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetClockshop: $35,000 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetStep Up on Second Street Inc: $35,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNami Urban Los Angeles: $30,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetParkinson's Resource Organization Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 6.4% of budgetThe Maple Counseling Center: $30,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBreakthrough T1d: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBrave Trails: $25,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetMovement Strategy Center: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHarold Robinson Foundation: $15,000 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetA Place Called Home: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetExceptional Children's Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPacific Neuroscience Institute Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLos Angeles Alliance for a New Economy: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetVeterans Healthcare Policy Institute: $5,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetValley Family Center: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% 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 32.

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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.

The Ralph M Parsons F…The Annenberg Foundat…Weingart FoundationCalifornia Community …The Ahmanson Foundati…Liberty Hill Foundati…Jewish Community Foun…Cedars-Sinai Medical …Stern Sidney Memorial…The Rose Hills Founda…Sempra FoundationMorgan Stanley Global…
The Ralph M Parsons FoundationCA19.4× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Weingart Foundation · California Community Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · Liberty Hill Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Cedars-Sinai Medical Center · Stern Sidney Memorial Tuw · The Rose Hills Foundation · Sempra Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust 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 The Ernest G 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.

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.

About The Ernest G Herman Foundation

How much does The Ernest G Herman Foundation give?
The Ernest G Herman Foundation reported 31 grants totaling $600,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 36 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Ernest G Herman Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (31%), Human Services (12%), Civil Rights (11%).
Who are The Ernest G Herman Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Holy Innocents Church ($215k), Children's Burn Foundation ($208k), Los Angeles Regional Food Bank ($158k).
Does The Ernest G Herman Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Ernest G 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 The Ernest G Herman Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ralph M Parsons Foundation, The Annenberg Foundation, Weingart Foundation.
Where is The Ernest G Herman Foundation based?
The Ernest G Herman Foundation is based in CA.

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 70 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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