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The 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.

$168k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
16
Grants FY2025
15
Organizations funded FY2024
20%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$30,000
Organizations funded a year
14 to 22
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
4
Total assets, FY2025
$1.6M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 20% of the organizations The Herman Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k 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
Human ServicesEducationAnimalsArts & CultureHealthInternationalOther
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 arriving16$168k6%
FY202415$141k20%
FY202317$151k29%
FY202222$150k41%
FY202116$120k13%
FY202017$124k24%
FY201916$117k13%
FY201814$109k21%
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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 2025.

Youth Development$329kHealth$220kHuman Services$144kAnimals$130kCivil Rights$90kArts & Culture$75kPublic Safety & Disaster$75kEducation$64kOther$0

Top grantees

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

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Team Prime Time Inc$135,00091%
Casa of Los Angeles$90,00090%
ALS Network$45,00090%
Canine Companions for Independence Inc$45,00090%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$45,00020%
Puppies Behind Bars Inc$45,00090%
School on Wheels Inc$45,00090%
Aldea Inc$40,00060%
The Mr Holland's Opus Foundation$40,00080%
Neads Inc$35,00070%
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All grantees of The Herman Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Team Prime Time Inc$135,00091%
Casa of Los Angeles$90,00090%
ALS Network$45,00090%
Canine Companions for Independence Inc$45,00090%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$45,00020%
Puppies Behind Bars Inc$45,00090%
School on Wheels Inc$45,00090%
Aldea Inc$40,00060%
The Mr Holland's Opus Foundation$40,00080%
Neads Inc$35,00070%
World Central Kitchen Inc$30,00020%
International Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America$25,00050%
First Star Inc$24,00050%
A Sense of Home$15,00030%
Maui United Way$15,00011%
Maui Food Bank Inc$15,00010%
Ps Arts$15,00030%
United Animal Nations Dba Redrover$10,00020%
Coalition for Engaged Education$10,00021%
The Gentle Barn Foundation$10,00020%
Dogs for the Deaf Inc Dba Dogs for Better Lives$10,00020%
Los Angeles Conservancy$10,00020%
Union Station Homeless Services$5,00010%
Covenant House California$5,00010%
Beyond Blindness$5,00010%
Harmony Project$5,00010%
Scholarmatch Inc$5,00010%
Lange Foundation$5,00010%
Last Chance for Animals$5,00010%
The Wooden Floor for Youth Movement$5,00010%
A Light of Hope Support Center$5,00014%
United Friends of the Children$5,00010%
Heart of Los Angeles Youth Inc$5,00010%
9 Dots Community Learning Center$4,00010%
My Stuff Bags Foundation$4,00010%
The Other Bar Foundation$2,00014%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($359k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTeam Prime Time Inc: $135,000 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetCasa of Los Angeles: $90,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetALS Network: $45,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCanine Companions for Independence Inc: $45,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $45,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPuppies Behind Bars Inc: $45,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetSchool on Wheels Inc: $45,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetAldea Inc: $40,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe Mr Holland's Opus Foundation: $40,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetNeads Inc: $35,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America: $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFirst Star Inc: $24,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetA Sense of Home: $15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMaui United Way: $15,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMaui Food Bank Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPs Arts: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Animal Nations Dba Redrover: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCoalition for Engaged Education: $10,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetThe Gentle Barn Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetDogs for the Deaf Inc Dba Dogs for Better Lives: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetLos Angeles Conservancy: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetUnion Station Homeless Services: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCovenant House California: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBeyond Blindness: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHarmony Project: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetScholarmatch Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLange Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLast Chance for Animals: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Wooden Floor for Youth Movement: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetA Light of Hope Support Center: $5,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetUnited Friends of the Children: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHeart of Los Angeles Youth Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget9 Dots Community Learning Center: $4,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMy Stuff Bags Foundation: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Other Bar Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 3.9% 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 36.

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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.

California Community …The Ahmanson Foundati…Weingart FoundationThe Annenberg Foundat…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Rose Hills Founda…The Ralph M Parsons F…Liberty Hill Foundati…Marin Community Found…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Morgan Stanley Global…American Endowment Fo…
California Community FoundationCA15.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · Weingart Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Liberty Hill Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment 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 The Herman Foundation

How much does The Herman Foundation give?
The Herman Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $167,626 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 22 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Herman Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (28%), Health (19%), Human Services (12%).
Who are The Herman Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Team Prime Time Inc ($135k), Casa of Los Angeles ($90k), ALS Network ($45k).
Does The Herman Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The 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 Herman Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, The Ahmanson Foundation, Weingart Foundation.
Where is The Herman Foundation based?
The 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 41 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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