Illinois · Private foundation
The Herr 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.
- $214k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $7,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations The Herr Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $200k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 4 | $214k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $200k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $45k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $13k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $124k | 58% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $9k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $66k | 77% |
| FY2017 | 7 | $8k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | $400,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Sinai Health System | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School | $41,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Erikson Institute | $36,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Uniting Voices | $7,800 | 2 | 0% |
| Chicago Sinai Congregation | $7,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Congregation Rodfei Zedek | $5,830 | 1 | n/a |
| Brain Research Foundation | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Community Crisis Center Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | $400,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Sinai Health System | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School | $41,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Erikson Institute | $36,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Uniting Voices | $7,800 | 2 | 0% |
| Chicago Sinai Congregation | $7,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Congregation Rodfei Zedek | $5,830 | 1 | n/a |
| Brain Research Foundation | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Community Crisis Center Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hand in Hand American Friends of the Center for Jewish-Arab Education in Isra | $1,200 | 2 | 0% |
| The Wetlands Initiative | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Reading Between the Lines Nfp | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kind Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Special Olympics Illinois | $500 | 2 | 0% |
| Women's Community Revitalization Project | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Institute for Nonviolence Chicago | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Working Credit NFP | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Merit School of Music | $200 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($36k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Herr Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Circle of Service Foundation · The Bluhm Family Foundation · Robert R McCormick Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
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About The Herr Foundation
- How much does The Herr Foundation give?
- The Herr Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $214,330 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Herr Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (60%), Health (16%), Education (11%).
- Who are The Herr Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ($400k), Sinai Health System ($100k), Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School ($41k).
- Does The Herr Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Herr 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 Herr Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation, Circle of Service Foundation.
- Where is The Herr Foundation based?
- The Herr Foundation is based in IL.
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