Texas · Private foundation
The Hersh 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.
- $961k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 102
- Grants FY2024
- 56
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 39%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $275,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 42 to 70
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 12
- Total assets, FY2024
- $14M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 39% of the organizations The Hersh Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $125k 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 | 97 | $943k | 44% |
| FY2023 | 56 | $657k | 39% |
| FY2022 | 57 | $1.2M | 28% |
| FY2021 | 56 | $2.7M | 21% |
| FY2020 | 70 | $2.8M | 73% |
| FY2017 | 42 | $2.9M | 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 George W Bush Foundation | $3,175,500 | 4 | 3% |
| Southwestern Medical Foundation | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc | $750,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Dallas Theater Center | $420,850 | 5 | 2% |
| Dallas Black Dance Theatre Inc | $301,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Horatio Alger Assn of Distinguished Americans Inc | $275,000 | 1 | 1% |
| American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research | $250,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Episcopal School of Dallas Inc | $180,000 | 3 | 0% |
| National Association for Urban Debate Leagues | $170,500 | 6 | 4% |
| Dallas Museum of Art | $127,500 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 124 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 62 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Hersh Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 115 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 Dallas Foundation · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · The Eugene McDermott Foundation · The Addy Foundation · Hoblitzelle Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc · Kline Family Foundation · George & Fay Young Foundation Inc · W P & Bulah Luse Foundation · Hillcrest Foundation · Texas Women's Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Hersh Foundation
- How much does The Hersh Foundation give?
- The Hersh Foundation reported 102 grants totaling $961,003 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 42 and 70 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Hersh Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Benefit (27%), Arts & Culture (20%), Education (14%).
- Who are The Hersh Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The George W Bush Foundation ($3.2M), Southwestern Medical Foundation ($1.0M), Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc ($750k).
- Does The Hersh Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 39% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Hersh 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 Hersh Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Dallas Foundation, Communities Foundation of Texas Inc, The Eugene McDermott Foundation.
- Where is The Hersh Foundation based?
- The Hersh Foundation is based in TX.
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