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The Herson-Stirman Family Foundation Inc

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.

$233k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
30
Grants FY2025
27
Organizations funded FY2024
4%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$6,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$24,500
Organizations funded a year
26 to 33
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
11
Total assets, FY2025
$1.3M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 4% of the organizations The Herson-Stirman Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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
InternationalHuman ServicesCivil RightsEnvironmentHealthAnimalsOther
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 arriving30$233k20%
FY202427$151k4%
FY202326$157k0%
FY202233$223k24%
FY202132$169k16%
FY202027$138k7%
FY201927$157k7%
FY201831$215k16%
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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 2024.

Health$223kInternational$201kPhilanthropy$149kEnvironment$118kEducation$99kReligion$99kFood & Nutrition$98kPublic Safety & Disaster$93kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
NY
OR
IN
PA
CA
VA
MD
TN
DC
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

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

Show all 37 grantees
All grantees of The Herson-Stirman Family Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Usagainstalzheimer's$111,00090%
World Central Kitchen Inc$105,00090%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$96,35090%
World Dance for Humanity$84,00046%
Equest$83,50071%
The DC Central Kitchen Inc$81,20090%
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces$75,25090%
Montgomery College Foundation$67,00021%
Pennsylvania Home of the Sparrow$55,75091%
Capital Area Food Bank Inc$44,25090%
Philabundance$43,75090%
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc$38,60090%
Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind$33,50090%
Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services$29,25080%
Bread for the City Inc$27,60090%
International Rescue Committee INC$27,25090%
National Network of Abortion Funds Inc$26,25040%
Communities in Schools of the Dallas Regioninc$26,00050%
Hias Inc$25,35080%
Knoxville Museum of Art$22,50090%
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc$20,40010%
Blood Cancer United Inc$12,00020%
The Boot Campaign Inc$11,00050%
The Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation$10,50010%
Bridge Refugee Services Inc$10,00010%
Genesis Womens Shelter & Support$9,50010%
She Should Run$7,50021%
Women's Fund of East Tennessee$6,75060%
Israel Magen Fund Inc$5,00030%
Smoky Mountain Service Dogs$5,00010%
National Center for Children and Families$5,00010%
A Wider Circle Inc$5,0001n/a
Fisher House Foundation Inc$2,50010%
Trout Unlimited Inc$2,50010%
Children's Health System of Texas$2,00020%
American Heart Association Inc$2,00020%
The Carbon Underground$2,0001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($439k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Herson-Stirman Family Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUsagainstalzheimer's: $111,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $105,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $96,350 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Dance for Humanity: $84,000 over 4y, 5.5% of budgetEquest: $83,500 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetThe DC Central Kitchen Inc: $81,200 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of the Israel Defense Forces: $75,250 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMontgomery College Foundation: $67,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetPennsylvania Home of the Sparrow: $55,750 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetCapital Area Food Bank Inc: $44,250 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetPhilabundance: $43,750 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetEverytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc: $38,600 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetIsrael Guide Dog Center for the Blind: $33,500 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetRefugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services: $29,250 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBread for the City Inc: $27,600 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $27,250 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetNational Network of Abortion Funds Inc: $26,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCommunities in Schools of the Dallas Regioninc: $26,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetHias Inc: $25,350 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetKnoxville Museum of Art: $22,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc: $20,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Boot Campaign Inc: $11,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetThe Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation: $10,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBridge Refugee Services Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGenesis Womens Shelter & Support: $9,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetShe Should Run: $7,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetWomen's Fund of East Tennessee: $6,750 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetIsrael Magen Fund Inc: $5,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSmoky Mountain Service Dogs: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNational Center for Children and Families: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFisher House Foundation Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTrout Unlimited Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Health System of Texas: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $2,000 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 35.

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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 Pfizer Foundation IncNY14.9× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Herson-Stirman Family Foundation Inc

How much does The Herson-Stirman Family Foundation Inc give?
The Herson-Stirman Family Foundation Inc reported 30 grants totaling $233,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 26 and 33 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Herson-Stirman Family Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (16%), International (14%), Philanthropy (10%).
Who are The Herson-Stirman Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Usagainstalzheimer's ($111k), World Central Kitchen Inc ($105k), Natural Resources Defense Council Inc ($96k).
Does The Herson-Stirman Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 4% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Herson-Stirman Family Foundation Inc 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 Herson-Stirman Family Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Pfizer Foundation Inc, The Blackbaud Giving Fund, The Ayco Charitable Foundation.
Where is The Herson-Stirman Family Foundation Inc based?
The Herson-Stirman Family Foundation Inc is based in TN.

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 58 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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