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The Robin E Hernreich Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The Robin E Hernreich Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$125k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$38k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$115kCommunity Improvement$95kFood & Nutrition$90kHealth$80kEducation$80kEnvironment$70kPhilanthropy$48kYouth Development$10k
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $108k
$20,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$3.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CLINTON FOUNDATION$37,500
THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION$25,000
PERFORMANCE SPACE 122 INC$25,000
VAIL HEALTH SERVICES FOUNDATION$20,000
VAIL PERFORMING ARTS ACADEMY$7,500
THE VAIL JAZZ FOUNDATION INC$5,000
VAIL VALLEY FOUNDATION$5,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 47% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%Fractured Atlas: $5k → 9%PERFORMANCE SPACE 122 INC: $25k → 17%Lower East Side Film Festival: $2k → 20%CLINTON FOUNDATION: $38k → 17%WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $25k → 11%Lindsey Vonn Foundation: $3k → 5%THE VAIL VALLEY FOUNDATION: $50k → 7%THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $25k → 9%Chairty Aid Foundation: $5k → 9%Performance Space New York: $10k → 17%Rainforest Foundation: $50k → 20%Clinton Foundation: $10k → 17%Washington University: $25k → 11%VAIL VALLEY FOUNDATION: $34k → 7%PERFORMANCE SPACE NEW YORK: $10k → 17%Rainforest Foundation: $20k → 20%VAIL VALLEY FOUNDATION: $5k → 7%Vail Valley Foundation: $5k → 7%Vail Valley Foundation: $1k → 7%Vail Health Foundation: $50k → 7%Vail Valley Health Foundation: $10k → 7%VAIL PERFORMING ARTS ACADEMY: $8k → 7%VAIL PERFORMING ARTS ACADEMY: $5k → 7%Vail Performing Arts: $5k → 7%PERFORMANCE SPACE: $2k → 7%Vail Jazz Foundation: $15k → 7%THE VAIL JAZZ FOUNDATION: $10k → 7%THE CYCLE EFFECT: $10k → 7%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

68%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$335k · 7 repeat orgs$157k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
9

Total granted

$335k
$132k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+63%

Still filing today

100%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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
Arts & CultureHealthEducationFood & NutritionRecreation & SportsEnvironmentOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • RF
    RAINFOREST FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $70k · revenue +5%
  • VH
    VAIL HEALTH SERVICES FOUNDATION
    2× · 2021–2024 · $70k · revenue +97%
  • WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2018–2022 · $50k · revenue +76%

Funded once

  • BG
    Big Greengraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $90k · revenue +79%
  • TC
    The Cycle Effect
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +20%
  • VV
    Vail Valley Health Foundation
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Vilar Performing Arts Center Inc

The purposes and objectives of the vilar performing arts center is to promote and develop awareness of and appreciation of the arts and to educate the general public about the arts through the ownership and operation of a theater by…

Arts & Culture
2
University of Virginia Investment Management Company

The university of virginia investment management company (uvimco) is organized to invest funds on behalf of the rector and visitors of the university of virginia (the university or uva) and university-associated organizations (uaos).

Education
3
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
4
Harvard Club of Washington Dc

To inform and enrich the intellectual lives of 20,000 alumni of harvard university in the washington, dc area and to assist harvard university with respect to applicants and undergraduates from the dc area.

Education
5
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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6
The Vermont Community Foundation

The vermont community foundation helps to build philanthropic resources to sustain healthy and vital vermont communities. the foundation connects and mobilizes people through giving to multiply the impact of philanthropy.

Philanthropy
7
Pacific University

A diverse and sustainable learning community dedicated to discovery and excellence in teaching, scholarship and practice, pacific university inspires students to think, care, create and pursue justice in our world.

Education
8
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

—
9
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
10
Via Art Fund Inc

Via art fund is a nonprofit organization where art patrons join forces as partners in a new model of philanthropy to support visionary initiatives in art.

Arts & Culture
11
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
12
Fisk University

Fisk university produces graduates from diverse backgrounds with the integrity and intellect required for substantive contributions to society. our curriculum is grounded in the liberal arts. our faculty and administrators emphasize the…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Vail Health Services Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Vail Performing Arts Academy. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

12 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 12 of the 18 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
11/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VAIL HEALTH SERVICES FOUNDATION: $70,000 · HealthVAIL HEALTH SERVICES F…BILL HILLARY & CHELSEA CLINTON FOUNDATION: $47,500 · HealthBILL HILLARY & CHELSEA…PERFORMANCE SPACE 122 INC: $45,000 · Arts & CulturePERFORMANCE SPACE 1…THE VAIL JAZZ FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 · Arts & CultureTHE VAIL JAZZ FOUND…VAIL PERFORMING ARTS ACADEMY: $12,500 · Arts & CultureVAIL PERFORMING ART…FRACTURED ATLAS INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureVAIL VALLEY FOUNDATION: $94,650 · Community ImprovementVAIL VALLEY FOUNDA…Big Green: $90,000 · Food & NutritionBig GreenWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $50,000 · EducationWASHINGTON UNI…UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $25,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF …RAINFOREST FOUNDATION INC: $70,000 · EnvironmentRAINFOREST FO…Vail Valley Health Foundation: $10,000 · OtherChairty Aid Foundation: $5,000 · OtherVail Performing Arts: $5,000 · OtherLindsey Vonn Foundation: $2,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $2,000 · OtherLower East Side Film Festival: $2,000 · OtherThe Cycle Effect: $10,000 · Recreation & Sports
Health$117,500Arts & Culture$102,500Community Improvement$94,650Food & Nutrition$90,000Education$75,000Environment$70,000Other$26,500Recreation & Sports$10,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetVAIL VALLEY FOUNDATION: $94,650 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetBig Green: $90,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetRAINFOREST FOUNDATION INC: $70,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetVAIL HEALTH SERVICES FOUNDATION: $70,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBILL HILLARY & CHELSEA CLINTON FOUNDATION: $47,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPERFORMANCE SPACE 122 INC: $45,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetTHE VAIL JAZZ FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVAIL PERFORMING ARTS ACADEMY: $12,500 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetThe Cycle Effect: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFRACTURED ATLAS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA9.7× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Robin E Hernreich Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Robin E Hernreich Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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 18 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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