Maryland · Private foundation
The Sally M and Stephen Herman 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.
- $91k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 23
- Grants FY2025
- 29
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 24%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,018
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 47
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 9
- Total assets, FY2025
- $132k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 24% of the organizations The Sally M and Stephen Herman Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 21 | $86k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 29 | $88k | 24% |
| FY2023 | 47 | $98k | 28% |
| FY2022 | 46 | $128k | 48% |
| FY2021 | 23 | $146k | 48% |
| FY2020 | 27 | $105k | 59% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $64k | 58% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $124k | 63% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy | $206,978 | 8 | 1% |
| Resources for the Future Inc | $84,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $82,125 | 8 | 0% |
| University of Virginia Law School Foundation | $69,085 | 7 | 0% |
| Temple Micah Washington DC | $51,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Georgetown University | $37,300 | 3 | 0% |
| Goucher College | $36,942 | 6 | 0% |
| Bluegrass Country Foundation | $26,950 | 7 | 3% |
| Atlantic Council of the United States Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc | $24,500 | 4 | 0% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 40 recipients with no EIN on record ($112k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Sally M and Stephen Herman Foundation Inc 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: Greater Washington Community Foundation · Hampton Roads Community Foundation · Tidewater Jewish Foundation Inc · L & J Goldrich Foundation · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Alisann and Terry Collins Foundation · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · American Gift Fund · Ibm International Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Sally M and Stephen Herman Foundation Inc
- How much does The Sally M and Stephen Herman Foundation Inc give?
- The Sally M and Stephen Herman Foundation Inc reported 23 grants totaling $90,839 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 47 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Sally M and Stephen Herman Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (33%), Education (15%), Environment (14%).
- Who are The Sally M and Stephen Herman Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy ($207k), Resources for the Future Inc ($84k), Anti-Defamation League ($82k).
- Does The Sally M and Stephen Herman Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Sally M and Stephen Herman 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 Sally M and Stephen Herman Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Washington Community Foundation, Hampton Roads Community Foundation, Tidewater Jewish Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Sally M and Stephen Herman Foundation Inc based?
- The Sally M and Stephen Herman Foundation Inc is based in MD.
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