Massachusetts · Private foundation
The Sumner & Lois Herman Charitable Foundation
Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $71k
- Granted FY2023
- 36
- Grants FY2023
- 33
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 39%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $1,040
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 22 to 42
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 6
- Total assets, FY2023
- $816k
- 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 Sumner & Lois Herman Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 33 | $61k | 39% |
| FY2022 | 34 | $59k | 47% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $58k | 36% |
| FY2020 | 40 | $56k | 45% |
| FY2019 | 35 | $53k | 40% |
| FY2018 | 42 | $66k | 79% |
| FY2017 | 37 | $91k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
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 FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish Healthcare Center Inc | $77,046 | 7 | 0% |
| Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts Inc | $45,589 | 7 | 1% |
| Rosie's Place Inc | $28,875 | 7 | 0% |
| Temple Beth Am | $16,308 | 6 | n/a |
| White Snake Projects Inc | $14,398 | 4 | 5% |
| Dana-Farber Inc | $9,725 | 5 | 0% |
| Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc | $5,763 | 4 | 0% |
| Live Life by Music Initiative | $5,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Cambridge College Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Eagle Hill Foundation of Massachusettsinc | $3,850 | 4 | 0% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 79 recipients with no EIN on record ($203k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Sumner & Lois Herman Charitable 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: Greater Worcester Community Foundation Inc · AbbVie Foundation · Coghlin Family Foundation · The Fred Harris Daniels Foundation · The Fletcher Foundation · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · Melvin S Cutler Charitable Foundation · The White Companies Charitable Trust · Stoddard Charitable Trust · United Way of Central Massachusetts Inc · DCU for Kids
How this is measured
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About The Sumner & Lois Herman Charitable Foundation
- How much does The Sumner & Lois Herman Charitable Foundation give?
- The Sumner & Lois Herman Charitable Foundation reported 36 grants totaling $70,983 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 42 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Sumner & Lois Herman Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Health (31%), Philanthropy (25%), Arts & Culture (6%).
- Who are The Sumner & Lois Herman Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Jewish Healthcare Center Inc ($77k), Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts Inc ($46k), Rosie's Place Inc ($29k).
- Does The Sumner & Lois Herman Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 39% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Sumner & Lois Herman Charitable 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 Sumner & Lois Herman Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Worcester Community Foundation Inc, AbbVie Foundation, Coghlin Family Foundation.
- Where is The Sumner & Lois Herman Charitable Foundation based?
- The Sumner & Lois Herman Charitable Foundation is based in MA.
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