Washington, D.C. · Private foundation
The Sylvan C Herman Foundation Inc
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.
- $2.0M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
99% of The Sylvan C Herman Foundation Inc’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 1 organization directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,999,624
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $87M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 44% of the organizations The Sylvan C Herman Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 85% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 15% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.4M 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 | 4 | $22k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $1.7M | 44% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $2.3M | 45% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $161k | 38% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $178k | 17% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $160k | 60% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $248k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Treatment Advocacy Center | $643,808 | 5 | 7% |
| Chabad-Lubavitch of Maryland Inc | $197,416 | 6 | n/a |
| Way Station Inc | $168,750 | 3 | 0% |
| Active Minds Inc | $135,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Brainfutures Incorporated | $100,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Frederick Rescue Mission Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Hope Connections for Cancer Support Inc | $1,562 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.5M), not named here.
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: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare The Sylvan C Herman Foundation Inc with peer funders
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About The Sylvan C Herman Foundation Inc
- How much does The Sylvan C Herman Foundation Inc give?
- The Sylvan C Herman Foundation Inc reported 5 grants totaling $2,021,724 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does The Sylvan C Herman Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (61%), Health (39%), Human Services (0%).
- Who are The Sylvan C Herman Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Treatment Advocacy Center ($644k), Chabad-Lubavitch of Maryland Inc ($197k), Way Station Inc ($169k).
- Does The Sylvan C Herman Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Sylvan C 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 Sylvan C Herman Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, Network for Good.
- Where is The Sylvan C Herman Foundation Inc based?
- The Sylvan C Herman Foundation Inc is based in DC.
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