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William H Herrman Foundation Inc at a glance

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William H Herrman 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.

$1k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$612
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Religion$1.8MEducation$742kPhilanthropy$323kArts & Culture$149kHealth$61kEmployment$43kHuman Services$5kCrime & Legal$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$612
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SANFORD C BERNSTEIN & CO LLC AS CUSTODIAN FOR HERRMAN II FAMILY FUND$612
SANFORD C BERNSTEIN & CO LLC AS CUSTODIAN FOR KAMIN FAMILY FUND$612
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–20, $250) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%SEARCH AND CARE INC: $250 → 17%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.

Which US states its grants reach

MI
NY
MA
OH
PA
VA
LA
GA
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.

61%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.9M · 18 repeat orgs$1.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
31

Total granted

$1.9M
$1.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+11%

Still filing today

44%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $612 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesAnimalsOther
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

  • COLLEGIATE SCHOOL INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $515k · revenue +64%
  • Trustees of Tufts College
    3× · 2020–2022 · $7k · revenue +39%
  • JF
    JUMPSTART FOR YOUNG CHILDREN INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $6k · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • CC
    CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE DIVINE
    one grant, 2023 · $750k
  • AA
    AEF AS CUSTODIAN FOR DANA P AND WILLIAM H HERRMAN II FAMILY FUND
    one grant, 2024 · $161k
  • TP
    THE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INC
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue +18%
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
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
2
The Graduate Center Foundation Inc

The graduate center foundation is committed to promoting and safe-guarding the success of the graduate center by raising funds and managing and investing donations for use by the graduate center. the board of trustees of the foundation…

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3
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
4
New York Institute of Technology

New york institute of technology (nyit) offers various degree programs, including undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees, in more than 50 fields of study, including architecture and design; arts and sciences; (continued on…

Education
5
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

We educate the next generation of leaders to improve the health of our society.

Education
6
New York Hall of Science

Nysci's mission is to nurture generations of passionate learners, critical thinkers, and active citizens through design make play - an approach to learning and engagement that is deeply rooted in research on stem learning and guides the…

Arts & Culture
7
Drexel University

Drexel university fulfills its founder's vision of preparing each new generation of students for productive professional and civic lives while also focusing its collective expertise on solving society's greatest problems. drexel is an…

Education
8
Marymount Manhattan College

Marymount manhattan college is an urban, independent, liberal arts college (see schedule o).

Education
9
Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation

To provide with compassion and dedication superior quality health care and rehabilitation for adults and to directly or indirectly coordinate arrangements and provision for comprehensive health care and social support services to frail…

Health
10
Teachers College Columbia University

Teachers College, Columbia Universitys (TC or the College) mission is to empower committed learners and leaders to build a smarter, healthier, more just and equitable world through multidisciplinary knowledge creation, policy engagement,…

Education
11
Fairleigh Dickinson University

Fairleigh dickinson university is a center of academic excellence dedicated to the preparation of world citizens through global education. the university strives to provide students with the multi-disciplinary, intercultural, and ethical…

Education
12
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Neighborhood Coalition for Shelter Inc; the most unlike its peers is Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation. 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

27 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. 27 of the 52 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
21/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHURCH OF THE HEAVENLY REST: $1,003,000 · OtherCHURCH OF THE HEAVENLY RESTCATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE DIVINE: $750,000 · OtherCATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE DIVINESANFORD C BERNSTEIN & CO LLC AS CUSTODIAN FOR KAMIN FAMILY FUND: $161,397 · OtherSANFORD C BERNSTEIN & CO LLC AS CUSTODIAN FOR KAMIN FAMILY FUNDAEF AS CUSTODIAN FOR DANA P AND WILLIAM H HERRMAN II FAMILY FUND: $160,785 · OtherAEF AS CUSTODIAN FOR DANA P AND WILLIAM H HERRMAN II FAMILY FUNDBROWN UNIVERSITY CHARITABLE TR 111695: $117,000 · Other+26 more: $92,562 · OtherCOLLEGIATE SCHOOL INC: $515,000 · EducationCOLLEGIATE SCHOOL INCCRANBROOK EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY: $50,000 · EducationCRANBROOK EDUCATIONAL …Emory University: $25,000 · Education+5 more: $16,200 · EducationTHE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INC: $100,000 · Arts & CultureOpening Act Inc: $45,250 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $1,000 · Arts & CultureCUREPSP INC: $50,000 · HealthSWEET READERS INC: $2,500 · HealthPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $2,500 · Health+2 more: $1,500 · HealthOPERATION SMILE INC: $5,000 · InternationalFOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY: $2,500 · Community ImprovementCARNEGIE HILL NEIGHBORS INC: $400 · Community ImprovementOPERATION RESTORATION: $2,500 · Human ServicesSEARCH AND CARE INC: $250 · Human Services
Other$2,284,744Education$606,200Arts & Culture$146,250Health$56,500International$5,000Community Improvement$2,900Human Services$2,750

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCOLLEGIATE SCHOOL INC: $515,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetTHE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCUREPSP INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetCRANBROOK EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOpening Act Inc: $45,250 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetEmory University: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Tufts College: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJUMPSTART FOR YOUNG CHILDREN INC: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION SMILE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGODDARD RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSWEET READERS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION RESTORATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL HAVEN INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetACKERMAN INSTITUTE FOR THE FAMILY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD COALITION FOR SHELTER INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRISING TREETOPS AT OAKHURST: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGREEK CHILDRENS FUND OF MEMORIAL SLOAN - KETTERING CANCER CENTER INC: $500 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetFUND FOR PARK AVENUE NEW YORK INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTRINITY EPISCOPAL SCHOOL: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCARNEGIE HILL NEIGHBORS INC: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEARCH AND CARE INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $200 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.

  • Who funds COLLEGIATE SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds THE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INC ↗
  • Who funds CUREPSP INC ↗
  • Who funds CRANBROOK EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY ↗
  • Who funds Opening Act Inc ↗
  • Who funds Emory University ↗
  • Who funds Trustees of Tufts College ↗
  • Who funds JUMPSTART FOR YOUNG CHILDREN INC ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION SMILE INC ↗
  • Who funds GODDARD RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY ↗
  • Who funds SWEET READERS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION RESTORATION ↗
  • Who funds PARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds ANIMAL HAVEN INC ↗
  • Who funds ACKERMAN INSTITUTE FOR THE FAMILY ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION FOR SHELTER INC ↗
  • Who funds RISING TREETOPS AT OAKHURST ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO ↗

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.

Jewish Communal FundThe Hyde and Watson F…The Mercy Family Foun…The Goldman Sachs Cha…National Philanthropi…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…The Bank of America C…Paypal Charitable Giv…American Online Givin…
Jewish Communal FundNY18.3× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · The Mercy Family Foundation Inc · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

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 William H Herrman Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from William H Herrman Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 13%
  • Trustees of Tufts College: 13% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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.
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How do I get to William H Herrman Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to William H Herrman Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 52 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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