Hermann Foundation

• The Hermann Foundation is a US private foundation based in Worcester, MA, and its filing does not state a subject-area focus.
• Its recorded purpose is to help recipient organisations continue their exempt functions, so a request should explain how the grant would sustain that work.
• Only section 501(c)(3) public charities are eligible, so any group that is not one should not apply.
• Typical grants fall between $15,000 and $130,000, with a median of $50,000, so a request in that range fits well; the largest grant was about $500,000, so that range is not a ceiling.
• Because 91% of grant dollars went to organisations it had funded before, a first approach should be a carefully written letter, as applications are made by letter and no deadlines are given.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Stone Soup Leadership Institute · Enable donee to continue exempt function
  $497,5002025 tax year
• Barnstable Land Trust · Enable donee to continue exempt function
  $250,0002025 tax year
• Elizabeth Stone House · Enable donee to continue exempt function
  $200,0002025 tax year
• Woodwell Climate Research Center · Enable donee to continue exempt function
  $200,0002025 tax year
• Golden State Ballet Foundation · Enable donee to continue exempt function
  $200,0002025 tax year
• Compassionate Care ALS · Enable donee to continue exempt function
  $200,0002025 tax year
• Housing Assistance Corporation of Cape Cod · Enable donee to continue exempt function
  $150,0002025 tax year
• Highfield Hall and Gardens Falmouth · Enable donee to continue exempt function
  $150,0002025 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.