Open Foundations · Massachusetts

Hermann Foundation Inc

Worcester, Massachusetts · EIN 562385301. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $4.7M across 63 grants in 2025, a median of $50K each.

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$4.7M
paid in 2025
63
grants paid
$50K
median grant
5%
to first-time recipients
$66.7M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
MARYANN COPELAND TREASURER HERMANN
Address
89 SHREWSBURY STREET SUITE 200, WORCESTER, MA, 01604
Phone
5087557107
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
BY LETTER
Submission deadline
NONE
Restrictions on awards
MUST BE A SECTION 501(C)(3) PUBLIC CHARITY

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, IRS filing object id 202621279349101617. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2025 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

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Biggest grants in 2025

The 15 largest of the 63 grants paid in 2025, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Stone Soup Leadership InstituteMA$497,500ENABLE DONEE TO CONTINUE EXEMPT FUNCTION
2Barnstable Land TrustMA$250,000ENABLE DONEE TO CONTINUE EXEMPT FUNCTION
3Compassionate Care AlsMA$200,000ENABLE DONEE TO CONTINUE EXEMPT FUNCTION
4Elizabeth Stone HouseMA$200,000ENABLE DONEE TO CONTINUE EXEMPT FUNCTION
5Golden State Ballet FoundationCA$200,000ENABLE DONEE TO CONTINUE EXEMPT FUNCTION
6Woodwell Climate Research CenterMA$200,000ENABLE DONEE TO CONTINUE EXEMPT FUNCTION
7Highfield Hall and Gardens FalmouthMA$150,000ENABLE DONEE TO CONTINUE EXEMPT FUNCTION
8Housing Assistance Corp of Cape CodMA$150,000ENABLE DONEE TO CONTINUE EXEMPT FUNCTION
9Pet Place International IncCA$134,000ENABLE DONEE TO CONTINUE EXEMPT FUNCTION
10Community Health Center of Cape CodMA$125,000ENABLE DONEE TO CONTINUE EXEMPT FUNCTION
11Cape Arts & Entertainment IncMA$100,000ENABLE DONEE TO CONTINUE EXEMPT FUNCTION
12Falmouth AcademyMA$100,000ENABLE DONEE TO CONTINUE EXEMPT FUNCTION
13Falmouth Housing TrustMA$100,000ENABLE DONEE TO CONTINUE EXEMPT FUNCTION
14Farming FalmouthMA$100,000ENABLE DONEE TO CONTINUE EXEMPT FUNCTION
15Northeastern UniversityMA$100,000ENABLE DONEE TO CONTINUE EXEMPT FUNCTION

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202068$3.7M
202160$3.9M
202270$4.4M
202378$4.4M
202468$4.6M
2025 (partial year)63$4.7M

Where the money went

Share of 2025 grant dollars by recipient state
Massachusetts75%
California16%
Connecticut8%
Nebraska2%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Edward StarzykDIRECTOR · 2025
Jennifer StarzykDIRECTOR · 2025
Kerry QuinninDIRECTOR · 2025
Maria StarzykPRESIDENT/DIRECTOR · 2025
Maryann CopelandTREAS/SEC/DIRECTOR · 2025

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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