Open Foundations · Missouri

Bob and Signa Hermann Foundation

Saint Louis, Missouri · EIN 431616989. 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 $2.9M across 46 grants in 2024, a median of $4K each.

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$2.9M
paid in 2024
46
grants paid
$4K
median grant
3%
to first-time recipients
$67.5M
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
SHARI MCVEY
Address
7701 FORSYTH BLVD SUITE 1000, ST LOUIS, MO, 63105
Phone
3148639200
Form the request should take
THE HERMANN FAMILY FOUNDATION HAS A GRANT APPLICATION PROGRAM TO WHICH CHURCH ORGANIZATIONS, GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS, AND ORGANIZATIONS QUALIFYING UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) ARE ALLOWED TO SUBMIT REQUESTS FOR FUNDING IN WRITTEN FORMAT. ORGANIZATIONS ARE ASKED TO INCLUDE INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR PROGRAMS, BUDGET, AND AMOUNT REQUESTED FROM THE HERMANN FAMILY FOUNDATION.
Submission deadline
NONE
Restrictions on awards
ORGANIZATIONS QUALIFYING UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3). NO POLITICAL DONATIONS.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202503219349107310. 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 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

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Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 46 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1St Louis Children's Hospital FoundationMO$1,000,000ESTABLISHING / OPERATING THE CENTER FOR CHILD AND FAMILY DEVELOPMENT
2Washington UniversityMO$1,000,000RESEARCH FUND FOR SMALL FIBER NEUROPATHY
3The Cleveland Clinic FoundationOH$200,000SUPPORT OF CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING AND TRICUSPID VALVE RESEARCH PROJECTS
4University of Missouri - St LouisMO$160,000WORLD ECOLOGY AWARD ENDOWMENT
5Mclaren Northern Michigan FoundationMI$120,000BUILDING THE FUTURE OF HEALTHCARE CAMPAIGN
6Missouri Botanical GardenMO$100,000VISITOR CENTER CAMPAIGN
7United Way of Greater St LouisMO$100,000GENERAL SUPPORT
8Santa Barbara Bowl FoundationCA$25,000FOUNDERS PROGRAM CAMPAIGN
9Mac Sports Foundation(in-kind Donation)MO$22,917IN-KIND DONATION
10Laguna Blanca SchoolCA$16,000LAGUNA FUND
11Mac Sports FoundationMO$11,000SUPPORT OF TROPHIES FOR MLS STADIUMS
12One805 IncCA$10,000GENERAL SUPPORT
13Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital FoundationCA$10,000GENERAL SUPPORT
14Keyway Center for Diversion and Reentry (center for Women in Transition)MO$7,500GENERAL SUPPORT
15Laguna Blanca SchoolCA$7,000EVENT SUPPORT: GOLDEN OAK GALA

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202035$780K
202165$8.5M
202251$3.6M
202344$2.0M
202446$2.9M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Missouri54%
California17%
New York4%
Iowa4%
Illinois4%

Who decides

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

Elizabeth Hermann PetersenDIRECTOR · 2024
Heather DamalasSECRETARY/TREASURER · 2024
Merrill HermannDIRECTOR · 2024
Robert Hermann IiiDIRECTOR · 2024
Robert R Hermann JrDIRECTOR · 2024
Signa HermannDIRECTOR · 2024

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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