Funding search · EIN 263033542 · Chicago, IL

Skip & Meg Herman Family Foundation

Name: Skip & Meg Herman Family Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

82
grants reported: $389,950
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $1,100
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Jewish United Fund4 grants · $90,000
Montana Land Reliance4 grants · $40,000
American Prairie Reserve2 grants · $40,000
Nourishing Hope4 grants · $35,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository4 grants · $25,000
American Jewish Committee1 grant · $25,000
Billings Clinic Foundation3 grants · $12,500
Planned Parenthood4 grants · $10,500
Goodman Theatre1 grant · $10,000
University of Montana Foundation1 grant · $10,000

Giving over time

$108,200

2022

$138,500

2023

$64,250

2024

$79,000

2025

Grant history

All 82 reported grants, largest first.

$50,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
General fund
$25,000
American Jewish Committee · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General fund
$20,000
American Prairie Reserve · Bozeman, MT · 2023
General fund
$20,000
American Prairie Reserve · Bozeman, MT · 2022
General fund
$20,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
General fund
$10,000
American Prairie Foundation · Bozeman, MT · 2025
General fund
$10,000
Goodman Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2025
General fund
$10,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2025
General fund
$10,000
Montana Land Reliance · Helena, MT · 2025
General fund
$10,000
Nourishing Hope · Chicago, IL · 2025
General fund
$10,000
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
General fund
$10,000
Montana Land Reliance · Helena, MT · 2024
General fund
$10,000
Nourishing Hope · Chicago, IL · 2024
General fund
$10,000
Montana Land Reliance · Helena, MT · 2023
General fund
$10,000
University of Montana Foundation · Missoula, MT · 2023
General fund
$10,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2022
General fund
$10,000
Montana Land Reliance · Helena, MT · 2022
General fund
$10,000
Nourishing Hope · Chicago, IL · 2022
General fund
$7,500
Planned Parenthood · Washington, DC · 2022
General fund
$6,250
Illinois Holocaust Museum · Skokie, IL · 2022
General fund
$5,500
Sweet Grass Community Foundation · Big Timber, MT · 2024
General fund
$5,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2025
General fund
$5,000
The Shane Center · Centerburg, OH · 2025
General fund
$5,000
Billings Clinic Foundation · Billings, MT · 2024
General fund
$5,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2024
General fund
$5,000
Ovarian Cancer Alliance · New York, NY · 2024
General fund
$5,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2023
General fund
$5,000
Israeli Red Cross (Magen David Adom) · New York, NY · 2023
General fund
$5,000
Nourishing Hope · Chicago, IL · 2023
General fund
$5,000
Amy Krouse Rosenthal Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General fund
$5,000
Billings Clinic Foundation · Billings, MT · 2022
General fund
$5,000
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · Hagerstown, MD · 2022
General fund
$2,500
American Cancer Research Alliance · New York, NY · 2025
General fund
$2,500
Billings Clinic Foundation · Billings, MT · 2025
General fund
$2,500
The Chicago Community Foundation - Innovation 80 · Chicago, IL · 2025
General fund
$2,500
The Chicago Community Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General fund
$2,500
Sweet Grass Community Foundation · Big Timber, MT · 2023
General fund
$2,500
Habitat for Humanity · Americus, GA · 2022
General fund
$1,500
Northwestern University · Chicago, IL · 2025
General fund
$1,500
Northwestern University · Chicago, IL · 2024
General fund
$1,200
Wbez Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General fund
$1,000
American Rivers · Washington, DC · 2025
General fund
$1,000
Amy Krouse Rosenthal Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2025
General fund
$1,000
Gilda'S Club Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General fund
$1,000
Habitat for Humanity · Americus, GA · 2025
General fund
$1,000
Illinois Holocaust Museum · Skokie, IL · 2025
General fund
$1,000
Planned Parenthood · Washington, DC · 2025
General fund
$1,000
The Innocence Project · New York, NY · 2025
General fund
$1,000
American Rivers · Washington, DC · 2024
General fund
$1,000
Amy Krouse Rosenthal Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2024
General fund
$1,000
Dumb Friends League · Denver, CO · 2024
General fund
$1,000
Gilda'S Club Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General fund
$1,000
Habitat for Humanity · Americus, GA · 2024
General fund
$1,000
Illinois Holocaust Museum · Skokie, IL · 2024
General fund
$1,000
Planned Parenthood · Washington, DC · 2024
General fund
$1,000
School of the Art Institute of Chicago (Steve Weinstein) · Chicago, IL · 2024
General fund
$1,000
Amy Krouse Rosenthal Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2023
General fund
$1,000
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2023
General fund
$1,000
Habitat for Humanity · Americus, GA · 2023
General fund
$1,000
One Simple Wish · Trenton, NJ · 2023
General fund
$1,000
Planned Parenthood · Washington, DC · 2023
General fund
$1,000
Erikson Institute · Chicago, IL · 2022
General fund
$1,000
Gilda'S Club of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General fund
$1,000
Trout Unlimited · Washington, DC · 2022
General fund
$500
Caring Bridge · Bloomington, MN · 2025
General fund
$500
Hands & Hearts Hospice · Wellesley, MA · 2025
General fund
$500
Maloto · New York, NY · 2025
General fund
$500
Montana Jewish Project · Helena, MT · 2025
General fund
$500
Oscar'S Place · Hopland, CA · 2025
General fund
$500
Red Door Shelter · Chicago, IL · 2025
General fund
$500
Caring Bridge · Bloomington, MN · 2024
General fund
$500
Montana Jewish Project · Helena, MT · 2024
General fund
$500
Red Door Shelter · Chicago, IL · 2024
General fund
$500
Best Friends Animal Society · Kanab, UT · 2023
General fund
$500
United in Light · Livingston, MT · 2023
General fund
$500
Best Friends Animal Society · Kanab, UT · 2022
General fund
$500
Big Timber Vol Fire Dept · Big Timber, MT · 2022
General fund
$500
Caringbridge · Albert Lea, MN · 2022
General fund
$500
Red Door Shelter · Chicago, IL · 2022
General fund
$500
The Gentle Barn · Santa Clarita, CA · 2022
General fund
$250
Friends of Dornix Park · Big Timber, MT · 2024
General fund
$250
Friends of Dornix · Big Timber, MT · 2022
General fund

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