Charles and Joan Hermanowski
Boca Raton, FL · EIN 20-5744155. Reported 60 grants totalling $404,500 to 36 organizations across tax years 2020-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Charles and Joan Hermanowski did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $6,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $1,500 and the largest $10,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lighthouse of Broward County Inc | Fort Lauderdale, FL | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Travis Manion Foundation | Doylestown, PA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Milagro Center Foundation Inc | Delray Beach, FL | $26,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| American Association of Caregiving Youth | Boca Raton, FL | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ready Kids | Charlottesville, VA | $21,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cancer Alliance of Health & Hope Inc | Palm Beach, FL | $19,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Youth Haven | Naples, FL | $18,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Grandma's Place Inc | Royal Palm Beach, FL | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Savannah Country Day School | Savannah, GA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Jacob S Zweig Foundation Inc | Margate, FL | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Baton Rouge Youth Coalition Inc | Baton Rouge, LA | $13,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Center for Trauma Counseling | Green Acres, FL | $13,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Reach Out to Read Greater Cleveland | Cleveland, OH | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Equine Assisted Therapies of South Florida Inc | Boca Raton, FL | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Unicorn Village Academy | Boca Raton, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| United Spectrum Corp | Boca Raton, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Piedmont Court Appointed Special Advocates Inc | Charlottesville, VA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The City Mission | Cleveland, OH | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Best Foot Forward Foundation Inc | Boca Raton, FL | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Pacific Battleship Center | San Pedro, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Childrens Cancer Association (joyrx) | Austin, TX | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Camp Holiday Trails | Charlottesville, VA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Coastal Heritage Society | Savannah, GA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Eye Care for Kids | Midvale, UT | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Read to Grow Inc | Branford, CT | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Camp Ocean Pines | Cambria, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Eleven Pictures Limited | Keysville, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hands Together for Haitians Inc | North Palm Beach, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hibiscus Children's Center | Vero Beach, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Hopecam | Reston, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Miami Dade College Foundation | Miami, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pediatric Oncology Support Team | West Palm Beach, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sweet Dream Makers Inc | Boca Raton, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Friendship Initiative | Coconut Creek, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| With Hope the Amber Craig Memorial Foundation | Placentia, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Young Playwrights' Theater | Washington, DC | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
15 of 36 (42%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 41%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- American Association of Caregiving Youth
IN-HOME TUTORING FOR CHILDREN - Travis Manion Foundation
EMPOWERING VETERANS AND FAMILIES OF THE FALLEN TO DEVELOP CHARACTER IN YOUNG PEOPLE - Lighthouse of Broward County Inc
SERVICES AND ADVOCACY FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED - United Spectrum Corp
PROVIDING PHYSICAL, COGNITIVE AND BEHAVIORAL TREATMENT - Youth Haven
PROVIDING TOOLS FOR ABUSED AND NEGLECTED CHILDREN - Milagro Center Foundation Inc
MENTORING DISADVANTAGED YOUTH
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 30 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 14 | $94,500 | $6,250 |
| 2021 | 17 | $105,000 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 13 | $100,500 | $7,000 |
| 2023 | 16 | $104,500 | $5,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 59% of this one's giving went to organizations in Florida. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $6,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Florida.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Charles and Joan Hermanowski's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 810005, Boca Raton, FL, 33481. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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