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Herman Robert E Charitable Tr Main

Saint Louis, MO · EIN 46-4365075. Reported 61 grants totalling $2,315,350 to 39 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$30,000median grant
$2,315,350granted, 2021-2024
39organizations funded
41%of grantees funded again the next year
$15.5Massets, latest filing

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. Herman Robert E Charitable Tr Main did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $30,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $20,000 and $50,000; the smallest was $10,000 and the largest $150,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$10,000 - $25,000
21 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
24 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
12 grants
$100,000 and Up
4 grants

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.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Coyote Clay Target League IncWilliston, ND$261,500332024
Wf Events LLCWest Fargo, ND$250,000332024
The Village Family Service CenterFargo, ND$170,000442024
Lighthouse Church of FargoFargo, ND$142,553332024
Chi Health Connect at Home - FargoFargo, ND$126,000222024
Williston Community BuildersWilliston, ND$100,000112023
Fargo Air MuseumFargo, ND$85,000332023
Western Star Aviation Education FundWilliston, ND$80,000112024
Anne Carlsen CenterJamestown, ND$76,000112024
Down HomeFargo, ND$75,000332024
Friends of the Children Fargo-MoorheadFargo, ND$75,000332024
Great Plains Food BankFargo, ND$75,000332024
Upper Missouri Lutheran Bible CampEpping, ND$65,000112022
Dakota Boys and Girls RanchMinot, ND$51,000112022
Jeremiah ProgramMinneapolis, MN$50,000112023
Norsk Hostfest AssociationMinot, ND$50,000112023
Stage West Community TheatreCheney, WA$50,000112022
Dakota Family SolutionsWilliston, ND$46,000442024
Badlands MinistriesMedora, ND$45,000112021
Fargo Prairie Heights Community Church OWest Fargo, ND$45,000112022
Perry Center IncWest Fargo, ND$41,000222024
Williston Chamber of CommerceWilliston, SD$40,000112021
Williston Community Library FdnWilliston, ND$40,000112021
Williston Coyote Foundation a North DakoWilliston, ND$35,000112022
Jeremiah ProgramFargo, ND$25,000112024
Spare KeySt Paul, MN$25,000112024
Small Wonders Preschool and Childcare CenterFargo, ND$21,750112021
Mon-Dak Gymnastics Support GroupWilliston, ND$20,000112024
Mondak Humane SocietyWilliston, ND$20,000112021
Small Wonders PreschoolFargo, ND$19,500112023
City of WillistonWilliston, ND$17,447112022
Donorschoose OrgNew York, NY$15,000112023
Mckenzie County Public School District #Watford City, ND$14,000112024
The Salvation ArmyAlexandria, VA$12,000112022
Books 4 Kids ProgramArlington, SD$11,600112021
Bio Girls IncFargo, ND$10,000112024
Dickinson Backpack ProgramDickinson, ND$10,000112023
St John Lutheran ChurchDickinson, ND$10,000112022
Williston Community Library FoundationWilliston, ND$10,000112022

11 of 39 (28%) 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.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 42 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Human Services
10 grants
Education
5 grants
Recreation & Sports
5 grants
Arts & Culture
5 grants
Youth Development
5 grants
Religion
3 grants
Food & Nutrition
3 grants
Housing & Shelter
2 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202111$425,350$25,000
202217$650,000$35,000
202316$640,000$30,000
202417$600,000$25,000

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. 91% of this one's giving went to organizations in North Dakota. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

North Dakota
$2.1M
Minnesota
$75K
South Dakota
$52K
Washington
$50K
New York
$15K
Virginia
$12K

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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.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund10 shared recipientsFargo-Moorhead Area Foundation9 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc9 shared recipientsNorth Dakota Community Foundation9 shared recipientsBlue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Caring Foundation8 shared recipientsThrivent Charitable Impact & Investing7 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $30,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in North Dakota.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.

Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Herman Robert E Charitable Tr Main's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 505 Mac H0006-092, Saint Louis, MO, 63166. 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.

EIN 46-4365075 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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