Skip and Meg Herman Family Foundation
Private foundation · Chicago, IL · EIN 26-3033542 · reported 2023–2025 · files as Skip & Meg Herman Family Foundation
61grants reported
$1,000median award
$1,000lower quartile
$250smallest grant
$282Ktotal paid
14states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 6 of its 61 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $96K in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
3800 N Lake Shore Drive 15b
Chicago, IL 60613-3301
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Jewish United Fund | Chicago, IL | $50,000 |
| American Jewish Committee | Philadelphia, PA | $25,000 |
| American Prairie Reserve | Bozeman, MT | $20,000 |
| American Prairie Foundation | Bozeman, MT | $10,000 |
| Jewish United Fund | Chicago, IL | $10,000 |
| Montana Land Reliance | Helena, MT | $10,000 |
| Nourishing Hope | Chicago, IL | $10,000 |
| Goodman Theatre | Chicago, IL | $10,000 |
| Montana Land Reliance | Helena, MT | $10,000 |
| University of Montana Foundation | Missoula, MT | $10,000 |
| Jewish United Fund | Chicago, IL | $10,000 |
| Montana Land Reliance | Helena, MT | $10,000 |
| Nourishing Hope | Chicago, IL | $10,000 |
| Sweet Grass Community Foundation | Big Timber, MT | $5,500 |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | Chicago, IL | $5,000 |
| The Shane Center | Centerburg, OH | $5,000 |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | Chicago, IL | $5,000 |
| Israeli Red Cross (magen David Adom) | New York, NY | $5,000 |
| Nourishing Hope | Chicago, IL | $5,000 |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | Chicago, IL | $5,000 |
| Billings Clinic Foundation | Billings, MT | $5,000 |
| Ovarian Cancer Alliance | New York, NY | $5,000 |
| Billings Clinic Foundation | Billings, MT | $2,500 |
| American Cancer Research Alliance | New York, NY | $2,500 |
| The Chicago Community Foundation - Innovation 80 | Chicago, IL | $2,500 |
| Sweet Grass Community Foundation | Big Timber, MT | $2,500 |
| The Chicago Community Foundation | Chicago, IL | $2,500 |
| Northwestern University | Chicago, IL | $1,500 |
| Northwestern University | Chicago, IL | $1,500 |
| American Rivers | Washington, DC | $1,000 |
| Amy Krouse Rosenthal Foundation | Evanston, IL | $1,000 |
| Gilda's Club Chicago | Chicago, IL | $1,000 |
| Habitat for Humanity | Americus, GA | $1,000 |
| Illinois Holocaust Museum | Skokie, IL | $1,000 |
| Planned Parenthood | Washington, DC | $1,000 |
| The Innocence Project | New York, NY | $1,000 |
| Amy Krouse Rosenthal Foundation | Evanston, IL | $1,000 |
| Doctors Without Borders | Hagerstown, MD | $1,000 |
| Habitat for Humanity | Americus, GA | $1,000 |
| One Simple Wish | Trenton, NJ | $1,000 |
| Planned Parenthood | Washington, DC | $1,000 |
| Amy Krouse Rosenthal Foundation | Evanston, IL | $1,000 |
| Habitat for Humanity | Americus, GA | $1,000 |
| Planned Parenthood | Washington, DC | $1,000 |
| Gilda's Club Chicago | Chicago, IL | $1,000 |
| School of the Art Institute of Chicago (steve Weinstein) | Chicago, IL | $1,000 |
| Dumb Friends League | Denver, CO | $1,000 |
| American Rivers | Washington, DC | $1,000 |
| Illinois Holocaust Museum | Skokie, IL | $1,000 |
| Caring Bridge | Bloomington, MN | $500 |
| Montana Jewish Project | Helena, MT | $500 |
| Red Door Shelter | Chicago, IL | $500 |
| Maloto Inc | New York, NY | $500 |
| Hands & Hearts Hospice | Wellesley, MA | $500 |
| Oscar's Place | Hopland, CA | $500 |
| Best Friends Animal Society | Kanab, UT | $500 |
| United in Light | Livingston, MT | $500 |
| Caring Bridge | Bloomington, MN | $500 |
| Red Door Shelter | Chicago, IL | $500 |
| Montana Jewish Project | Helena, MT | $500 |
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