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Private foundation (trust)EIN 364333045Est. 2001-02

HERBST FAMILY FOUNDATION

CHICAGO, IL 60611

Total Assets

$3.0M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$126K

FY 2024

Grants Made

32

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$4K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$200–$71K

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Independent Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$153K

Total Expenses

$147K

Qualifying Distributions

$128K

Distributable Amount

$142K

Min. Investment Return

$144K

Payout rate 90%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.90%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

32 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $200 through median $500 to maximum $71K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

5 years

Giving over time from 2018 to 2024. Peak $138K in 2022. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

146 grants

U OF A FOUNDATION
$146K
11 grants
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
$87K
8 grants
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD
$69K
2 grants
GILDER LEHRMAN INST OF AMER HIST
$37K
4 grants
BUCKINGHAM BROWNE NICHOLS FUND
$30K
3 grants
TUCSON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
$30K
4 grants
CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
$26K
5 grants
LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO
$17K
4 grants

Grant Size Distribution

146 grants

<$10K
136
grants
$10–50K
8
grants
$50–250K
2
grants
$250K–1M
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

17 states

Arizona
$225K
41% of total
Illinois
$140K
25% of total
Massachusetts
$108K
20% of total
New York
$55K
10% of total
District of Columbia
$8K
1% of total
Michigan
$5K
1% of total
Georgia
$3K
0% of total
California
$3K
0% of total
Virginia
$2K
0% of total
Colorado
$1K
0% of total

+7 more states

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