Hermione Foundation
New York, NY · EIN 13-3673826. Reported 143 grants totalling $6,993,719 to 78 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. 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. Hermione Foundation 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 $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,000 and $30,000; the smallest was $250 and the largest $1,000,000. 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. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan Opera | New York, NY | $2,178,718 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Barnard College | New York, NY | $1,316,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Perlman Music Program | New York, NY | $738,444 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| New York Philharmonic | New York, NY | $627,420 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Alumnae Association of Barnard College | New York, NY | $537,100 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Food Bank Nyc | Hartsdale, NY | $290,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| City Meals of Wheels | Durham, NC | $205,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital | Boston, MA | $205,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Lincoln Center Inc | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Teachers College of Columbia University | New York, NY | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Breakthrough New York Inc | New York, NY | $91,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Carnegie Hall Society | New York, NY | $70,320 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Association to Benefit Children | New York, NY | $68,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Citymeals on Wheels | New York, NY | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Westside Campaign Against Hunger | New York, NY | $45,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Community Food Bank of Nj | Hillside, NJ | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Michael Wolk Heart Foundation | New York, NY | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Seeing Eye | Morristown, NJ | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Feeding Westchester | Elmsford, NY | $22,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Central Synagogue | New York, NY | $22,034 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Merrick Jewish Center | Merrick, NY | $18,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jafco | New York, NY | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Jazz at Lincoln Center | New York, NY | $16,160 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Prison Book Program | Quincy, MA | $11,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Girls Educational & Mentoring Services | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Harvey School | Katonah, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| PBS | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| 92ND Street Y | New York, NY | $8,600 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Glynwood Farm | Cold Spring, NY | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Sweet Dreammakers | Boca Raton, FL | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Uja-Ny Israel Emergencyfund | New York, NY | $7,400 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| The Stephen & Christine Schwarzman Animal Medical Center | New York, NY | $6,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Caramoor Center for Music | Kayonah, NY | $5,800 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Lincoln Center for Prforming Arts | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center | New York, NY | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Safe Horizons | New York, NY | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Foreign Policy Association | New York, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Frick Collection | New York, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| New Masses Foundation | Brooklyn, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Schwarzman Animal Medical Center | New York, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Teak Fellowship | New York, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Coalition for Homeless-Back to School | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Doctors Without Borders | Hagerstown, MD | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Feeding Ny State | Albany, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Giving Circle of Westchester | Maspeth, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Greyston Foundation | Yonkers, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jazz Forum Arts | Tarrytown, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Lifebridge Health | Edgewood, MD | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sharing Shelf | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Grace Institute | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Greater Boston Food Bank | Boston, MA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nypl-Ny Institute Humanity | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ready to Succeed | Santa Monica, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | New York, NY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Thurgood Marshall College Fund | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Animal Medical Center | New York, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boston Symphony Orchestratanglewood | New York, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cnote Foundation | Durham, NC | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dia Art Foundation | New York, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Education Superhighway | San Francisco, CA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fau Foundation | Boca Raton, FL | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| First Book | Moorestown, NJ | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fisher Center Alzheimer Research Foundation | New York, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Museum of Modern Art | New York, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Robert F Kennedy Human Rights | New York, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Tanglewood | Lenox, MA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Bowery Mission | New York, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Project Ezra | New York, NY | $1,040 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Blythedale Children's Hospital | Valhalla, NY | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ramapo for Children | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Comprehensive Youth Development | New York, NY | $750 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Aidslife Cycle | San Francisco, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| In Tandem Cycling | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| US Blind Tandem Cycling Connection | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Partners in Health | Boston, MA | $467 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City Harvest Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $466 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
31 of 78 (40%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 54%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
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.
- Barnard College
TO FURTHER RECIPIENTS'PUBLICLY STATED OBJECTIVES - Metropolitan Opera
TO FURTHER RECIPIENTS' PUBLICLY STATED OBJECTIVES
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 73 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 28 | $954,634 | $4,575 |
| 2022 | 32 | $1,463,399 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 33 | $700,405 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 23 | $1,579,257 | $5,000 |
| 2025 | 27 | $2,296,024 | $6,100 |
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
93% of its giving went to organizations in New York. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
- 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 Hermione Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 35 East 75TH Street, New York, NY, 10021. 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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