Herrick Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
386041517
IRS 990-PF coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2024
Location
Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Phone
7346463281
Rating
91
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard

Reported finances

Revenue
$8,710,959
Expenses
$10,323,117

Source: IRS Form 990-PF. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Overview

Mission

Herrick Foundation is a nonprofit. Location: Ann Arbor, MI. EIN 386041517. Tax year 2024 Form 990-PF reports $8.7M revenue and $10.3M expenses.

What it reported funding in 2024

The foundation reported 88 grants totaling $8,782,000. The stated grant purposes included support capacity building program, support mission of shalom life, and support salary of develop. manager, plus 57 other reported purposes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 84% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The foundation distributed 92% of its reported charitable disbursements as grants.
  • Includes asset-sale income: Asset-sale income is shown separately from recurring resources when classifying the revenue model.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes to charitable grants and the filing identifies who received its grants. Assets provide a limited cushion relative to annual grants and the filing reports one or more activities that warrant closer review.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 100
  • Cost Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 94
  • Endowment Health: 50

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 100%; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 85.1%; rating input score 85; 59th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: 17 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Pass
    • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Pass
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Fail
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Payment to a government official: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Missing
    • Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
    • Excess business holdings: Pass
    • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Pass
    • Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
    • Attempt to influence an election: Pass
    • Grants to individuals: Pass
    • Grants to organizations: Pass
    • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
    • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Pass
  • Filing consistency checks: 10; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 20.2; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: At least 100% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 50th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 99 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Endowment Health: Endowment-health comparison scored 50/100.
  • Review — Compliance: Part VII-B activity disclosures: Compensation paid to a disqualified person not reported.