About Herrendorf Family Foundation
The Herrendorf Family Foundation concentrates its giving on Jewish/Israel-related causes, primarily funding Friends of the IDF to support sports, recreation and facility-building projects for Israeli soldiers. Grants are project-focused (not general operating) and directed toward infrastructure that benefits military personnel and their welfare. The foundation’s giving is narrowly targeted and closely tied to a single beneficiary and mission area.
Focus Areas
Funding for Friends of the IDFSports and recreation facility construction for Israeli soldiersWelfare and morale programs for IDF personnel
Who They Fund
high school studentspost-secondary scholarship recipientsstudents' families / caregiversyouth and community-based organizationsschool communities (e.g., Chicago high schools)recreation/sports participants
Giving Approach
About Herrendorf Family Foundation
Herrendorf Family Foundation Inc’s largest recent grants have repeatedly gone to Friends of the IDF, including $733,333 awards in 2024 and 2025 and another $733,333 grant in 2023 tied to the Sports Centre and building support. That pattern points to a foundation that funds project-specific work for Israeli soldiers rather than broad operating support. Across the recent grants list, Friends of the IDF appears as a recurring recipient in multiple years, alongside related gifts to Friends of Sheba Medical Center and Friends of United Hatzalah. The foundation’s grantmaking also reaches a smaller set of Jewish, education, and community organizations in the United States and Canada. In Chicago, it supported the Simon Wiesenthal Center for a high school tolerance education initiative and later with charitable contributions. In Vancouver, it made several grants to Face of Today Foundation and other community groups, including school and youth-related support. Scholarship awards also appear in the recent record, showing that the foundation’s giving is not limited to one program type, even though military welfare and related infrastructure are the clearest throughline.
What Herrendorf Family Foundation Funds
A central theme in the foundation’s giving is support for Israeli soldiers through sports, recreation, and facility-building. That is visible in the $733,333 grant to Friends of the IDF for the Sports Centre Building Fund and the separate $733,333 grant to Friends of IDF - Sports Centre for general support. These awards align with the foundation’s stated focus on welfare and morale programs for IDF personnel. Its education-related giving includes $100,000 to the Simon Wiesenthal Center for a Tolerance Education Initiative for high school, plus later charitable contributions to the same organization. The foundation also funded student support and scholarships: Britannia Elementary received $50,000 for wrap around support for students and families, while Brown University and Boston College scholarship recipients received awards in the mid-$40,000 range. Community and recreation organizations in Vancouver also appear, including Hockey Education Reaching Out Society and Face of Today Foundation.
How Herrendorf Family Foundation Gives
Typical grants are relatively modest compared with the foundation’s largest awards: the distribution shows a p25 of $1,636, a median of $5,000, and a p75 of $12,500. The recent record also includes a small number of very large project grants, especially those connected to Friends of the IDF. Recipient repetition is common: the same organizations appear across multiple years, including Friends of the IDF, Face of Today Foundation, Simon Wiesenthal Center, and Admirals Cove Foundation. The foundation is a private family foundation, makes no program-related investments, and funds individuals as well as organizations. The recent grant list does not show an application process.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$2.5M
Total Assets
$43.5M
Total Revenue
$4.1M
Total Expenses
$4.8M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $2K and $13K, with a median of $5K.
25th Percentile
$2K
Median
$5K
75th Percentile
$13K
Geographic Reach
National19 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Where Herrendorf Family Foundation Funds
Top 2 recipient countries by grant volume for Herrendorf Family Foundation.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 490 | $8.4M | 70.4% |
| 2 | Canada |
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