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Dallas and Alta Harris Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Dallas and Alta Harris Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$2.3M
Granted FY2024still arriving
44
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$1.4M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$2.4MHuman Services$445kInternational$411kHealth$340kReligion$249kArts & Culture$165kYouth Development$152kEnvironment$111kOther$0
02FY2024 · 44 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k19 grants · $42k
  • $10k–50k17 grants · $444k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $448k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.4M
$16,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HARDING UNIVERSITY - SEE ADDENDUM FOR ADD'L INFORMATION$1,410,753
WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE$86,500
CAMP RAINBOW GOLD$70,000
BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY$70,000
Individual grant recipient$61,000
IDAHO CITY HISTORICAL FOUNDATION$60,000
COLLEGE OF IDAHO$50,000
CARING HEARTS AND HANDS OF HOPE$50,000
IDAHO BOTANICAL GARDEN$45,000
ST LUKES HEALTH FOUNDATION$45,000
Individual grant recipient$35,000
BOISE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION$34,000
FACES OF HOPE FOUNDATION$30,000
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$25,000
RISEN CHRIST CHURCH$25,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $310k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 11% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HOPE HOUSE: $8k → 13%HOPE HOUSE: $5k → 13%JEMFRIENDS: $16k → 16%HOPE HOUSE: $5k → 13%WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE: $87k → 8%WOMEN AND CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE: $40k → 8%WOMEN AND CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE: $30k → 8%WOMEN AND CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE: $25k → 8%WOMEN AND CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE: $20k → 8%WOMEN AND CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE: $20k → 8%WOMEN AND CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE: $20k → 8%WOMEN AND CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE: $20k → 8%JEMFRIENDS: $15k → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
VT
ID
NY
OR
CA
AZ
AR
TN
NC
DC
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

53%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.5M · 37 repeat orgs$2.2M to everyone else

37 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2024, 21 since wound down; 28 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

37
31

Total granted

$2.5M
$263k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+80%

Still filing today

35%
26%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 17% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.0M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesAnimalsReligionHealthEnvironmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • CH
    CARING HEARTS AND HANDS OF HOPE INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $371k · revenue +185%
  • WA
    Women's and Children's Alliance
    8× · 2017–2024 · $262k · revenue +26%
  • CR
    CAMP RAINBOW GOLD INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $190k · revenue +190%

Funded once

  • TV
    Treasure Valley Classical Academy Incgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $75k · revenue +45%
  • MO
    MEALS ON WHEEL METRO BOISE
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • IC
    IDAHO CRISIS AND SUCIDE HOTLINE
    one grant, 2022 · $20k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Idaho Health Data Exchange Inc

IHDE exists to create and maintain a collaborative statewide effort to improve the coordination and quality of healthcare through the use of a health information exchange and health information technology.

Health
2
Hospice of North Idaho Inc

"With open hearts and expertise, we serve the seriously ill and those touched by loss." Our grief and loss program is provided to patients' loved ones, but is also available to other members of our community. Palliative services are…

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3
Idaho Law Foundation Inc

The Idaho Law Foundation maintains a continuing legal education program and administers grants to 1) educate the public, 2) provide legal services to the state's indigent, 3) develop programs to improve the administration of justice and…

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4
Idaho Technology Council Inc

To help technology companies in Idaho start, grow, and thrive.

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5
Sagebrush Steppe Land Trust Inc

Our mission is to protect, connect, and enhance wildlife habitat, working lands, and community spaces in southeast idaho, now and for future generations.

Environment
6
The Housing Company

To address the concern of an inadequate supply of affordable, decent rental housing within the state of Idaho and other states and other similar areas of need. The Housing Company was created to encourage the development, management and…

Unclassified
7
Disability Rights Idaho Inc

The organization protects, promotes and advances the legal and human rights of individuals with disabilities, through quality legal, individual, and system advocacy.

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8
Intermountain End-Stage Renal Disease Network Inc

The mission/vision of Intermountain Quality Innovations (ImQI) is to advance the improvement of healthcare quality provided to people with acute and chronic conditions, including ESRD, through clinical & logistical support,…

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9
Bonner General Hospital Foundation Inc

The Bonner General Health Foundation is committed to advancing the promise to change and save lives through philanthropy by developing resources and creating awareness that helps expand the trust the community has in Bonner General Health.

Health
10
Icon Credit Union

Our promise is to deliver an experience of financial success, with unique style, at every stage of your life.

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11
Teton Valley Health Care

To encourage and support a healthier community.

Health
12
Idaho Science & Technology Charter

Public Education.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Idaho Botanical Garden Inc; the most unlike its peers is Glocal Community Partners. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

32 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 32 of the 96 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/32
Grantees still filing
20/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HARDING UNIVERSITY - SEE ADDENDUM FOR ADD'L INFORMATION: $1,410,753 · OtherHARDING UNIVERSITY - SEE ADDENDUM FOR ADD'L INFORMATIONHarding University Inc: $720,000 · OtherHarding University IncIndividual grant recipient: $151,000 · Other+73 more: $1,153,500 · Other+73 moreCARING HEARTS AND HANDS OF HOPE INC: $371,000 · EducationCARING HEART…Treasure Valley Classical Academy Inc: $75,000 · EducationTreasure Val…The College of Idaho Inc: $50,000 · EducationThe College …+3 more: $25,000 · EducationWomen's and Children's Alliance: $261,500 · Human ServicesJEMFRIENDS INC: $31,000 · Human ServicesHOPE HOUSE INC: $17,500 · Human ServicesTHE CLOSET INC: $16,000 · Human ServicesCAMP RAINBOW GOLD INC: $190,000 · Youth DevelopmentIDAHO BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $98,000 · EnvironmentADVOCATES FOR THE WEST INC: $7,500 · EnvironmentSELWAY-BITTERROOT FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · EnvironmentSt Luke's Health Foundation Ltd: $75,000 · HealthRonald McDonald House Charities Of Idaho Inc: $16,000 · Health+1 more: $2,500 · HealthSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $33,000 · ReligionGLOCAL COMMUNITY PARTNERS: $25,000 · ReligionBIBLICAL STUDIES CENTER INC THE BIBLICAL STUDIES CENTER: $10,000 · Religion
Other$3,435,253Education$521,000Human Services$326,000Youth Development$190,000Environment$110,500Health$93,500Religion$68,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHarding University Inc: $720,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCARING HEARTS AND HANDS OF HOPE INC: $371,000 over 8y, 14% of budgetWomen's and Children's Alliance: $261,500 over 8y, 2.2% of budgetCAMP RAINBOW GOLD INC: $190,000 over 6y, 3.1% of budgetIDAHO BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $98,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetTreasure Valley Classical Academy Inc: $75,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetSt Luke's Health Foundation Ltd: $75,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetIdaho City Historical Foundation: $60,000 over 1y, 65% of budgetThe College of Idaho Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $33,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJEMFRIENDS INC: $31,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetGLOCAL COMMUNITY PARTNERS: $25,000 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetIdaho Humane Society Inc: $21,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHOPE HOUSE INC: $17,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE CLOSET INC: $16,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetANIMALS IN DISTRESS ASSOCIATION INC: $16,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities Of Idaho Inc: $16,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWYAKIN WARRIOR FOUNDATION INC: $12,500 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetBIBLICAL STUDIES CENTER INC THE BIBLICAL STUDIES CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetSTORY STORY NIGHT INC: $10,000 over 2y, 7.5% of budgetBoise State University Foundation Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetADVOCATES FOR THE WEST INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGENESIS COMMUNITY HEALTH: $5,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSELWAY-BITTERROOT FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUND EQUINE OPTIONS: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHANDS OF HOPE NORTHWEST INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTREASURE VALLEY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $1,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOISE BICYCLE PROJECT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIDAHO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds Harding University Inc ↗
  • Who funds CARING HEARTS AND HANDS OF HOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds Women's and Children's Alliance ↗
  • Who funds CAMP RAINBOW GOLD INC ↗
  • Who funds IDAHO BOTANICAL GARDEN INC ↗
  • Who funds Treasure Valley Classical Academy Inc ↗
  • Who funds St Luke's Health Foundation Ltd ↗
  • Who funds Idaho City Historical Foundation ↗
  • Who funds The College of Idaho Inc ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds JEMFRIENDS INC ↗
  • Who funds GLOCAL COMMUNITY PARTNERS ↗
  • Who funds Idaho Humane Society Inc ↗
  • Who funds HOPE HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CLOSET INC ↗
  • Who funds ANIMALS IN DISTRESS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Ronald McDonald House Charities Of Idaho Inc ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Idaho Community Found…Laura Moore Cunningha…First Interstate Banc…Idaho Power Foundatio…Blue Cross of Idaho F…Jeker Family TrustThe Julius C Jeker Fo…Simplot Company Found…Lamb Weston Charitabl…St Luke's Health Syst…Langan Barber Foundat…The Bews Foundation
Idaho Community Foundation IncID34.9× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Idaho Community Foundation Inc · Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation Inc · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Idaho Power Foundation Inc · Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation for Health Inc · Jeker Family Trust · The Julius C Jeker Foundation Inc · Simplot Company Foundation Inc · Lamb Weston Charitable Foundation · St Luke's Health System Ltd · Langan Barber Foundation · The Bews Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Dallas and Alta Harris Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dallas and Alta Harris Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 96 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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