Arizona · Private foundation
Dorothy Harmsen and Bill Harmsen Sr Charitable Foundation
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.
- $837k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2024
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $450,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 22
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $6.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 6% of the organizations Dorothy Harmsen and Bill Harmsen Sr Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 16 | $837k | 6% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $435k | 6% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $405k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $500k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $420k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 22 | $370k | 32% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $300k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Arizona Foundation | $1,255,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Habitat for Humanity Tucson Inc | $340,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Arrupe Jesuit High School | $250,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver Inc | $200,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Nourish | $110,000 | 7 | 17% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Arizona Incorporated | $95,000 | 6 | 4% |
| Youth on Their Own | $92,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Project Angel Heart | $92,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Community Food Bank Inc | $90,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Denver Dumb Friends League | $75,000 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Arizona Foundation | $1,255,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Habitat for Humanity Tucson Inc | $340,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Arrupe Jesuit High School | $250,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver Inc | $200,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Nourish | $110,000 | 7 | 17% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Arizona Incorporated | $95,000 | 6 | 4% |
| Youth on Their Own | $92,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Project Angel Heart | $92,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Community Food Bank Inc | $90,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Denver Dumb Friends League | $75,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Banner Health Foundation | $75,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Denver Rescue Mission | $70,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Breakthrough T1d | $70,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Bag It | $65,000 | 7 | 3% |
| Safehouse Denver Inc | $47,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Arizona's Children Association | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Northern Colorado Friends of Ferals | $10,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Literacy Connects | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Southern AZ Research Science & Eng FDN | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Food Bank of the Rockies | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Child & Family Resources Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Arizona Citizens for the Arts | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($272k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Dorothy Harmsen and Bill Harmsen Sr Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Arizona Community Foundation · Connie Hillman Family Foundation · United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona Inc · Community Foundation for Southern Arizona · Angel Charity for Children Inc · The Hs Lopez Family Foundation · The Stocker Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Dorothy Harmsen and Bill Harmsen Sr Charitable Foundation with peer funders
About Dorothy Harmsen and Bill Harmsen Sr Charitable Foundation
- How much does Dorothy Harmsen and Bill Harmsen Sr Charitable Foundation give?
- Dorothy Harmsen and Bill Harmsen Sr Charitable Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $837,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 22 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Dorothy Harmsen and Bill Harmsen Sr Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (45%), Housing & Shelter (20%), Education (11%).
- Who are Dorothy Harmsen and Bill Harmsen Sr Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: University of Arizona Foundation ($1.3M), Habitat for Humanity Tucson Inc ($340k), Arrupe Jesuit High School ($250k).
- Does Dorothy Harmsen and Bill Harmsen Sr Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Dorothy Harmsen and Bill Harmsen Sr Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Dorothy Harmsen and Bill Harmsen Sr Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Arizona Community Foundation, Connie Hillman Family Foundation, United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona Inc.
- Where is Dorothy Harmsen and Bill Harmsen Sr Charitable Foundation based?
- Dorothy Harmsen and Bill Harmsen Sr Charitable Foundation is based in AZ.
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