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Eileen Harris Norton 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.

$1.0M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
15
Grants FY2024
20
Organizations funded FY2023
10%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$2,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$1,000,000
Organizations funded a year
19 to 24
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
7
Total assets, FY2024
$3.8M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 10% of the organizations Eileen Harris Norton Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 77% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 23% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.0M went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureInternationalEducationHuman ServicesCivil RightsYouth DevelopmentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving15$1.0M13%
FY202320$1.3M10%
FY202222$1.3M14%
FY202121$1.6M5%
FY202021$306k29%
FY201919$73k32%
FY201824$297k58%
FY201719$252kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$5.6MPhilanthropy$690kHuman Services$193kCivil Rights$84kEducation$55kInternational$47kReligion$45kCrime & Legal$32kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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MN
IL
NY
MA
CA
VA
MD
AR
DC
AL
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
California Institute of the Arts$2,100,00031%
Baltimore Museum of Art$1,052,50042%
First Place for Youth$185,00021%
Children's Defense Fund$60,00070%
Heart River Center Inc$44,500835%
Camfed USA Foundation$34,50080%
The Rape Foundation$32,00070%
The People Concern$30,50070%
Venice Arts$25,50081%
The Studio Museum in Harlem$16,69030%
Show all 41 grantees
All grantees of Eileen Harris Norton Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
California Institute of the Arts$2,100,00031%
Baltimore Museum of Art$1,052,50042%
First Place for Youth$185,00021%
Children's Defense Fund$60,00070%
Heart River Center Inc$44,500835%
Camfed USA Foundation$34,50080%
The Rape Foundation$32,00070%
The People Concern$30,50070%
Venice Arts$25,50081%
The Studio Museum in Harlem$16,69030%
Smithsonian Institution$15,30030%
The Hillsborough Community College Foundation Inc$15,00030%
Casa of Los Angeles$12,50040%
Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center Inc$11,50010%
Pro Publica Inc$11,50080%
Greenmount West Community Center Foundation Inc$10,00012%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$8,20050%
Challengers Boys & Girls Club$8,0002n/a
Skirball Cultural Center$7,50010%
The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc$6,50040%
Reading Partners$6,00060%
Americans for the Arts Inc$6,00010%
Cornell University$5,20070%
The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles$5,00010%
University of Illinois Foundation$5,00010%
Arttable Inc$5,00011%
Heart of Los Angeles Youth Inc$4,00010%
Venice Family Clinic$4,00010%
Los Angeles Audubon Society Inc$2,00040%
Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services$2,00020%
Reproductive Freedom for All$2,00010%
Reach Out and Read Inc$2,00020%
The End Fund Inc$1,10020%
Covenant House$1,00010%
The Clear Fund$1,00010%
Onegoal$50010%
International Rescue Committee INC$50010%
Nature Nexus Institute$50010%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$50010%
Turnaround Arts California$20010%
Southern California Public Radio$20010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.4M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Eileen Harris Norton Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 40 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCalifornia Institute of the Arts: $2,100,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetBaltimore Museum of Art: $1,052,500 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetFirst Place for Youth: $185,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetChildren's Defense Fund: $60,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetHeart River Center Inc: $44,500 over 8y, 35% of budgetCamfed USA Foundation: $34,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetThe Rape Foundation: $32,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetThe People Concern: $30,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetVenice Arts: $25,500 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetThe Studio Museum in Harlem: $16,690 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSmithsonian Institution: $15,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Hillsborough Community College Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCasa of Los Angeles: $12,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetArmand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center Inc: $11,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPro Publica Inc: $11,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetGreenmount West Community Center Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $8,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSkirball Cultural Center: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center for Reproductive Rights Inc: $6,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetReading Partners: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAmericans for the Arts Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCornell University: $5,200 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArttable Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHeart of Los Angeles Youth Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVenice Family Clinic: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLos Angeles Audubon Society Inc: $2,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetRefugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetReproductive Freedom for All: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetReach Out and Read Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe End Fund Inc: $1,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCovenant House: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Clear Fund: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOnegoal: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNature Nexus Institute: $500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTurnaround Arts California: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern California Public Radio: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 40.

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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.

Jewish Communal FundNY11.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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.

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About Eileen Harris Norton Foundation

How much does Eileen Harris Norton Foundation give?
Eileen Harris Norton Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $1,037,850 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 24 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Eileen Harris Norton Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (82%), Philanthropy (10%), Human Services (3%).
Who are Eileen Harris Norton Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: California Institute of the Arts ($2.1M), Baltimore Museum of Art ($1.1M), First Place for Youth ($185k).
Does Eileen Harris Norton Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Eileen Harris Norton 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 Eileen Harris Norton Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
Where is Eileen Harris Norton Foundation based?
Eileen Harris Norton Foundation is based in CA.

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 55 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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