Michigan · Private foundation
Happy Buddha Foundation F/K/A Harvey's Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $28k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $287k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations Happy Buddha Foundation F/K/A Harvey's Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 5 | $28k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $38k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $22k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $16k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $30k | 30% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $19k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $11k | 38% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $10k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $81,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Grand Traverse Conservation District | $56,685 | 8 | n/a |
| National Park Foundation | $8,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Leelanau Conservancy | $6,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy | $6,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Munson Healthcare Foundations | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Interlochen Center for the Arts | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Traverse Area Recreation & Transportation Trails Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| For Love of Water | $750 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Michigan | $500 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $81,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Grand Traverse Conservation District | $56,685 | 8 | n/a |
| National Park Foundation | $8,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Leelanau Conservancy | $6,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy | $6,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Munson Healthcare Foundations | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Interlochen Center for the Arts | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Traverse Area Recreation & Transportation Trails Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| For Love of Water | $750 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Michigan | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Circle of Blue Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($16k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Happy Buddha Foundation F/K/A Harvey's 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: Oleson Foundation · Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Happy Buddha Foundation F/K/A Harvey's Foundation
- How much does Happy Buddha Foundation F/K/A Harvey's Foundation give?
- Happy Buddha Foundation F/K/A Harvey's Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $28,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Happy Buddha Foundation F/K/A Harvey's Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (55%), Environment (43%), Arts & Culture (1%).
- Who are Happy Buddha Foundation F/K/A Harvey's Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Regents of the University of Michigan ($81k), Grand Traverse Conservation District ($57k), National Park Foundation ($8k).
- Does Happy Buddha Foundation F/K/A Harvey's Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Happy Buddha Foundation F/K/A Harvey's 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 Happy Buddha Foundation F/K/A Harvey's Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Oleson Foundation, Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Happy Buddha Foundation F/K/A Harvey's Foundation based?
- Happy Buddha Foundation F/K/A Harvey's Foundation is based in MI.
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