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Harbor Road 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.

$71k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

91% of Harbor Road Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to King Baudouin Foundation Us Inc, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 1 organization directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2024, the last year Harbor Road Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 6 organizations, $71k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

3
’17
3
’18
3
’19
3
’20
3
’21
4
’22
3
’23
6
’24
1
’25

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

International$297kFood & Nutrition$85kHuman Services$63kEducation$31kRecreation & Sports$30kEnvironment$29kHousing & Shelter$25kHealth$15kOther$0
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $6k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $65k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$560k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GRATEFUL GATHERINGS$20,000
MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELT$15,000
SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS TRAIL STEWARDSHIP$10,000
JUST PLAY WNC$10,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INCORPORATED$10,000
SAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK$5,000
SADDLE UP AND READ$1,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $50k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%GRATEFUL GATHERINGS: $20k → 10%GRATEFUL GATHERINGS: $20k → 10%GRATEFUL GATHERINGS: $10k → 10%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

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NY
MA
CT
CA
NC
DC
MS
AL
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 15% of Harbor Road Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Harbor Road Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 9.0% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

68%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$365k · 5 repeat orgs$169k to everyone else

5 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call). Read against FY2024, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
9

Total granted

$365k
$123k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+10%
+10%

Still filing today

100%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentPhilanthropyInternationalEducationCrime & LegalHuman ServicesOther
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

  • SF
    SAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK
    4× · 2020–2024 · $85k · revenue +10%
  • GG
    GRATEFUL GATHERINGS
    4× · 2018–2024 · $63k · revenue +222%
  • BUILDON INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $57k · revenue +27%

Funded once

  • DV
    DEFY VENTURES INC
    one grant, 2017 · $30k · revenue -17%
  • BS
    BERKELEY STUDENT COOPERATIVE INC
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +11%
  • SA
    ST ANTHONY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $14k
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
San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory

The San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory is dedicated to the conservation of birds and their habitats through science and outreach.

Environment
2
Sustainable Conservation

Sustainable Conservation advances the collaborative stewardship of Californias land, air, and water for the benefit of nature and people. For over three decades, Sustainable Conservation has built coalitions of people with different…

Environment
3
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
4
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
5
The Bar Association of San Francisco

The bar association of san francisco champions equal access to justice and promotes humanity, excellence, and diversity in the legal profession. we provide legal services to disadvantaged and underserved individuals in san francisco. we…

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6
San Francisco Bicycle Coalition

The mission of San Francisco Bicycle Coalition is to transform San Francisco's streets and neighborhoods into more livable and safe places by promoting the bicycle for everyday transportation.

Environment
7
Solidaridad North America

We work throughout the whole supply chain to make sustainability the norm and enable farmers and workers to earn a decent income, produce in balance with nature, and shape their own future.

Environment
8
The Sierra Fund

The Sierra Fund (TSF) is a non-profit organization with a mission to restore ecosystem and community resiliency in the Sierra Nevada.

Environment
9
Santa Lucia Conservancy

To protect and steward in perpetuity the unique natural, cultural, and asthetic resources of the preserve and serve as a model of ecologically sustainable development to committees outside the preserve.

Environment
10
CalWild

The California Wilderness Coalition protects the natural landscapes that make California unique, providing clean air and water, a home to wildlife, and a place for recreation and spiritual renewal.

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11
Marin Agricultural Land Trust

Malt's mission is to permanently protect marin's agricultural land for agricultural use. malt's vision for marin county is a thriving and inclusive agricultural community in a healthy and diverse natural environment.

Food & Nutrition
12
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Grateful Gatherings; the most unlike its peers is Formidable Joy. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

17 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. 17 of the 20 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
14/17
Grantees still filing
9/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MYRIAD USA INC: $100,000 · InternationalMYRIAD USA INCBUILDON INC: $57,000 · InternationalBUILDON INCWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $10,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INCFORMIDABLE JOY: $140,000 · PhilanthropyFORMIDABLE JOYTHE BATTERY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropyTHE BATTERY FOUNDATIONSAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK: $85,000 · OtherSAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANKMASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELT: $15,000 · OtherMASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR TH…ST ANTHONY FOUNDATION: $13,808 · OtherST ANTHONY FOUNDATIONJUST PLAY WNC: $10,000 · OtherJUST PLAY WNCAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CLEANUP FOUNDATION: $9,222 · OtherAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEA…PELICAN BAY VOLUNTEER ALLIANCE INC: $10,000 · OtherPELICAN BAY VOLUNTEER ALLIAN…Deboche Project: $10,000 · OtherDeboche Project+1 more: $5,000 · OtherGRATEFUL GATHERINGS: $62,788 · Human ServicesGRATEFUL GA…Santa Cruz Mountains Trail Stewardship: $20,000 · EnvironmentThe Wildlands Conservancy: $10,000 · EnvironmentTHE CALIFORNIA DESERT LAND CONSERVANCY: $10,000 · EnvironmentDEFY VENTURES INC: $30,000 · Education+1 more: $1,000 · EducationBERKELEY STUDENT COOPERATIVE INC: $25,000 · Housing & Shelter
International$167,000Philanthropy$150,000Other$158,030Human Services$62,788Environment$40,000Education$31,000Housing & Shelter$25,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFORMIDABLE JOY: $140,000 over 4y, 19% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK: $85,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGRATEFUL GATHERINGS: $62,788 over 4y, 4.5% of budgetBUILDON INC: $57,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetDEFY VENTURES INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBERKELEY STUDENT COOPERATIVE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSanta Cruz Mountains Trail Stewardship: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE BATTERY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPELICAN BAY VOLUNTEER ALLIANCE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetThe Wildlands Conservancy: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CALIFORNIA DESERT LAND CONSERVANCY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDeboche Project: $10,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CLEANUP FOUNDATION: $9,222 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $5,000 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.

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.

American Endowment Fo…American Online Givin…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
American Endowment FoundationOH10.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Harbor Road Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Harbor Road Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Harbor Road Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Harbor Road Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 20 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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