· Private foundation
Harder 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k1 grant · $8k
- $10k–50k33 grants · $975k
- $50k–250k10 grants · $618k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| WASHINGTON CONSERVATION ACTION ED FUND | $122,500 |
| COLUMBIA RIVERKEEPER | $60,000 |
| IDAHO CONSERVATION LEAGUE | $60,000 |
| WILD SALMON CENTER | $60,000 |
| MONTANA WILDERNESS ASSOCIATION DBA WILD MONTANA | $60,000 |
| PEOPLE AND CARNIVORES | $55,000 |
| FUTUREWISE | $50,000 |
| ENDANGERED SPEICIES COALITION | $50,000 |
| HEART OF THE ROCKIES | $50,000 |
| EARTHJUSTICE | $50,000 |
| HEADWATERS ECONOMICS | $40,000 |
| SURFRIDER FOUNDATION | $40,000 |
| WASHINGTON COAST SUSTAINABLE SALMON FOUNDATION | $40,000 |
| COMMUNITIES FOR A HEALTHY BAY | $40,000 |
| THE ALASKA CENTER EDUCATION FUND | $40,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 93% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
54 repeat relationships: 39 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $135k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- WCWASHINGTON CONSERVATION ACTION EDUCATION FUND3× · 2020–2022 · $423k · revenue +14%
- TSTHE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION6× · 2020–2025 · $333k · revenue +15%
WILD SALMON CENTER6× · 2020–2025 · $320k · revenue +166%
Funded once
- WCWASHINGTON COAST SALMON FOUNDATIONone grant, 2023 · $75k
- CSCOAST SALMON FOUNDATIONone grant, 2022 · $40k
THE LANDS COUNCILgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $20k · revenue +77%
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.
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.
Cascadia wildlands defends and restores cacasia's wild ecosystems in the forests,in the courts, and in the streets. we envision vast old-growth forests, rivers full of wild salmon, wolves howling in the backcountry, a stable climate, and…
Dedicated to protecting the world's natural environment on behalf of the public by serving as a public interest law firm. refer to schedule o, part iii, line 4a, for list of litigated cases or advocacy work.
Western rivers conservancy's mission is to protect outstanding river ecosystems in the western united states. continued on schedule o.we acquire land to conserve critical habitat, provide public access for compatible use and enjoyment, and…
Support ecosystem-based wildlife management by increasing public awareness of wildlife issues, responding to information requests, advocating for science-based wildlife habitat management through proposal and comment submissions, and…
Washington wild protects and restores wild lands and waters in washington state through advocacy, education and civic engagement.
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.
Work through advocacy and education to use federal environmental laws such as the Clean Water Act to protect and restore water quality and habit in the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.
SEACC's mission is to protect the special places of the world's largest temperate rainforest, promote conservation, and advocate for sustainability in human use of natural resources. Inspired by the land, wildlife, cultures, and…
The Coast Fork Willamette Watershed Council is a local nonprofit organization that strives to enhance and restore habitat for fish and wildlife our community and for future generations. Our Board of Directors consists of seven members with…
To conserve functioning salmon/steelhead eco-system at watershed levels, integrate angling activities with basic scientific research, collect raw data, monitor environmental functions, salmon/steelhead population dynamics, public…
The Idaho Wildlife Federation (IWF) promotes the conservation of Idaho's wildlife heritage and legacy of sporting opportunities for the current and future generations.
How this is measured
53 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. 53 of the 68 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 WASHINGTON CONSERVATION ACTION EDUCATION FUND ↗
- Who funds THE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds WILD SALMON CENTER ↗
- Who funds Columbia Riverkeeper ↗
- Who funds THE ALASKA CENTER EDUCATION FUND ↗
- Who funds IDAHO CONSERVATION LEAGUE INC ↗
- Who funds CONSERVATION NW ↗
- Who funds WESTERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER ↗
- Who funds TRUSTEES FOR ALASKA ↗
- Who funds HEADWATERS ECONOMICS INC ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITIES FOR A HEALTHY BAY ↗
- Who funds FUTUREWISE ↗
- Who funds ALASKA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds PEOPLE AND CARNIVORES INC ↗
- Who funds COOK INLETKEEPER ↗
- Who funds WILDEARTH GUARDIANS ↗
- Who funds MONTANA CONSERVATION VOTERS INC ↗
- Who funds SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds EARTHJUSTICE ↗
- Who funds GREATER YELLOWSTONE COALITION ↗
- Who funds NW ENERGY COALITION ↗
- Who funds MONTANA WILDERNESS ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds RESOURCE MEDIA ↗
- Who funds TROUT UNLIMITED INC ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE SAN JUANS ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN RIVERS INC ↗
- Who funds RE SOURCES ↗
- Who funds OREGON NATURAL DESERT ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds TWIN HARBORS WATERKEEPER ↗
- Who funds EARTH LAW CENTER ↗
- Who funds Future West Inc ↗
- Who funds The Pew Charitable Trusts ↗
- Who funds SALMON VALLEY STEWARDSHIP 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.
Open a dossier: Patagoniaorg · Wilburforce Foundation · The Bullitt Foundation · Seattle Foundation · Resources Legacy Fund · The Northwest Fund for the Environment · The Burning Foundation · The Rose Foundation for Communities the Environment · Western Conservation Foundation · Tortuga Charitable Foundation · The Kendeda Fund · The Hugh and Jane Ferguson Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Harder Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Harder Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Wild Salmon Center: 49% of income from government
- Oregon Natural Desert Association: 9% of income from government
- American Whitewater: 5% of income from government
- The Oregon Community Foundation: 2% of income from government
- Columbia Riverkeeper: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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