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Harlan 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.

$26k
Granted FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20182024.

Animals$52kYouth Development$28kInternational$25kFood & Nutrition$23kReligion$8kHuman Services$8kRecreation & Sports$6kPhilanthropy$3kOther$0
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$1,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$274k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HOPEWELL HUMANE SOCIETY$5,500
CHESTERFIELD FOOD BANK OUTREACH CEN$5,000
Individual grant recipient$3,400
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$1,500
HOPEWELL FOOD PANTRY$1,500
WILDLIFE CENTER OF VA$1,000
LALMBA ASSOCIATION$1,000
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH NIGHT TO SHINE$1,000
CARE$1,000
SIXTH MT ZION BAPTIST CHURCH$1,000
VARINA LIONS CLUB$500
HOPEWELL OPTIMIST CLUB$500
HOPEWELL LIONS CLUB$500
NEW HOPE RESCUE$500
THE JUNIPER WILDLIFE REFUGE$500
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY22–23, $350) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%RECOVER HOPE: $250 → 7%RECOVER HOPE: $100 → 7%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$140k · 20 repeat orgs$14k to everyone else

20 repeat relationships — 15 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
10

Total granted

$140k
$8k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+101%

Still filing today

55%
10%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsInternationalFood & NutritionCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureReligionOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • HH
    HOPEWELL HUMANE SOCIETY INC
    6× · 2018–2024 · $22k · revenue +52%
  • HF
    HOPEWELL FOOD PANTRY
    6× · 2018–2024 · $12k · revenue +25%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    6× · 2018–2024 · $10k · revenue +89%

Funded once

  • FF
    FORGING FOUNDATIONS
    one grant, 2023 · $3k
  • HC
    HOPEWELL CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - SOCC
    one grant, 2019 · $2k
  • BG
    BOYS GIRLS CLUB OF FAIRFIELD
    one grant, 2021 · $1k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Hopewell Rescue Inc

Hopewell Rescue is a non-profit organization dedicated to saving the lives of homeless and abandoned animals, taking them off the streets, away from kill shelters and providing them with care, love, and shelter. Hopewell Rescue works to…

2
Henrico Humane Society Inc

The mission of Henrico Humane Society is to address the enormous population of homeless animals in the greater Richmond, Virginia area by providing care, shelter, and medical services until permanent homes can be found.

Animals
3
Mountain View Humane

The mission of mountain view humane is to end pet overpopulation in southwest virginia and southern west virginia by providing safe, affordable spay/neuter services and vaccine clinics for the community.

Animals
4
Help Orphaned Pets Everywhere

Rescue domestic home pets such as dogs and cats from being destroyed and to place them in homes where they will be properly cared for.

Animals
5
The Humane Society of Loudoun County

We are a foster-based, all volunteer organization that saves and improves the lives of vulnerable animals by providing care and placing adoptable animals into loving forever homes.

Animals
6
Humane Society of Hardy County Inc

The Humane Society Hardy County strives reduce feral animal populations while enhancing the health of our communities and providing for those animals that may be adopted, a safe, nurturing, and healthy environment.

Animals
7
Hope Fur Paws Rescue

To help injured, abandoned and unwanted animals. We provide food, vet care that includes heartworm prevention and spay or neuter services, shelter and anything else needed.

Animals
8
Northern Virginia Food Rescue

Northern virginia food rescue is responding to the disconnect between wasting 40% of our food while 1 in 6 go hungry. northern virginia food rescue aims to address the disconnect in distribution-in supply and access-by rescuing food about…

Food & Nutrition
9
Humane Society of Warren County Inc

The humane society of warren county is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing compassionate care to abandoned, abused, homeless and neglected animals in our community. we aim to educate pet owners on the importance of…

Animals
10
Sfc Virginia

Sfc virginia is a foster-based animal rescue group in fredericksburg, va. founded in june 2019 with a focus on saving dogs and cats from rural and otherwise underserved shelters in the state, we strive to provide quality medical care…

Animals
11
Help of Raymore Inc

Animal welfare

Animals
12
New River Humane Society Inc

New River Humane Society isdedicated to serving the needs of community members animals in Fayette County surrounding areas. We passionately try to contoll the pet population through spay/neuter programs, ensuring all animals are treated…

Animals

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Richmond Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the most unlike its peers is Humane World for Animals Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

04the grantee network

15 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 15 of the 34 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
10/15
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

BOYS GIRLS CLUB OF THE N'NECK — $21,230 · OtherBOYS GIRLS CLUB OF THE N'NECKIndividual grant recipient — $12,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSIXTH MT ZION BAPTIST CHURCH — $7,000 · OtherSIXTH MT ZION BAPTIST CHURCHNEW HOPE RESCUE — $6,000 · OtherNEW HOPE RESCUEWILDLIFE CENTER OF VA — $6,000 · OtherWILDLIFE CENTER OF VAVARINA LIONS CLUB — $5,500 · OtherVARINA LIONS CLUBHOPEWELL LIONS CLUB — $3,968 · OtherHOPEWELL OPTIMIST CLUB — $3,900 · Other+14 more — $10,830 · Other+14 moreHOPEWELL HUMANE SOCIETY INC — $21,782 · AnimalsHOPEWELL HUMANE SOC…RICHMOND SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS — $2,500 · AnimalsRICHMOND SOCIETY FO…Humane World for Animals Inc — $2,500 · AnimalsHumane World for An…+1 more — $500 · AnimalsMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $10,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRON…LALMBA ASSOCIATION — $8,000 · InternationalLALMBA ASSOCIATIONCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC — $6,900 · InternationalCOOPERATIVE FOR AS…HOPEWELL FOOD PANTRY — $11,700 · Food & NutritionHOPEWELL FOO…FEED MORE INC — $5,900 · Food & NutritionFEED MORE IN…CHESTERFIELD FOOD BANK OUTREACH CENTER — $5,000 · ReligionThe James House InterventionPrevention Services Inc — $3,000 · Community ImprovementHISTORIC HOPEWELL FOUNDATION INC — $500 · Arts & Culture
Other$76,428Animals$27,282International$24,900Food & Nutrition$17,600Religion$5,000Community Improvement$3,000Arts & Culture$500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetHOPEWELL HUMANE SOCIETY INC — $21,782 over 6y, 9.3% of budgetHOPEWELL FOOD PANTRY — $11,700 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $10,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLALMBA ASSOCIATION — $8,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC — $6,900 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFEED MORE INC — $5,900 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCHESTERFIELD FOOD BANK OUTREACH CENTER — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe James House InterventionPrevention Services Inc — $3,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetRICHMOND SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS — $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc — $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJUNIPER WILDLIFE REFUGE INC — $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHISTORIC HOPEWELL FOUNDATION INC — $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTRI-RIVER HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC — $350 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetRecover Hope Inc — $350 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetJOHN RANDOLPH FOUNDATION INC — $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds HOPEWELL HUMANE SOCIETY INC
  • Who funds HOPEWELL FOOD PANTRY
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
  • Who funds LALMBA ASSOCIATION
  • Who funds COOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC
  • Who funds FEED MORE INC
  • Who funds CHESTERFIELD FOOD BANK OUTREACH CENTER
  • Who funds The James House InterventionPrevention Services Inc
  • Who funds RICHMOND SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
  • Who funds Humane World for Animals Inc
  • Who funds JUNIPER WILDLIFE REFUGE INC
  • Who funds HISTORIC HOPEWELL FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds TRI-RIVER HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC
  • Who funds Recover Hope Inc
  • Who funds JOHN RANDOLPH FOUNDATION INC

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Cameron FoundationVA15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Cameron Foundation · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Harlan Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%your share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    typical government reliance, FY2025

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 34 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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