· Private foundation
Harmon 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.
Read this first · the figures below need context
69% of Harmon Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to El Paso Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 5 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year Harmon Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $45k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2022
- Under $10k5 grants · $25k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| PEACE USA | $20,000 |
| PM HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| DENVER RESCUE MISSION | $5,000 |
| CO HORSE RESCUE NETWORK | $5,000 |
| DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE | $5,000 |
| TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
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 (FY19–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 31% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +253% since the first grant, against +90% for those funded once.
5 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2022, 0 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call). Read against FY2022, 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
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CHCOLORADO HORSE RESCUE NETWORK6× · 2019–2024 · $30k · revenue +546%
- DDDENVER DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE6× · 2019–2024 · $30k · revenue +253%
- DRDENVER RESCUE MISSION6× · 2019–2024 · $30k · revenue +47%
Funded once
- HHHOPE HAVEN CHARITABLE TRUSTgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $500 · revenue +90%
- TCTHE CAREY FOUNDATION INCone grant, 2019 · $100 · revenue -10%
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.
Seeking to put god's love into action, habitat for humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope.
See schedule o.to prevent cruelty and neglect of animals within the state of colorado by:-assisting agencies in the enforcement of laws relating to cruelty and neglect of companion animals and equines-educating the public on animal welfare…
We connect people, ideas, and nonprofits to make good happen. our vision is that all of jeffco is thriving.
To care for pets, find them homes and save lives.
To prevent the abuse and neglect of horses through rescue and education.
To prevent the euthanasia of adoptable pets and support animal welfare groups to this end.
The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…
Because of our love for God, we extend his mercy as we strive to empower and improve the lives of unsheltered adults in Pueblo, CO, through provisions of food, shelter and navigational support services.
Reduce the euthanasia rate of healthy and adoptable animals and improve the lives of companion animals by finding permanent homes for animals in need, providing support to communities who do not have access to humane organizations,…
To offer compassionate care to animals, support safe communities, and provide socially conscious sheltering. (continued on schedule o)
To rescue and rehabilitate dogs and cats and place them in forever homes.
Donor network west is the federally designated organ procurement organization serving northern california and northern nevada. the service area includes nearly 14 million people across 100,000 square miles. approximately 110,000 people are…
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 10 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 EL PASO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds COLORADO HORSE RESCUE NETWORK ↗
- Who funds DENVER DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE ↗
- Who funds DENVER RESCUE MISSION ↗
- Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds PM HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds WET NOSES RESCUE ↗
- Who funds HOPE HAVEN CHARITABLE TRUST ↗
- Who funds THE CAREY FOUNDATION 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: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Harmon Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Harmon Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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