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Harnish 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.

$5.0M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
62
Grants FY2024
41
Organizations funded FY2023
44%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$50,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$280,000
Organizations funded a year
24 to 41
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
7
Total assets, FY2024
$99M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 44% of the organizations Harnish Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.0M went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
Human ServicesHealthHousing & ShelterPublic BenefitEducationReligionOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving62$5.0M48%
FY202341$4.2M44%
FY202224$2.0M42%
FY202135$3.6M54%
FY202024$3.0Mn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Housing & Shelter$4.3MHuman Services$3.1MHealth$2.8MEducation$1.5MYouth Development$1.2MEmployment$1.2MArts & Culture$1.0MRecreation & Sports$950kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
WA
MT
MI
MA
NJ
CA
MD
AR
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Camp Korey$1,350,000323%
Habitat for Humanity Seattle-King County$1,100,00043%
Maris Place$1,000,0002n/a
Eastside Academy$800,000410%
Montana Rescue Mission$750,00027%
Adaptive Performance Center$640,000447%
LifeWire$550,00036%
Uplift Northwest$535,00042%
Farestart$525,00051%
Landons Legacy Foundation$525,000243%
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All grantees of Harnish Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Camp Korey$1,350,000323%
Habitat for Humanity Seattle-King County$1,100,00043%
Maris Place$1,000,0002n/a
Eastside Academy$800,000410%
Montana Rescue Mission$750,00027%
Adaptive Performance Center$640,000447%
LifeWire$550,00036%
Uplift Northwest$535,00042%
Farestart$525,00051%
Landons Legacy Foundation$525,000243%
Vision House$502,00044%
Homes for Our Troops Inc$500,00021%
Summit Community Center$436,500213%
Rainier Scholars$375,00052%
Outdoors for all Foundation$350,00035%
Eagle Mount$315,00053%
Child Bridge Inc$280,00017%
Love and Sonshine Ministries$275,000322%
No More Under$240,000460%
Recovery Cafe$240,00032%
Vine Maple Place$235,00023%
Family Promise of Gallatin Valley Inc$225,00023%
Family Promise of Yellowstone Valley$200,000114%
Downtown Soup Kitchen Inc$200,00027%
Cristo Rey Jesuit Seattle High School$200,0001n/a
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Alaska & Washington$150,00021%
Warriors & Quiet Waters Foundation Inc$150,00031%
Friends of the Children - Seattle$145,00024%
Semper Fi & America's Fund$125,00020%
Jubilee Women's Center$125,00016%
Community Leadership & Development Inc$120,00023%
Sibling Strong$117,500325%
Summer Search$102,00020%
Compass Housing Alliance$101,00010%
Jubilee REACH$100,00021%
Seattles Union Gospel Mission$100,0001n/a
Olive Crest$100,00030%
Beacon Hill$100,00018%
Treehouse$100,00010%
Family Law Casa of King County$100,00025%
Overlake Service League$100,00014%
Cancer Lifeline$100,00023%
Seattle Police Foundation$95,00031%
The Bar X Project Inc$85,000326%
Next Chapter Foundation$80,75024%
Horses Spirits Healing Inc$80,750414%
Big Sky Bravery Foundation$80,40721%
New Phoebe House$75,000111%
Childrens Center at Burke Gilman Gardens$75,00012%
Bellevue Boys & Girls Clubs Inc$75,00011%
Elizabeth Home$75,00024%
Veteran Rites Inc$75,000211%
Community Homes Inc$75,00012%
Northwest School for Hearing-Impaired Children$65,00012%
Academy for Precision Learning$60,00011%
The Mockingbird Society$50,00012%
Food Lifeline$50,00010%
Northwest Education Access$50,00011%
Veterans Navigation Network$50,000217%
Dog Tag Buddies Inc$50,000114%
Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing Inc$50,00011%
Billings Food Bank Inc$50,00010%
Food Bank of Alaska$50,0001n/a
Alaska Innocence Project$50,0001n/a
Amara$50,00011%
Fosterful$50,00019%
Literacy Source a Community Learning Center$50,00013%
Impact Montana Incorporated$46,000310%
Thrive Inc$40,00012%
Eileen & Callies Place$40,00028%
The Commit Foundation$30,00012%
Family Promise of Skagit Valley$30,00013%
Everyone for Veterans$30,00035%
Puyallup Food Bank$25,00010%
College Possible Inc$25,00010%
Ballard Food Bank$25,00010%
Bacon Family Foundation$25,00013%
Parkview Services$20,00010%
Valley Girls & Guys$20,00013%
Little Bit Therapeutic Riding Center$20,00020%
Operation Homefront Inc$20,00020%
Gamers Outreach Foundation Inc$15,00010%
Atwork$10,00010%
Billings Clinic Foundation$10,00010%
Bayside Housing & Services$8,44210%
Seattle Public Library Foundation$5,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.5M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Harnish Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 81 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCamp Korey: $1,350,000 over 3y, 23% of budgetHabitat for Humanity Seattle-King County: $1,100,000 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetEastside Academy: $800,000 over 4y, 10% of budgetMontana Rescue Mission: $750,000 over 2y, 7.4% of budgetAdaptive Performance Center: $640,000 over 4y, 47% of budgetLifeWire: $550,000 over 3y, 5.5% of budgetUplift Northwest: $535,000 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetFarestart: $525,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetLandons Legacy Foundation: $525,000 over 2y, 43% of budgetVision House: $502,000 over 4y, 4.3% of budgetHomes for Our Troops Inc: $500,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetSummit Community Center: $436,500 over 2y, 13% of budgetRainier Scholars: $375,000 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetOutdoors for all Foundation: $350,000 over 3y, 4.8% of budgetEagle Mount: $315,000 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetChild Bridge Inc: $280,000 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetLove and Sonshine Ministries: $275,000 over 3y, 22% of budgetNo More Under: $240,000 over 4y, 60% of budgetRecovery Cafe: $240,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetVine Maple Place: $235,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetFamily Promise of Gallatin Valley Inc: $225,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetFamily Promise of Yellowstone Valley: $200,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetDowntown Soup Kitchen Inc: $200,000 over 2y, 6.9% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of Alaska & Washington: $150,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetWarriors & Quiet Waters Foundation Inc: $150,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetFriends of the Children - Seattle: $145,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetSemper Fi & America's Fund: $125,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetJubilee Women's Center: $125,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetCommunity Leadership & Development Inc: $120,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetSibling Strong: $117,500 over 3y, 25% of budgetSummer Search: $102,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCompass Housing Alliance: $101,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetJubilee REACH: $100,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetOlive Crest: $100,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBeacon Hill: $100,000 over 1y, 7.8% of budgetTreehouse: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFamily Law Casa of King County: $100,000 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetOverlake Service League: $100,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetCancer Lifeline: $100,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetSeattle Police Foundation: $95,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetThe Bar X Project Inc: $85,000 over 3y, 26% of budgetNext Chapter Foundation: $80,750 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetHorses Spirits Healing Inc: $80,750 over 4y, 14% of budgetBig Sky Bravery Foundation: $80,407 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetNew Phoebe House: $75,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetChildrens Center at Burke Gilman Gardens: $75,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetBellevue Boys & Girls Clubs Inc: $75,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetElizabeth Home: $75,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 81.

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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.

The Norcliffe FoundationWA70.5× affinity35 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Norcliffe Foundation · Moccasin Lake Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Seattle Foundation · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · United Way of King County · Ellison Foundation · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · Medina Foundation · Washington Federal Foundation · Windermere Foundation · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company

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.

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Find your warmest path to Harnish 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.

About Harnish Foundation

How much does Harnish Foundation give?
Harnish Foundation reported 62 grants totaling $4,989,750 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 41 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Harnish Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (24%), Human Services (18%), Health (16%).
Who are Harnish Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Camp Korey ($1.4M), Habitat for Humanity Seattle-King County ($1.1M), Maris Place ($1.0M).
Does Harnish Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Harnish 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 Harnish Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Norcliffe Foundation, Moccasin Lake Foundation, Puget Sound Energy Foundation.
Where is Harnish Foundation based?
Harnish Foundation is based in WA.

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 101 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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