Massachusetts · Private foundation
Harpley Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $40k
- Granted FY2020
- 10
- Grants FY2020
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2020
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Harpley Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year Harpley Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 7 organizations, $40k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2020
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 2
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 50% of the organizations Harpley Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 10 | $40k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $32k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $37k | 46% |
| FY2017 | 9 | $34k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Arizona Shelter Services Inc | $22,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Mission of Deeds Inc | $15,175 | 4 | 0% |
| Arizona Humane Society | $12,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The Nature Connection Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Jeanne Geiger Crisis Center Inc | $10,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Notmykid | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Lowell Humane Society | $9,800 | 3 | 1% |
| Society for the Development of Arts | $9,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Merrimack River Feline Rescue Society Inc | $8,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Reading Community Singers Inc | $7,125 | 2 | 16% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Arizona Shelter Services Inc | $22,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Mission of Deeds Inc | $15,175 | 4 | 0% |
| Arizona Humane Society | $12,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The Nature Connection Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Jeanne Geiger Crisis Center Inc | $10,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Notmykid | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Lowell Humane Society | $9,800 | 3 | 1% |
| Society for the Development of Arts | $9,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Merrimack River Feline Rescue Society Inc | $8,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Reading Community Singers Inc | $7,125 | 2 | 16% |
| Bread & Roses Presents | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Mystic Valley Aging Services Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Live and Let Live Farm Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Actors Studio of Newburyport Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Understanding Disabilities Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Texas Diaper Bank | $250 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($213k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Harpley Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Eastern Bank Foundation · Foundation M · Institution for Savings in Newburyport & Its Vicinity Charitable Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
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About Harpley Foundation
- How much does Harpley Foundation give?
- Harpley Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $39,530 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does Harpley Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (75%), Recreation & Sports (7%), Animals (3%).
- Who are Harpley Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Central Arizona Shelter Services Inc ($23k), Mission of Deeds Inc ($15k), Arizona Humane Society ($13k).
- Does Harpley Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Harpley Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Harpley Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc), Eastern Bank Foundation, Foundation M.
- Where is Harpley Foundation based?
- Harpley Foundation is based in MA.
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