· Private foundation
Harpley Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2020
- Under $10k8 grants · $20k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| CASS - CENTRAL ARIZONA SHELTER SERVICES | $10,000 |
| WALTHAM FIELDS COMMUNITY GARDEN | $5,000 |
| ARIZONA HUMANE SOCIETY | $5,000 |
| JEANNA GEIGER CRISIS CENTER | $2,500 |
| MYSTIC VALLEY ELDER SERVICES | $2,500 |
| FIREHOUSE CENTER FOR THE ARTS | $1,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,030 |
| ACTORS STUDIO OF NEWBURYPORT | $1,000 |
| UNDERSTANDING DISABILITIES | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–21, $38k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 27% of those 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.
15 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2020, 9 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call). Read against FY2020, 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, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CACENTRAL ARIZONA SHELTER SERVICES INC4× · 2017–2020 · $23k · revenue +72%
- MOMission of Deeds Inc4× · 2017–2021 · $15k · revenue +59%
- AHArizona Humane Society3× · 2019–2021 · $13k · revenue +108%
Funded once
- R3READING 375one grant, 2019 · $5k
- CACREATIVE ARTSone grant, 2018 · $3k
- EEMARCone grant, 2017 · $3k
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.
To compassionately serve pets and the people who love them.
UVHS improves quality of life for people and pets through an innovative animal shelter and adoption center and through services that reduce suffering, support wellness, and foster compassion.
New England Humane Society has four parts to it's mission: Rescue, Heal, Adopt, Educate. Rescue: NEHS attempts to save animals who are in high-kill shelters and are on the verge of being euthanized due to pet over population. We also…
To provide, promote, and advance humane protection, care and treatment of animals thru education of the public and the operation of an animal shelter which cares for, spays and neuters, and places homeless pets in permanent homes.
The mission of the Animal Shelter of Marthas Vineyard is to provide shelter, health care, lover and support to all domestic animals until a permanent home is found for them.
Animal rescue league of new bedford, inc., d/b/a humane society & shelter-southcoast, provides services to reduce the number of homeless pets. the organization provides quarantine services to other rescue organizations bringing animals…
Animal Humane Society (AHS) established in 1878 and incorporated as a nonprofit charitable organization in 1891 works to engage the hearts, hands, and minds of the community to help animals. AHS's vision is to compassionately and…
The austin humane society (ahs) offers comprehensive, humane, life-saving animal services, transforming the lives of animals and those who love them. because we believe homeless animals deserve a chance to thrive in a loving environment,…
Our mission is to provide shelter and compassionate care to our community's animals in need, offer programs that improve thier lives and strengthen the lifelong committment between animals and people.
We focus on keeping pets with the people who love them. the organization has a cage-free adoption center for cats and kittens in brimfield, massachusetts. the organization also provides services and resources for local animals and…
To save the lives of animals through rescue, rehabilitation and adoption; to promote learning, eliminate animal cruelty and be a leader in advancing the highest standards in animal welfare.
As a nonprofit organization, the mission of bristol humane society is to provide accessible resources to ensure that animals are healthy and happy, and the bond between pets and their families is strengthened, allowing every animal to…
How this is measured
17 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 17 of the 34 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 FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ↗
- Who funds CENTRAL ARIZONA SHELTER SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds Mission of Deeds Inc ↗
- Who funds Arizona Humane Society ↗
- Who funds THE NATURE CONNECTION INC ↗
- Who funds JEANNE GEIGER CRISIS CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds NOTMYKID ↗
- Who funds LOWELL HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds SOCIETY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ARTS ↗
- Who funds MERRIMACK RIVER FELINE RESCUE SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds READING COMMUNITY SINGERS INC ↗
- Who funds BREAD & ROSES PRESENTS ↗
- Who funds MYSTIC VALLEY AGING SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds LIVE AND LET LIVE FARM INC ↗
- Who funds Actors Studio of Newburyport Inc ↗
- Who funds GREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds TEXAS DIAPER BANK ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Harpley Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Harpley Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Jeanne Geiger Crisis Center Inc: 40% of income from government
- Reading Community Singers Inc: 17% of income from government
- The Nature Connection Inc: 5% of income from government
- Actors Studio of Newburyport Inc: 2% of income from government
How this is measured
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