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Harrell Family Charities Inc

Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$11M
Granted FY2021
27
Grants FY2021
27
Organizations funded FY2021
22%
First-time grantees FY2021
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Median grant, FY2021
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2021
$3,025,000
Organizations funded a year
27 to 53
FY2017 to FY2021
States reached, FY2021
7
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2021, 22% of the organizations Harrell Family Charities Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.1M went to new ones.

50%100%’18’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’20’21
Youth DevelopmentArts & CultureEducationReligionRecreation & SportsHealthOther
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
FY202127$11M22%
FY202029$5.2M24%
FY201851$1.8M29%
FY201753$1.7Mn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.

Education$5.7MHealth$4.3MHuman Services$3.1MArts & Culture$2.0MRecreation & Sports$1.5MReligion$1.4MHousing & Shelter$1.1MCommunity Improvement$815kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
MI
PA
CA
CO
VA
NC
SC
LA
AL
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Lakeland Christian School Inc$5,120,000412%
Florida Children's Museum Inc$2,000,000143%
Gospel Inc$1,115,000230%
Bonnet Springs Park Inc$1,040,00014%
Florida Southern College$404,00030%
Catapult Lakeland Inc$400,00025%
Seejesusnet Inc$385,00048%
Parker Street Ministries Inc and Subsidiaries$360,000322%
A Woman's Choice Inc$178,00048%
Youth for Christ of Polk County Inc$175,000411%
Show all 54 grantees
All grantees of Harrell Family Charities Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Lakeland Christian School Inc$5,120,000412%
Florida Children's Museum Inc$2,000,000143%
Gospel Inc$1,115,000230%
Bonnet Springs Park Inc$1,040,00014%
Florida Southern College$404,00030%
Catapult Lakeland Inc$400,00025%
Seejesusnet Inc$385,00048%
Parker Street Ministries Inc and Subsidiaries$360,000322%
A Woman's Choice Inc$178,00048%
Youth for Christ of Polk County Inc$175,000411%
Fellowship of Christian Athletes$162,45040%
Inheritance of Hope Inc$100,80023%
Strong Tower Church$100,0003n/a
Volunteers in Service to the Elderly Inc$90,00042%
Lighthouse Ministries Inc$75,00040%
The University of Florida Foundation Inc$60,00010%
Talbot House Ministries of Lakeland Inc$58,5004n/a
Greater Hope Church$50,0002n/a
American Heart Association Inc$50,00020%
Central Florida Speech & Hearing Center Inc$45,00041%
Pca Mission to North America$40,0002n/a
Top Buttons Inc$40,00043%
Christian Study Center of Gainesville I$30,00042%
Lakeland Volunteers in Medicine Inc$30,00031%
Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation$30,00030%
Care Net$25,00040%
Academy Prep Center of Lakeland Inc$25,00011%
Westminster Theological Seminary$20,00020%
Junior League of Greater Lakeland Inc$20,00024%
United Way of Central Florida Inc$20,00020%
Mission to the World Pca Inc$14,0002n/a
Ashley Gibson Barnett Museum of Art at Florida Southern College Inc$14,00011%
Learning Resource Center of Polk County Inc$11,00031%
Iconicity Inc$10,00013%
New Harvest Missions International Inc$10,0001n/a
Polk Ecumenical Action Council For Empowerment Inc$10,0002n/a
Young Life$6,60010%
The Scripps Research Institute$6,00020%
Renew Polk Inc$5,00013%
Polk State College Foundation$5,00010%
The Falls Adventure Inc$5,00017%
Lakeland Senior High School Booster Club Inc$5,0001n/a
The Drug Prevention Resource Center$4,50030%
Georgia State University Foundation Inc$3,00020%
Onbikes Inc$2,50010%
Naomi's Village Inc$2,00010%
Goodwill of Central and Coastal Virginia Inc$1,00010%
Greater Tampa Bay Area Council Inc Boy Scouts of America$50010%
Harbor Community Church Inc$5001n/a
Youth 4 Orphans Dba Advance the Faith$50010%
North Naples United Methodist Church$5001n/a
Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa Inc$25010%
Golden Corner Respite Care Program$25011%
St Davids Episcopal Church$2001n/a

Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($7.7M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Harrell Family Charities Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 43 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLakeland Christian School Inc: $5,120,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetFlorida Children's Museum Inc: $2,000,000 over 1y, 43% of budgetGospel Inc: $1,115,000 over 2y, 30% of budgetBonnet Springs Park Inc: $1,040,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetFlorida Southern College: $404,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCatapult Lakeland Inc: $400,000 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetSeejesusnet Inc: $385,000 over 4y, 7.7% of budgetParker Street Ministries Inc and Subsidiaries: $360,000 over 3y, 22% of budgetA Woman's Choice Inc: $178,000 over 4y, 8.2% of budgetYouth for Christ of Polk County Inc: $175,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetFellowship of Christian Athletes: $162,450 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetInheritance of Hope Inc: $100,800 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetVolunteers in Service to the Elderly Inc: $90,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetLighthouse Ministries Inc: $75,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetThe University of Florida Foundation Inc: $60,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCentral Florida Speech & Hearing Center Inc: $45,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetTop Buttons Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetChristian Study Center of Gainesville I: $30,000 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetLakeland Volunteers in Medicine Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetChristian Counseling & Educational Foundation: $30,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCare Net: $25,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAcademy Prep Center of Lakeland Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetWestminster Theological Seminary: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJunior League of Greater Lakeland Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetUnited Way of Central Florida Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAshley Gibson Barnett Museum of Art at Florida Southern College Inc: $14,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetLearning Resource Center of Polk County Inc: $11,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetIconicity Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetYoung Life: $6,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Scripps Research Institute: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRenew Polk Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetPolk State College Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Falls Adventure Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetThe Drug Prevention Resource Center: $4,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetGeorgia State University Foundation Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOnbikes Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNaomi's Village Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGoodwill of Central and Coastal Virginia Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Tampa Bay Area Council Inc Boy Scouts of America: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYouth 4 Orphans Dba Advance the Faith: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGolden Corner Respite Care Program: $250 over 1y, 0.7% 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 43.

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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.

Givewell Community Foundation IncFL58.6× affinity26 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Givewell Community Foundation Inc · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · United Way of Central Florida Inc · Glenn W & Hazelle Paxson Morrison Foundation Inc · George Jenkins Foundation Inc · Lola Mann Memorial Fund · Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida Foundation · Lakeland Area Chamber Foundation · Polk Sheriff's Charities Inc · The Campisi Family Foundation Inc · Iron Horse Family Foundation Inc · Agamerica Giving Inc

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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About Harrell Family Charities Inc

How much does Harrell Family Charities Inc give?
Harrell Family Charities Inc reported 27 grants totaling $11,314,050 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 27 and 53 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
What does Harrell Family Charities Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Education (28%), Health (21%), Human Services (15%).
Who are Harrell Family Charities Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: Lakeland Christian School Inc ($5.1M), Florida Children's Museum Inc ($2.0M), Gospel Inc ($1.1M).
Does Harrell Family Charities Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2021, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Harrell Family Charities Inc 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 Harrell Family Charities Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Givewell Community Foundation Inc, Publix Super Markets Charities Inc, United Way of Central Florida Inc.
Where is Harrell Family Charities Inc based?
Harrell Family Charities Inc is based in FL.

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 82 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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