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Harrington Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$153k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$31k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$1.1MRecreation & Sports$29kYouth Development$18kPublic Safety & Disaster$16kHuman Services$11kPhilanthropy$5kArts & Culture$5kHealth$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $33k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $120k
$6,250
Median grant
2
States reached
$2.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
University of Oregon$31,250
University of Portland$27,357
Central Catholic High School$21,000
Oregon State University$18,750
University of Oregon$11,250
University of Portland$10,000
Mt Hood Community College$6,250
Willamette University$6,250
Western Oregon University$6,250
Rogue Community College$6,250
Northern California PGA Foundation$5,000
Portland State University$1,752
Open Space$1,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY23–23, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%TedX Portland: $3k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 19 repeat orgs$66k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
16

Total granted

$1.1M
$59k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+9%

Still filing today

47%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentEnvironmentHealthHuman ServicesOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $136k · revenue +29%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND
    7× · 2017–2025 · $129k · revenue +7%
  • UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION
    4× · 2017–2021 · $48k · revenue +182%

Funded once

  • CR
    Covid Relief Fund
    one grant, 2020 · $16k
  • PU
    PACIFIC UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2017 · $9k · revenue +9%
  • LC
    Linn-Benton Community College
    one grant, 2024 · $6k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
2
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
3
Columbia College

Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.

Education
4
Portland State University Foundation

Portland state university foundation is responsible for raising and managing private resources to advance psu's priorities and mission to be a leading urban university.

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5
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
6
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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7
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

—
8
Fielding Graduate University

We provide exemplary interdisciplinary programs for a community of scholar-practitioners within a distributed learning model grounded in student-driven inquiry and leading to enhanced knowledge.

—
9
Ashland University

Ashland university, guided by our christian heritage, is a comprehensive, private university that provides a transformative learning experience, shaping graduates who work, serve and lead with integrity in their local, national, and global…

Education
10
Golden Gate University

Golden gate university prepares individuals to lead and serve by providing high quality, practice-based educational programs in law, taxation, business and related professions - as a nonprofit institution - in an innovative and challenging…

Education
11
Park University

Park university's mission is to transform lives through accessible, student-centered, quality higher education.

Education
12
U of O Foundation Supporting Organization

See schedule othe purpose and mission of the organization is to support and assist the university of oregon foundation in its activities by management and administration of organization assets representing privately donated funds, by…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of Oregon Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Friends of Zenger Farm. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

20 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. 20 of the 39 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
14/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

University of Oregon: $284,875 · OtherUniversity of OregonCentral Catholic High School: $174,000 · OtherCentral Catholic High SchoolOregon State University: $114,250 · OtherOregon State UniversityPortland State University: $45,252 · OtherPortland State University+19 more: $124,323 · Other+19 moreWILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY: $136,000 · EducationWILLAMETTE UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND: $128,674 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF PORTLANDUNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION: $47,500 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATIONGEORGE FOX UNIVERSITY: $15,000 · EducationCORBAN UNIVERSITY: $13,500 · Education+3 more: $16,800 · EducationFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $18,000 · Youth DevelopmentOregon Athlete Foundation: $11,625 · EmploymentNORTHERN CALIFORNIA PGA FOUNDATION: $5,000 · PhilanthropyBALTIMORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyChildren's Cancer Association: $3,282 · Arts & CultureOpen Space: $3,000 · Arts & CultureOREGON CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART INC: $1,500 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF ZENGER FARM: $3,000 · Environment
Other$742,700Education$357,474Youth Development$18,000Employment$11,625Philanthropy$10,000Arts & Culture$7,782Environment$3,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY: $136,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND: $128,674 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION: $47,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $18,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGE FOX UNIVERSITY: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCORBAN UNIVERSITY: $13,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOregon Athlete Foundation: $11,625 over 3y, 21% of budgetPACIFIC UNIVERSITY: $8,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMassachusetts Institute of Technology: $5,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBALTIMORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DOUGY CENTER INC: $3,600 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPEAR: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOpen Space: $3,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetTEDX PORTLAND: $2,664 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetALL HANDS RAISED: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOREGON CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEAGLES AUTISM CHALLENGE INC: $432 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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 WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds GEORGE FOX UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CORBAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Oregon Athlete Foundation ↗
  • Who funds PACIFIC UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Massachusetts Institute of Technology ↗
  • Who funds NORTHERN CALIFORNIA PGA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BALTIMORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE DOUGY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Children's Cancer Association ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF ZENGER FARM ↗
  • Who funds PEAR ↗
  • Who funds Open Space ↗
  • Who funds TEDX PORTLAND ↗
  • Who funds ALL HANDS RAISED ↗
  • Who funds OREGON CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART INC ↗
  • Who funds EAGLES AUTISM CHALLENGE 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.

The Oregon Community …Marie Lamfrom Charita…OCF Joseph E Weston P…The Collins FoundationM J Murdock Charitabl…American Endowment Fo…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Oregon Community FoundationOR22.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation · The Collins Foundation · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Harrington Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Harrington Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
  • Friends of Zenger Farm: 28% of income from government
  • Oregon Center for Contemporary Art Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Corban University: 3% of income from government
  • Pacific University: 2% of income from government
  • George Fox University: 2% of income from government
  • Willamette University: 1% of income from government
  • The Dougy Center Inc: 1% of income from government
  • University of Portland: 1% of income from government
  • Pear: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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How do I get to Harrington Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Harrington Family 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.

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 39 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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