Tennessee · Private foundation
Harrington 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.
- $6k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 80%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Harrington Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Hillsdale College, 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.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2024
- $6,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $6,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 80% of the organizations Harrington Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 67% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 33% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 5 | $45k | 80% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $2k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $624 | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $412 | 0% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $750 | 100% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $920 | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Louisiana Lafayette Alumni Association | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Museum of American Porcelain Art | $16,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Irish American Heritage Center | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Richmond Art Museum | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gilmour Academy Inc | $300 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($6k), not named here.
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Harrington Foundation
- How much does Harrington Foundation give?
- Harrington Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $6,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Harrington Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Education (57%), Arts & Culture (37%), Philanthropy (1%).
- Who are Harrington Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: University of Louisiana Lafayette Alumni Association ($25k), Museum of American Porcelain Art ($16k), Irish American Heritage Center ($1k).
- Does Harrington Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 80% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Harrington 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 Harrington Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Harrington Foundation based?
- Harrington Foundation is based in TN.
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