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Harris Family Charitable 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.

$363k
Granted FY2024still arriving
15
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Human Services$440kYouth Development$296kEducation$195kArts & Culture$78kRecreation & Sports$52kHealth$20kInternational$13kPublic Safety & Disaster$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $11k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $202k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $150k
$15,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$6.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LOS CABOS CHILDRENS FOUNDATION$100,000
UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS$50,000
RITE OF PASSAGE JOURNEYS$44,000
UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS$25,000
PACIFIC NORTHWEST ALTERNATIVE PEER GROUPS$25,000
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF PUGET SOUND$25,000
ASIAN COUNSELING AND REFERRAL SERVICE$25,000
THERESIDENCY$15,000
LOS CABOS CHILDRENS FOUNDATION$12,500
NORTHWEST WINE BENEFIT FOUNDATION$10,000
QUERENCIA FOUNDATION$10,000
VILLAGEREACH$10,000
FOCUSING PHILANTHROPY INC$5,000
WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL$4,000
FRIENDS OF SEATTLE WATERFRONT$2,000
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 (FY22–24, $440k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%LOS CABOS CHILDRENS FOUNDATION: $170k → 6%LOS CABOS CHILDRENS FOUNDATION: $131k → 6%LOS CABOS CHILDRENS FOUNDATION: $100k → 6%LOS CABOS CHILDRENS FOUNDATION: $13k → 6%LOS CABOS CHILDRENS FOUNDATION: $1k → 6%ASIAN COUNSELING AND REFERRAL SERVICE: $25k → 9%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.

Which US states its grants reach

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WA
MN
IL
PA
NJ
CA
CO
FL
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.

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$818k · 6 repeat orgs$297k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +14% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
9

Total granted

$818k
$221k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+1%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $76k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentInternationalPhilanthropyPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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

  • LC
    Los Cabos Children's Foundation
    3× · 2022–2024 · $415k · revenue +57%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS
    2× · 2023–2024 · $150k · revenue +10%
  • RO
    RITE OF PASSAGE JOURNEYS
    3× · 2022–2024 · $136k · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • NF
    NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR DANISH AMERICA
    one grant, 2023 · $63k
  • L
    LEADERSUP
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue +1%
  • YE
    YSK EVENTSgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue +54%
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
Siff

Siff is a seattle-based 501(c)(3) arts nonprofit dedicated to the creation of vibrant experiences and spaces that champion film discovery and arts education.

Youth Development
2
Seattle International Foundation

Seattle international foundation (sif) champions equity and rule of law in central america through good governance and a robust civil society. sif works with other donors to the region to increase philanthropy and to promote collaboration,…

Philanthropy
3
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
4
Fsc I&P

Fsc i&p promotes environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world's forests. this mission aligns with the forest stewardship council (fsc), its network of offices, and other organizations.…

Philanthropy
5
Aquarium of the Pacific Corporation

The aquarium of the pacific's mission is to instill a sense of wonder, respect, and stewardship for the pacific ocean, its inhabitants, and ecosystems.

Animals
6
Puget Sound Restoration Fund

To restore habitat, water quality and native species in the puget sound

Environment
7
The Seattle Academy of Arts & Sciences

Seattle academy is a dynamic community that challenges students to question, imagine, and create in order to contribute to a changing world.

Education
8
Perigee Fund

Our mission is to shift policies and systems to increasingly value and embed supports for caregiver and infant mental health in the places where families are during pregnancy and early childhood. perigee is organized & operated as a…

Health
9
Sustainable Path Foundation

Sustainable Path Foundation promotes sustainability and health in the Puget Sound region through collaborative approaches informed by scientific understanding and systems thinking.

Social Science
10
Great Peninsula Conservancy

Preserve in perpetuity the natural habitats, rural landscapes, and open spaces of the great peninsula of washington's puget sound.

Environment
11
Global Visionaries

Global visionaries invites youth from diverse socio-economic, racial, and ethnic backgrounds to be active leaders in their local and global communities. fostering leadership skills grounded in environmental and social justice.

Youth Development
12
University Cooperative School

We take a joyful, community-oriented approach to raising engaged citizens, deep learners, and brave adventurers with the skills, creativity, and heart needed to better the world.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Leadersup; the most unlike its peers is Ysk Events. 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

23 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.

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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
12/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Los Cabos Children's Foundation: $414,500 · Human ServicesLos Cabos Children's FoundationASIAN COUNSELING AND REFERRAL SERVICE: $25,000 · Human ServicesASIAN COUNSELING AND REFERRAL SERVICERITE OF PASSAGE JOURNEYS: $136,000 · Youth DevelopmentRITE OF PASSAGE JO…LEADERSUP: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentLEADERSUPUNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS: $150,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF RED…Cascade Public Schools Why Not You Academy: $17,000 · EducationCascade Public Sc…VILLAGEREACH: $10,000 · EducationVILLAGEREACHNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR DANISH AMERICA: $62,500 · Arts & CultureTHE RESIDENCY: $15,000 · Arts & CultureBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF PUGET SOUND: $60,000 · OtherBIG BROTHERS …SUMMIT EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $17,500 · OtherSUMMIT EDUCAT…Northwest Wine Benefit Foundation DBA Auction of Washington Wines: $10,000 · OtherNorthwest Win…FOCUSING PHILANTHROPY INC: $7,000 · OtherBAJA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherBAJA COMMUNIT…The Querencia Foundation: $10,000 · OtherThe Querencia…TRIPURA FOUNDATION: $8,000 · OtherTRIPURA FOUND…30 Mile River Watershed Association: $5,000 · Other+4 more: $7,625 · Other+4 morePACIFIC NORTHWEST ALTERNATIVE PEER GROUPS: $50,000 · HealthYSK EVENTS: $50,000 · Recreation & Sports
Human Services$439,500Youth Development$186,000Education$177,000Arts & Culture$77,500Other$135,125Health$50,000Recreation & Sports$50,000

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 budgetLos Cabos Children's Foundation: $414,500 over 3y, 7.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS: $150,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRITE OF PASSAGE JOURNEYS: $136,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR DANISH AMERICA: $62,500 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF PUGET SOUND: $60,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetPACIFIC NORTHWEST ALTERNATIVE PEER GROUPS: $50,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetLEADERSUP: $50,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetYSK EVENTS: $50,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetASIAN COUNSELING AND REFERRAL SERVICE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSUMMIT EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $17,500 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetCascade Public Schools Why Not You Academy: $17,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE RESIDENCY: $15,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetVILLAGEREACH: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwest Wine Benefit Foundation DBA Auction of Washington Wines: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Querencia Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetBAJA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetTRIPURA FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetFOCUSING PHILANTHROPY INC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budget30 Mile River Watershed Association: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetWORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL: $4,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF SEATTLE WATERFRONT: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL EMPOWERMENT MISSION INC: $1,125 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEATTLE FOUNDATION: $500 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.

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.

Seattle FoundationGs Donor Advised Phil…The Norcliffe Foundat…Gates FoundationNational Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Network for GoodFidelity Investments …The Bank of America C…
Seattle FoundationWA15.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Norcliffe Foundation · Gates Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Network for Good · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Global Empowerment Mission Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Harris Family Charitable Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Harris Family Charitable 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 23 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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