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Harris Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$76k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$192kEducation$176kHealth$173kHousing & Shelter$143kReligion$42kFood & Nutrition$36kInternational$26kYouth Development$17kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $60k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RALEIGH RESCUE MISSION$20,000
CASA$10,000
SALVATION ARMY$10,000
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH$10,000
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY$10,000
ST JUDES$5,000
SHAREFISH$5,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB$2,000
HAVEN HOUSE$1,000
SAVING GRACE ANIMAL & RESCUE ADOPTIONS$1,000
FOUNDATION OF HOPE FOR RESEARCH & TREATMENT OF MENTAL ILLNESS$500
HOPE REINS$500
CARTERET CO BOYS & GIRLS CLUB$500
BEAUFORT EMS$100
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $31k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SHAREFISH: $5k → 8%SHAREFISH: $5k → 8%SHAREFISH: $5k → 8%SHAREFISH: $5k → 8%SHAREFISH: $5k → 8%DIAPER TRAIN: $500 → 8%LOAVES AND FISHES: $200 → 8%LOAVES AND FISHES: $200 → 8%LOAVES AND FISHES: $100 → 8%LOAVES AND FISHES: $100 → 8%THE GREEN CHAIR PROJECT: $2k → 8%THE GREEN CHAIR PROJECT: $1k → 8%THE GREEN CHAIR PROJECT: $1k → 8%THE GREEN CHAIR PROJECT: $500 → 8%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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$815k · 30 repeat orgs$6k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +86% since the first grant, against +49% for those funded once.

30 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
6

Total granted

$815k
$6k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+86%
+49%

Still filing today

70%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500 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
HealthHuman ServicesEducationHousing & ShelterFood & NutritionAnimalsOther
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

  • WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY
    7× · 2017–2025 · $173k · revenue +30%
  • THE RALEIGH RESCUE MISSION INC
    7× · 2018–2025 · $90k · revenue +67%
  • FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $35k · revenue +86%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue +76%
  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE
    one grant, 2024 · $1k · revenue 0%
  • OAK CITY CARES INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $1k · revenue +56%
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
WakeMed

The mission of wakemed is to improve the health and well-being of our community with outstanding and compassionate care to all.

Health
2
Rex Hospital Inc

To improve the health and well-being of north carolinians and others whom we serve. we accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research.

Health
3
East Carolina Health

To improve the health and well-being of eastern north carolina.

Health
4
The Outer Banks Hospital Inc

To enhance the quality of life for the residents and visitors of dare county and the surrounding region by promoting wellness and providing the highest quality healthcare services.

Health
5
University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina Inc

To improve the health and well-being of eastern north carolina.

Health
6
Pitt County Memorial Hospital Inc

To improve the health and well-being of eastern north carolina.

Health
7
Carolina Medicorp Enterprises Inc

Mission novant health exists to improve the health of our communities, one person at a time. vision we, the novant health team, will deliver the most remarkable patient experience, in every dimension, every time. values -compassion: we…

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8
Hospice of Gaston County Inc

To provide compassionate, exceptional and highly reliable care.

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9
Care Share Health Alliance Inc

Care share health alliance is a north carolina-based nonprofit organization advancing community health and wellbeing through systems change. guided by the mission of collaborating for health and a vision of communities that are healthy and…

Health
10
Habitat for Humanity of Wake County Inc

Seeking to put god's love into action, habitat for humanity of wake county brings people together to build homes, communities, and hope.

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11
The Medical Foundation of Wake Forest University Health Sciences and North Car

See schedule oto render aid and assistance to wake forest university health sciences (wfuhs) and north carolina baptist hospital (ncbh) in their pursuits by approved methods for the promotion of medical science and medical knowledge, the…

Health
12
Habitat for Humanity of Nc Inc

Seeking to put Gods love into action, Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope to realize our vision of a world where everyone has a decent place to live. Habitat for Humanity of North Carolina…

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Raleigh Rescue Mission Inc; the most unlike its peers is Wake Forest University. 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

26 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. 26 of the 37 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)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
22/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YMCA: $110,000 · OtherYMCASALVATION ARMY: $75,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMYFIRST BAPTIST CHURCH: $39,000 · OtherFIRST BAPTIST CHURCHHenderson County & Thermal Belt Habitat for Humanity: $22,500 · OtherHenderson County & Thermal Belt Habitat…NORTH CAROLINA COASTAL FEDERATION INC: $10,400 · Other+13 more: $30,980 · Other+13 moreWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY: $173,333 · EducationWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITYUNC HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $110,000 · EducationUNC HEALTH FOUNDATION INC+1 more: $2,500 · EducationTHE RALEIGH RESCUE MISSION INC: $90,000 · Human ServicesTHE RALEIGH RESC…SHAREFISH INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesSHAREFISH INCTHE GREEN CHAIR PROJECT: $4,500 · Human Services+2 more: $1,100 · Human ServicesST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $28,300 · HealthTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $15,000 · HealthALLIANCE MEDICAL MINISTRY INC: $6,000 · HealthHAVEN HOUSE INC: $4,500 · HealthHOPE REINS: $3,100 · Health+2 more: $1,900 · HealthFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC: $34,500 · Food & NutritionCASA: $29,000 · Housing & ShelterOAK CITY CARES INC: $1,000 · Housing & ShelterSOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS WAKE COUNTY INC: $4,000 · Animals
Other$287,880Education$285,833Human Services$120,600Health$58,800Food & Nutrition$34,500Housing & Shelter$30,000Animals$4,000

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 budgetWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY: $173,333 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetUNC HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $110,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE RALEIGH RESCUE MISSION INC: $90,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC: $34,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCASA: $29,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $28,300 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSHAREFISH INC: $25,000 over 5y, 7.1% of budgetHenderson County & Thermal Belt Habitat for Humanity: $22,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA COASTAL FEDERATION INC: $10,400 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetALLIANCE MEDICAL MINISTRY INC: $6,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHAVEN HOUSE INC: $4,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GREEN CHAIR PROJECT: $4,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION OF HOPE FOR RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF MENTAL ILLNESS: $4,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMerrie-Woode Foundation Inc: $4,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS WAKE COUNTY INC: $4,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE REINS: $3,100 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS OF WAKE COUNTY INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $1,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOAK CITY CARES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBeaufort EMS Inc: $900 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetNourish Up: $600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDIAPER TRAIN: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBeaufort Historical Association Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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 WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds UNC HEALTH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE RALEIGH RESCUE MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC ↗
  • Who funds CASA ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds SHAREFISH INC ↗
  • Who funds Henderson County & Thermal Belt Habitat for Humanity ↗
  • Who funds THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH ↗
  • Who funds NORTH CAROLINA COASTAL FEDERATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE MEDICAL MINISTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds HAVEN HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE GREEN CHAIR PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION OF HOPE FOR RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF MENTAL ILLNESS ↗
  • Who funds Merrie-Woode Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS WAKE COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPE REINS ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS OF WAKE COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds OAK CITY CARES INC ↗
  • Who funds Beaufort EMS Inc ↗
  • Who funds Nourish Up ↗
  • Who funds DIAPER TRAIN ↗
  • Who funds Beaufort Historical Association 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.

North Carolina Commun…Triangle Community Fo…Duke Energy FoundationW Trent Ragland Jr Fo…Bell Koonce Burnette …John William Pope Fou…United Way of the Gre…Bell Schaefer Family …Chaucer Charitable Fo…A E Finley Foundation…The Leon Levine Found…Aj Fletcher Foundation
North Carolina Community FoundationNC29.1× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: North Carolina Community Foundation · Triangle Community Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · W Trent Ragland Jr Foundation · Bell Koonce Burnette Foundation · John William Pope Foundation · United Way of the Greater Triangle Inc · Bell Schaefer Family Foundation · Chaucer Charitable Foundation · A E Finley Foundation Inc · The Leon Levine Foundation · Aj Fletcher 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 Harris Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Harris Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report 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.

    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 37 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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