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Harris Family Philanthropic Foundation

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.

$38k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$5k
Largest
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 2025.

Housing & Shelter$25kReligion$16kEducation$15kHealth$10kHuman Services$10kInternational$10kRecreation & Sports$4kCivil Rights$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$5,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$517k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BRAC USA INC$5,000
SIT STAY READ INC$5,000
CHICAGO REFUGEE COALITION$5,000
NEXT DOOR$5,000
NLI USA INC$5,000
MOTHERS TR FOUNDATION$5,000
CAMFED USA FOUNDATION$5,000
SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC$2,500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 50% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%MOTHERS TR FOUNDATION: $5k → 8%CHICAGO REFUGEE COALITION: $5k → 14%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 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
The Israel Innovation Fund Inc

Our vision is to reignite the zionist spirit and meet the needs of jewish civilization in the twenty-first century by connecting people around the world through the vibrancy and creativity of contemporary israeli culture.

Arts & Culture
2
Israel 21c

Through its news service and public programs, Israel 21c educates individuals and groups about comtemporary life in Israel providing news and information on the people of Israel, its culture and business and scientific achievements.

Education
3
Israeli-American Council

The organization's mission is to build an engaged and united israeli-american community that strengthens the israeli and jewish identity of our next generation, the american-jewish community and the bond between the peoples of the united…

Human Services
4
National Council of Jewish Women Incorporated

The national council of jewish women is a grassroots nonpartisan organization of volunteers and advocates who strive for social justice by improving the quality of life for women, children and families.

Community Improvement
5
Israel Team Advocates International Inc

Promote understanding and support for the people of israel

International
6
Israel Cancer Research Fund Inc

To support cancer research in israel, for the benefit of israel and all mankind.

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7
Unrwa Usa National Committee Inc

The unrwa usa mission is to lift up the voices and experiences of palestine refugees, secure american support for resources essential to their well-being, and advocate for a better life for them.

International
8
Camp Ramah in Northern California

Camp ramah in northern california engages the members of our camp community in joyful, transformative experiences that serve as a model for lifelong jewish learning and practice, commitment to klal yisrael (israel and the jewish…

Recreation & Sports
9
Israel Education Resource Center Inc

To catalyze excellence in the professional field of israel education by supporting the development of educators, pioneering new educational approaches, and relentlessly promoting a relational and learner-centered philosophy.

Religion
10
Arbor Research Collaborative for Health

Arbor research collaborative for health is committed to improving patient care through research that shapes medical policies and practice. in particular, arbor research conducts health outcomes research on chronic disease and end-stage…

Health
11
Camp Ramah in the Poconos

Camp ramah's mission is to create a nurturing, safe, fun-filled, vibrant jewish community that inspires the education, social, cultural, moral, physical, and emotional growth of campers and staff, fostering life-long jewish identity. ramah…

Recreation & Sports
12
The Shalom Hartman Institute of North America

The shalom hartman institute (shi) is a leading research and educational center serving israel and world jewry. we work to enrich the moral and spiritual life of israel and the jewish people, deepen the commitment to pluralism and israel's…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Nli Usa Inc; the most unlike its peers is Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Foundation. 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

13 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. 13 of the 15 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
6/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BRIDGE COMMUNITIES INC: $25,000 · Housing & ShelterBRIDGE COMMUNITIES INCLYNN SAGE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterLYNN SAGE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATIONTHE ARK: $10,000 · OtherTHE ARKCONSERVATIVE SYNAGOGUE ADATH ISRAEL OF RIVERDALE: $6,000 · OtherCONSERVATIVE SYNAGOGU…NATIONAL RAMAH COMMISSION INC: $1,800 · OtherNATIONAL RAMAH COMMIS…BRAC USA INC: $5,000 · InternationalBRAC USA INCCAMFED USA FOUNDATION: $5,000 · InternationalCAMFED USA FOU…AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL SPORT CENTER FOR THE DISABLED: $1,800 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIEN…NLI USA INC: $5,000 · EducationNLI USA INCSIT STAY READ INC: $5,000 · EducationSIT STAY REA…Chicago Refugee Coalition: $5,000 · Human ServicesChicago Refu…Mothers Trust Foundation: $5,000 · Human ServicesMothers Trus…NEXT DOOR FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsRAMAH IN THE ROCKIES: $1,800 · Recreation & SportsSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $2,500 · Arts & Culture
Housing & Shelter$35,000Other$17,800International$11,800Education$10,000Human Services$10,000Recreation & Sports$6,800Arts & Culture$2,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBRIDGE COMMUNITIES INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLYNN SAGE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBRAC USA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSIT STAY READ INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetMothers Trust Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCAMFED USA FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEXT DOOR FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL RAMAH COMMISSION INC: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL SPORT CENTER FOR THE DISABLED: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRAMAH IN THE ROCKIES: $1,800 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.

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 Chicago Community TrustIL12.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Harris Family Philanthropic Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Harris Family Philanthropic Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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.
    04Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Harris Family Philanthropic Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Harris Family Philanthropic 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 15 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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