· Private foundation
Harris Legacy 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN | $1,567 |
| JACQUES PEPIN FOUNDATION | $1,559 |
| WILTON YOUTH COUNCIL | $1,110 |
| EPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF NEW ENGLAND | $1,060 |
| CIRCLE OF CARE WILTON | $1,033 |
| AMERICAN RED CROSS | $1,025 |
| FLORENCE GRISWOLD MUSEUM | $1,000 |
| SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM AM HISTORY | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| KATHERINE HEPBURN CULTURAL ARTS | $1,000 |
| OLD SAYBROOK FIRE CO #1 | $1,000 |
| SALVATION ARMY | $520 |
| Individual grant recipient | $515 |
| LYME PUBLIC LIBRARY | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 19% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +131% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.
26 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- JPJACQUES PEPIN FOUNDATION THE9× · 2017–2025 · $11k · revenue +967%
- TKThe Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center Inc8× · 2018–2025 · $8k · revenue +131%
- WYWILTON YOUTH COUNCIL INC8× · 2018–2025 · $8k · revenue +208%
Funded once
- AAALS Association of CTone grant, 2017 · $3k
- OSOld Saybrook Caresone grant, 2020 · $1k
- SMSMITHSONIAN MUSEUM AMER HISTORYone grant, 2024 · $1k
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.
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.
To provide funds to benefit families affected by cancer and to support cancer research and education.
The new england air museum's mission is to preserve and present the story of aviation and aerospace, with an emphasis on new england's role, and the genius and inspiration that made it possible. the museum also seeks to inspire young…
Wheaton college provides a transformative liberal arts education, combining theory and practice, for intellectually curious students within a collaborative and vibrant extended community and network that values and strives to create an…
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…
Brighton marine, inc. provides military and veteran families with comprehensive campus-based quality health care, as well as affordable and supportive housing for at-risk veterans and their families.
The mission of humanities new york is to strengthen civil society and the bonds of community, using the humanities to foster engaged inquiry and dialogue around social and cultural concerns.
The mission of new york city center is to be new york city's leading center for dance and musical theater. dedicated to making the arts accessible to the broadest possible audience, city center seeks to create a welcoming environment and…
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…
To provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustfulenvironment through the expertise, commitment, and compassion ofour family of caregivers.
Gloucester marine genomics institute's mission is to address critical challenges in ocean health, human health, and the environment through innovative marine biotechnology research and transformative science education. by combining…
New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…
The westport library was established for the purpose of maintaining a public library in the town of westport, connecticut. the library is committed to empowering the individual and strengthening the community through dynamic interaction…
How this is measured
14 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. 14 of the 44 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 JACQUES PEPIN FOUNDATION THE ↗
- Who funds The Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center Inc ↗
- Who funds WILTON YOUTH COUNCIL INC ↗
- Who funds CIRCLE OF CARE FOR FAMILIES OF CHILDREN WITH CANCER INC ↗
- Who funds FLORENCE GRISWOLD MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds BENT ON LEARNING INC ↗
- Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
- Who funds GIRL BE HEARD INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds EPILEPSY FOUNDATION NEW ENGLAND ↗
- Who funds NEW MILFORD COMMUNITY AMBULANCE INC ↗
- Who funds THE CONNECTICUT RIVER FOUNDATION AT STEAMBOAT DOCK INC ↗
- Who funds HOLISTIC LIFE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA 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.
Open a dossier: The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Harris Legacy Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Harris Legacy Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Epilepsy Foundation New England: 11% of income from government
- Florence Griswold Museum Inc: 2% of income from government
- Holistic Life Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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