Illinois · Private foundation
Harter Family 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.
- $40k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2021
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Harter Family Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Ocean Reef Community Foundation Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 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, FY2025
- $40,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 3
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $739k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 100% of the organizations Harter Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 1 | $35k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $28k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $20k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $35k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| 360 Youth Services | $61,651 | 3 | 1% |
| Loaves & Fishes Community Services | $11,000 | 2 | n/a |
| North Central College | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($35k), not named here.
About Harter Family Foundation
- How much does Harter Family Foundation give?
- Harter Family Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $40,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does Harter Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Philanthropy (71%), Youth Development (15%), Health (9%).
- Who are Harter Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: 360 Youth Services ($62k), Loaves & Fishes Community Services ($11k), North Central College ($10k).
- Does Harter Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Harter Family 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.
- Where is Harter Family Foundation based?
- Harter Family Foundation is based in IL.
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