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Hormel Harris 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.

$60k
Granted FY2025still arriving
1
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$60k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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.

Philanthropy$160kArts & Culture$128kPublic Benefit$117kHuman Services$101kCommunity Improvement$80kEducation$79kHealth$78kHousing & Shelter$75kOther$0
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$60,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$224k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LIFT URBAN PORTLAND$60,000
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 (FY19–21, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%BARNABAS COMMUNITY: $1k → 13%NINETY-NINE GIRLFRIENDS: $1k → 12%NINETY-NINE GIRLFRIENDS: $1k → 12%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

NY
MA
OR
CA
CO
NE
MD
NC
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.

42%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$484k · 11 repeat orgs$657k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +70% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
39

Total granted

$484k
$597k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+70%
+8%

Still filing today

100%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k 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
EducationCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesArts & CultureHealthRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • LM
    LINCOLN MUSIC TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $90k · revenue +44% · 27% of their budget
  • CN
    CIVIC NEBRASKA
    6× · 2017–2022 · $86k · revenue +265%
  • FH
    FRIENDSHIP HOME OF LINCOLN INC
    6× · 2017–2022 · $70k · revenue +103%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $137k
  • NC
    NEBRASKA CHILDREN & FAMILIES FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $123k · revenue -39%
  • T
    TRUSTLAB
    one grant, 2022 · $60k · revenue -36% · 61% of their budget
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
Portland Public Library

Portland Public Library is a welcoming cultural center that brings people together and connects them with trusted resources, ideas, experiences, and information. We build a stronger community by inspiring learning, creativity, and…

Education
2
Oregon Justice Network

Oregon Justice Network is an alliance built and staffed by criminal legal system impacted people advocating for the well-being of people affected or at-risk of being affected by carceral systems. Our work centers around restorative…

Human Services
3
Oregon Center for Public Policy

The oregon center for public policy's mission is to achieve economic justice for all oregonians through research, analysis, and advocacy. ocpp works to change policies that foster economic security and stability for all oregonians. we do…

Employment
4
Oregon Progress Forum

Next up amplifies the voice and leadership of diverse young people to achieve a more just and equitable oregon.

Environment
5
Portland Farmers Market

Pfm operates world-class farmers markets that contribute to the success of local food growers and producers and create vibrant community gatherings. as a trade association, success for our vendors is our primary objective. listening and…

Community Improvement
6
Oregon Restaurant and Lodging Association

Orla serves as the leading industry advocate, striving to protect, improve and promote oregon hospitality.

—
7
Our Oregon

Promote economic and social fairness by working in coalition open a broad range of issues and activities in the public arena

Human Services
8
American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon Inc

We believe that the freedoms of press, speech, assembly, and religion, and the rights to due process, equal protection and privacy, are fundamental to a free people. We advance civil liberties and civil rights by activities that include…

—
9
New Progressive Network

Next up amplifies the voice of diverse youth to achieve a more just oregon

Civil Rights
10
Urban League of Nebraska

The mission of the urban league of nebraska is to be an empowering voice in the community advocating for economic self-reliance, parity, power, civil rights and equal opportunity for all (see schedule o). the vision of the urban league of…

Human Services
11
Nonprofit Association of Oregon

The mission of the nonprofit association of oregon is to strengthen the collective voice, leadership, and capacity of nonprofits to enrich the lives of all oregonians.

Community Improvement
12
Portland Business Alliance

To ensure economic prosperity in the portland region by providing strong leadership, partnership, and programs that encourage business growth and vitality.

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Civic Nebraska; the most unlike its peers is All Ages Music Portland dba Friends of Noise. 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

37 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. 37 of the 51 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/37
Grantees still filing
21/37
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $136,800 · OtherIndividual grant recipientLINCOLN MUSIC TEACHERS ASSOCIATION: $90,000 · OtherLINCOLN MUSIC TEACHERS ASSOCIATIONLift Urban Portland: $60,000 · OtherLift Urban PortlandWILLARD COMMUNITY CENTER: $25,000 · OtherNEBRASKA WESLEYAN UNIV FNDTN: $23,000 · OtherCATLIN GABEL SCHOOL: $20,000 · OtherLAW ENFORCEMENT ACTION PARTNERSHIP INC: $25,000 · Other+31 more: $185,610 · Other+31 moreFRIENDSHIP HOME OF LINCOLN INC: $70,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDSHIP HOM…MATT TALBOT KITCHEN & OUTREACH: $70,000 · Human ServicesMATT TALBOT KI…+2 more: $3,200 · Human ServicesNEBRASKA CHILDREN & FAMILIES FOUNDATION: $122,500 · PhilanthropyNEBRASKA CHIL…CHARITABLE PARTNERSHIP FUND: $15,000 · PhilanthropyCHARITABLE PA…CIVIC NEBRASKA: $86,250 · Civil RightsCIVIC NEBR…OREGON PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE INC: $18,000 · Civil RightsOREGON PRO…CENTERPOINTE INC: $66,667 · HealthSMILE TOGETHER CORP: $5,000 · HealthTRUSTLAB: $60,000 · Public Safety & DisasterRABBLE MILL: $55,000 · Recreation & SportsPORTLAND PARKS FOUNDATION: $4,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$565,410Human Services$143,200Philanthropy$137,500Civil Rights$104,250Health$71,667Public Safety & Disaster$60,000Recreation & Sports$59,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNEBRASKA CHILDREN & FAMILIES FOUNDATION: $122,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLINCOLN MUSIC TEACHERS ASSOCIATION: $90,000 over 8y, 27% of budgetCIVIC NEBRASKA: $86,250 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetFRIENDSHIP HOME OF LINCOLN INC: $70,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetMATT TALBOT KITCHEN & OUTREACH: $70,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetCENTERPOINTE INC: $66,667 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTRUSTLAB: $60,000 over 1y, 61% of budgetLift Urban Portland: $60,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetRABBLE MILL: $55,000 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetLAW ENFORCEMENT ACTION PARTNERSHIP INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetWILLARD COMMUNITY CENTER: $25,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetCATLIN GABEL SCHOOL: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOREGON PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE INC: $18,000 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetWomens Foundation of Oregon: $15,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetCHARITABLE PARTNERSHIP FUND: $15,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetAll Ages Music Portland dba Friends of Noise: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetBUILT OREGON: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPENSKY POLICY INSTITUTE: $7,250 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetWHITECLAY MAKERSPACE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES: $5,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetPEOPLE'S CITY MISSION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOURNING HOPE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCity Club of Portland: $5,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetMICRO ENTERPRISE SERVICES OF OREGON: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK OF LINCOLN INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEBRASKA HUMANITIES COUNCIL: $4,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPORTLAND PARKS FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetBROWN HOPE: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCUNY SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES FOUNDATION INC: $3,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNINETY-NINE GIRLFRIENDS: $2,200 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBARNABAS COMMUNITY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetLINCOLN CHILDREN'S ZOO: $760 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPORTLAND ANIMAL WELFARE TEAM: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CLEANUP 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.

Cooper FoundationLincoln Community Fou…The Oregon Community …D F Dillon FoundationMeyer Memorial TrustRogers FoundationLee and Debbie Stuart…Abel FoundationThe Sherwood Foundati…James Stuart III Fami…Viking Foundation of …The Hampton Family Fo…
Cooper FoundationNE32.4× affinity13 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Cooper Foundation · Lincoln Community Foundation Inc · The Oregon Community Foundation · D F Dillon Foundation · Meyer Memorial Trust · Rogers Foundation · Lee and Debbie Stuart Family Foundation · Abel Foundation · The Sherwood Foundation · James Stuart III Family Foundation · Viking Foundation of Lincoln · The Hampton Family 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 Hormel Harris Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hormel Harris Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon: 5% of income from government
  • All Ages Music Portland dba Friends of Noise: 1% of income from government
  • Womens Foundation of Oregon: 0% of income from government
  • Catlin Gabel School: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
8report 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.
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How do I get to Hormel Harris Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Hormel Harris 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 51 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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