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J Ira & Nicki Harris Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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J Ira & Nicki Harris Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$2.1M
Granted FY2022
47
Grants FY2022
6
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01FY2022 · 47 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k21 grants · $50k
  • $10k–50k18 grants · $323k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $471k
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.3M
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY-KELLOGG SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT$1,000,000
THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - ROSS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS$250,000
FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES$208,700
NORTON MUSEUM OF ART$57,500
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - MICHIGAN MEDICINE$52,500
JEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY$52,500
ROBINHOOD FOUNDATION$50,000
THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN$50,000
SOLOMON R GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATION$35,000
AMHERST COLLEGE$30,000
CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE$26,000
AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR YAD VASHEM$26,000
TOWN OF PALM BEACH UNITED WAY$25,500
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL MUSEUM$25,000
THE PROMISE FUND OF FLORIDA$25,000
02The need
02

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 (FY22–22, $14k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 11% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%OAKDALE FOUNDATION: $500 → 12%BOCA WEST CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION INC: $3k → 11%MORSELIFE FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%YOUNG ADULT INSTITUTE INC: $1k → 17%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
Long Island Jewish Medical Center

Long island jewish medical center is part of the northwell health ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the current and…

Health
2
North Shore University Hospital

North shore university hospital is part of northwell health ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the current and future…

Health
3
Northwell Health Foundation

Northwell health foundation inc. is dedicated toward helping donors, patients, and leaders link their vision and philanthropic support toward helping the underserved and uninsured, advancing the latest frontiers in medical technology and…

Health
4
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
5
Phelps Memorial Hospital Association

Phelps memorial hospital association ("pmha") is part of northwell health, inc ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the…

Health
6
Lenox Hill Hospital

Lenox hill hospital is part of northwell health ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the current and future generations…

Health
7
South Shore University Hospital

South shore university hospital is part of northwell health ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the current and future…

Health
8
Northwell Health Inc

Northwell health is the parent company of a fully integrated health system that is committed to promote clinical care, health education, conduct biomedical research, and caring for the community regardless of ability to pay.

Community Improvement
9
Plainview Hospital

Plainview hospital is part of northwell health, inc ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the current and future…

Health
10
The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research

The feinstein institute for medical research ("the institute") is the research branch of northwell health ("northwell"). through its affiliation with northwell, the institute's mission is to bridge the gap between biomedical research and…

Health
11
The Baruch College Fund

The baruch college fund is an organization engaged in generating, encouraging and promoting the educational welfare of the students of the bernard m. baruch college of the city university of new york.

Education
12
Staten Island University Hospital

Staten island university hospital is an affiliate within northwell health, inc. ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

34 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. 34 of the 46 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/34
Grantees still filing
25/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Northwestern University: $1,001,000 · Recreation & SportsNorthwestern University+1 more: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: $250,000 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY …UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - MICHIGAN MEDICINE: $52,500 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - M…University of Michigan: $50,000 · OtherUniversity of MichiganCENTRAL SYNAGOGUE: $26,000 · Other+19 more: $112,200 · Other+19 moreFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $208,700 · InternationalFRIENDS OF T…BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $25,000 · InternationalBIRTHRIGHT I…NORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC: $57,500 · Arts & CultureSOLOMON R GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATION: $35,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR YAD VASHEM INC: $26,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL MUSEUM: $25,000 · Arts & CultureThe Society of the Four Arts Inc: $10,000 · Arts & CultureThe Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach Inc: $10,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $1,000 · Arts & CultureJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $52,500 · PhilanthropyROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION: $50,000 · PhilanthropyTown of Palm Beach United Way Inc: $25,500 · Philanthropy+3 more: $6,250 · PhilanthropyPROMISE FUND OF FLORIDA INC: $25,000 · HealthCANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $2,500 · Health+3 more: $3,000 · HealthAMHERST COLLEGE TRUSTEES: $30,000 · Education
Recreation & Sports$1,011,000Other$490,700International$233,700Arts & Culture$164,500Philanthropy$134,250Health$30,500Education$30,000

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 budgetNorthwestern University: $1,001,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $208,700 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC: $57,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $52,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $50,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetSOLOMON R GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMHERST COLLEGE TRUSTEES: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR YAD VASHEM INC: $26,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTown of Palm Beach United Way Inc: $25,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPROMISE FUND OF FLORIDA INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL MUSEUM: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMORSELIFE FOUNDATION INC: $10,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Society of the Four Arts Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCITY PARKS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS OF THE PALM BEACHES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetBOARD OF JEWISH EDUCATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $2,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Michelle McGann Fund Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOCA WEST CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION FKA BOCA WEST COMMUNITY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPALM BEACH COUNTRY CLUB FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERSHIP FOR INNER CITY EDUCATION DBA PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCURE ADDICTION NOW CAN: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Friends of Israel Philharmonic Orchestra: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF NEW YORK INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG ADULT INSTITUTE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOAKDALE FOUNDATION 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.

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.

National Philanthropi…Fidelity Investments …
National Philanthropic TrustPA9.7× affinity4 shared granteesties to 1 of 1Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 J Ira & Nicki Harris Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from J Ira & Nicki Harris Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Oakdale Foundation Inc: 39% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Amherst College Trustees: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get 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.
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Find your warmest path to J Ira & Nicki Harris Family Foundation Inc 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 46 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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