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Jack Harlow Foundation Inc

Making louisville a better place

$172k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$86kCommunity Improvement$71kRecreation & Sports$52kYouth Development$41kHuman Services$32kHealth$14kReligion$9kEducation$8kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 11 grants below total $115,727, the rows itemized in this filing. The $171,745 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $56,018 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $36k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $80k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MUHAMMAD ALI MUSEUM AND EDUCATION$20,000
HOME SKATESHOP$15,900
NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION$14,000
HAPPY BIRTHDAY PARK INC$10,000
WEST LOUISVILLE SOCCER INITIATIVE$10,000
LOUISVILLE STORY PROGRAM INC$10,000
KENTUCKY REFUGEE MINISTRIES$9,132
EDUCATIONAL JUSTICE$8,345
CENTRO LATINO$7,000
LOUISVILLE ACADEMY OF MUSIC$6,000
FAIRNESS EDUCATION FUND INC$5,350
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 (FY23–23, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%SPONSOR 4 SUCCESS INC: $25k → 15%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
Leadership Kentucky Foundation Inc

Broadens the perspectives of current and emerging leaders through experiential education that inspires them to advance kentucky.

Public Benefit
2
The Louisville Urban League Inc

As an active partner, leader and catalyst, we will assist african americans, other minority groups and the disadvantaged attain social and economic equality and stability through direct services and advocacy.

Human Services
3
Kentucky Educational Television Foundation Inc

Nonprofit foundation created to support and further the educational, charitable, and public purposes and activities of the kentucky authority for educational television. the organization's primary purpose is to receive, hold, and…

Arts & Culture
4
Kentucky Center for Economic Policy Inc

To improve the quality of life for all kentuckians through research, education and advocacy on important policy issues facing the commonwealth.

Public Benefit
5
Kentucky Public Radio Inc

Lpm provides independent and courageous news, music and experiences that serve the needs and aspirations of our diverse communities.

Arts & Culture
6
Louisiana State Bar Association

The mission of the louisiana state bar association is to assist its members in the practice of law, assure access to and aid in the administration of justice, assist the supreme court in the regulation of the practice of law, uphold the…

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7
Endeavor Louisville Inc

Endeavor Louisville is leading the high-impact entrepreneurship movement in Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio, catalyzing long-term economic growth by selecting, mentoring, and supporting the best high-impact entrepreneurs in our region.…

International
8
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
9
Kentucky Bar Association

To maintain a proper discipline of the members of the bar in accordance with the rules set forth by the kentucky supreme court and with the principles of the legal profession as a public calling, to initiate and supervise, with the…

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10
Kentucky College of Art Design

The kentucky college of art and design opens the door to a creative and productive life through an undergraduate education in the contemporary arts.

Education
11
Neighborhood Solidarity Fund

Invest stl facilitates investment in the power of people and their neighborhoods to develop communities of justice and opportunity in places that continue to endure the legacy of systemic anti-black racism.

Community Improvement
12
The Kentucky Science Center Inc

Our mission is to inspire curiosity and empower individuals to explore and experiment with science in all its forms. we embrace a "do science" philosophy: play, tinker, collaborate, test, experiment, learn from mistakes, and try again.…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Louisville Academy of Music; the most unlike its peers is National Kidney Foundation Inc. 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

11 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. 11 of the 17 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
6/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CENTRO LATINO: $32,000 · OtherCENTRO LATINOVOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA INC: $25,000 · OtherVOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA INCHOME SKATESHOP: $15,900 · OtherHOME SKATESHOPWEST LOUISVILLE SOCCER INITIATIVE: $10,000 · OtherWEST LOUISVILLE SOCCER INITIATIVEPATTY SMITH HILL AND MILDRED JANE HILL HAPPY BIRTHDAY PARK INC: $10,000 · OtherPATTY SMITH HILL AND MILDRED JANE H…THE HOMIES LLC: $7,000 · OtherTHE HOMIES LLCKENTUCKY DANCE COUNCIL INC DBA LOUISVILLE BALLET: $50,000 · Arts & CultureKENTUCKY DANCE COUNCIL INC DBA…MUHAMMAD ALI MUSEUM AND EDUCATION CENTER: $20,000 · Arts & CultureMUHAMMAD ALI MUSEUM AND EDUCAT…LOUISVILLE STORY PROGRAM: $10,000 · Arts & CultureLOUISVILLE STORY PROGRAMLOUISVILLE ACADEMY OF MUSIC: $6,000 · Arts & CultureLOUISVILLE ACADEMY OF MUSICDOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $46,000 · Community ImprovementDOWNTOWN DEVELOP…ADELANTE HISPANIC ACHIEVERS INC: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentSPONSOR 4 SUCCESS INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesNational Kidney Foundation Inc: $14,000 · HealthEDUCATIONAL JUSTICE INC: $8,345 · EducationFAIRNESS EDUCATION FUND: $5,350 · EducationKENTUCKY REFUGEE MINISTRIES INC: $9,132 · Religion
Other$99,900Arts & Culture$86,000Community Improvement$46,000Youth Development$25,000Human Services$25,000Health$14,000Education$13,695Religion$9,132

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 budgetKENTUCKY DANCE COUNCIL INC DBA LOUISVILLE BALLET: $50,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetDOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $46,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetADELANTE HISPANIC ACHIEVERS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetSPONSOR 4 SUCCESS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetMUHAMMAD ALI MUSEUM AND EDUCATION CENTER: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNational Kidney Foundation Inc: $14,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOUISVILLE STORY PROGRAM: $10,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetKENTUCKY REFUGEE MINISTRIES INC: $9,132 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEDUCATIONAL JUSTICE INC: $8,345 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetLOUISVILLE ACADEMY OF MUSIC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFAIRNESS EDUCATION FUND: $5,350 over 1y, 1.0% 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.

The Gheens Foundation…Mightycause Charitabl…Sociable Weaver Found…The Community Foundat…The Community Foundat…Republic Bank Foundat…Honorable Order of Ke…C E and S Foundation …James Graham Brown Fo…Cralle Foundation IncLG&E and Ku Foundatio…The Norton Foundation…
The Gheens Foundation IncKY26.1× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Gheens Foundation Inc · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Sociable Weaver Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · Republic Bank Foundation Inc · Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc · C E and S Foundation Inc · James Graham Brown Foundation Inc · Cralle Foundation Inc · LG&E and Ku Foundation Inc · The Norton Foundation Inc

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 Jack Harlow Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jack Harlow Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 Jack Harlow Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Jack Harlow 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 17 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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