Vermont · Private foundation
Philip S Harper 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.
- $408k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 153
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 138
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 16%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $323k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,250
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $18,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 137 to 149
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 21
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 16% of the organizations Philip S Harper Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $57k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 134 | $321k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 138 | $283k | 16% |
| FY2022 | 149 | $309k | 32% |
| FY2020 | 137 | $262k | 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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Foundation for Seminole County Public Schools | $38,750 | 3 | 0% |
| First Presbyterian Church of Maitland | $35,750 | 4 | n/a |
| Maharishi International University | $27,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Florida Institute of Technology Inc | $23,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Orlando Health Foundation Inc | $22,450 | 4 | 0% |
| University of Central Florida Foundation Inc | $20,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Lake Champlain Maritime Museum at Basin Harbor Inc | $16,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $15,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Duke University | $13,950 | 4 | 0% |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | $13,200 | 4 | 0% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 90 recipients with no EIN on record ($523k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Philip S Harper Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
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About Philip S Harper Foundation
- How much does Philip S Harper Foundation give?
- Philip S Harper Foundation reported 153 itemized grants totaling $323,150, out of $407,500 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 137 and 149 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Philip S Harper Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (10%), Religion (5%), Arts & Culture (5%).
- Who are Philip S Harper Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: The Foundation for Seminole County Public Schools ($39k), First Presbyterian Church of Maitland ($36k), Maharishi International University ($27k).
- Does Philip S Harper Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 16% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Philip S Harper 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.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Philip S Harper Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Tower Corporation Foundation Inc, The Ford Foundation, The Vermont Community Foundation.
- Where is Philip S Harper Foundation based?
- Philip S Harper Foundation is based in VT.
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