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Robert & Shirley Harris Family Foundation at a glance

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Robert & Shirley Harris Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$2.5M
Granted FY2024still arriving
47
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$375k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Public Safety & Disaster$2.4MFood & Nutrition$2.0MInternational$1.9MEnvironment$1.1MHuman Services$820kHealth$797kEducation$660kHousing & Shelter$345kOther$0
02FY2024 · 47 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $27k
  • $10k–50k21 grants · $425k
  • $50k–250k19 grants · $1.7M
  • $250k+1 grant · $375k
$30,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$17M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Redwood Empire Food Bank$375,000
American Red Cross$200,000
Americares$150,000
World Central Kitchen$150,000
Doctors Without Borders$150,000
Santa Rosa East Rotary Foundation$125,000
Oxfam America$85,000
Luther Burbank Center for the Arts$75,000
10000 Degrees Sonoma County$70,000
Santa Rosa Junior College Foundatio$70,000
Sonoma Land Trust$70,000
Save the Children$70,000
Peer Health Exchange Inc$65,000
UC Berkeley Foundation$61,000
California State Parks Foundation$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 (FY19–24, $2.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 93% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Wounded Warriors Family Support: $20k → 12%Green Beret Foundation: $20k → 9%Wounded Warriors Family Support: $10k → 12%Green Beret Foundation: $10k → 9%Wounded Warriors Family Support: $10k → 12%Wounded Warriors Family Support: $10k → 12%Honor Flight: $10k → 7%Innocence Project: $20k → 17%Innocence Project: $10k → 17%Innocence Project: $10k → 17%Innocence Project: $10k → 17%Innocence Project: $10k → 17%Innocence Project: $5k → 17%American Red Cross: $250k → 10%American Red Cross: $550k → 14%American Red Cross: $400k → 14%American Red Cross: $300k → 14%American Red Cross: $200k → 14%American Red Cross: $100k → 14%American Red Cross: $50k → 14%Catholic Charities of Santa Rosa: $75k → 9%Catholic Charities of Santa Rosa: $25k → 9%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

IL
NY
MA
PA
CT
CA
NE
VA
MD
DC
GA
TX
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$11M · 47 repeat orgs$221k to everyone else

47 repeat relationships: 37 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

47
10

Total granted

$11M
$161k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+85%

Still filing today

77%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesInternationalEnvironmentRecreation & SportsHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • RE
    REDWOOD EMPIRE FOOD BANK
    6× · 2019–2024 · $1.9M · revenue +80%
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    6× · 2019–2024 · $1.9M · revenue +39%
  • AMERICARES FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $715k · revenue +90%

Funded once

  • SO
    Society of St Vincent de Paul Sonom
    one grant, 2021 · $50k
  • BH
    Burbank Housing Corporationgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +610%
  • PANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue -46%
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
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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2
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
3
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
4
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

To sustain, restore, and enhance the nation's fish, wildlife, plants, and habitats.

Animals
5
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
6
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
7
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
8
Internet Society Foundation

At the internet society foundation, we focus on funding initiatives that strengthen the internet in function and reach so that it can effectively serve all people. our work advances the vision of the internet society (isoc): the internet…

International
9
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
10
California Dental Association Foundation

The foundation's mission is to improve the oral health of all californians by supporting the dental profession and its efforts to meet community needs.

Science & Tech
11
Food Forward Inc

Food forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same.

Food & Nutrition
12
California Forward

Ca fwd drives action to identify solutions that can be taken to scale to meet the challenges the state is facing. the organization is driven by the belief that regional solutions across the state will help ensure economic, environmental,…

Public Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Green Beret Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Country Roads 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

47 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 47 of the 62 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
47/47
Grantees still filing
38/47
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $715,000 · InternationalAMERICARES FOUNDATION IN…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $510,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES…WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $450,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN IN…OXFAM-AMERICA INC: $355,000 · InternationalOXFAM-AMERICA INCSave The Children Federation Inc: $315,000 · InternationalSave The Children Federa…HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC: $160,000 · InternationalHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INT…UC Berkeley Foundation: $441,000 · OtherUC Berkeley Foundation10000 Degrees Sonoma County: $360,000 · Other10000 Degrees Sonoma CountyYMCA of Sonoma County: $200,000 · OtherYMCA of Sonoma CountyFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $165,000 · OtherHabitat for Humanity of So Co: $135,000 · OtherHumbolt State University: $130,000 · OtherUnited Policyholders: $125,000 · OtherROTARY CLUB OF SANTA ROSA EASTWEST FOUNDATION: $175,000 · OtherSONOMA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $135,000 · OtherCALIFORNIA STATE PARKS FOUNDATION: $255,000 · OtherCALIFORNIA STATE PARKS FOUNDATIONPEER HEALTH EXCHANGE INC: $230,000 · OtherPEER HEALTH EXCHANGE INCKQED INC: $180,000 · OtherHUMANE SOCIETY OF SONOMA COUNTY: $135,000 · Other+22 more: $1,004,000 · Other+22 moreAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,850,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red…CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF SANTA ROSA: $200,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF…+4 more: $155,000 · Human Services+4 moreREDWOOD EMPIRE FOOD BANK: $1,945,000 · Food & NutritionREDWOOD EMPIRE FOO…SONOMA LAND TRUST: $265,000 · EnvironmentAUDUBON CANYON RANCH INC: $140,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $130,000 · Environment+1 more: $10,000 · EnvironmentSANTA ROSA JUNIOR COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $365,000 · EducationCAL POLY HUMBOLDT FOUNDATION: $50,000 · EducationThe Fistula Foundation: $135,000 · HealthSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $80,000 · HealthLIVING BEYOND BREAST CANCER: $45,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $35,000 · HealthSenior Advocacy Services: $31,500 · Health+3 more: $25,000 · Health
International$2,505,000Other$3,670,000Human Services$2,205,000Food & Nutrition$1,945,000Environment$545,000Education$415,000Health$351,500

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 budgetREDWOOD EMPIRE FOOD BANK: $1,945,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,850,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $715,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $510,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $450,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSANTA ROSA JUNIOR COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $365,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $355,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $315,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSONOMA LAND TRUST: $265,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetCALIFORNIA STATE PARKS FOUNDATION: $255,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetPEER HEALTH EXCHANGE INC: $230,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF SANTA ROSA: $200,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetKQED INC: $180,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetROTARY CLUB OF SANTA ROSA EASTWEST FOUNDATION: $175,000 over 2y, 38% of budgetFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $165,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC: $160,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAUDUBON CANYON RANCH INC: $140,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF SONOMA COUNTY: $135,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetSONOMA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $135,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetThe Fistula Foundation: $135,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $130,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Policyholders: $125,000 over 3y, 5.6% of budgetREDWOOD GOSPEL MISSIONS: $115,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetLUTHER BURBANK MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $110,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $90,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $80,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $75,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $65,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT INC: $50,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCAL POLY HUMBOLDT FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBurbank Housing Corporation: $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetLIVING BEYOND BREAST CANCER: $45,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEarle Baum Center of the Blind Inc: $35,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetSenior Advocacy Services: $31,500 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetGREEN BERET FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetSISKIYOU OPPORTUNITY CENTER: $26,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetREPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLime Foundation: $17,000 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetPANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHONOR FLIGHT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNATIONAL COUNCIL ON AGING INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK TRUST INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPLAY MARIN: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCOUNTRY ROADS FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $5,000 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.

  • Who funds REDWOOD EMPIRE FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds AMERICARES FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds SANTA ROSA JUNIOR COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds OXFAM-AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds Save The Children Federation Inc ↗
  • Who funds SONOMA LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PEER HEALTH EXCHANGE INC ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF SANTA ROSA ↗
  • Who funds KQED INC ↗
  • Who funds ROTARY CLUB OF SANTA ROSA EASTWEST FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds AUDUBON CANYON RANCH INC ↗
  • Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF SONOMA COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds SONOMA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The Fistula Foundation ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds United Policyholders ↗
  • Who funds REDWOOD GOSPEL MISSIONS ↗
  • Who funds LUTHER BURBANK MEMORIAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds THE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT INC ↗
  • Who funds CAL POLY HUMBOLDT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Burbank Housing Corporation ↗

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.

Sonoma County Communi…The San Francisco Fou…Marin Community Found…Silicon Valley Commun…Exchange Bank Foundat…Bethlehem Foundation …Redwood Credit Union …The Heck FoundationSonoma County Vintner…Tipping Point Communi…Bothin FoundationMcNabb Foundation
Sonoma County Community FoundationCA21.7× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sonoma County Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Exchange Bank Foundation · Bethlehem Foundation - Agy Main · Redwood Credit Union Community Fund Inc · The Heck Foundation · Sonoma County Vintners Foundation · Tipping Point Community · Bothin Foundation · McNabb 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 Robert & Shirley Harris Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Robert & Shirley Harris Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • National Park Trust Inc: 51% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
15report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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.

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 62 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The camps
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