Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Straus-Harris 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.
- $628k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2024
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $160,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $18M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 10% of the organizations Straus-Harris Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 | 13 | $628k | 31% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $360k | 10% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $422k | 11% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $143k | 13% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $88k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $96k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $186k | 67% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $64k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nationalities Service Center of Philadelphia | $428,450 | 8 | 1% |
| Theatre Exile Company | $117,000 | 7 | 7% |
| Lantern Theater Company | $110,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Samuel S Fleisher Art Memorial Inc | $91,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Settlement Music School of Philadelphia | $91,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Philadelphia Parks Alliance Inc | $87,000 | 5 | 6% |
| Center-Philadelphia | $70,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Balletx | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Philadelphia Scenic Works | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Philadelphia Theatre Company | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nationalities Service Center of Philadelphia | $428,450 | 8 | 1% |
| Theatre Exile Company | $117,000 | 7 | 7% |
| Lantern Theater Company | $110,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Samuel S Fleisher Art Memorial Inc | $91,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Settlement Music School of Philadelphia | $91,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Philadelphia Parks Alliance Inc | $87,000 | 5 | 6% |
| Center-Philadelphia | $70,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Balletx | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Philadelphia Scenic Works | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Philadelphia Theatre Company | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Inis Nua Theatre Company | $4,000 | 1 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($963k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Straus-Harris 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.
Open a dossier: The Philadelphia Foundation · The Philadelphia Cultural Fund Inc · The William Penn Foundation · Wyncote Foundation · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · The Suzanne Roberts Cultural Development Fund Sheldon Bonovitz Trustee · The Sylvia W and Randle M Kauders Foundation Inc · Independence Foundation · The Shubert Foundation Inc · Victory Foundation · The Lida Foundation · Ludwick Fdn
How this is measured
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About Straus-Harris Foundation
- How much does Straus-Harris Foundation give?
- Straus-Harris Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $628,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Straus-Harris Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (70%), Human Services (22%), Recreation & Sports (4%).
- Who are Straus-Harris Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Nationalities Service Center of Philadelphia ($428k), Theatre Exile Company ($117k), Lantern Theater Company ($110k).
- Does Straus-Harris Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Straus-Harris 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 Straus-Harris Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Philadelphia Foundation, The Philadelphia Cultural Fund Inc, The William Penn Foundation.
- Where is Straus-Harris Foundation based?
- Straus-Harris Foundation is based in PA.
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