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Tarpo Family Foundation Co Harrison & Held LLP

Its FY2017 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$55k
Granted FY2017
17
Grants FY2017
7
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it funds
01FY2017 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2017

  • Under $10k15 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $30k
$1,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN RED CROSS$15,000
GRIFFITH PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATIONAL$15,000
PORTER COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$5,000
CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$3,300
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF NW INDIANA$2,500
WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT$2,500
AMERICAN RED CROSS$2,000
HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF OGDEN DUNES$1,000
GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY$1,000
SALVATION ARMY$1,000
PACE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$1,000
FOOD BANK OF NW INDIANA$1,000
IMERMAN ANGELS$1,000
NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION$1,000
AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY$1,000
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 (FY17–17, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $3k → 14%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
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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2
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
3
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
4
American Geophysical Union

Agu's mission is to advance and support an inclusive community of earth and space scientists and partners dedicated to discovery and solutions to societal challenges. agu seeks to catalyze discovery and solutions to scientific and societal…

Science & Tech
5
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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6
American Society of Clinical Oncology Inc

See schedule o:asco is a professional oncology society committed to conquering cancer through research, education, and promotion of the highest quality patient care.

Health
7
International Federation of Accountants

Ifac acts in the public interest and has no profit-making purpose. ifac serves the public interest by: speaking out and engaging as the voice for the global profession; leading and developing a future-ready accountancy profession; and…

Education
8
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
9
American Cancer Society Inc

Improve the lives of people with cancer and their families through advocacy, research, and patient support, to ensure everyone has an opportunity to prevent, detect, treat, and survive cancer.

Health
10
American Foreign Service Association

American foreign service association (afsa) is both the principal advocate for the long-term institutional wellbeing of the professional career foreign service and responsible for safeguarding the interest of afsa members. (continued on…

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11
American Water Works Association

To promote public health, safety, and welfare through the improvement of the quality and quantity of drinking water and the development and furtherance of understanding of the problems relating thereto.

Public Benefit
12
American Astronomical Society

The american astronomical society (aas), established in 1899, is the major organization of professional astronomers in north america. the basic objective of the aas is to promote the advancement of astronomy and closely related branches of…

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Medecins Sans Frontieres Usa Inc; the most unlike its peers is Imerman Angels. 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

9 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. 9 of the 16 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
9/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GRIFFITH PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATIONAL: $15,000 · OtherGRIFFITH PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATIONALBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF NW INDIANA: $2,500 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF NW INDIANATHE SALVATION ARMY: $1,000 · OtherHISTORICAL SOCIETY OF OGDEN DUNES: $1,000 · OtherFOOD BANK OF NW INDIANA: $1,000 · OtherPACE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $1,000 · OtherNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $1,000 · OtherCARE USA: $1,000 · OtherAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $17,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Const…WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INCPORTER COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyPORTER COU…Chicago Symphony Orchestra: $3,300 · Arts & CultureMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,000 · InternationalIMERMAN ANGELS: $1,000 · HealthGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $1,000 · Food & NutritionAMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY: $1,000 · Science & Tech
Other$23,500Human Services$19,500Philanthropy$5,000Arts & Culture$3,300International$1,000Health$1,000Food & Nutrition$1,000Science & Tech$1,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $17,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPORTER COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChicago Symphony Orchestra: $3,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIMERMAN ANGELS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $1,000 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Tarpo Family Foundation Co Harrison & Held LLP funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Tarpo Family Foundation Co Harrison & Held LLP. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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 16 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 2017, released 2017. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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