Illinois · Private foundation
The Ben Harding 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.
- $46k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 36
- Grants FY2024
- 53
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $7,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 41 to 53
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $961k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 17% of the organizations The Ben Harding Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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 | 36 | $46k | 3% |
| FY2023 | 53 | $56k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 46 | $60k | 9% |
| FY2021 | 44 | $60k | 9% |
| FY2020 | 45 | $55k | 9% |
| FY2019 | 45 | $52k | 13% |
| FY2018 | 42 | $59k | 26% |
| FY2017 | 41 | $56k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Illinois Food Bank | $20,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Primavera Foundation Inc | $16,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful | $16,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Klehm Arboretum and Botanic Garden Inc | $14,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Rockford Art Museum | $14,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $11,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Discovery Center Museum of Rockford Inc | $11,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $10,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Trinity House Inc | $10,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Carpenter's Place Inc | $9,500 | 7 | 0% |
Show all 48 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 32 recipients with no EIN on record ($159k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Ben Harding Family 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: Community Foundation of Northern IL · The Kjellstrom Family Foundation · Bergstrom Inc Charitable Foundation Xxxxx2008 · United Way of Rock River Valley · Tracy E Anderson Charitable Foundation · The David & Colleen Anderson Charitable Foundation · Kristin L Anderson Charitable Foundation · Amended and Restated Brubaker Charitable Trust · Guy Reno Family Foundation · Blazer Foundation · John & Linda Anderson Charitable Foundation · Sjostrom & Sons Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Ben Harding Family Foundation
- How much does The Ben Harding Family Foundation give?
- The Ben Harding Family Foundation reported 36 grants totaling $46,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 41 and 53 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Ben Harding Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (17%), Arts & Culture (16%), Food & Nutrition (13%).
- Who are The Ben Harding Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Northern Illinois Food Bank ($20k), The Primavera Foundation Inc ($17k), Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful ($16k).
- Does The Ben Harding Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Ben Harding Family 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 The Ben Harding Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Northern IL, The Kjellstrom Family Foundation, Bergstrom Inc Charitable Foundation Xxxxx2008.
- Where is The Ben Harding Family Foundation based?
- The Ben Harding Family Foundation is based in IL.
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