New Jersey · Private foundation
The Harding Family Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $175k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2026
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $50,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 18
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 6
- Total assets, FY2026
- $2.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 33% of the organizations The Harding Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 19 | $149k | 21% |
| FY2025 | 18 | $93k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $45k | 65% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $48k | 24% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $39k | 63% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $38k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $93k | 38% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $40k | 20% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Everglades Foundation Inc | $108,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Colgate University | $82,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Bay Head Yacht Club Foundation | $66,520 | 5 | 12% |
| Ocean Reef Medical Center Foundation Inc | $53,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Ocean Reef Conservation Association Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 12% |
| Save Barnegat Bay Inc | $34,500 | 8 | 1% |
| Hudson Farm Foundation Inc | $33,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Ocean Reef Cultural Center Inc | $26,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Great Swamp Watershed Association | $10,000 | 5 | 0% |
| New Jersey Audubon Society | $9,500 | 7 | 0% |
Show all 40 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($103k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The 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 New Jersey · The John H and Katherine J Weiland Foundation Inc · George and Ruth Harms Foundation · Fm Kirby Foundation Inc · Ej Grassmann Trust · The Cleveland Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Baird Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
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About The Harding Family Foundation
- How much does The Harding Family Foundation give?
- The Harding Family Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $174,700 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 18 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does The Harding Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Environment (30%), Health (17%), Philanthropy (14%).
- Who are The Harding Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: The Everglades Foundation Inc ($108k), Colgate University ($83k), Bay Head Yacht Club Foundation ($67k).
- Does The Harding Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The 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 Harding Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of New Jersey, The John H and Katherine J Weiland Foundation Inc, George and Ruth Harms Foundation.
- Where is The Harding Family Foundation based?
- The Harding Family Foundation is based in NJ.
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