Florida · Private foundation
The Hardison Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $450k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2024
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 23%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of The Hardison Family Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2024, the last year The Hardison Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 11 organizations, $450k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2024
- $45,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $70,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 17
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 23% of the organizations The Hardison Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $65k 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 | $450k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $420k | 23% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $450k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $475k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $530k | 12% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $400k | 13% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $380k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 16 | $450k | n/a |
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $450,000 | 8 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $450,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $400,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Illinois Institute of Technology | $400,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida Inc | $300,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Shriners' Hospital for Children | $270,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Northern Illinois Food Bank | $245,000 | 6 | 0% |
| ECHO Inc | $120,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Oregon Food Bank | $100,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | $90,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $450,000 | 8 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $450,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $400,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Illinois Institute of Technology | $400,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida Inc | $300,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Shriners' Hospital for Children | $270,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Northern Illinois Food Bank | $245,000 | 6 | 0% |
| ECHO Inc | $120,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Oregon Food Bank | $100,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | $90,000 | 2 | 0% |
| North County Meals on Wheels | $85,000 | 8 | 29% |
| Cottey College | $80,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Hands of Hope | $20,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Givedirectly Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Simple Positive Play | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($520k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Hardison Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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About The Hardison Family Foundation
- How much does The Hardison Family Foundation give?
- The Hardison Family Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $450,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 17 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Hardison Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (75%), Food & Nutrition (8%), Health (6%).
- Who are The Hardison Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Greater Chicago Food Depository ($450k), St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc ($450k), Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($400k).
- Does The Hardison Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Hardison 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.
- Where is The Hardison Family Foundation based?
- The Hardison Family Foundation is based in FL.
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