Indiana · Private foundation
The Harlan 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.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $700,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 16
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $8.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 8% of the organizations The Harlan Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 11 | $1.2M | 36% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $525k | 8% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $688k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $594k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $108k | 45% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $228k | 29% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $217k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 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, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indianapolis Zoological Society Inc | $1,918,800 | 6 | 1% |
| St Vincent Hospital Foundation Inc | $1,016,667 | 6 | 3% |
| Joy In Childhood Foundation Inc | $196,500 | 7 | 1% |
| Geist Lake Coalition | $64,300 | 7 | 3% |
| Indiana University Foundation | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Avon Public Safety Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Indiana Ballet Conservatory Inc | $12,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Mdrc | $3,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Sociedad Amigos de Colombia de Indiana Inc | $3,500 | 2 | n/a |
| The Damien Center | $2,878 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indianapolis Zoological Society Inc | $1,918,800 | 6 | 1% |
| St Vincent Hospital Foundation Inc | $1,016,667 | 6 | 3% |
| Joy In Childhood Foundation Inc | $196,500 | 7 | 1% |
| Geist Lake Coalition | $64,300 | 7 | 3% |
| Indiana University Foundation | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Avon Public Safety Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Indiana Ballet Conservatory Inc | $12,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Mdrc | $3,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Sociedad Amigos de Colombia de Indiana Inc | $3,500 | 2 | n/a |
| The Damien Center | $2,878 | 2 | 0% |
| USA Team Handball | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Teresa McCormick Center | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Loma Linda University Children's Hospital Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Johnson County Humane Society | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dane County Humane Society | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rutgers University Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| History Flight | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Indiana Masonic Home Foundation Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($288k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Harlan 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.
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How this is measured
About The Harlan Family Foundation
- How much does The Harlan Family Foundation give?
- The Harlan Family Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $1,222,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 16 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does The Harlan Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (45%), Health (24%), Philanthropy (21%).
- Who are The Harlan Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Indianapolis Zoological Society Inc ($1.9M), St Vincent Hospital Foundation Inc ($1.0M), Joy In Childhood Foundation Inc ($197k).
- Does The Harlan Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Harlan 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 Harlan Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation, Lilly Endowment Inc, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation.
- Where is The Harlan Family Foundation based?
- The Harlan Family Foundation is based in IN.
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