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The Harman Cain Family Foundation at a glance

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The Harman Cain Family Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$153k
Granted FY2023
28
Grants FY2023
6
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Education$308kHuman Services$281kArts & Culture$239kYouth Development$78kPhilanthropy$65kHealth$64kCrime & Legal$54kHousing & Shelter$27kOther$0
02FY2023 · 28 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k25 grants · $110k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $43k
$5,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$2.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SITAR ARTS CENTER$15,000
WELLESLEY COLLEGE$15,000
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART$12,500
SHAKESPEARE THEATER$6,179
LIFE PIECES TO MASTERPIECES$5,000
SCAN OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA$5,000
HEALTHY BABIES PROJECT$5,000
RAW ART WORKS$5,000
GREATER DC DIAPER BANK$5,000
THE LITERACY LAB$5,000
JUBILEE JUMPSTART$5,000
PATHS FOR FAMILIES$5,000
GALA INC HISPANIC THEATER$5,000
HOMELESS CHILDREN'S PLAYTIME PROJECT$5,000
RAINBOW FAMILIES$5,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $132k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%HOMELESS CHILDREN'S PLAYTIME PROJECT: $5k → 14%MAIN STREET CHILD DEV CTR: $2k → 6%HOMELESS CHILDREN'S PLAYTIME PROJECT: $5k → 14%TOUCHING HEART: $3k → 6%HOMELESS CHILDREN'S PLAYTIME PROJECT: $5k → 14%HOMELESS CHILDRENS PLAYTIME: $5k → 14%LIBERTY'S PROMISE: $5k → 9%HOMELESS CHILDREN'S PLAYTIME PROJECT: $5k → 14%LIBERTY'S PROMISE: $5k → 9%HOMELESS CHILDRENS PLAYTIME: $4k → 14%LIBERTY'S PROMISE: $5k → 9%LIBERTY'S PROMISE: $4k → 9%HOMELESS CHILDRENS PLAYTIME: $3k → 14%LIBERTY'S PROMISE: $3k → 9%SOLUTIONS IN HOMETOWN CONNECTIONS: $3k → 11%FAMILY & YOUTH INITIATIVE: $5k → 14%FAMILY & YOUTH INITIATIVE: $5k → 14%FAMILY & YOUTH INITIATIVE: $5k → 14%FAMILY & YOUTH INITIATIVE: $5k → 14%FAMILY & YOUTH INITIATIVE: $5k → 14%MAMATOTO VILLAGE: $3k → 14%REACH INCORPORATED: $3k → 14%FAMILY & YOUTH INITIATIVE: $3k → 14%DC 127: $5k → 14%DC 127: $5k → 14%GREATER DC DIAPER BANK: $5k → 14%GREATER DC DIAPER BANK: $5k → 14%GREATER DC DIAPER BANK: $5k → 14%GREATER DC DIAPER BANK: $5k → 14%GREATER DC DIAPER BANK: $5k → 14%GREATER DC DIAPER BANK: $3k → 14%GREATER DC DIAPER BANK: $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.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
IN
CT
CA
VA
MD
DC
TX
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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 55 repeat orgs$150k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against +33% for those funded once.

55 repeat relationships: 25 still active in FY2023, 30 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

55
47

Total granted

$1.0M
$140k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+33%

Still filing today

67%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureHealthPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • SC
    SKIDMORE COLLEGE
    5× · 2017–2022 · $104k · revenue +34%
  • NG
    National Gallery of Art
    7× · 2017–2023 · $80k · revenue +57%
  • TS
    THE SHAKESPEARE THEATRE
    4× · 2020–2023 · $66k · revenue +53%

Funded once

  • SL
    SPUR LOCAL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $20k · revenue +56%
  • ST
    SHAKESPEARE THEATER
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
  • PG
    PRINCE GEORGE'S
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its 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
Global Kids Inc

Global kids educates, inspires and mobilizes youth to become global citizens who are positively engaged in the world and are prepared for their future.

Youth Development
2
Dc Bilingual Public Charter School

The mission of dc bilingual public charter school is to create a learning community that ensures high academic achievement for all students in both spanish and english, develops leadership, and values all cultures.

Education
3
Wonders Early Learning Extended Day

To create and advance high quality, diverse educational communities that teach children the foundations of life-long learning and social responsibility.

—
4
Ingenuity Prep

Ingenuity prep public charter school was formed to prepare students to succeed in college and beyond as impactful civiic leaders.

Education
5
Cityworks Dc

Our mission is to dramatically improve the early career outcomes of dc youth and young adults of color by creating innovative programs and by mobilizing employers, educators, and city leaders to create a local, diverse talent pipeline. our…

Education
6
Two Rivers Public Charter School Inc

Two rivers mission: to nurture a diverse group of students to become lifelong, active participants in their own education, develop a sense of self and community, and become responsible and compassionate members of society.

Education
7
Dc Preparatory Academy

Dc prep's mission is to bridge the educational divide in washington, dc by increasing the number of students from underserved communities with the academic preparation and personal character to succeed in competitive high schools and…

Education
8
Kipp Dc Public Charter Schools

Kipp dc is the largest public charter school network in washington, d.c., serving more than 7,300 students from prek-12th grade. we are dedicated to supporting students who have historically lacked access to high-quality educational…

Education
9
Abilities Network Inc

Cultivating inclusive communities through relationships, innovation and high-quality services.

Health
10
Capitol Hill Day School

Capitol Hill Day School is a co-educational independent school serving students from pre-kindergarten through 8th grade. Capitol Hill Day School deeply engages a diverse community of students in connecting the classroom with the larger…

Education
11
Close Up Foundation

The mission of the nonprofit, nonpartisan close up foundation is to empower young people for a lifetime of active citizenship through civic education programs, professional development for educators, and classroom resources.

Arts & Culture
12
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Open City Advocates; the most unlike its peers is Kids R First. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

73 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. 73 of the 106 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
24
Early backer (in before they grew)
70/73
Grantees still filing
55/73
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

RAW ART WORKS INC: $35,000 · OtherRAW ART WORKS INCCATALOGUE FOR PHILANTHROPY: $31,000 · OtherCATALOGUE FOR PHILANTHROPYJubilee Jumpstart: $27,500 · OtherJubilee JumpstartRAINBOW FAMILIES: $25,000 · OtherRAINBOW FAMILIESSCAN OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA INC: $20,000 · OtherCENTER FOR ADOPTION SUPPORT: $20,000 · OtherTHE POTOMAC CONSERVANCY INC: $17,000 · Other+51 more: $290,000 · Other+51 moreSKIDMORE COLLEGE: $104,133 · EducationSKIDMORE COLLEGEWellesley College: $33,000 · EducationWellesley CollegeREADING PARTNERS: $29,500 · EducationREADING PARTNERSTHE LITERACY LAB: $25,000 · EducationTHE LITERACY LAB+11 more: $38,500 · Education+11 moreNational Gallery of Art: $79,500 · Arts & CultureNational Gallery of …THE SHAKESPEARE THEATRE: $66,179 · Arts & CultureTHE SHAKESPEARE THEA…SITAR ARTS CENTER: $48,500 · Arts & CultureSITAR ARTS CENTERDUMBARTON ARTS AND EDUCATION INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureDUMBARTON ARTS AND E…+3 more: $13,500 · Arts & Culture+3 moreHOMELESS CHILDREN'S PLAYTIME PROJECT: $31,500 · Human ServicesHOMELESS CHILD…GREATER DC DIAPER BANK: $30,000 · Human ServicesGREATER DC DIA…FAMILY AND YOUTH INITIATIVE INC: $27,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY AND YOU…HOPE HOUSE: $25,500 · Human ServicesHOPE HOUSELIBERTY'S PROMISE: $21,500 · Human ServicesLIBERTY'S PROM…DC127 Inc: $10,000 · Human ServicesDC127 Inc+5 more: $11,500 · Human Services+5 moreHEALTHY BABIES PROJECT INC: $27,500 · HealthJOSEPH'S HOUSE INC: $16,000 · HealthADOPTIONS TOGETHER INC DBA AS PATHS FOR FAMILIES: $15,000 · HealthUSAGAINSTALZHEIMER'S: $3,000 · HealthHOPE FOR HENRY FOUNDATION: $2,500 · Health+2 more: $3,000 · HealthSPUR LOCAL INC: $20,000 · PhilanthropyGREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $6,550 · PhilanthropyTHE GIVING SQUARE INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyYELLOW RIBBON FUND INC: $2,500 · PhilanthropyTURNING THE PAGE: $2,000 · Philanthropy+2 more: $2,000 · PhilanthropyWANDA ALSTON FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$465,500Education$230,133Arts & Culture$222,679Human Services$157,000Health$67,000Philanthropy$38,050Housing & Shelter$25,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSKIDMORE COLLEGE: $104,133 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNational Gallery of Art: $79,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SHAKESPEARE THEATRE: $66,179 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSITAR ARTS CENTER: $48,500 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetRAW ART WORKS INC: $35,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetWellesley College: $33,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHOMELESS CHILDREN'S PLAYTIME PROJECT: $31,500 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetGREATER DC DIAPER BANK: $30,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetREADING PARTNERS: $29,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJubilee Jumpstart: $27,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetHEALTHY BABIES PROJECT INC: $27,500 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetFAMILY AND YOUTH INITIATIVE INC: $27,000 over 6y, 4.0% of budgetHOPE HOUSE: $25,500 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetTHE LITERACY LAB: $25,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWANDA ALSTON FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetLIBERTY'S PROMISE: $21,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetSPUR LOCAL INC: $20,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetSCAN OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetTHE POTOMAC CONSERVANCY INC: $17,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetJOSEPH'S HOUSE INC: $16,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetHER Resiliency Center: $15,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetDUMBARTON ARTS AND EDUCATION INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetBRIGHT BEGINNINGS INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetADOPTIONS TOGETHER INC DBA AS PATHS FOR FAMILIES: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCASA RUBY INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDC127 Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetBUILDING BRIDGES ACROSS THE RIVER INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDC CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT TEEN PREGNANCY: $7,500 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetGREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $6,550 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIFE PIECES TO MASTERPIECES: $6,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTrustees of Tufts College: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAPPLETREE INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION INNOVATION: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAN OPEN BOOK FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetOPEN CITY ADVOCATES: $5,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetFriends of the National Arboretum: $5,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetLearnserve International: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetGALA INC GRUPO DE ARTISTAS LATINO AMERICANOS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCASA CHIRILAGUA: $5,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetVeterans Consortium Pro Bono Program: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetACCION OPPORTUNITY FUND INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetUSAGAINSTALZHEIMER'S: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDREAM PROJECT INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetGIRLS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREACH EDUCATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetA WIDER CIRCLE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FAMILY PLACE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMOBILE HOPE ASSOCIATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFORUM THEATRE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.9% 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.

  • Who funds SKIDMORE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds National Gallery of Art ↗
  • Who funds THE SHAKESPEARE THEATRE ↗
  • Who funds SITAR ARTS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds RAW ART WORKS INC ↗
  • Who funds Wellesley College ↗
  • Who funds HOMELESS CHILDREN'S PLAYTIME PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds GREATER DC DIAPER BANK ↗
  • Who funds READING PARTNERS ↗
  • Who funds Jubilee Jumpstart ↗
  • Who funds HEALTHY BABIES PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY AND YOUTH INITIATIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPE HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds THE LITERACY LAB ↗
  • Who funds WANDA ALSTON FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds LIBERTY'S PROMISE ↗
  • Who funds SPUR LOCAL INC ↗
  • Who funds SCAN OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE POTOMAC CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds JOSEPH'S HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds HER Resiliency Center ↗
  • Who funds DUMBARTON ARTS AND EDUCATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BRIGHT BEGINNINGS INC ↗
  • Who funds ADOPTIONS TOGETHER INC DBA AS PATHS FOR FAMILIES ↗
  • Who funds CASA RUBY INC ↗
  • Who funds DC127 Inc ↗
  • Who funds BUILDING BRIDGES ACROSS THE RIVER INC ↗

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.

Greater Washington Co…The Morris and Gwendo…United Way of the Nat…Clark-Winchcole Found…Philip L Graham Fund …Sidgmore Family Found…John Edward Fowler Me…Redskin Foundation In…Richard E & Nancy P M…Humanities Council of…Lainoff Family Founda…Clark Charitable Foun…
Greater Washington Community FoundationDC70.6× affinity40 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Washington Community Foundation · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · United Way of the National Capital Area · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · Sidgmore Family Foundation · John Edward Fowler Memorial Foundation · Redskin Foundation Inc George Preston Marshall Foundation · Richard E & Nancy P Marriott Foundation · Humanities Council of Washington DC · Lainoff Family Foundation Inc · Clark Charitable Foundation Inc Dba a James & Alice B Clark Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Harman Cain Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Harman Cain Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Trustees of Tufts College: 13% of income from government
  • Raw Art Works Inc: 7% of income from government
  • A Wider Circle Inc: 6% of income from government
  • First Generation College Bound Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Wellesley College: 1% of income from government
  • Yellow Ribbon Fund Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Adoptions Together Inc Dba As Paths for Families: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
34report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 106 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The endowment market
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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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