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· Private foundation
THE HARMS FAMILY FOUNDATION
This foundation accepts unsolicited grant applications.
$50k
Granted FY2021
12
Grants
9
Communities
$15k
Largest
01What you fund
01
What you funded, over time
By grantee IRS cause code (NTEE).
A cause breakdown isn’t shown here: 95% of THE HARMS FAMILY FOUNDATION’s grantee dollars go to organizations outside the IRS cause taxonomy (common for large international and research funders), so a chart would be mostly “unclassified” and misrepresent the portfolio.
02beneath the categories
Past the labels — and the year it shifted
Beneath the NTEE codes, this is what the grant descriptions actually say.
…and in their own words, year by year
2018
wilmingtonhanover veteransboys girls
2019
cape fearwilmington
2020
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2021
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Words distinctive to each year’s grant purposes (TF-IDF) · event-driven terms in cyan.
03FY2021 · 12 grants
Where the money goes
Your grants by size, and where they go.
By grant size · FY2021
- Under $10k10 grants · $25k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $25k
$2,500
Median grant
9
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
- ST JUDES CHILDRENS HOSPITAL$15,000
- AMERICAN RED CROSS$10,000
- SENC VETERANS DAY PARADE$5,000
- RESTORED SOULS$5,000
- BOYS & GIRLS HOME$2,500
- SUITING WARRIORS$2,500
- JESUS FILM PROJECT$2,500
- TUNNEL TO TOWERS$2,500
- PAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS$1,500
- MUTTS WITH A MISSION$1,000
- JUDICIAL WATCH$1,000
- CURE CRV$1,000
02The need
04
Do your dollars go where the need is?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.
show:
Your human-services grants (FY18–18, $620) land where the poverty rate runs at 13% — the area typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars reach neighborhoods with above-average need. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
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; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA, United Way ALICE — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.
03Your edge
repeat funding
Who you back again
Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.
42%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$119k · 13 repeat orgs$167k to everyone else
And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +80% since the first grant, against +5% for the ones you funded once.
13 repeat relationships — 7 still active in FY2021, 6 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Re-uppedFunded once
Organizations
13
23
Total granted
$119k
$152k
Median revenue growth · since first grant
+80%
+5%
Still filing today
23%
22%
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
Public BenefitHuman ServicesEmploymentFood & NutritionPhilanthropyPublic Safety & DisasterOther
First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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
- BGBOYS & GIRLS HOME3× · 2018–2021 · $34k
- ARAMERICAN RED CROSS3× · 2018–2021 · $28k
- SJST JUDES CHILDRENS HOSPITAL2× · 2020–2021 · $20k
Funded once
- HUHARBOR UNITED METHODIST CHURCHone grant, 2019 · $93k
- MEMAKE-A-WISH EASTERN NCone grant, 2020 · $13k
- SOSPECIAL OLYMPICSone grant, 2018 · $8k
Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
04Your field
The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
1
Paws of War Inc
To rescue, train and place shelter dogs to serve and provide independence to our veterans & first responders that suffer the traumatic effects of war, and provide essential and supportive services to our heroes in need.
Animals
2
United States War Dogs
To support military working dog teams who are deployed through operation military care k9. assist in the adoption and placement of retired military dogs. assist in the procuring of rescued dogs to train with soldiers who are dealing with…
Animals
3
Canines for Service Inc
CFS seeks to inspire veterans through life-changing canine partnerships.
Human Services
4
Maine Paws for Veterans Inc
The mission of maine paws for veterans, inc. is to provide service dog training and support to veterans with military-related post-traumatic stress.
Human Services
5
Patriot K9 Rescue Inc
Our mission is to provide retirement and adoption services to our retired military and police K9's. Including but not limited to veterinary care, transportation services, training, safe, clean housing, rehabilitation, and to provide life…
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6
Healing Paws for Warriors Inc
Healing paws for warriors is a local veteran found / veteran led 501(c)(3) that provides rescue to trained service dogs to veterans faced with post traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), traumatic brain injury (tbi) and/or military sexual…
Human Services
7
K9 Battle Buddies Inc
Animal rescue and shelter for dogs and cats providing service qualified dogs to veterans and members qualified at no cost while unqualified dogs and cats are adopted to loving homes
Animals
8
Wardogs-Making It Home Inc
We serve veterans with Post Traumatic Syndrome Disease, Traumatic Brain Injuries, and Military Sexual Trauma by finding service dogs that we rescue and train for the Veterans specific needs. We have matched over 70 veterans with dogs and…
Human Services
9
Spartan Paws 4 Warriors
Service dogs for disabled veterans
Animals
10
Joint Task Force K9S
Provide k9 therapy for combat veterans.
Human Services
11
Pets for Vets Inc
Pets for Vets enriches the lives of veterans by creating a life-changing Super Bond with expertly selected and trained shelter or rescue pets. It provides ongoing expert support to ensure a reciprocal and thriving partnership at no cost to…
Public Benefit
12
Service Peace Warriors
Raise and train service dogs for veterans with ptsd at no charge to the veteran.
Animals
For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Adopt a Platoon Soldier Support and the most unlike its peers is Judicial Watch Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network
9 grantees, every filing reconciled, 2017–2024.
Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue.
0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
6/9
Grew since you first funded
Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee
Other$270,681Public Benefit$5,500Employment$3,000Food & Nutrition$2,500Philanthropy$1,320Public Safety & Disaster$1,000Animals$1,000Human Services$620
Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them
A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundMA4.7× affinity4 shared granteesties to 1 of 1Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
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Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.
Government reliance of your grantees
Every dot is one organisation THE HARMS FAMILY FOUNDATION funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.
2024
’20’21’22’23’24
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
typical government reliance, FY20–24
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. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.
05Through Plinth
Through Plinth
Your grantmaking, live and operational
This dossier was generated cold from public filings. In Plinth it’s a working system — every applicant assessed and every grant monitored. Here’s a taste, run on one of your grantees: CAJUN NAVY RELIEF.
Agentic due diligence · confidence × risk
Financial management
low risk
~36 months of operating runway; revenue grew over 7 filed years.
Track record & reputation
low risk
7 years of Form 990 filings, still active; revenue up 12.8× since.
Legal standing
low risk
US 501(c)(3); EIN 813901071 on file with current IRS Form 990 filings.
Governance
Live in Plinth
Board composition & governance documents — verified live in Plinth from the applicant.
Compliance & sanctions
Live in Plinth
OFAC / UN sanctions screening — run live in Plinth at assessment.
Program capacity
Live in Plinth
Staffing, M&E and activity alignment — assessed live in Plinth from submitted proposals.
Live · Plinth’s real DD engine
Run the actual assessment on CAJUN NAVY RELIEF, cold from public data.
Generated live from public IRS filings + open web sources by Plinth’s agentic engine. Shown as an illustration of the product, not a formal assessment.
Post-award monitoring · continuous checks
- On trackFinancial stability— Roughly 36 months of cash on hand.
- On trackSustained operations— Filing through 2024; revenue grew over the period.
- On trackReliance on your funding— Your grants peaked at 1% of their budget — diversified.
- Awaiting reportEvidence of delivery— Plinth collects the grantee's own monitoring reports post-award.
What you see here is static and public. In Plinth it’s operational — the full six-pillar framework on every applicant (with their own documents + live registry and sanctions checks), monitoring dashboards on every award, custom board reports, and eligibility routing for intake.
Agentic due diligenceMonitoring dashboardsCustom board reportsEligibility routing
Preview generated from this grantee’s public IRS filings and independent reporting. Pillars marked “live in Plinth” require the applicant’s submitted documents. Shown as illustration, not a formal assessment.
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How do I get to The Harms Family Foundation?
Find your warmest path to The Harms Family Foundation through people who sit on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the introduction across shared trustees and officers.
Every link is a documented governance overlap in public IRS 990 filings — not a personal network — and each hop carries its own confidence tier. Low-confidence or distant paths are held back rather than guessed.
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The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary
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$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
Strange bedfellows
the named clusters of US funding
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home
State money flows
the interactive map of money crossing state lines