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The Harrington Family Foundation at a glance

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The Harrington Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$879k
Granted FY2024still arriving
19
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$670k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Health$7.0MArts & Culture$2.8MEducation$1.4MReligion$205kPhilanthropy$197kEnvironment$94kHuman Services$25kPublic Safety & Disaster$23kOther$0
02FY2024 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k9 grants · $33k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $121k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $55k
  • $250k+1 grant · $670k
$10,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$7.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS$670,000
LAWRENCE SCHOOL$55,000
BOSTON COLLEGE$30,000
HORATIO ALGER ASSOCIATION$25,000
HOLY TRINITY ANGELICAN CHURCH$13,250
ALS THERAPY DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE$12,500
NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM$10,000
HILLSDALE COLLEGE$10,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$10,000
FIELDSTONE FARM THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER$10,000
KEYS CHILDREN FOUNDATION$5,800
PROJECT PLACE - CLIMB FOR A CAUSE$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
A SPECIAL WISH FOUNDATION$3,620
MILITARY ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART$3,620
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $36k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%PERC INC: $5k → 9%PERC INC: $3k → 9%PERC INC: $3k → 9%PERC INC: $3k → 9%KEYS CHILDREN FOUNDATION: $6k → 13%KEYS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $3k → 13%FOSTERING HOPE: $10k → 17%FOSTERING HOPE: $5k → 17%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

VT
MI
NY
MA
WY
IA
OH
CT
VA
TN
DC
LA
TX
FL
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$11M · 22 repeat orgs$266k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

22 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
21

Total granted

$11M
$210k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+14%

Still filing today

73%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $56k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesPhilanthropyHealthAnimalsOther
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

  • LS
    LAWRENCE SCHOOL
    5× · 2020–2024 · $542k · revenue +4%
  • HA
    HORATIO ALGER ASSN OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $380k · revenue +12%
  • WR
    WESTERN RESERVE ACADEMY
    4× · 2020–2023 · $195k · revenue +56%

Funded once

  • OR
    OCEAN REEF ALL CHARITIES
    one grant, 2020 · $76k
  • HP
    HASLINGER PEDIATRIC PALLIATIVE CARE
    one grant, 2020 · $23k
  • UJ
    UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue +19%
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
Hathaway Brown School

The school is dedicated to excellence in the education of girls. our true mission, as reflected in our motto "non scholae sed vitae discimus," is learning & preparation for life.

Education
2
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
3
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
4
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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5
Hudson River Foundation for Science and Environmental Research Inc

The mission of the hudson river foundation is to inspire and inform action through science and engaging people to enhance the hudson river, estuary, and watershed (see schedule o).

Environment
6
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
7
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
8
Phillips Exeter Academy

Unite goodness and knowledge and inspire youth from every quarter to lead purposeful lives. [text in quotations is taken from the academy's deed of gift, drafted in 1781] knowledge and goodness "above all, it is expected that the attention…

Education
9
Seton Hall University

Seton hall university is a catholic institution of higher education

—
10
Western Reserve Historical Society

Western reserve historical society preserves and uses its collections, historic sites, and museums to inspire people to discover the american experience by exploring the tangible history of northeast ohio.

Arts & Culture
11
Trustees of the College of the Holy Cross

College of the holy cross is a private, jesuit, catholic, liberal arts college (see schedule o).

Education
12
Trustees of Tufts College

Education and Research

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Western Reserve Academy; the most unlike its peers is Case Barlow Farm. 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

35 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 35 of the 54 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/35
Grantees still filing
26/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS: $6,861,244 · OtherUNIVERSITY HOSPITALSLINCOLN CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS: $2,700,000 · OtherLINCOLN CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTSLAWRENCE SCHOOL: $542,350 · Other+28 more: $562,630 · OtherHORATIO ALGER ASSN OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS INC: $380,000 · EducationWESTERN RESERVE ACADEMY: $195,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE: $100,000 · EducationOLD TRAIL SCHOOL: $77,500 · EducationKENYON COLLEGE: $50,000 · EducationHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $46,000 · EducationTROUT UNLIMITED INC: $94,166 · AnimalsHUDSON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $50,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $20,000 · PhilanthropyGRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $17,500 · PhilanthropyTHE HUMAN FUND: $5,000 · PhilanthropyFOSTERING HOPE: $15,000 · Human ServicesP E R C INC: $12,500 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 · Human ServicesKEYS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION INC: $8,300 · Human ServicesOCEAN REEF CULTURAL CENTER INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureCommunity Center for the Arts: $12,500 · Arts & CultureTHE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureFELLOWSHIP FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC: $2,500 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $500 · Arts & CultureALS THERAPY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC: $12,500 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $2,500 · HealthHOPE FOR HENRY FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Health
Other$10,666,224Education$848,500Animals$94,166Philanthropy$92,500Human Services$45,800Arts & Culture$40,500Health$16,000

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 budgetLAWRENCE SCHOOL: $542,350 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetHORATIO ALGER ASSN OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS INC: $380,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetWESTERN RESERVE ACADEMY: $195,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetOCEAN REEF CHAPEL FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE: $100,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTROUT UNLIMITED INC: $94,166 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFIELDSTONE FARM THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER: $85,000 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetOLD TRAIL SCHOOL: $77,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetHUDSON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetKENYON COLLEGE: $50,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $46,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $17,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFOSTERING HOPE: $15,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetOCEAN REEF CULTURAL CENTER INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetP E R C INC: $12,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetCommunity Center for the Arts: $12,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetALS THERAPY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW DIRECTIONS INC: $10,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MUSEUM INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKEYS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION INC: $8,300 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetAKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK: $7,912 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCLEVELAND PLATFORM TENNIS FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetTHE HUMAN FUND: $5,000 over 1y, 47% of budgetTETON RAPTOR CENTER: $4,750 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMILITARY ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART OF THE USA INC: $3,620 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTETON COUNTY SHERIFF'S AUXILIARY: $2,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetFELLOWSHIP FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEN CURTIS FAMILY FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE COLLABORATIVE TO END HUMAN TRAFFICKING: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHOPE FOR HENRY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCASE BARLOW FARM: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTWO FOUNDATION INC TWO CAFE & BOUTIQUE: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

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.

The Cleveland Foundat…The Ron & Lydia Harri…Hudson Community Foun…Bicknell FundBurton D Morgan Found…The Char and Chuck Fo…Akron Community Found…Morgan Stanley Global…Raymond James Charita…Murdough FoundationGeorge and Ruth Harms…The Hajim Family Foun…
The Cleveland FoundationOH26.5× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Cleveland Foundation · The Ron & Lydia Harrington Family Foundation · Hudson Community Foundation · Bicknell Fund · Burton D Morgan Foundation Inc · The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation · Akron Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Murdough Foundation · George and Ruth Harms Foundation · The Hajim Family 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 Harrington Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Harrington Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Als Therapy Development Foundation Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston College: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to The Harrington Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Harrington Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 54 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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