· Private foundation
The Harrison 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k2 grants · $13k
- $10k–50k39 grants · $891k
- $50k–250k15 grants · $1.1M
- $250k+1 grant · $699k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA | $699,000 |
| COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY | $150,000 |
| FOCUSED ULTRASOUND FOUNDATION | $120,000 |
| CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION | $100,000 |
| NORTHERN NECK FAMILY YMCA | $100,000 |
| ANNA JULIA COOPER SCHOOL | $80,000 |
| GICIA | $70,000 |
| RAPPAHANNOCK ART LEAGUE INC | $50,000 |
| CAMP HOLIDAY TRAILS INC | $50,000 |
| WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE | $50,000 |
| YMCA OF THE VIRGINIA PENINSULAS | $50,000 |
| BLUE RIDGE SCHOOL | $50,000 |
| FOXCROFT SCHOOL | $50,000 |
| FRIENDS OF BOCA GRANDE | $50,000 |
| CURE ALZHEIMER'S FUND | $50,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $505k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 37% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.
74 repeat relationships: 47 still active in FY2025, 27 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $245k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TBTHE BLUE RIDGE SCHOOL INC6× · 2020–2025 · $600k · revenue +25%
- JRJAMES RIVER ASSOCIATION4× · 2020–2023 · $600k · revenue +30%
- WHWOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION6× · 2020–2025 · $375k · revenue +35%
Funded once
- RARAPPAHANNOCK ART LEAQUE INCone grant, 2023 · $65k
- TFTHE FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION OF RICHMONDone grant, 2020 · $40k
- CSCRANBERRY SUNSET FARM INCone grant, 2022 · $30k · revenue -7%
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.
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.
The williams school builds with each child the foundation for academic, moral and social success. a williams school student embodies confidence, integrity and a love of learning.
Since 1775, the mission of Hampden-Sydney College has been to form good men and good citizens in an atmosphere of sound learning.
We know, value, and challenge each student. we commit to building a diverse and inclusive community. we graduate independent thinkers and globally aware citizens.
Saint andrew's school is an independent school founded in the episcopal tradition. our mission is to build a community of learners, provide excellence in education, and nurture each student in mind, body, and spirit.
We create opportunities for discovery and reflection by engaging the minds, hands, and hearts of our students.
The mission of south shore charter school is to cultivate students the tenacity, integrity, and curiosity needed to become innovative and socially responsible leaders, ready to face and solve the ever-changing challenges facing our…
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
The mission of chesapeake bay academy is to educate students through academic programs individualized to address their learning differences, empowering them with the skills and confidence necessary for success in higher education, careers,…
Hampshire country school is a place of possibilities for high-ability, neurodiverse students enrolling in later elementary or middle school who have not found success in traditional educational environments. hampshire country school offers…
The mission of Good Shepherd Episcopal School is to inspire each child to achieve academic excellence within a diverse, nurturing community that builds character and fosters respect for one another and our shared environment, locally and…
Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.
The mission is to bring compassion to health care and to be good to those in need, especially those who are poor and dying. as a system of caregivers, we commit ourselves to help bring people and communities to health and wholeness.
How this is measured
74 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. 74 of the 101 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 THE BLUE RIDGE SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds JAMES RIVER ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK ↗
- Who funds FOCUSED ULTRASOUND FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SHELTERING ARMS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION ↗
- Who funds CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds GASPARILLA ISL CONSER & IMPROVE ASSN ↗
- Who funds The Island School Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds BOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC INC ↗
- Who funds HOUSING ASSISTANCE CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds Foxcroft School ↗
- Who funds ANNA JULIA COOPER SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds ST JOSEPH'S VILLA ↗
- Who funds THOMAS JEFFERSON FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds ST ANNE'S-BELFIELD INC ↗
- Who funds FEED MORE INC ↗
- Who funds ST CATHERINE'S SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CAMP HOLIDAY TRAILS ↗
- Who funds THE CROSS-OVER MINISTRY INC ↗
- Who funds GREENWICH HOSPITAL ↗
- Who funds ELK HILL FARM INC ↗
- Who funds The Virginia Home ↗
- Who funds THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL IN VIRGINIA ↗
- Who funds GoochlandCares ↗
- Who funds MAYMONT FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THREE BAYS PRESERVATION INC ↗
- Who funds GREATER RICHMOND FIT4KIDS INC ↗
- Who funds SAFE HARBOR ↗
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.
Open a dossier: The Community Foundation Inc · Richard S Reynolds Foundation · Herndon Foundation · Carmax Foundation · The Mary Morton Parsons Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Estes Foundation Co Matthew Breidenbach Pitcairn · Shelton H Short Jr Trust · The Pauley Family Foundation · Virginia Sargeant Reynolds Foundation · Robert G Cabell III and Maude Morgan Cabell Foundation · The Charles M Caravati Foundation Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Harrison Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Harrison Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: 63% of income from government
- Three Bays Preservation Inc: 18% of income from government
- Housing Assistance Corporation: 10% of income from government
- Barnstable Land Trust Inc: 4% of income from government
- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
- Boys & Girls Club of Martin County: 2% of income from government
- The Banner Lake Club Inc: 1% of income from government
- Greenwich Hospital: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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