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The Irving Harris 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.

$22M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
337
Grants FY2024
222
Organizations funded FY2023
19%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$1,333,333
Organizations funded a year
213 to 244
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
29
Total assets, FY2024
$143M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 19% of the organizations The Irving Harris Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.7M went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
HealthHuman ServicesCivil RightsEducationArts & CultureCrime & LegalOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving248$19M21%
FY2023222$13M19%
FY2022213$19M17%
FY2021244$19M38%
FY2020236$19Mn/a
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What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$20MEducation$15MCivil Rights$13MHealth$12MAnimals$8.0MArts & Culture$6.9MCommunity Improvement$6.8MHuman Services$6.7MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Meadows Road Foundation (Fka Coydog Foundation)$8,000,000458%
Music and Dance Theater Chicago Inc$2,950,000518%
Erikson Institute$2,636,95053%
Third Sector New England Inc$2,211,30041%
Start Early$2,150,00051%
Healthconnect One$1,924,750524%
The Barack Obama Foundation$1,600,00040%
University of Chicago$1,577,50030%
Juilliard School$1,350,00050%
The Stairway Fund$1,333,333183%
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All grantees of The Irving Harris Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Meadows Road Foundation (Fka Coydog Foundation)$8,000,000458%
Music and Dance Theater Chicago Inc$2,950,000518%
Erikson Institute$2,636,95053%
Third Sector New England Inc$2,211,30041%
Start Early$2,150,00051%
Healthconnect One$1,924,750524%
The Barack Obama Foundation$1,600,00040%
University of Chicago$1,577,50030%
Juilliard School$1,350,00050%
The Stairway Fund$1,333,333183%
Alliance for Early Success Fka Birth to Five Policy Alliance$1,200,00044%
American Friends of Hebrew University Inc$1,096,50050%
Zero to Three National Center for Infants Toddlers and Families$1,082,25050%
Mako Foundation$1,000,000173%
Center for American Progress$790,00050%
NEO Philanthropy Inc$774,00040%
University of Colorado Foundation$773,50050%
Illinois Action for Children$759,05050%
Chicago Abortion Fund$627,80059%
National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum$585,35053%
Family Values Work a Multi-State Consortium$551,00051%
Repro TLC$535,000519%
Jewish Board of Family & Children's Services Inc$528,50050%
Southwest Human Development Incorporated$525,00050%
American Friends of Reichman University Inc$510,00042%
Groundswell Fund$500,10051%
Latino Policy Forum$480,68553%
American Friends of Haruv-Mehalev Association Ltd$460,000584%
Sistersong Inc$426,00051%
Lsu Health Foundation New Orleans$420,00041%
Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health Inc$395,000519%
Family Focus Legacy$387,50056%
Boston Medical Center Corporation$385,00020%
Fathers Families Healthy Communities$375,000468%
Urge Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity$361,00051%
The Century Foundation Inc$360,00041%
Resist Inc$350,00042%
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University$350,00030%
9to5 National Association of Working Women Inc$345,00032%
National Women's Law Center$342,00050%
National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice$325,00051%
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Inc$325,00051%
The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund$310,00020%
Community Organizing and Family Issues$300,20042%
Reproductive Health Access Project Inc$295,00054%
Indigo Cultural Center$283,500367%
Funders for Reproductive Equity$275,44056%
Planned Parenthood of Illinois$275,00050%
Provide Inc$275,00057%
National Center for Youth Law$271,24021%
National Network of Abortion Funds Inc$270,00030%
Forward Together$261,25051%
Mothering Justice$260,00033%
University of Minnesota Foundation$260,00020%
American Friends of Bar-Ilan University$259,00021%
The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc$251,50050%
Workers Center For Racial Just NFP$251,00046%
Child Trends Inc$250,00030%
Children's Home & Aid Society of Ill$250,00050%
Advocates for Youth$250,00051%
Black Mamas Matter Alliance Inc$245,00034%
Florida State University$245,0002n/a
Jewish Child and Family Services$240,00030%
Mujeres Latinas En Accion$235,50051%
All-Options$235,00059%
Ifwhenhow$225,00051%
Center for Law and Social Policy$225,00051%
La Cocina$220,00028%
The Research Foundation for The State University of New York$210,50030%
National Network of Abortion Funds$205,55247%
Western Pennsylvania Fund for Choic$202,500262%
Advance Illinois Nfp$200,00051%
National Black Child Development Institute$200,00022%
Between Friends$200,00053%
Holistic Birth Collective$197,000312%
Crossroads Fund Inc$194,35051%
Kentucky Health Justice Network Inc$190,00055%
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc$190,00030%
Council for a Strong America$180,10031%
Jewish Council on Urban Affairs$175,50053%
Jews of Color Initiative$175,00045%
Finding Common Purpose Inc$174,00027%
National Women's Health Network$170,00024%
Barenboim-Said Foundation (Usa)$165,000423%
Illinois Association For Infant Mental Health CO Erikson Institute$162,000543%
Shalva Inc$154,92552%
Memphis Center For Reproductive Health Inc$150,00033%
Michigan Voices$150,00022%
The Network Advocating Against Domestic Violence$150,00051%
Ballot Initiative Strategy Center Foundation$150,00022%
Power Coalition for Equity and Justice$150,00031%
Chicago Community Foundation$150,0001n/a
Family Rescue Inc$150,00051%
Casa Central Social Services Corporation$149,21450%
Forefront$146,65051%
Bend the Arc - a Jewish Partnership for Justice$145,00051%
Chicago Symphony Orchestra$145,00050%
The Carnegie Hall Corporation$145,00040%
All Above All$145,00014%
National Council of Jewish Women Incorporated$140,00031%
Window to the World Communications Inc$140,00050%
Music Associates of Aspen Inc$135,00051%
Interfaith America$125,00050%
In Our Own Voice National Black Women's Reproductive Justice Agenda$125,00021%
Connections for Abused Women and Their Children$125,00051%
The Family Institute$125,00050%
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Foundation$125,00020%
Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois Inc$125,00050%
Chicago South Side Birth Center$122,0002n/a
Black Girls Break Bread Inc$111,0004n/a
The Florida State University Foundation Inc$108,50010%
Children's Hospital & Research Center at Oakland$105,00010%
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago$100,50040%
National Lgbtq Task Force$100,00051%
The Resurrection Project$100,00050%
The Hektoen Institute of Medicine$100,00010%
Old Town School of Folk Music$100,00050%
Mano a Mano Family Resource Center$100,00021%
Children's Hospital Corporation$100,00010%
Reproductive Freedom for All Foundation$100,00010%
Music of the Baroque$95,00051%
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois$90,0002n/a
Enlace Chicago$85,20040%
BA NIA Inc$82,500215%
Join for Justice Inc$82,50032%
Chicago Children's Museum$80,00040%
Streetsquash Inc$75,00031%
American Jewish Committee$75,00040%
The Roger Baldwin Foundation of ACLU Inc$75,00021%
Chicago Volunteer Doulas Inc$75,000215%
Women Engaged Inc$75,00014%
New Voices Pittsburgh Inc$75,00013%
Illinois Network of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies$70,00010%
Health and Medicine Policy Research Group$61,00012%
Baby Cakes and Brunch$60,000110%
Gender Justice$60,00021%
Legal Council for Health Justice$60,00021%
Chicago United for Equity$50,64016%
Women's Foundation of California$50,00011%
Goodnation Foundation Inc$50,00010%
Upstart Bay Area$50,00011%
Chicago Theatre Group Inc$50,00050%
Virginia Organizing Inc$50,00010%
Change Illinois$50,00052%
Black Midwifery Collective NFP$50,00018%
Metropolitan Family Services$50,00010%
Sphinx Organization Inc$50,00050%
Save The Children Federation Inc$50,00010%
Museum of Contemporary Art$50,00050%
Illinois Black Advocacy Initiative$50,0001n/a
Steppenwolf Theatre Company$50,00050%
Greater Chicago Food Depository$48,72050%
Theatre for a New Audience Inc$46,50041%
The Night Ministry$46,40050%
Chicago Shakespeare Theater$46,00050%
Institute for Black Justice$45,00018%
Merit School of Music$45,00051%
Cedille Chicago Nfp$42,80051%
Music Institute of Chicago$42,50050%
University of Illinois Foundation$41,40050%
Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation$40,00010%
Lyric Opera of Chicago$40,00040%
Pregnancy Justice Inc$40,00011%
Francis W Parker School$40,00020%
Jews United for Justice Inc$37,50011%
Avodah the Jewish Service Corps Inc$36,00011%
Elephant Circle$35,50031%
Illinois Arts Alliance$35,26051%
Chicago Opera Theater$35,00021%
Fulcrum Point New Music Project$35,00054%
Northside Achievement Zone$35,00050%
All Chicago Making Homelessness History$31,00030%
Peak Grantmaking Inc$30,12550%
Southwest Women's Law Center$30,00014%
Legal Voice$30,00011%
Uniting Voices$30,00050%
Israel Healthcare Foundation Inc$30,00010%
National Museum of Mexican Art Fka Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum$26,50050%
Jazz Generation Inc$25,00015%
Center for Jewish Culture & Creativity$25,00015%
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago$25,00040%
Court Theatre Fund$25,0005n/a
Maternal Mental Health Ldrshp Alliance$25,00013%
Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Rights$25,00010%
National Health Law Program Inc$25,00010%
Chicago Humanities Festival$25,00050%
Great Lakes Academy Inc$25,00050%
Chicago Sinfonietta Inc$23,00051%
Center on Halsted$22,55050%
The Perlman Music Program Inc$22,50051%
Chicago History Museum$22,5005n/a
Hyde Park Art Center$22,50050%
Neighborhood Funders Group$21,50040%
Ravinia Festival Association$20,18850%
Hope Chicago Inc$20,00020%
South County Athletic Association$20,00021%
Friends of the Israel Movement for Progressive Judaism$20,00011%
The National Public Housing Museum$20,00011%
Committee to Protect Journalists Inc$19,00050%
ChiArts Foundation$18,50053%
Hampshire College Trustees$18,00010%
Deeply Rooted Productions Inc$17,00051%
Baryshnikov Arts Center Inc$16,00040%
Adelphi University$15,00010%
Northern Illinois University Foundation$15,00010%
Seeding Success$15,00010%
Classical Music Chicago$15,00051%
National Abortion Federation$15,00010%
University of Wisconsin Foundation$15,00020%
The Shalom Hartman Institute of North America$15,00030%
Millennium Park Foundation$12,50050%
Bright Promises Foundation$12,50031%
Whole Woman's Health Alliance$10,50010%
New World Symphony Inc$10,00010%
Smithsonian Institution$10,00010%
United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc$10,00010%
Interfaith Voices For Repro$10,00011%
Council on Social Work Education$10,00010%
Think Small$9,00020%
Timeline Theatre Company$9,00050%
Illinois Humanities Council Inc$8,55040%
Americans for the Arts Inc$8,00050%
Manna Projects$8,000355%
Judis Place for Kids Inc$8,00040%
Field Museum of Natural History$8,00050%
Anderson Ranch Arts Center$8,00040%
Candid$7,70050%
Collaborations for Growth Inc$7,50018%
Hispanics in Philanthropy$7,40030%
American Friends of Israel Philharmonic Orchestra$6,50050%
First Children's Finance$6,00030%
Close Gaps by 5$6,00021%
Child Care Aware of America$6,00030%
Integratenyc Inc$6,00031%
All Our Kin Inc$6,00030%
Chicago Women in Philanthropy$5,50015%
Chicago Public Media Inc$5,30050%
Usher III Initiative Inc$5,00011%
Institute for Medicaid Innovation Inc$5,00010%
Melanoma Research Alliance Foundation$5,00010%
Chicago Public Library Foundation$5,00050%
Jews for Racial & Economic Justice$5,00010%
A Better Chicago$5,00010%
University of Washington$5,0001n/a
United States Artists Inc$5,00010%
University of Washington Foundation$5,00010%
DC Abortion Fund$5,00011%
Greater DC Diaper Bank$5,00010%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$5,00010%
Chicago Dancemakers Forum$5,00011%
Grant Park Orchestral Association$5,00050%
University School$5,00010%
The Aspen Institute Inc$5,00010%
Rush University Medical Center$5,00010%
Lookingglass Theatre Company$5,00050%
Women Employed$4,84830%
In the Realm of Senses$4,8004n/a
The Trust for Public Land$4,00030%
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago$4,00020%
Lawrence Hall$4,00030%
Grantmakers in Health$4,00010%
The People's Music School$4,00030%
Live Free Chicago$4,00010%
Carolina Common Enterprise$3,50030%
Mariachi Heritage Foundation$3,5002n/a
Carolina Abortion Fund$3,02030%
Global Girls Inc$3,00021%
Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness$3,00030%
Guttmacher Institute Inc$3,00010%
Gary Comer Youth Center Inc$3,00020%
The Studio Museum in Harlem$3,00020%
Spektral Quartet Nfp$3,00030%
The Kindling Group$3,00010%
El Hogar del Nino$2,70030%
Mod Collective$2,50011%
Bright Star Community Outreach Corp$2,50010%
Madison Square Park Conservancy Inc$2,50010%
DePauw University$2,45040%
Care for Real$2,20030%
Chicagoland Lutheran Educational Foundation$2,00010%
Rocking the Boat Inc$2,00010%
Instituto Ancla Abriendo Nuevos Caminos Con Liderazgo y Autonomia$2,0002n/a
Ibis Reproductive Health Inc$2,00020%
Avenue Scholars$2,00010%
National Housing Institute$2,00020%
Dimensions Educational Consulting$2,00010%
Girls Incorporated of Omaha$2,00010%
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc$2,00020%
I Be Black Girl$2,00010%
Imerman Angels$2,00020%
Season of Concern$1,50030%
Southwest Organizing Project$1,50020%
Taller Salud Inc$1,50020%
Leader Dogs for the Blind$1,50030%
Cabrini Green Legal Aid$1,25030%
Black Men Heal$1,0001n/a
Camp Young Judaea Midwest Inc$1,00010%
THE SOLTI FOUNDATION US CO Fiona Queen$1,00010%
America-Israel Cultural Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Tikkun Ha-Ir of Milwaukee Inc$1,00011%
Keshet$1,00010%
Latinos Progresando$1,00020%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life$1,00010%
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet$1,00010%
New York Foundation for the Arts Inc$1,00010%
Aspen Art Museum$1,00010%
Equity and Transformation$1,00010%
Prison Fellowship Ministries$1,00010%
Turpin Cares Nfp$1,0001n/a
Focus Fairies Mentoring$1,00010%
Museum of Arts and Design$1,00010%
University of Illinois Latina Latino Alumni Association$1,0001n/a
Common Pantry$88020%
Chicago Freedom School$74020%
The Afiya Center$70010%
Asian AmericansPacific Islanders in Philanthropy Inc$60020%
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights$60020%
La Union del Pueblo Entero$57520%
Faith in Place$55020%
Organizing Neighborhoods For Equality Northside$55020%
Chicago Refugee Coalition$50010%
Ravenswood Community Services Inc$50010%
Burst Into Books$5001n/a
Highlander Research & Education Center Inc$50010%
A Philip Randolph Institute$50010%
Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services$50010%
Equity Before Birth$50010%
Chicago Community Bond Fund$50010%
First Defense Legal Aid$5001n/a
Primo Center for Women & Children$50010%
Emancipate NC Inc$50010%
Project Exploration$50010%
NDoula Community Alliance Incorporated$50010%
Chicago Children's Theatre$50020%
Nehemiah Group dba Chicago Eco House$50010%
Maya Indian Missions Inc$50010%
Sutherland Foundation for Education and Enrichment$5001n/a
Womens Health Initiative Inc$5001n/a
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Cook County$35020%
A Long Walk Home Inc$25010%
United States Fund for Unicef$25010%
Blood Cancer United Inc$25020%
Ars Nova Chamber Singers Inc Dba Ars Nova Singers$20010%
Arizona Jewish Historical Society$20010%
Takeaction Mn Education Fund$20010%
Arab American Action Network$20010%
North Carolina Justice Center$20010%
Palestine Children's Relief Fund$20010%
Habitat for Humanity Chicago$15010%
The Innocence Project Inc$15010%
Minnesota Freedom Fund$15010%
Edward Charles Foundation$10010%
Movement Alliance Project$10010%
Teambrownsville Inc$10010%
United We Dream Network Inc$10010%
Nourishing Hope$10010%
Kind Inc$10010%
Texas Riogrande Legal Aid Inc$10010%
Alliance for Global Justice Corp$10010%
Citizens Memorial Health Care Foundation$10010%
Rotary Club of Evanston Charitable Fund Inc$1001n/a
Felines Inc$10010%
Forward Impact$6210%
The Mental Health Association of New York City Inc$5010%
Resources for the Future Inc$5010%
National Network of Abortion Funds Lilith Fund$5010%
Color of Changeorg Education Fund$501n/a
Hawaii United Okinawa Association$5010%
Race Forward$5010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 90 recipients with no EIN on record ($26M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Irving Harris Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 9 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMeadows Road Foundation (Fka Coydog Foundation): $8,000,000 over 4y, 58% of budgetMusic and Dance Theater Chicago Inc: $2,950,000 over 5y, 18% of budgetErikson Institute: $2,636,950 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetThird Sector New England Inc: $2,211,300 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetStart Early: $2,150,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetHealthconnect One: $1,924,750 over 5y, 24% of budgetThe Barack Obama Foundation: $1,600,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $1,577,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJuilliard School: $1,350,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetThe Stairway Fund: $1,333,333 over 1y, 83% of budgetAlliance for Early Success Fka Birth to Five Policy Alliance: $1,200,000 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Hebrew University Inc: $1,096,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetZero to Three National Center for Infants Toddlers and Families: $1,082,250 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetMako Foundation: $1,000,000 over 1y, 73% of budgetCenter for American Progress: $790,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetNEO Philanthropy Inc: $774,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetUniversity of Colorado Foundation: $773,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetIllinois Action for Children: $759,050 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetChicago Abortion Fund: $627,800 over 5y, 8.9% of budgetNational Asian Pacific American Women's Forum: $585,350 over 5y, 3.3% of budgetFamily Values Work a Multi-State Consortium: $551,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetRepro TLC: $535,000 over 5y, 19% of budgetJewish Board of Family & Children's Services Inc: $528,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSouthwest Human Development Incorporated: $525,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Friends of Reichman University Inc: $510,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetGroundswell Fund: $500,100 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetLatino Policy Forum: $480,685 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetAmerican Friends of Haruv-Mehalev Association Ltd: $460,000 over 5y, 84% of budgetSistersong Inc: $426,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetLsu Health Foundation New Orleans: $420,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetIllinois Caucus for Adolescent Health Inc: $395,000 over 5y, 19% of budgetFamily Focus Legacy: $387,500 over 5y, 5.8% of budgetBoston Medical Center Corporation: $385,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFathers Families Healthy Communities: $375,000 over 4y, 68% of budgetUrge Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity: $361,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetThe Century Foundation Inc: $360,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetResist Inc: $350,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetArizona State University Foundation for a New American University: $350,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budget9to5 National Association of Working Women Inc: $345,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetNational Women's Law Center: $342,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetNational Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice: $325,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetThe Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Inc: $325,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetThe Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund: $310,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Organizing and Family Issues: $300,200 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetReproductive Health Access Project Inc: $295,000 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetIndigo Cultural Center: $283,500 over 3y, 67% of budgetFunders for Reproductive Equity: $275,440 over 5y, 6.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Illinois: $275,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

Polk Bros Foundation IncIL100.1× affinity56 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Polk Bros Foundation Inc · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · Pritzker Family Foundation · Circle of Service Foundation · Field Foundation of Illinois · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Chicago Foundation for Women · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · Robert R McCormick Foundation · The Joyce Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust

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.

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About The Irving Harris Foundation

How much does The Irving Harris Foundation give?
The Irving Harris Foundation reported 337 grants totaling $22,113,372 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 213 and 244 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does The Irving Harris Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (21%), Education (15%), Civil Rights (13%).
Who are The Irving Harris Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Meadows Road Foundation (Fka Coydog Foundation) ($8.0M), Music and Dance Theater Chicago Inc ($3.0M), Erikson Institute ($2.6M).
Does The Irving Harris Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Irving Harris 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 Irving Harris Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Polk Bros Foundation Inc, John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation, Arie and Ida Crown Memorial.
Where is The Irving Harris Foundation based?
The Irving Harris Foundation is based in IL.

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 475 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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