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The James I Harrison Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$492k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
31
Grants FY2025
25
Organizations funded FY2024
12%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$12,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$60,000
Organizations funded a year
25 to 38
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
2
Total assets, FY2025
$4.6M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 12% of the organizations The James I Harrison Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Recreation & SportsHuman ServicesEducationPhilanthropyArts & CultureHousing & ShelterOther
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
FY2025still arriving29$473k14%
FY202425$453k12%
FY202330$423k13%
FY202231$439k16%
FY202131$422k23%
FY202027$1.4M19%
FY201938$518k47%
FY201838$606k32%
95% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$1.9MPhilanthropy$1.2MEducation$683kHealth$284kArts & Culture$282kRecreation & Sports$257kHuman Services$218kYouth Development$132kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
OH
MO
TN
DC
AL
GA
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
United Way of West Alabama Inc$540,00092%
Nick's Kids Foundation Inc$214,00093%
Crimson Tide Foundation$127,5006n/a
Judson College$100,00040%
Theatre Tuscaloosa Inc$100,00048%
Samford University$83,30040%
Hospice of West Alabama Inc$83,00070%
Tuscaloosa Sports and Tourism$50,00017%
Tuscaloosa City Schools Educational Foundation Inc$49,99974%
Catholic Charities Inc$46,0004n/a
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All grantees of The James I Harrison Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
United Way of West Alabama Inc$540,00092%
Nick's Kids Foundation Inc$214,00093%
Crimson Tide Foundation$127,5006n/a
Judson College$100,00040%
Theatre Tuscaloosa Inc$100,00048%
Samford University$83,30040%
Hospice of West Alabama Inc$83,00070%
Tuscaloosa Sports and Tourism$50,00017%
Tuscaloosa City Schools Educational Foundation Inc$49,99974%
Catholic Charities Inc$46,0004n/a
Historic Tuscaloosa Inc$32,00095%
Phoenix House Inc$30,00022%
Storybook Farm Inc$30,00033%
Tuscaloosa Family Resource Center Inc$26,00060%
Mobile Medical Disaster Relief Inc$25,00011%
West Alabama Food Bank Inc$20,60030%
Shirley Place Foundation Inc$20,0004n/a
Tuscaloosa Children's Theatre Inc$16,00042%
Baby Steps$15,00012%
Catholic Social Services of Montgomery$15,0002n/a
Knights of Columbus$13,0001n/a
Big Oak Ranch Inc$12,00010%
The Tuscaloosa Children's Center Inc$10,00012%
Compete4him Ministries Inc$10,00060%
Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church Incorporated$10,0001n/a
Community Soup Bowl Inc$6,50031%
Tuscaloosa Tennis Association Inc$6,0004n/a
Impact America$5,00010%
Eagles' Wings Inc$5,00020%
Arthritis Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Alabama Healthcare Hall of Fame$4,000411%
Youth for Christ$3,3003n/a
Child Abuse Prevention Services of Tuscaloosa Inc$3,00030%
Croom Foundation$3,00011%
Shelton State Community College Foundation Inc$2,50020%
The Arc of Alabama Inc$1,50011%
Alabama Fire College Foundation Inc$1,5001n/a
Kings Home Inc$1,30020%
Stillman College$1,00010%
Caring Days Inc$1,00010%
The West Alabama Chamber Foundation Inc$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 64 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.6M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The James I Harrison Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUnited Way of West Alabama Inc: $540,000 over 9y, 1.7% of budgetNick's Kids Foundation Inc: $214,000 over 9y, 2.7% of budgetJudson College: $100,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTheatre Tuscaloosa Inc: $100,000 over 4y, 7.6% of budgetSamford University: $83,300 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHospice of West Alabama Inc: $83,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetTuscaloosa Sports and Tourism: $50,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetTuscaloosa City Schools Educational Foundation Inc: $49,999 over 7y, 4.0% of budgetHistoric Tuscaloosa Inc: $32,000 over 9y, 5.3% of budgetPhoenix House Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetStorybook Farm Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetTuscaloosa Family Resource Center Inc: $26,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetMobile Medical Disaster Relief Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetWest Alabama Food Bank Inc: $20,600 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTuscaloosa Children's Theatre Inc: $16,000 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetBaby Steps: $15,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetBig Oak Ranch Inc: $12,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Tuscaloosa Children's Center Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetCompete4him Ministries Inc: $10,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetCommunity Soup Bowl Inc: $6,500 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetImpact America: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEagles' Wings Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetArthritis Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlabama Healthcare Hall of Fame: $4,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetChild Abuse Prevention Services of Tuscaloosa Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCroom Foundation: $3,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetShelton State Community College Foundation Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Arc of Alabama Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetKings Home Inc: $1,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetStillman College: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCaring Days Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe West Alabama Chamber Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 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 32.

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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.

Alabama Power Foundation IncAL43.2× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Alabama Power Foundation Inc · The Reese Phifer Jr Memorial Attn Susan Cork · Nick's Kids Foundation Inc · The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · McAbee Family Foundation · Se Belcher Jr Private Foundation #3 · Lonnie & Kitty Strickland Charitable Foundation · Cecile C Craig Charitable Test Trust · Robert & Mary Cobb Family Foundation · Ah Bean Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham · Alabama Civil Justice 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.

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About The James I Harrison Family Foundation

How much does The James I Harrison Family Foundation give?
The James I Harrison Family Foundation reported 31 grants totaling $491,833 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 25 and 38 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The James I Harrison Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (36%), Philanthropy (22%), Education (13%).
Who are The James I Harrison Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: United Way of West Alabama Inc ($540k), Nick's Kids Foundation Inc ($214k), Crimson Tide Foundation ($128k).
Does The James I Harrison Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 12% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The James I Harrison Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The James I Harrison Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Alabama Power Foundation Inc, The Reese Phifer Jr Memorial Attn Susan Cork, Nick's Kids Foundation Inc.
Where is The James I Harrison Family Foundation based?
The James I Harrison Family Foundation is based in AL.

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 107 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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