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The Mary a Harrison Foundation Q12673002 at a glance

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The Mary a Harrison Foundation Q12673002

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.

$657k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$254k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$2.6MEnvironment$946kHealth$631kYouth Development$584kArts & Culture$260kPhilanthropy$200kCrime & Legal$165kHousing & Shelter$137kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $198k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $200k
  • $250k+1 grant · $254k
$25,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE RECTOR AND VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA$254,050
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF METRO DENVER$100,000
SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY$100,000
ACACIA CENTER FOR JUSTICE$35,000
BREAKTHROUGH SILICON VALLEY$30,000
WILD TOMORROW FUND$25,000
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY$25,000
THE DENVER FOUNDATION$25,000
BRAIN INJURY ALLIANCE$15,000
THE PARK PEOPLE$15,000
ST FRANCIS CENTER$15,000
DENVER ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION$12,500
DENVER DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE$5,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $35k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%ACACIA CENTER FOR JUSTICE: $35k → 14%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.
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.1M · 28 repeat orgs$419k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +57% since the first grant, against +25% for those funded once.

28 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
11

Total granted

$5.1M
$384k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+57%
+25%

Still filing today

68%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationEnvironmentHealthPhilanthropyAnimalsHousing & 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • JR
    JAMES RIVER ASSOCIATION
    6× · 2017–2022 · $753k · revenue +234%
  • BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO DENVER INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $564k · revenue +40%
  • SC
    ST CHRISTOPHER'S SCHOOL FOUNDATION
    4× · 2017–2021 · $514k · revenue +134%

Funded once

  • TR
    THE RECTOR AND VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2024 · $250k
  • VC
    VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2017 · $25k
  • HH
    HOSPITAL HOSPITALITY HOUSE OF RICHMOND INC
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue +3%
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
Columbia College

Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.

Education
2
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
3
Denver Botanic Gardens Inc

The mission of denver botanic gardens is to connect people with plants, especially plants from the rocky mountain region and similar regions around the world, providing delight and enlightenment to everyone.

Environment
4
Boston Architectural College

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

—
5
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
6
University of Virginia Investment Management Company

The university of virginia investment management company (uvimco) is organized to invest funds on behalf of the rector and visitors of the university of virginia (the university or uva) and university-associated organizations (uaos).

Education
7
American Society of Civil Engineers Inc

To provide essential value to our members, their careers, our partners, and the public, asce will: facilitate the advancement of technology; encourage and provide the tools for lifelong learning; promote professionalism and the profession;…

Science & Tech
8
Explorer West an Independent Middle School

We empower young people to explore and grow their unique intellectual, ethical, and creative capabilities, and to treasure diversity and growth in others.

Education
9
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
10
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

—
11
The Peak School

The peak school seeks to ignite a passion for learning, to develop students of diverse talents and backgrounds who think critically and act with integrity, and to graduate compassionate, confident, capable students who will embrace their…

Education
12
The Seed Public Charter School of Washington Dc

The seed public charter school of washington, dc is a public college-preparatory boarding school whose primary mission is to provide an outstanding intensive educational program that prepares children, both academically and socially, for…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Colorado Gives Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Super Kids Ministries Inc. 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

30 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. 30 of the 42 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/30
Grantees still filing
23/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: $630,424 · OtherRECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIABOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO DENVER INC: $563,600 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO DENVER INCST CATHERINE'S SCHOOL: $500,000 · OtherST CATHERINE'S SCHOOLTHE RECTOR AND VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY: $250,000 · OtherTHE RECTOR AND VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITYRICK SHARP ALZHEIMERS FOUNDATION: $220,000 · OtherRICK SHARP ALZHEIMERS FOUNDATIONTHE ST FRANCIS CENTER: $126,500 · Other+17 more: $532,622 · Other+17 moreST CHRISTOPHER'S SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $513,500 · EducationST CHRISTOPHER'S SCHOOL FO…PRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE: $470,000 · EducationPRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEE…BREAKTHROUGH SILICON VALLEY: $306,420 · EducationBREAKTHROUGH SILICON VALLE…+5 more: $59,762 · EducationJAMES RIVER ASSOCIATION: $752,500 · EnvironmentJAMES RIVER ASSO…CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 · EnvironmentCHESAPEAKE BAY F…+1 more: $8,000 · EnvironmentRICHMOND EYE AND EAR FOUNDATION: $175,000 · PhilanthropyTHE DENVER FOUNDATION: $145,000 · PhilanthropyBURROWSVILLE: $42,500 · PhilanthropyCOLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION: $12,500 · PhilanthropyBRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF COLORADO: $126,000 · HealthHOSPITAL HOSPITALITY HOUSE OF RICHMOND INC: $25,000 · HealthWILD TOMORROW FUND: $85,000 · InternationalEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $75,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$2,823,146Education$1,349,682Environment$820,500Philanthropy$375,000Health$151,000International$85,000Crime & Legal$75,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJAMES RIVER ASSOCIATION: $752,500 over 6y, 5.4% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO DENVER INC: $563,600 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetST CHRISTOPHER'S SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $513,500 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetPRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE: $470,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH SILICON VALLEY: $306,420 over 9y, 2.9% of budgetRICHMOND EYE AND EAR FOUNDATION: $175,000 over 4y, 45% of budgetTHE DENVER FOUNDATION: $145,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ST FRANCIS CENTER: $126,500 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetBRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF COLORADO: $126,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetWILD TOMORROW FUND: $85,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PARK PEOPLE: $70,122 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPrince George County Regional Heritage Center Inc: $47,500 over 6y, 17% of budgetBURROWSVILLE: $42,500 over 5y, 22% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION INC: $35,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetANNA JULIA COOPER SCHOOL: $35,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetDENVER ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOSPITAL HOSPITALITY HOUSE OF RICHMOND INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetDENVER DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE: $20,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL IN VIRGINIA: $18,762 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetColorado Museum of Natural History: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSUPER KIDS MINISTRIES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 32% of budgetCAPITAL TREES: $8,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING FOR KIDS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCHATHAM HALL: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Madeira School: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF THE SMITH COLLEGE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds JAMES RIVER ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO DENVER INC ↗
  • Who funds ST CHRISTOPHER'S SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds BREAKTHROUGH SILICON VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds RICHMOND EYE AND EAR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE DENVER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE ST FRANCIS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF COLORADO ↗
  • Who funds WILD TOMORROW FUND ↗
  • Who funds EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds THE PARK PEOPLE ↗
  • Who funds CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Prince George County Regional Heritage Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds BURROWSVILLE ↗
  • Who funds HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ANNA JULIA COOPER SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds ACACIA CENTER FOR JUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds DENVER ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HOSPITAL HOSPITALITY HOUSE OF RICHMOND INC ↗
  • Who funds DENVER DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL IN VIRGINIA ↗
  • Who funds Colorado Museum of Natural History ↗
  • Who funds COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SUPER KIDS MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds CAPITAL TREES ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING FOR KIDS ↗
  • Who funds CHATHAM HALL ↗

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.

Richard S Reynolds Fo…The Community Foundat…Colorado Gives Founda…Xcel Energy FoundationThe Ayco Charitable F…Gs Donor Advised Phil…National Philanthropi…Verizon FoundationThe Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Charities Aid Foundat…Raymond James Charita…
Richard S Reynolds FoundationVA13.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Richard S Reynolds Foundation · The Community Foundation Inc · Colorado Gives Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Verizon Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Charities Aid Foundation America · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund

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 Mary a Harrison Foundation Q12673002 funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Mary a Harrison Foundation Q12673002. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The Trustees of the Smith College: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
8report 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.

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 42 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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