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William F Harnisch Foundation Inc

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.

$3.0M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
56
Grants FY2024
58
Organizations funded FY2023
19%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$1,500,000
Organizations funded a year
32 to 80
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
11
Total assets, FY2024
$5.4M
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 William F Harnisch Foundation Inc 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; $190k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureHealthEducationHuman ServicesCivil RightsEnvironmentOther
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 arriving53$3.0M19%
FY202358$1.4M19%
FY202280$2.5M43%
FY202170$1.9M44%
FY202057$724k46%
FY201941$441k34%
FY201832$183k6%
FY201736$362kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$3.6MArts & Culture$3.5MEducation$988kCivil Rights$821kPhilanthropy$438kCommunity Improvement$345kInternational$255kReligion$105kOther$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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Central Suffolk Hospital$2,000,00011%
Utah Film Center$642,00053%
The Baruch College Fund$640,00081%
Higher Heights Leadership Fund$400,000511%
Sundance Institute$386,20060%
Women Make Movies Inc$367,53741%
Disability Belongs$250,00043%
New York Women in Film & Television Inc$205,000210%
Film Independent$200,00021%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$200,00020%
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All grantees of William F Harnisch Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Central Suffolk Hospital$2,000,00011%
Utah Film Center$642,00053%
The Baruch College Fund$640,00081%
Higher Heights Leadership Fund$400,000511%
Sundance Institute$386,20060%
Women Make Movies Inc$367,53741%
Disability Belongs$250,00043%
New York Women in Film & Television Inc$205,000210%
Film Independent$200,00021%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$200,00020%
The 19th News$175,00041%
Women Donors Network$161,00031%
Crisis Text Line Inc$155,00061%
Afterimage Public Media$150,000118%
International Documentary Foundation Inc$150,00021%
Barnard College$125,00020%
Fund for Women's Equality Inc$110,000221%
The Sapling Foundation$100,0001n/a
Perrine-Cutler Ridge Rotary Foundation Inc$100,0001n/a
The American India Foundation$100,00011%
Scribe Video Center Inc$100,00014%
American Impact Capital Foundation Inc$100,0002n/a
Film Society of Austin Inc$85,00012%
Healthnetwork Foundation Fka Health Net Foundation Inc$82,00070%
Haven Media Inc$75,000118%
National Women's Hall of Fame Inc$75,00032%
Museum of Modern Art$71,75050%
The Free History Project Inc$65,000113%
Subject Matter Inc$65,000210%
Alliance of Women Directors$60,100130%
Antenna$60,00023%
Global Xplorer$52,915136%
Possibility Labs$52,00010%
The Center for Independent Documentary Inc$50,00011%
Kartemquin Educational Films$50,00012%
Vital Voices Global Partnership Inc$50,00010%
World Central Kitchen Inc$50,00030%
Ravenscroft School$50,00070%
Video Veracity Inc$50,00019%
Aubin Pictures Inc$50,00012%
Dkt International Inc$50,00020%
American Museum of Natural History$49,75080%
Queensborough Community College Fund Inc$48,00022%
Columbia College Chicago$45,00010%
Central Park Conservancy Inc$40,00080%
Austin City Art Fund$40,000110%
Hello Neighbor$35,50011%
826 Valencia$33,00011%
NEO Philanthropy Inc$30,00020%
Frist Art Museum$28,00030%
The Dinner Party Labs Co Npoc Services$27,78614%
Wildlife Conservation Society$27,50080%
Investigative Reporters & Editors Inc$25,75011%
Hamptons Observatory Inc$25,0003n/a
Panorama Global$25,00010%
Filmscene$25,00012%
Pioneer Works Art Foundation$25,00010%
Tennessee Justice Center Inc$25,00010%
End Well Foundation$25,00011%
Metropolitan Museum of Art$22,50080%
Friends of the High Line Inc$22,00080%
NAMI National$21,50030%
Museum of the City of New York$21,25080%
Kovno Communications Inc$20,00022%
Protect Our Defenders Foundation % Russell H Miller$20,00041%
Public Intelligence Inc$20,00011%
Reproductive Freedom for All Foundation$20,00020%
Central Suffolk Hospital Foundation$20,00010%
Do Something Inc$20,00010%
Whitney Museum of American Art$16,80080%
Smithsonian Institution$16,80070%
Global Girl Media$15,000114%
The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations$15,00080%
Children's Vision International$14,50081%
National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States$14,00050%
Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tn Inc$11,50050%
American Friends of Tiff$10,71018%
Fractured Atlas Inc$10,00010%
Work in Beauty Inc$10,0001n/a
Groundswell Fund$10,00020%
South Fork Bakery for the Special Needs Corp$10,00011%
Friendship House Corporation$10,000112%
Bahamas National Trust Fund Inc$10,00011%
Elevated Access Inc$10,00012%
Access Reproductive Care - Southeast$10,00010%
Asian American Journalists Association$10,00010%
Solutions Journalism Network Inc$9,80010%
Tourette Association of America Inc$9,00050%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$9,00050%
Shed NYC Inc$7,50030%
Book Em$7,50011%
United Way of New York City$7,00010%
National Museum of Mathematics$5,00450%
Uncharted$5,00010%
Born Just Right Inc$5,00018%
Actblue Charities Inc$5,00010%
La Jornada Ltd$5,0001n/a
Firelight Media Inc$5,00010%
The Groundtruth Project Inc$5,00010%
Outright International$5,00010%
Mount Saint Mary's University$5,00010%
National Parks Conservation Association$5,00010%
Hedgebrook$5,00010%
Aabc Foundation Inc$5,00012%
Lucy Burns Institute Inc$5,00010%
Rare Genomics Institute Inc$5,0001n/a
Drag Out the Vote$5,00019%
Neighborhood Housing Services of Queens CDC Inc$3,00010%
She's the First Inc$3,00010%
NAMI Seattle$3,00040%
Usta Foundation Incorporated$3,00010%
The Frick Collection$2,60040%
Peconic Baykeeper Inc$2,50070%
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc$2,50010%
Tourette Syndrome Association Inc$2,0002n/a
Park City School District$1,5003n/a
Conscious Connections Foundation$1,50022%
Nami Wake County$1,00020%
Economic Policy Institute$1,00010%
Brooklyn Tech Alumni Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Lgbt Center Intercultural Collective Inc$1,00010%
American Association for the Advancement of Science$1,00010%
Experience Camps$1,00010%
International Rett Syndrome Foundation$1,00010%
Verified Voting Foundation$1,00010%
Trans Formative Schools Inc$1,00011%
N Street Village Inc$1,00010%
Hampton Bays Historical & Preservation Society$8008n/a
East Quogue Fire Department Inc$80080%
South Shore Child Guidance Association Inc$50010%
Hampton Bays Beautification Association Inc$32080%
The Hampton Bays Volunteer Ambulanc Corps Inc$20020%
Tribeca Film Institute Inc$17530%
Compassion & Choices$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

William F Harnisch Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 124 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCentral Suffolk Hospital: $2,000,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetUtah Film Center: $642,000 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetThe Baruch College Fund: $640,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetHigher Heights Leadership Fund: $400,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetSundance Institute: $386,200 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetWomen Make Movies Inc: $367,537 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetDisability Belongs: $250,000 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetNew York Women in Film & Television Inc: $205,000 over 2y, 9.8% of budgetFilm Independent: $200,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetNational Multiple Sclerosis Society: $200,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe 19th News: $175,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetWomen Donors Network: $161,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetCrisis Text Line Inc: $155,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetAfterimage Public Media: $150,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetInternational Documentary Foundation Inc: $150,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetBarnard College: $125,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFund for Women's Equality Inc: $110,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetThe American India Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetScribe Video Center Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetFilm Society of Austin Inc: $85,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetHealthnetwork Foundation Fka Health Net Foundation Inc: $82,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetHaven Media Inc: $75,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetNational Women's Hall of Fame Inc: $75,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $71,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Free History Project Inc: $65,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetSubject Matter Inc: $65,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetAlliance of Women Directors: $60,100 over 1y, 30% of budgetAntenna: $60,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetGlobal Xplorer: $52,915 over 1y, 36% of budgetPossibility Labs: $52,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Center for Independent Documentary Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetKartemquin Educational Films: $50,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetVital Voices Global Partnership Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $50,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRavenscroft School: $50,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetVideo Veracity Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 9.1% of budgetAubin Pictures Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetDkt International Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History: $49,750 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetQueensborough Community College Fund Inc: $48,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetColumbia College Chicago: $45,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCentral Park Conservancy Inc: $40,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAustin City Art Fund: $40,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetHello Neighbor: $35,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budget826 Valencia: $33,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNEO Philanthropy Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFrist Art Museum: $28,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Dinner Party Labs Co Npoc Services: $27,786 over 1y, 3.7% 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 124.

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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.

Harnisch Family FoundationNY51.6× affinity23 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Harnisch Family Foundation · The Ford Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Chicken & Egg Films Inc · The San Francisco Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Perspective Media Initiatives Inc · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Jonathan Logan Family Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Democracy Fund Inc · The New York 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 William F Harnisch Foundation Inc

How much does William F Harnisch Foundation Inc give?
William F Harnisch Foundation Inc reported 56 grants totaling $2,965,471 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 32 and 80 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does William F Harnisch Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (34%), Arts & Culture (33%), Education (9%).
Who are William F Harnisch Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Central Suffolk Hospital ($2.0M), Utah Film Center ($642k), The Baruch College Fund ($640k).
Does William F Harnisch Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does William F Harnisch Foundation Inc 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 William F Harnisch Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Harnisch Family Foundation, The Ford Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
Where is William F Harnisch Foundation Inc based?
William F Harnisch Foundation Inc is based in NY.

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 169 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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