Georgia · Private foundation
William M Harris Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2023
- 17
- Grants FY2023
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 35%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
85% of William M Harris Family Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Cobb Community Foundation Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 2 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year William M Harris Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 11 organizations, $1M. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $516,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 20
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 9
- Total assets, FY2023
- $37k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 35% of the organizations William M Harris Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $182k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 17 | $1.2M | 35% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $1.2M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $1.1M | 15% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $507k | 18% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $528k | 18% |
| FY2018 | 17 | $838k | 12% |
| FY2017 | 15 | $824k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life University Inc | $3,037,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Eagle Ranch Inc | $1,981,250 | 8 | 17% |
| Inspire Inc | $483,500 | 7 | 4% |
| Logan University Inc | $375,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Parker University | $84,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Angel Express Inc | $50,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Reading Is Essential for All People | $43,000 | 6 | 4% |
| Our Neighbor Inc | $40,000 | 6 | 6% |
| Children Without Beds Inc | $38,000 | 5 | 13% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of East Alabama | $38,000 | 6 | 1% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life University Inc | $3,037,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Eagle Ranch Inc | $1,981,250 | 8 | 17% |
| Inspire Inc | $483,500 | 7 | 4% |
| Logan University Inc | $375,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Parker University | $84,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Angel Express Inc | $50,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Reading Is Essential for All People | $43,000 | 6 | 4% |
| Our Neighbor Inc | $40,000 | 6 | 6% |
| Children Without Beds Inc | $38,000 | 5 | 13% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of East Alabama | $38,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Atlanta Hospital Hospitality House Inc | $35,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Helping Hands Ministries Inc | $17,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Helping Hands of Benton County | $10,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Clarkston Community Health Center | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Sherman College of Straight Chiropractic | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| High Hope Community Development | $10,000 | 2 | 3% |
| The Kyle Pease Foundation Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Special Olympics Georgia Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget William M Harris Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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 for Greater Atlanta Inc · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare William M Harris Family Foundation with peer funders
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About William M Harris Family Foundation
- How much does William M Harris Family Foundation give?
- William M Harris Family Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $1,202,000 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 20 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does William M Harris Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (49%), Education (29%), Human Services (15%).
- Who are William M Harris Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Life University Inc ($3.0M), Eagle Ranch Inc ($2.0M), Inspire Inc ($484k).
- Does William M Harris Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 35% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does William M Harris Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as William M Harris Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc, Network for Good, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is William M Harris Family Foundation based?
- William M Harris Family Foundation is based in GA.
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