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JAMES H HARLESS FOUNDATION INC

JAMES H HARLESS FOUNDATION INC (West Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $400,000 to it, the largest being PRESERVATI FAMILY CHAR TR FDN ($400,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$920k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$400k
Net assets
$10M
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 20%
01What it does

What James H Harless Foundation Inc does

Mission

The primary purpose of the organization is to operate exclusively for the benefit of, to perform the functions of, and to carry out the purposes of the foundation for the tri-state community, inc. And the larry joe harless community center foundation, inc.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Assistance was provided to the above-named organizations which enabled them to sustain their programs that promoted the health, education, faith, and quality of life to the citizens of southern west virginia.

    $211,500 spentof which $211,500 as grants
    96% of program spending
  2. The organization provided assistance in the form of cash contributions to charities other than its supported organizations. Contributions to these charities were made in furtherance of the missions of the supported organiztions in that the educational, religious, charitable and literary activities benefited the citizens of southern west virginia. There were eighteen (18) such organizations that received this form of assistance from the organization in 2024.

    $8,200 spentof which $8,200 as grants
    4% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $219,700.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($677k) Expenses 100 ($479k) Net assets 100 ($7.9M)2020 Revenue 130 ($879k) Expenses 81 ($390k) Net assets 106 ($8.4M)2021 Revenue 183 ($1.2M) Expenses 92 ($441k) Net assets 116 ($9.2M)2022 Revenue 181 ($1.2M) Expenses 97 ($467k) Net assets 126 ($10.0M)2023 Revenue 94 ($634k) Expenses 99 ($473k) Net assets 128 ($10M)2024 Revenue 136 ($920k) Expenses 165 ($792k) Net assets 130 ($10M)
201920202021202220232024
Revenue (136)Expenses (165)Net assets (130)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $8.4M to $9.2M (+10%).

$7.9M
$8.4M
$9.2M
$10.0M
$10M
$10M
201920202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$198k
’19
$489k
’20
$799k
’21
$759k
’22
$161k
’23
$128k
’24
12
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

201920202021202220232024
Listed555555
Joined·+0+0+0+0+0
No longer listed·00000
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'22
'24*
total
funders
1
1

From the IRS filings of JAMES H HARLESS FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

100% of JAMES H HARLESS FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from West Virginia funders.

WV

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like JAMES H HARLESS FOUNDATION INC

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In West Virginia

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

28% of spending goes to programs.

Program 28%Management 72%Fundraising 0%

Governance

5
board members
20%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

0%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

WV

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Questions and answers

Who funds JAMES H HARLESS FOUNDATION INC?
JAMES H HARLESS FOUNDATION INC (West Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $400,000 to it, the largest being PRESERVATI FAMILY CHAR TR FDN ($400,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does JAMES H HARLESS FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $400,000 in grants to JAMES H HARLESS FOUNDATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of JAMES H HARLESS FOUNDATION INC?
PRESERVATI FAMILY CHAR TR FDN is the largest funder on record, with $400,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like JAMES H HARLESS FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in West Virginia. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing