George and Ruth Harms Foundation
Farmingdale, NJ · EIN 22-3548916. Reported 109 grants totalling $387,916 to 58 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. George and Ruth Harms Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $3,500; the smallest was $250 and the largest $51,025. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samaritan Center of the Jersey Shore | Manasquan, NJ | $101,640 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fullfil | Neptune, NJ | $30,495 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ocean Medical Foundation | Lodi, NJ | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Manasquan Presbyterian Church | Manasquan, NJ | $23,398 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ocean Reef Community Foundation | Key Largo, FL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Manasquan Schools Development Fund | Manasquan, NJ | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Manasqueen Presbyterian Church | Manasquan, NJ | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Samaritan Purse | Boone, NC | $15,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Protestant Congregation of Ocean Reef | Key Largo, FL | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Keys Children's Foundation | Key Largo, FL | $8,800 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Allaire Community Farm | Wall, NJ | $8,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Monmouth Medical Center Foundation | Long Branch, NJ | $7,425 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Everglades Foundation Inc | Palmetto Bay, FL | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ocean Reef Chapel Foundation | Key Largo, FL | $5,704 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ocean Reef Cultural Center | Key Largo, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Orcat Inc | Key Largo, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Samper Fi & America's Fund | Oceanside, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Jt Mestdagh Foundation | St Clair Shores, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fellowship for Christian Athletes | Red Bank, NJ | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Wills Eye Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | $4,044 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tisch Ms Research Center of New York | New York, NY | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hackensackmeridian Affiliated Foundation | Edison, NJ | $3,760 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ashley Inc | Havre De Grace, MD | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chester River Health Foundation | Chestertown, MD | $3,400 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Alzheimer's New Jersey | Roseland, NJ | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Conservation Force | Metairie, LA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Manasquan River Golf Foundation | Spring Lake, NJ | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ocean Studies Charter School | Key Largo, FL | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Yellow Ribbon Fund | Bethesda, MD | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Cancer Society | Manasquan, NJ | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Foundation of Orthopedics & Complex Spine | Garden City, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ocean Reef Protestant Congregation | Key Largo, FL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Parkinson's Foundation | New York, NY | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Co | Asbury Park, NJ | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Joan Dancy & Pals | Red Bank, NJ | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Oisf Foundation | Manasquan, NJ | $1,450 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Coastal Habitat for Humanity | Asbury Park, NJ | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Fellowship for Performing Arts | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Girl Scouts of the Jersey Store | Toms River, NJ | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Grand Slam Club | Birmingham, AL | $1,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| National Deer Association | Bogart, GA | $1,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Nra Foundation | Fairfax, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ocean Reef Medical Center Foundation | Key Largo, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Keys Children Fund | Key Largo, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tisch Ms Research Center of Ny | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Monmouth Park Charity Fund | Oceanport, NJ | $750 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Visiting Nurses Association of Nj | Holmdel, NJ | $750 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Wild Sheep Foundation (wsj) | Bozeman, MT | $750 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| 180 Turning Lives Around | Hazlet, NJ | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore | Toms River, NJ | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Joan Dancy & Pais | Red Bank, NJ | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Monmouth County Habit for Humanity | Manasquan, NJ | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Monsignor Scanlan High School | Bronx, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Academy at Ocean Reef | Key Largo, FL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Guild of Ocean Medical Center | Manasquan, NJ | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Monmouth Arts | Red Bank, NJ | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Visiting Nurse Association of Nj | Holmdel, NJ | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wild Sheep Foundation | Bozeman, MT | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
28 of 58 (48%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 65%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 61 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 17 | $68,700 | $500 |
| 2022 | 26 | $58,875 | $1,000 |
| 2023 | 31 | $89,923 | $1,000 |
| 2024 | 35 | $170,418 | $2,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 67% of this one's giving went to organizations in New Jersey. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New Jersey.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from George and Ruth Harms Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 817, Farmingdale, NJ, 07727. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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