Harnisch Family Foundation
New York, NY · EIN 51-0381959. Reported 247 grants totalling $6,847,756 to 190 organizations across tax years 2020-2023. 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. Harnisch Family 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 $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $20,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $1,000,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philanthropic Ventures Foundation | Oakland, CA | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Utah Film Center | Salt Lake City, UT | $755,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Sundance Institute | Park City, NY | $620,001 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Women Donors Network | San Francisco, CA | $575,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Women Make Movies | New York, NY | $455,225 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| National Ms Society | New York, NY | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Film Collaborative | Los Angeles, CA | $209,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Equality Federation Institute | Longmont, CO | $165,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Representation Project | Sacramento, CA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jezebel Productions Inc | New York, NY | $130,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| RACE2EDUCATION | Denver, CO | $108,770 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tides Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $100,027 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Higher Heights Leadership Fund | Brooklyn, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Physicians for Reproductive Health | Hartsdale, NY | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Southern Documentary Fund | Durham, NC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media | Marina Del Rey, CA | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Equal Rights Advocates Inc | San Francisco, CA | $76,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Uniondocs | Ridgewood, NY | $65,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| YWCA Nashville & Middle Tennessee | Nashville, TN | $62,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Film Fatales Nyc | Los Angeles, CA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Women Moving Millions | New York, NY | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Arise Media Inc | Pleasantville, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Drag Out the Vote | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Evolution Institute Inc | Fredericksburg, VA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rachel's Network | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Tank Ltd | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Book'em | Nashville, TN | $47,120 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Alliance of Women Directors | Los Angeles, CA | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| End Well Foundation | Healdsburg, CA | $36,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ballotpedia | Middleton, WI | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Barnard College | New York, NY | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bold Impact | Woodbridge, VA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fashion Institute of Technology Foundation | New York, NY | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Players Philanthropy Fund | Towson, MD | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Student Leadership Network | New York, NY | $32,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ibcs Council | Denver, CO | $30,750 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| International Documentary Association | Los Angeles, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ms Foundation for Women | Brooklyn, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| International Girls Ensemble | Astoria, NY | $26,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Chicken & Egg Pictures Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $26,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hello Neighbor | Pittsburgh, PA | $25,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Aubin Pictures Inc | Santa Monica, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Indiana University | Indianapolis, IN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Neo Philanthropy Inc | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Illinois Foundation | Urbana, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Video Veracity Inc | New Orleans, LA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Voter Participation Center | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Van Wezel Foundation Inc | Sarasota, FL | $24,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Common Counsel Foundation | Oakland, CA | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Doonie Fund Inc | Decatur, GA | $21,960 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| YWCA Nashville & Middle Tn | Nashville, TN | $21,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Afterimage Public Media | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hawaii Community Foundation | Honolulu, HI | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Leadership Nashville | Nashville, TN | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mississippi Journalism & Education Group | Jackson, MS | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Free History Project | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Henry Street Settlement | New York, NY | $18,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Walk Unafraid Foundation Inc | Great Barrington, MA | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Buffalo Broadcast Pioneers | Buffalo, NY | $17,850 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Unc Hussman School of Journalism & Media | Chapel Hill, NC | $17,159 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Partnership With Children | New York, NY | $16,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Csulb 49ER Foundation | Long Beach, CA | $15,407 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Theatre League | Williamsport, PA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Equality Now Inc | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Global Citizen Year | Oakland, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Arab-American Family Support Center | Brooklyn, NY | $14,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Friends of Nyc Nurse Family Partnership | New York, NY | $11,010 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Candid | New York, NY | $10,554 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| African American Policy Forum | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bahamas National Trust Fund Inc | Princeton, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Capital B News Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Evangelicals for Democracy | Portland, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Film Forum Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| International Women's Forum | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Siecus (sexuality Information & Education Council of the Usa) | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Social Good Fund | Richmond, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The 19TH News | Austin, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Theatre of the Emerging American Moment | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| UCLA Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $9,585 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Urban Assembly | New York, NY | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Young Women's College Prep Foundation | Rochester, NY | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Young Women's Leadership Academy of Las Vegas | Las Vegas, NV | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Tennessee Justice Center | Nashville, TN | $7,750 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Learning Through An Expanded Arts Program | New York, NY | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Elevated Access Inc | Champaign, IL | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| She Should Run | Washington, DC | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Black Women's Health Imperative | Atlanta, GA | $5,400 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Brown Girls Doc Mafia | Bronx, NY | $5,013 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Aabc Foundation | San Antonio, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Acevedo Foundation | Perkiomenville, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Denver Film Society | Denver, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| First Look Institute | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Gdigm Co Mount St Mary's College Ount St Mary's College | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ignite | Oakland, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Immigrant Legal Resource Center | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Optout Media Foundation | Brooklyn, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Siecus | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sisters in Cinema | Chicago, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Brotherhoodsister Sol | New York, NY | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| The Institute on Higher Awesome Studies | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Voterunlead | New York, NY | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Peace Is Loud | New York, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Asian Americanspacific Islanders in Philanthropy (aapip) | Oakland, CA | $2,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Foglifter Journal and Press | San Francisco, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gapa Foundation | Oakland, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Lgbt Community Network | Clovis, CA | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| U of South Carolina Educational Fdn | Columbia, SC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Spm Disability Justice Fund | Oakland, CA | $2,200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| She's the First | New York, NY | $2,036 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Film Independent | Los Angeles, CA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Genequality | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Morgan State University Foundation | Baltimore, MD | $1,600 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Prism Foundation | Oakland, CA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Camp Rainbow Foundation | Fenton, MO | $1,050 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lost Souls Public Memorial Project | Somerset, NJ | $1,029 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rehabilitation Through the Arts | Purchase, NY | $1,010 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| 4TH World Foundation | Flagstaff, AZ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| A Is for | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Aapip (asian Americanspacific Islanders in Philanthropy) | Oakland, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| All-Options | Oakland, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Art to Change the World | Minneapolis, MN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Atlas Assistance Dogs | Bellevue, WA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Autism Tennessee | Nashville, TN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Becket Academy Inc | Orford, NH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bike Cleveland | Cleveland, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Burn Design Lab | Vashon, WA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Calusa Nature Center and Planetarium | Fort Myers, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City of Toledo | Toledo, OR | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Conscious Connections Foundation | Spokane, WA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Crowdsourcing Human Rights | Culver City, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Daily Overcoming Violence Embracing Safety Network | Maricopa, AZ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dance to Be Free | Boulder, CO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| East Nashville Wellness Center | Nashville, TN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| El Paso Community Foundation | El Paso, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| FIESTA4HOPE Inc | Pearl River, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Firelight Media | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| First Nations Development Institute | Los Gatos, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fitzmaurice Institute | Beverly Hill, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Foundation for Louisiana | New Orleans, LA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fractured Atlas Inc | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of the Highgate Public Library | Highgate Center, VT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of the Valley of the Tetons Library | Victor, ID | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fuel Relief Fund | Riverside, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gardner Pilot Academy Foundation Inc | Allston, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Gerard's House | Santa Fe, NM | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Glen Lake Elementary PTO | Minnetonka, MN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Green Box Solutions | Charlotte, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Healded Women Heal | Pomona, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Helen Day Art Center | Stowe, VT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hope Career Development Center | Grayson, GA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Junkyard Social Club | Boulder, CO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Kotor Kitties | Seattle, WA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Maine Highlands Senior Center | Doverfoxcroft, ME | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Marlene Meyerson Jcc Manhattan | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Monumental Women | Brooklyn, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Museum of Food and Culture | Brooklyn, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New Orleans Airlift | New Orleans, LA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| New York Birth Control Access Project | Brooklyn, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New York Live Arts | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New York University | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Northlake Elementary | Dallas, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ocean Sole Africa Inc | Ponte Vedra Beach, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Open Stage Project | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Out of the End Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pawster Nashville | Nashville, TN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Paypal Charitable Giving Fund | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Pef Israel Endowment Funds Inc | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Picture Social Justice | Bethesda, MD | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pipe Wrench Literary Inc | Monroe Township, NJ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pitch Her Productions | Astoria, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Refoundry | Brooklyn, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Run Your City | Boston, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Samuel W Houston Museum & Cultural Center | Huntsville, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Alliance for Pioneer Square | Seattle, WA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Kindling Group | Chicago, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Performance Zone Inc Aka the Field | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Walter Hive | Scottsdale, AZ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Three Rivers Land Trust Inc | Salisbury, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| True Kids 1 | Taos, NM | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Turtles Fly Too | Boise, ID | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Vurt | Philadelphia, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Western Montana Creative Initiative | Missoula, MT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Workers Defense Project | Austin, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Creative Capital Foundation | New York, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Day 7 Inc | Nashville, TN | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Learning Matters | Nashville, TN | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Luke 1412 | Nashville, TN | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Nashville Diaper Connection | Nashville, TN | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Saddle Up | Franklin, TN | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
37 of 190 (19%) 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 27%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. 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 178 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 44 | $585,851 | $1,000 |
| 2021 | 48 | $517,288 | $1,018 |
| 2022 | 69 | $1,389,415 | $9,000 |
| 2023 | 86 | $4,355,202 | $10,000 |
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. 37% of this one's giving went to organizations in California. 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 $5,000. 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 California.
- 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 Harnisch Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Co Peconic-599 Lexington Ave FL46, New York, NY, 10022. 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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