The Jaharis Family Foundation
New York, NY · EIN 87-4481479. Reported 56 grants totalling $7,643,594 to 34 organizations across tax years 2022-2023. 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. The Jaharis 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 $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $50,000; the smallest was $2,000 and the largest $1,700,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia University Medical College | New York, NY | $2,700,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Tufts University School of Medicine | Boston, MA | $2,200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hellenic College Holy Cross | Brookline, MA | $760,987 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York, NY | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Columbia University Vagelos College (pro Rata Final Excess Dist - Sec 507B | New York, NY | $368,019 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art (pro Rata Final Exc Dist-SEC507B2 From Jaharis | New York, NY | $262,871 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Haverford College | Haverford, PA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| PBS - WNET | New York, NY | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Metropolitan Opera Association (pro Rata Final Exc Dist-SEC507B2 From Jah | New York, NY | $65,717 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| West Side Campaign Against Hunger | New York, NY | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hawaii Community Foundation | Honolulu, HI | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Hellenic Museum | Chicago, IL | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Trinity School | New York, NY | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cathedral School | New York, NY | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| National Breast Cancer Foundation Inc | Frisco, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Barnard College | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Colon Cancer Alliance | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Colorectal Cancer Alliance | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Doctors of the World USA | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| International Orthodox Christian Charities | Towson, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Knox College | Galesburg, IL | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Lawrence University | Appleton, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lawrence University of Wisconsin | Appleton, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Northshore University Health Systems | Evanston, IL | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids | Washington, DC | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| International Support Fibromyalgia Network | Sierra Madre, CA | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| North Shore Country Day School | Winnetka, IL | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Meals on Wheels Chicago | Chicago, IL | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Meals on Wheels North Eastern Illinois | Evanston, IL | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Aafp Foundation | Leawood, KS | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cook County Health Foundation | Evanston, IL | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
22 of 34 (65%) received money in more than one year over the 2 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 71%, across 1 year-to-year transition. 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 the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Columbia University Vagelos College (pro Rata Final Excess Dist - Sec 507B
JAHARIS FAM FND (OLD) FINAL EXCESS DIST. TRANSFER TO JAHARIS FAM FND (NEW) - Barnard College
SCHOLARSHIP, EDUCATIONAL FINANCIAL AID - Lawrence University
SCHOLARSHIP/FINANCIAL AID
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 33 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 31 | $3,583,867 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 25 | $4,059,727 | $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.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. The Jaharis Family Foundation has 6 of them, worth $14.2M. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Art Institute of Chicago | New York, NY | $6,000,000 |
| Tufts University School of Medicine Development Office | Boston, MA | $3,000,000 |
| Columbia University Medical College | New York, NY | $2,400,000 |
| Hellenic College Holy Cross | Brookline, MA | $1,311,856 |
| Columbia University Medical College Challenge | New York, NY | $1,000,000 |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art- Challenge | New York, NY | $500,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 54% of this one's giving went to organizations in New York. 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 $10,000. 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 York.
- 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 The Jaharis Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 2 returns (tax years 2022-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 499 Park Avenue - Floor 23, 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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