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Harden Foundation

Accepts applications Salinas, California · EIN 946098887

Harden Foundation is a private foundation in Salinas, California. In tax year 2024 it gave $3.5 million in 1 grant; the typical grant was $4.2 million and the largest $4.2 million. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was down from $4.3 million the year before.

0% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$4.3 million1$70.7 million
2024$3.5 million1$74.7 million

How to apply

ContactJoseph Grainger
PO Box 779, Salinas, CA 93902
Phone or email(831) 442-3005, joe@hardenfoundation.org

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

Foundation website IRS filings on ProPublica

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in California.

StateGrantsAmount
California1$4.2 million

Grants paid in 2024

All 1 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Schedule Attached
Salinas, CA
Schedule attached$4.2 million

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Harden Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Harden Foundation give?

$3.5 million in tax year 2024, across 1 grant, with a typical grant of $4.2 million.

Who runs Harden Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists Linda Taylor (President), Lydia M Torres (Non-Voting/Nbm), Chris Dalman (V.p./Secretary) and Tom Bryan (VP & Treasurer) among 6 officers and trustees.

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