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Harris Family Foundation

Accepts applications Chicago, Illinois · EIN 366054378

Harris Family Foundation is a private foundation in Chicago, Illinois. In tax year 2024 it gave $5.4 million in 1 grant; the typical grant was $5.4 million and the largest $5.4 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 $7.0 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
2022$6.4 million1$135 million
2023$7.0 million1$147 million
2024$5.4 million1$153 million

How to apply

ContactHarris Family Foundation
444 West Lake Street Suite 4750, Chicago, IL 60606
Phone or email(312) 831-4130
What to submitBy letter

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Illinois.

StateGrantsAmount
Illinois1$5.4 million

Grants paid in 2024

All 1 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
See Attached List
Chicago, IL
General operating support$5.4 million

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Harris Family Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Harris Family Foundation give?

$5.4 million in tax year 2024, across 1 grant, with a typical grant of $5.4 million.

Who runs Harris Family Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists King W Harris (President), John B Harris (Asset Manager), William J Friend (Vice President) and Henry Kurzawski (Secretary & Treasurer) among 6 officers and trustees.

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