The Irving Harris Foundation is a private foundation that gives financial support to families and the arts.
Financial Statistics
Total Assets
Total Revenue
Total Expenses Year Total Assets Total Revenue Total Expenses Filing 2024 $150,201,392 $6,129,840 $28,772,403 View 2023 $166,021,368 $-8,935,456 $18,203,797 View 2022 $166,402,539 $14,618,353 $25,844,734 View 2021 $218,607,227 $21,579,671 $31,078,404 View 2020 $217,518,963 $10,709,064 $26,042,438 View
Prior year filings: 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011
Employee Compensation Highest Earning Employees Employee Title Total Compensation Phyllis Glink SECRETARY/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR $385,696 Tonia Spence PROGRAM OFFICER $215,600 Jawania Williams DIRECTOR OF OPERATIO $214,321 Denise Castillo Dell Isola SENIOR PROGRAM OFFIC $207,214 Joanna Lauen SENIOR PROGRAM OFFIC $207,214 Ausannette Garcia-Goyette SENIOR PROGRAM OFFIC $150,121 Joan Harris MEMBER/PROGRAM DIRECTOR $100,000
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All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:
Total Grant Value: $1,950,000 Number of Grants: 5 Number of Funders: 1 Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years:
Amount Year Funder Subject $500,000 2021 Seattle Foundation PDN and Diversity Informed Tenets $500,000 2020 Seattle Foundation Irving Harris Professional Development Network (PDN) $250,000 2024 Seattle Foundation The following grant, IHF Professional Development Network, has been awarded to Irving Harris Foundation for the term 04/01/2024 to 03/31/2025. $200,000 2024 Seattle Foundation The following grant, Diversity Informed Tenets Initiative Sustainability Funding, has been awarded to Irving Harris Foundation for the term 04/01/2024 to 03/31/2026.
All-time grants given statistics from Candid dataset:
Total Grant Value: $279,002,056 Number of Grants: 6,124 Number of Recipients: 1,018 Selection of highest value grants given from the last seven years:
Amount Year Funder Subject $1,333,333 2024 The Stairway Fund ENDOWMENT GRANT $1,000,000 2024 Jewish Federation of Chicago GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT $1,000,000 2024 Mako Foundation ENDOWMENT GRANT $1,000,000 2022 Jewish Federation of Chicago GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT $1,000,000 2021 Jewish Federation of Chicago GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT $1,000,000 2020 Jewish Federation of Chicago GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT $800,000 2020 Music and Dance Theater Chicago Inc PROGRAMMING IN 20/21, 21/22, AND 22/23 SEASONS $731,000 2020 Erikson Institute HARRIS EXCELLENCE SCHOLARSHIPS $530,000 2020 Start Early GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT $515,300 2020 TSNE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT AND LEVERAGING FEDERAL INITIATIVES IN STATES $500,000 2024 Music and Dance Theater Chicago Inc HARRIS THEATER MAINSTAGE PRESENTS SPONSORSHIP $500,000 2023 Music and Dance Theater Chicago Inc HARRIS THEATER MAINSTAGE PRESENTS SPONSORSHIP $500,000 2021 Music and Dance Theater Chicago Inc PROGRAMMING IN 20/21, 21/22, AND 22/23 SEASONS $500,000 2020 Alliance for Early Success GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT $406,000 2020 HealthConnect One GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT $400,000 2024 The Barack Obama Foundation 5-YEAR GRANT FOR CAPITAL CAMPAIGN SUPPORT $400,000 2023 The Barack Obama Foundation 5-YEAR GRANT FOR CAPITAL CAMPAIGN SUPPORT $400,000 2023 The Harris School HARRIS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY SUPPORT FOR STRENGTHENING DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION $400,000 2022 The Barack Obama Foundation 5-YEAR GRANT FOR CAPITAL CAMPAIGN SUPPORT $400,000 2022 University of Chicago HARRIS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY SUPPORT FOR STRENGTHENING DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION $400,000 2021 Start Early GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT $400,000 2021 The Barack Obama Foundation CAPITAL CAMPAIGN (TO BUILD LIBRARY) $400,000 2021 The Harris School HARRIS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY SUPPORT FOR STRENGTHENING DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION $375,000 2021 Tsne Misisonworksgardening in The GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT AND LEVERAGING FEDERAL INITIATIVES IN STATES $375,000 2020 Regents of the University of California, San Francisco HARRIS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT NETWORK SITE
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