Funding search · EIN 650700303 · Cape Coral, FL
The Hardison Family Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 41
- grants reported
- $11.9M
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $45,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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Funding pattern
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Fidelity Charitable1 grant · $10.5M
- Harry Chapin Food Bank3 grants · $170,000
- Illinois Institute of Technology3 grants · $150,000
- Doctors Without Borders USA3 grants · $150,000
- Greater Chicago Food Depository3 grants · $150,000
- Northern Illinois Food Bank3 grants · $135,000
- St Jude Children'S2 grants · $100,000
- Shriner'S Hospitals for Children2 grants · $90,000
- Oregon Food Bank3 grants · $60,000
- Echo3 grants · $60,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 41 reported grants, largest first.
- $10.5M
Fidelity Charitable · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Donor advised fund
- $70,000
Harry Chapin Food Bank · Fort Myers, FL · 2024
General purpose
- $50,000
Doctors Without Borders USA · Hagerstown, MD · 2024
General purpose
- $50,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
- $50,000
Illinois Institute of Technology · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose
- $50,000
St Jude Children'S · Memphis, TN · 2024
General purpose
- $50,000
Doctors Without Borders USA · Hagerstown, MD · 2023
General purpose
- $50,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
- $50,000
Harry Chapin Food Bank · Fort Myers, FL · 2023
General purpose
- $50,000
Illinois Institute of Technology · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
- $50,000
St Jude Children'S · Memphis, TN · 2023
General purpose
- $50,000
Doctors Without Borders USA · Hagerstown, MD · 2022
General purpose
- $50,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
- $50,000
Harry Chapin Food Bank · Fort Myers, FL · 2022
General purpose
- $50,000
Illinois Institute of Technology · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose
- $50,000
St Jude Children'S Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2022
General purpose
- $45,000
Northern Illinois Food Bank · Geneva, IL · 2024
General purpose
- $45,000
Shriner'S Hospitals for Children · St Louis, MO · 2024
General purpose
- $45,000
Northern Illinois Food Bank · Geneva, IL · 2023
General purpose
- $45,000
Shriner'S Hospitals for Children · St Louis, MO · 2023
General purpose
- $45,000
Northern Illinois Food Bank · Geneva, IL · 2022
General purpose
- $45,000
Shriner'S Hospital for Children · Tampa, FL · 2022
General purpose
- $30,000
Salvation Army · Alexandria, VA · 2022
General purpose
- $20,000
Echo · North Fort Myers, FL · 2024
General purpose
- $20,000
North County Meals On Wheels · Florissant, MO · 2024
General purpose
- $20,000
Oregon Food Bank · Portland, OR · 2024
General purpose
- $20,000
Echo · North Fort Myers, FL · 2023
General purpose
- $20,000
Oregon Food Bank · Portland, OR · 2023
General purpose
- $20,000
Echo · North Fort Myers, FL · 2022
General purpose
- $20,000
Oregon Food Bank · Portland, OR · 2022
General purpose
- $10,000
Clinic for the Rehabilitation · Sanibel, FL · 2024
General purpose
- $10,000
Cottey College · Nevada, MO · 2024
General purpose
- $10,000
Peo International · Des Moines, IA · 2024
General purpose
- $10,000
Clinic for the Rehabilitation · Sanibel, FL · 2023
General purpose
- $10,000
Cottey College · Nevada, MO · 2023
General purpose
- $10,000
North County Meals On Wheels · Florissant, MO · 2023
General purpose
- $10,000
Peo International · Des Moines, IA · 2023
General purpose
- $10,000
Care and Rehabilitation of Wildlife · Sanibel Island, FL · 2022
General purpose
- $10,000
Cottey College · Nevada, MO · 2022
General purpose
- $10,000
North County Meals On Wheels · Florissant, MO · 2022
General purpose
- $10,000
Peo Foundation · Aberdeen, SD · 2022
General purpose
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Similar purposes
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Similar grant size
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