Funding search · EIN 046744637 · Boston, MA

The Robert & Helen Hardman Family Fund

Name: The Robert & Helen Hardman Family Fund grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

90
grants reported: $840,037
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,500
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

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

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Center for Independent Documentary3 grants · $215,997
Center for Lndependent Documentary1 grant · $80,857
Doctors Without Borders4 grants · $63,155
Boston Living Center3 grants · $51,885
The Greater Boston Food Bank4 grants · $49,523
Aclu - American Civil Liberties Union2 grants · $44,031
Madre4 grants · $39,000
The Gay & Lesbian Review4 grants · $30,410
Puente De La Costa Sur3 grants · $27,331
Pie Ranch4 grants · $26,000

Giving over time

$184,845

2022

$162,199

2023

$231,993

2024

$261,000

2025

Grant history

All 90 reported grants, largest first.

$87,831
Center for Independent Documentary · Newton, MA · 2024
General support
$80,857
Center for Lndependent Documentary · Newton, MA · 2022
General support
$67,166
Center for Independent Documentary · Newton, MA · 2023
General support
$61,000
Center for Independent Documentary · Newton, MA · 2025
General support
$23,000
Aclu - American Civil Liberties Union · Boston, ME · 2025
General support
$21,031
Aclu - American Civil Liberties Union · Boston, ME · 2024
General support
$20,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$18,485
Boston Living Center · Boston, MA · 2022
General support
$17,300
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$17,000
The Boston Living Center · Boston, MA · 2025
General support
$16,700
Boston Living Center · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
$16,700
Boston Living Center · Boston, MA · 2023
General support
$15,000
The Greater Boston Food Bank · Boston, MA · 2025
General support
$13,555
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$12,323
The Greater Boston Food Bank · Boston, MA · 2022
General support
$12,300
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$11,100
The Greater Boston Food Bank · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
$11,100
The Greater Boston Food Bank · Boston, MA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Madre · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$10,000
Puente De La Costa Sur · Pescadero, CA · 2025
General support
$10,000
Madre · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$10,000
Madre · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$9,615
Shakespeare & Co · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$9,331
Puente De La Costa Sur · Pescadero, CA · 2024
General support
$9,000
Bioneers · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
$9,000
Madre · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$9,000
Fundacin Comunitaria De Puerto Rico · San Juan, PR · 2022
General support
$8,010
The Gay & Lesbian Review · Boston, MA · 2022
General support
$8,000
Foundation for Puerto Rico · San Juan, PR · 2025
General support
$8,000
Partners in Health · Boston, MA · 2025
General support
$8,000
The Gay & Lesbian Review · Boston, MA · 2025
General support
$8,000
Foundation for Puerto Rico · San Juan, PR · 2023
General support
$8,000
Puente De La Costa Sur · Pescadero, CA · 2023
General support
$8,000
Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation · Sheffield, MA · 2022
General support
$8,000
Pie Ranch · Pescadero, CA · 2022
General support
$7,200
The Gay & Lesbian Review · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
$7,200
The Gay & Lesbian Review · Boston, MA · 2023
General support
$7,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
$7,000
Global Fund for Women · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$6,000
Common Cause Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
$6,000
Global Fund for Women · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$6,000
Pie Ranch · Pescadero, CA · 2025
General support
$6,000
Common Cause Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$6,000
Pie Ranch · Pescadero, CA · 2024
General support
$6,000
Pie Ranch · Pescadero, CA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation · Sheffield, MA · 2025
General support
$5,000
Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$5,000
Urgent Action Fund · Alameda, CA · 2025
General support
$5,000
Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation · Sheffield, MA · 2024
General support
$5,000
Global Fund for Women · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$5,000
Partners in Health · Boston, MA · 2024
General support
$5,000
Urgent Action Fund · Alameda, CA · 2024
General support
$5,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$5,000
Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation · Sheffield, MA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Global Fund for Women · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$4,733
Urgent Action Fund · Alameda, CA · 2023
General support
$4,000
Bioneers · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General support
$3,000
Bsotanglewood Symphony Hall · Boston, MA · 2025
General support
$2,500
Berkshire Natural Resources Council · Pittsfield, MA · 2025
General support
$2,500
Mass Moca · North Adams, MA · 2025
General support
$2,000
Berkshire International Film Festival · Great Barrington, MA · 2025
General support
$2,000
Earthjustice · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General support
$2,000
Norman Rockwell Museum · Stockbridge, MA · 2025
General support
$2,000
North Adams Regional Hospital · North Adams, MA · 2025
General support
$2,000
Biama Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts · Westborough, MA · 2024
General support
$1,500
Berkshire Medical Center · Pittsfield, MA · 2025
General support
$1,500
Fairview Hospital · Great Barrington, MA · 2025
General support
$1,500
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center · Great Barrington, MA · 2025
General support
$1,500
Public Citizen Foundation · Washington, DC · 2025
General support
$1,500
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute · Williamstown, MA · 2025
General support
$1,500
Trustees of Reservations · Boston, MA · 2025
General support
$1,500
Berkshire Natural Resources Council · Pittsfield, MA · 2024
General support
$1,000
Bay Area Lyme Foundation · Portola Valley, CA · 2025
General support
$1,000
Clean Water Fund · Boston, MA · 2025
General support
$1,000
Construct · Great Barrington, MA · 2025
General support
$1,000
Emily M Sotelo Safety and Persistence Charitable Foundation · Westford, MA · 2025
General support
$1,000
Food Bank of Western Massachusetts · Chicopee, MA · 2025
General support
$1,000
Great Barrington Land Conservancy · Great Barrington, MA · 2025
General support
$1,000
Greenagers · South Egremont, MA · 2025
General support
$1,000
New England Public Media · Springfield, MA · 2025
General support
$1,000
Northfield Mt Hermon · Mount Hermon, MA · 2025
General support
$1,000
Wbur · Boston, MA · 2025
General support
$1,000
Williamstown Theatre Festival · Williamstown, MA · 2025
General support
$1,000
Housatonic River Initiative · Lenox Dale, MA · 2024
General support
$1,000
Mass Moca · North Adams, MA · 2023
General support
$1,000
Wells College · Aurora, NY · 2023
General support
$500
Global Lyme Alliance · New York, NY · 2025
General support
$500
Singing Eagle Lodge · Holderness, NH · 2025
General support
$500
Propublica · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$500
Volunteeers in Medicine · Great Barrington, MA · 2024
General support

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.