St and Margaret D Harris Foundation

• The foundation does not accept unsolicited requests and gives by invitation only, so a small charity should not send a cold application and should look first for an existing introduction or contact with the foundation.
• The filing states no geographic focus, though its grants are mainly in Georgia, so the area alone should not decide whether to approach it.
• Its operating grants go to churches, food banks, social-service and child-focused organisations, universities and cultural institutions, and its scholarships are made through colleges and universities, so the work should match one of these kinds of organisation.
• A modest request is realistic: about 8 in 10 of its 115 grants to organisations fall between $1,000 and $35,000, with a median of about $13,500, though the largest was about $100,000.
• Repeat giving is significant, since 43% of its grant dollars to organisations in the latest filing went to organisations it had also funded earlier, so the approach should be relationship-led rather than competitive.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Mercer University · Scholarship grant for higher education
  $99,9992025 tax year
• University of Notre Dame · Scholarship grant for higher education
  $69,2272025 tax year
• Boston College · Scholarship grant for higher education
  $52,1002025 tax year
• Georgetown University · Scholarship grant for higher education
  $50,0002025 tax year
• East Cobb Baptist Church · To provide funding for operations
  $50,0002025 tax year
• Collective Learning Academy · Scholarship grant for higher education
  $49,6362025 tax year
• Auburn University · Scholarship grant for higher education
  $39,3872025 tax year
• Marquette University · Scholarship grant for higher education
  $34,7062025 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.