Gladys and Roland Harriman Foundation
At a glance
Key takeaways
- The Gladys and Roland Harriman Foundation makes general-support grants across education, youth services, hospitals and medical organisations, arts and culture, conservation, social services and emergency-response charities, with its geographic focus given as USA.
- Most of its grants fall between $2,500 and $195,000, with a median grant of $25,000, so a modest request in that range is realistic, though the largest grant was about $1,000,000.
- To apply, send a short letter describing the organisation and its funding requirements, together with 501(c)(3) documentation, and ensure it is received by the October 1 deadline.
- A large majority of its grant dollars go to organisations it has funded before, so it leans toward continuing existing relationships and can be competitive for newcomers, though this is no reason not to approach it.
- Organisations outside the United States, requests to match US government funds, and individuals are not eligible to apply.
Overview
Gladys and Roland Harriman Foundation is a US private foundation based in New York, NY.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The foundation makes general-support grants to charitable organisations. Its recorded recipients include schools, colleges and other educational institutions; youth-serving organisations; hospitals and medical organisations; arts and cultural bodies, museums, libraries and public broadcasters; conservation and environmental organisations; social-service and child-welfare agencies; religious bodies; and emergency-response charities. The filings describe the grants as general support rather than identifying particular projects or purposes. Applicants must be US charities recognised under section 501(c)(3), and requests are to include a short description of the organisation and its funding requirements. The foundation does not fund outside the United States or provide matching for US government funds.
Geographic Focus
USA.
What They Don't Fund
- Outside USA
- Matching of US government funds
- Individuals
How to apply
Submit a written summary in letter form describing the organisation and its funding requirements, with a copy of its 501(c)(3) documentation.
Deadlines: Requests must be received by October 1.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 87% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 288 grants to organisations were $25,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
6 other states: 13%
Outside the US or with no state on the filing: 4%
- The largest single recipient received 10% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 87% of grant dollars went to organisations Gladys and Roland Harriman Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- <1% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 99 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $40,000 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- American National Red Cross · General support$961,5002024 tax year
- Boys Club of New York · General support$728,5002024 tax year
- Appalachian Mountain Club · General support$270,0002024 tax year
- Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College · General support$250,0002024 tax year
- Harness Racing Museum and Hall of Fame · General support$233,0992024 tax year
- Goshen Historic Track · General support$220,9292024 tax year
- Brotherhood Sister Sol · General support$200,0002024 tax year
- Wilderness Land Trust · General support$200,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Marjorie Northrop Friedman — Director
- Heather Corbett — Director
- Adam H Dixon — Director
- William B Tyree — Director
- Anthony T Enders — Director
- Wilhelm E Northrop — Director
- Hillary A Dixon — Director
- Anna T Korniczky — Treasurer
- Elbridge T Gerry III — President
- Thomas F Dixon — Chairman
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $8,142,403 | $6,595,960 | $140,601,808 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $7,564,709 | $6,147,219 | $154,681,836 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $9,296,430 | $7,783,028 | $159,182,860 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
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.
Sources
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Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- (212) 493-5585
- New York, NY