J Ira and Nicki Harris Family Foundation

Private foundation · EIN 65-0805468 · since 1998·Florida, Michigan, New York·Updated 13 October 2026

At a glance

$2.5M

Annual giving, 2024 tax year

From the Form 990-PF filing

$1,000 to $85,000

Grant range

From grants in the 990-PF filings

$5,000

Typical grant (median)

40 grants in the latest filing

Invitation only

Unsolicited applications are not accepted

This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.

Key takeaways

The foundation does not accept unsolicited requests.
It chooses organisations through its trustees' knowledge of their activities, so a route in is a trustee's awareness of your work rather than an open application.
It makes no grants to individuals, so do not approach it if your work is with individuals.
Most of its grants are modest: about 8 in 10 of its 91 grants to organisations fall between $1,000 and $85,000, and half were $10,000 or less, so a request in the low tens of thousands fits its typical pattern, though its largest grant was about $1,100,000.
Repeat recipients received 85% of its grant dollars to organisations in its most recent filing, so existing relationships matter, and the filings show grants mainly in Michigan, New York and Florida, but no geographic focus is stated, so treat that as a pattern rather than a rule.

Overview

J Ira and Nicki Harris Family Foundation is a US private foundation based in West Palm Beach, FL.

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's primary activity is to support, by contributions, other organisations qualifying for exemption under section 501(c)(3). Its trustees choose organisations based on their knowledge of those organisations’ activities; the foundation does not receive applications and makes no contributions, grants, gifts, loans or scholarships to individuals. Its recorded recipients include universities, a health system, schools, cultural and arts institutions, religious organisations and community-service charities. Its grant record encompasses these varied recipient types, while its stated selection basis is the trustees’ knowledge of organisational activities.

Geographic Focus

No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Michigan, New York and Florida.

What They Don't Fund

Individuals

How to apply

The trustees choose organisations based on their knowledge of their activities; the foundation does not receive applications.

Application success factors

Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 85% 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 91 grants to organisations were $10,000 or less.

Where grants go

From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.

Grant dollars by state

Michigan56%

New York29%

Florida12%

Idaho<1%

Massachusetts<1%

North Carolina<1%

6 other states: <1%

The largest single recipient received 56% of grant dollars to organisations.
In tax year 2024, 85% of grant dollars went to organisations J Ira and Nicki Harris Family Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
15% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.

Grants

40 grants in the latest filing analysed · median $5,000

How much do they typically give?

Share of 40 grants in tax year 2024 by size

Under $1k8%

$1k–$2.5k28%

$2.5k–$5k8%

$5k–$10k13%

$10k–$25k13%

$25k–$50k15%

$50k–$100k8%

$100k–$250k5%

$250k–$500k0%

$500k–$1M3%

$1M and over3%

Median $5,000 (tax year 2024)

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

University of Michigan · General
$1,075,0002024 tax year
NYU Langone Health System · General
$750,0002024 tax year
JMH Family Foundation · General
$150,0002024 tax year
Jacqueline Harris Family Foundation · General
$100,0002024 tax year
Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County · General
$52,8002024 tax year
Harlem Village Academies · General
$50,0002024 tax year
University of Michigan · Stephen m. ross athletic campus facilities project
$50,0002024 tax year
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces · General
$41,5002024 tax year

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

Officers and directors

Andrea Newman — Director
Nicki Harris — President / Secretary / Director
Jonathan M Harris — Vice-President / Treasurer / Director
David Moore — Director
Craig Shadur — Director
Bruce Moskowitz — Director

From the latest Form 990-PF filing

3 years of tax filings

Year	Total expenses	Grants paid	Assets	Filing document
2022 tax year	$781,068	$775,000	$29,250,743	Filing for 2022 tax year
2023 tax year	$2,316,973	$2,081,450	$31,020,972	Filing for 2023 tax year
2024 tax year	$3,117,086	$2,524,650	$37,722,149	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

Registers and filings

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