The Irving Harris Foundation

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Location: Chicago, Ill.

Private non-operating foundation
http://activecause.com/nonprofit-profile/the-irving-harris-foundation/id/393d3a3d3b3a212027

Founded in 1947 by Irving Harris, a successful businessman, the Irving Harris Foundation is a private family foundation that takes a strategic approach to funding programs, policies, research and organizations that support and advocate for optimal early childhood development, with an emphasis on the prenatal period through the first three years of life. The foundation also supports the arts and humanities and Jewish philanthropy.

Grants: Mother Jones/Foundation for National Progress, 2005: $50,000, 2006: $50,000, 2007: $50,000, 2008: $75,000)

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