John and Wauna Harman Foundation
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About John and Wauna Harman Foundation
The John and Wauna Harman Foundation concentrates its giving on improving end-of-life care, advance care planning, and palliative/hospice services with an explicit emphasis on justice, equity, and faith-based outreach. They fund program development, training, community engagement, and storytelling (documentary/media) that advance culturally competent approaches to serious illness and death, often supporting regional projects in California but also national initiatives. Grants skew toward sizable awards for mission-driven nonprofit partners and capacity-building activities (capital, staff/trainer positions, community of practice).
Focus Areas
Advance Care Planning and Palliative Care Workforce Training (trainers, community-of-practice convenings)End-of-Life Justice and Prison Hospice ProgramsFaith-based Advance Care Planning in African American and other congregational communitiesRegional hospice/cancer support center capital and operations (e.g., facility renovation)Documentary and media projects that humanize chaplaincy and end-of-life issues
Who They Fund
African-American faith communities and faith leaders
About John and Wauna Harman Foundation
The John and Wauna Harman Foundation’s largest recent grant was a $1,000,000 general operating support award to Reimagine Inc in 2025, a clear sign that the foundation backs organizations working at meaningful scale. Across its recent grants, the foundation keeps returning to end-of-life care, advance care planning, and hospice-related public education, with an emphasis on justice, equity, and culturally specific outreach. Its portfolio includes both national partners and place-based work in California and the Pacific Northwest, alongside faith-community initiatives and prison hospice efforts. The foundation also supports capacity-building rather than only direct service. Recent awards include support for a trainer position at the Public Health Institute, a community of practice for end-of-life care professionals at Pause, and a business development program for Pause Starlight Labs through Players Philanthropy Fund. Documentary and media projects are part of the pattern as well, including Reel Medicine Media’s production of The Chaplain of Oakland documentary film. The grant list shows a funder that uses sizable awards to underwrite organizations, convenings, training, and public-facing storytelling around serious illness and death.
What John and Wauna Harman Foundation Funds
Faith communities are a recurring channel for the John and Wauna Harman Foundation’s advance care planning work. In 2023, it gave $125,000 to Duke University Divinity School for the Healthy Living Through Faith ACP Program, and in 2025 it supported the school again with $25,000 for the Advance Care Planning Network. The foundation also funds justice-oriented end-of-life work. Reimagine Inc received $150,000 in 2023 for its End-of-Life Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Initiative, followed by $100,000 in 2024 for Grief and End of Life Public Education. Media and storytelling are another thread: Reel Medicine Media received $150,000 in 2024 to support production of The Chaplain of Oakland documentary film. Public education appears in community outreach too, such as Coastal Hospice’s advance care planning social media and faith community outreach grants.
How John and Wauna Harman Foundation Gives
Typical awards are sizable: the p25 is $10,000, the median is $29,272, and the p75 is $96,186. Recent giving also includes several six-figure grants, plus a $1,000,000 general operating support award. The foundation appears to make repeated awards to some organizations across multiple years, including Reimagine Inc, Wellness House, Coalition to Transform Advanced Care, Coastal Hospice, Players Philanthropy Fund, and Southeast Washington Office of Aging and Long Term Care. Its grantmaking is invitation-based and partnership-oriented, with no unsolicited applications accepted in the active programs listed. The foundation also funds individuals, according to the profile data.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$3.6M
Total Assets
$3.3M
Total Revenue
$1.6M
Total Expenses
$4M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $96K, with a median of $29K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$29K
75th Percentile
$96K
Geographic Reach
National11 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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