Daniel R & Anne M Harper Foundation
Official website of the Daniel R. and Anne M. Harper Foundation (Fort Myers, FL), a private grantmaking foundation serving Southwest Florida. The site provides grant guidelines, a downloadable application and contact information, and lists past grant recipients.
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
A Southwest Florida human-services organization (food assistance, shelters, youth programs, community centers) with experience delivering general operating support or program services at the local level.
Good Fit
- • Based in Southwest Florida or serving Lee County and surrounding communities
- • Provides general needs, food assistance, shelter, youth development, or similar human services
- • Capacity to manage mid-sized grants ($5k–$50k) and accept general operating support
- • Able to align proposals with twice-yearly review cycles and follow application instructions on the foundation website
Geography
Observed giving is overwhelmingly in Florida (about 98% of dollars) with virtually all grants serving Southwest Florida; only one or two out-of-state exceptions appear in the data.
Recipient Variety
The latest year shows a broad recipient set (38 distinct grantees) across multiple human-services subfields, indicating a wide institutional spread rather than a tiny closed circle.
New Applicants
Direct evidence supports newcomer access: 26 of 38 recipients in the latest year were new, and the foundation publishes an application page and submission instructions, although other notes about preselection inject some ambiguity.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
