· Private foundation
Carl and Irene Morath Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k24 grants · $71k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $112k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Gleaners Food Bank | $30,000 |
| Capuchin Soup Kitchen | $21,500 |
| Catholic Biblical School of Mich | $15,000 |
| NewVines International Inc | $15,000 |
| Michigan Medicine | $10,000 |
| Modonna University | $10,000 |
| Sacred Heart Major Seminary | $10,000 |
| Sanilac District Library | $6,500 |
| SVDP Journey to Housing | $6,500 |
| Michigan State University CMP | $6,500 |
| Loaves and Fishes Ministries | $6,500 |
| Pope Francis Center | $4,000 |
| LCSDFV | $3,250 |
| Neutral Zone | $3,250 |
| Individual grant recipient | $3,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $35k) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 86% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
37 repeat relationships: 29 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MUMadonna University6× · 2020–2025 · $60k · revenue +6%
- LALOAVES AND FISHES MINISTRIES6× · 2020–2025 · $30k · revenue +53%
- CBCATHOLIC BIBLICAL SCHOOL OF MICHIGAN LTD2× · 2020–2022 · $28k · revenue +53%
Funded once
- CHChildren Hospital of Mich Fndone grant, 2021 · $10k
- OUOAKLAND UNIVERSITYone grant, 2020 · $10k
- SCSanilac County Historical Socone grant, 2023 · $6k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
To improve and save lives through compassionate care, community engagement and advocacy for animals.
Catholic Social Services of Washtenaw County D/B/A Catholic Charities Washtenaw County provides diverse, holistic social services including adoption and pregnancy counseling, food and basic needs assistance, domestic and child abuse…
Business leaders for michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy.…
Business leaders for michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy.…
To maintain and operate a hospital, ambulance and veterinary services for the care of animals. the maintenance and operation of kennels and suitable chambers for the humane destruction of wounded animals.
Creating healthy communities - together
To provide financial services to members with a common bond.
To promote conditions favorable to job creation and business success in michigan.
Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…
To serve as an inclusive statewide voice to improve systems and support communities to prevent and end homelessness in a way that leaves no one behind.
Creating healthy communities - together
The Detroit Historical Society tells Detroit's stories and why they matter through its exhibits, programs, outreach, and the preservation and dissemination of its artifacts and collections.
How this is measured
22 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 22 of the 55 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds GLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN ↗
- Who funds Madonna University ↗
- Who funds LOAVES AND FISHES MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds CATHOLIC BIBLICAL SCHOOL OF MICHIGAN LTD ↗
- Who funds New Vines International ↗
- Who funds POPE FRANCIS CENTER ↗
- Who funds Neutral Zone ↗
- Who funds HOPE MEDICAL CLINIC INC ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds SMILE TRAIN INC ↗
- Who funds ST MARY - ST PAUL MINISTRY ↗
- Who funds COVENANT HOUSE MICHIGAN ↗
- Who funds University of Michigan ↗
- Who funds LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND ↗
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · John D & Jean E Dinan Foundation · DTE Energy Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Carl and Irene Morath Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Carl and Irene Morath Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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