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· Private foundation
CHRISTOPHER J & MELISSA S MORLEY PRIVATE FAMILY FOUNDATION INC
This foundation does not accept unsolicited requests — it funds preselected organizations.
$50k
Granted FY2018
5
Grants
2
Communities
$44k
Largest
01What you fund
0193% classified
What you funded, over time
Every grant clustered by its grantee’s IRS cause code (NTEE), by year — across FY2017–2018.
Philanthropy$44kEducation$17kAnimals$500Environment$400Recreation & Sports$200Other$5k
02FY2018 · 5 grants
Where the money goes
Your grants by size, and where they go.
By grant size · FY2018
- Under $10k4 grants · $6k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $44k
$500
Median grant
2
States reached
$3k
Total assets
Largest grants
- BANK OF AMERICA CHARITABLE GIFT FUND$43,648
- RIPPOWAM CISQUA SCHOOL$5,000
- 13 HANDS EQUINE RESCUE INC$500
- NORTH SALEM BRIDLE TRAILS ASSOC$500
- NORTH SALEM OPEN LAND FOUNDATION$200
02The need
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Do your dollars go where the need is?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.
show:
Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY17–18) land where the poverty rate runs at 15% — the area typically sits at 10%. 74% of your dollars reach neighborhoods with above-average need. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA, United Way ALICE — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.
03Your field
The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
1
Trustees of Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.
Education
2
Trustees of Boston College
Mission strengthened by more than a century and a half of dedication to academic excellence, boston college commits itself to the highest standards of teaching and research in undergraduate, graduate and professional programs and to the…
Education
3
Amherst College Trustees
Amherst college educates students of exceptional potential from all backgrounds so that they may seek value and advance knowledge, engage the world around them, and lead principled lives of consequence. amherst brings together the most…
Education
4
Maine Farmland Trust
Maine farmland trust protects farmland, supports farmers, and advances the future of farming.
Food & Nutrition
5
The Trustees of Mount Holyoke College
The mission of mount holyoke college is to provide an intellectually adventurous education in the liberal arts and sciences through academic programs recognized internationally for their excellence and range; to draw students from all…
Education
6
Brewster Conservation Trust
Land conservation
Environment
7
Presumpscot Regional Land Trust
We engage with communities to conserve, steward, and provide access to local lands and clean water for current and future generations to enjoy.
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8
Massachusetts Outdoor Heritage
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9
The Scenic Hudson Land Trust Inc
See Schedule O for The Scenic Hudson Land Trust's mission statement.
Environment
10
Kestrel Land Trust
Kestrel land trust conserves and cares for forests, farms, and riverways in the connecticut river valley of western massachusetts while nurturing an enduring love of the land
Environment
11
Bank of New Hampshire
Philanthropy
12
The Berkshire School Inc
To provide secondary educational, social and athletic programs to children.
Education
For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is North Salem Bridle Trails Association and the most unlike its peers is The Rippowam Cisqua School Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network
9 grantees, every filing reconciled, 2017–2025.
Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue.
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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
6/9
Grew since you first funded
Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee
Philanthropy$43,648Education$16,500Other$4,785Animals$500Environment$400Recreation & Sports$200
Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them
A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds BANK OF AMERICA CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ↗
- Who funds RIPPOWAM CISQUA SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds MILLBROOK SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds FOXCROFT SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds NORTH SALEM BRIDLE TRAILS ASSOC ↗
- Who funds 13 HANDS EQUINE RESCUE INC ↗
- Who funds NORTH SALEM OPEN LAND FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds BEDFORD RIDING LANES ASSOCIATION ↗
The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Lanbro FoundationSC13.8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: Lanbro Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.
Government reliance of your grantees
Every dot is one organisation CHRISTOPHER J & MELISSA S MORLEY PRIVATE FAMILY FOUNDATION INC funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.
2025
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no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.
04Through Plinth
Through Plinth
Your grantmaking, live and operational
This dossier was generated cold from public filings. In Plinth it’s a working system — every applicant assessed and every grant monitored. Here’s a taste, run on one of your grantees: BEDFORD RIDING LANES ASSOCIATION.
Agentic due diligence · confidence × risk
Financial management
medium risk
~4 months of operating runway; revenue grew over 8 filed years.
Track record & reputation
low risk
8 years of Form 990 filings, still active; revenue up 4.3× since.
Legal standing
low risk
US 501(c)(3); EIN 237119172 on file with current IRS Form 990 filings.
Governance
Live in Plinth
Board composition & governance documents — verified live in Plinth from the applicant.
Compliance & sanctions
Live in Plinth
OFAC / UN sanctions screening — run live in Plinth at assessment.
Program capacity
Live in Plinth
Staffing, M&E and activity alignment — assessed live in Plinth from submitted proposals.
Live · Plinth’s real DD engine
Run the actual assessment on BEDFORD RIDING LANES ASSOCIATION, cold from public data.
Generated live from public IRS filings + open web sources by Plinth’s agentic engine. Shown as an illustration of the product, not a formal assessment.
Post-award monitoring · continuous checks
- WatchFinancial stability— Roughly 4 months of cash on hand.
- On trackSustained operations— Filing through 2024; revenue grew over the period.
- On trackReliance on your funding— Your grants peaked at 0% of their budget — diversified.
- Awaiting reportEvidence of delivery— Plinth collects the grantee's own monitoring reports post-award.
What you see here is static and public. In Plinth it’s operational — the full six-pillar framework on every applicant (with their own documents + live registry and sanctions checks), monitoring dashboards on every award, custom board reports, and eligibility routing for intake.
Agentic due diligenceMonitoring dashboardsCustom board reportsEligibility routing
Preview generated from this grantee’s public IRS filings and independent reporting. Pillars marked “live in Plinth” require the applicant’s submitted documents. Shown as illustration, not a formal assessment.
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How do I get to Christopher J & Melissa S Morley Private Family Foundation Inc?
Find your warmest path to Christopher J & Melissa S Morley Private Family Foundation Inc through people who sit on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the introduction across shared trustees and officers.
Every link is a documented governance overlap in public IRS 990 filings — not a personal network — and each hop carries its own confidence tier. Low-confidence or distant paths are held back rather than guessed.
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