Kansas · Private foundation
Dorothy M Morrison Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $318k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $21,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $130,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 7
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.8M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations Dorothy M Morrison Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 62% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 38% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $170k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 9 | $318k | 22% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $275k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $72k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $71k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $146k | 57% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $304k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $204k | 75% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $50k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Bend Foundation Inc | $306,114 | 6 | 77% |
| Great Bend Alive Inc | $300,000 | 2 | 17% |
| Live Like Jesus Today Ministries In | $164,834 | 4 | 18% |
| Youth Core Ministries Inc | $110,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Fort Hays State University Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kansas Legal Services Inc | $75,103 | 1 | 1% |
| Central Ks Dream Center Inc | $20,276 | 3 | 6% |
| Kymel Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Clara Barton Hospital Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Central Kansas Partnership Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Bend Foundation Inc | $306,114 | 6 | 77% |
| Great Bend Alive Inc | $300,000 | 2 | 17% |
| Live Like Jesus Today Ministries In | $164,834 | 4 | 18% |
| Youth Core Ministries Inc | $110,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Fort Hays State University Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kansas Legal Services Inc | $75,103 | 1 | 1% |
| Central Ks Dream Center Inc | $20,276 | 3 | 6% |
| Kymel Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Clara Barton Hospital Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Central Kansas Partnership Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lasting Life Ministries Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Great Bend Community Theatre Inc | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| United Way of Central Kansas Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 3% |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($546k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Dorothy M Morrison Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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: Golden Belt Community Foundation · Robert E and Patricia Schmidt Foundation · Greater Horizons · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Dorothy M Morrison Foundation
- How much does Dorothy M Morrison Foundation give?
- Dorothy M Morrison Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $317,753 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 7 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Dorothy M Morrison Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (42%), Education (20%), Community Improvement (19%).
- Who are Dorothy M Morrison Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Great Bend Foundation Inc ($306k), Great Bend Alive Inc ($300k), Live Like Jesus Today Ministries In ($165k).
- Does Dorothy M Morrison Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Dorothy M Morrison Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Dorothy M Morrison Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Golden Belt Community Foundation, Robert E and Patricia Schmidt Foundation, Greater Horizons.
- Where is Dorothy M Morrison Foundation based?
- Dorothy M Morrison Foundation is based in KS.
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