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Dudley & Walter Morgan Foundation at a glance

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Dudley & Walter Morgan Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$25k
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$27kReligion$16kRecreation & Sports$10kHuman Services$9kEnvironment$7kHousing & Shelter$3kArts & Culture$2kInternational$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
3
States reached
$554k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FRIENDS OF LICK CREEK$5,000
YWCA OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE$4,500
THE LINVILLE FOUNDATION$3,500
MONTGOMERY BELL ACADEMY - ANNUAL FUND$3,000
THE CROSSNORE SCHOLL AND CHILDREN'S HOME$2,000
THE BATTLE OF FRANKLIN TRUST$1,000
FRANKLIN'S CHARGE$1,000
NASHVILLE HUMANE ASSOCATION$500
THE HARPETH HALL SCHOOL - ANNUAL FUND$500
SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK$500
THE ENSWORTH HIGH SCHOOL - ANNUAL FUND$500
YOUTH ENCOURAGEMENT SERVICES$500
SADDLE UP$500
AMISTAD MISSION$500
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY$500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 94% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $500 → 14%SADDLE UP: $500 → 4%THE ENSWORTH HIGH SCHOOL: $500 → 14%THE CROSSNORE SCHOLL AND CHILDREN'S HOME: $2k → 15%PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: $500 → 11%AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $500 → 14%FRANKLIN'S CHARGE: $1k → 4%THE ENSWORTH HIGH SCHOOL: $500 → 14%THE CROSSNORE SCHOOL: $1k → 15%PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: $500 → 11%THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $1k → 4%YWCA OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE: $5k → 14%THE CROSSNORE SCHOOL: $500 → 15%PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: $500 → 11%THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $1k → 4%YWCA OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE: $3k → 14%THE CROSSNORE SCHOOL: $500 → 15%FRANKLIN'S CHARGE INC: $1k → 4%THE HARPETH HALL SCHOOL: $2k → 14%ALL SAINTS EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $5k → 15%THE BATTLE OF FRANKLIN TRUST: $1k → 4%THE HARPETH HALL SCHOOL: $2k → 14%WEE KIRK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $5k → 15%FRANKLIN'S CHARGE INC: $500 → 4%THE HARPETH HALL SCHOOL - ANNUAL FUND: $500 → 14%THE LINVILLE FOUNDATION: $4k → 15%THE HARPETH HALL SCHOOL: $500 → 14%THE LINVILLE FOUNDATION: $4k → 15%THE BELIZE PROJECT: $500 → 14%THE LINVILLE FOUNDATION: $2k → 15%THE BELIZE PROJECT: $500 → 14%THE LINVILLE FOUNDATION: $1k → 15%FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $5k → 14%THE LINVILLE FOUNDATION: $1k → 15%FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $5k → 14%FRIENDS OF LICK CREEK: $6k → 14%FRIENDS OF LICK CREEK: $5k → 14%VARIOUS SMALL CONTRIBUTIONS: $5k → 14%MONTGOMERY BELL ACADEMY - ANNUAL FUND: $3k → 14%MONTGOMERY BELL ACADEMY: $3k → 14%ST GEORGE'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $2k → 14%ST GEORGE'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $2k → 14%MONTGOMERY BELL ACADEMY: $2k → 14%MONTGOMERY BELL ACADEMY: $2k → 14%NASHVILLE RESCUE MISSION: $3k → 14%NUTURE THE NEXT: $4k → 14%ELIJAH'S HEART MINISTRY: $2k → 14%NUTURE THE NEXT: $1k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
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.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$76k · 20 repeat orgs$33k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +87% since the first grant, against -26% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
8

Total granted

$76k
$24k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+87%
-26%

Still filing today

75%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’24’25
EducationYouth DevelopmentInternationalHealthEnvironmentCrime & LegalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • LF
    LINVILLE FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2020–2025 · $11k · revenue +101%
  • FO
    FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES
    2× · 2020–2021 · $10k · revenue +87%
  • NT
    NURTURE THE NEXT FKA PREVENT CHILD ABUSE TENNESSEE
    2× · 2020–2022 · $5k · revenue +51%

Funded once

  • WK
    WEE KIRK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
    one grant, 2024 · $5k
  • VS
    VARIOUS SMALL CONTRIBUTIONS
    one grant, 2024 · $5k
  • AS
    ALL SAINTS EPISCOPAL CHURCH
    one grant, 2024 · $5k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
New Hope Academy

Christ-centered school educating children of diverse racial & socioeconomic backgrounds by establishing a biblical worldview & preparing each child to flourish academically, emotionally, socially & spiritually.

Education
2
Franklin University

Since 1902, Franklin University has been a pioneer in meeting the needs of adult students who have the ambition to continue their education in combination with other responsibilities, receiving its status as a tax exempt organization in…

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3
Nashville Public Radio

Nashville public radio's mission is to be the most trusted & independent nashville voice, connecting our communities through non-partisan journalism, compelling storytelling, civil conversation and music discovery.

Arts & Culture
4
Linfield Christian School

Linfield christian school provides a college preparatory education in a caring, relational, christ-centered environment that develops and inspires students to: know jesus christ as lord; love others as themselves; and grow in knowledge and…

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5
Kings Academy Nashville

King's academy is a pre-k-8th grade independent christian school in nashville, tennessee, providing a classically inspired education to a racially and socioeconomically balanced student body.

Education
6
The Land Trust for Tennessee Inc

To conserve the unique character of tennessee's natural and historic landscapes and sites for future generations.

Environment
7
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
8
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
9
Lake Forest Academy

Lake forest academy strives to embody in its practices - and to cultivate in its students -excellence of character, scholarship, citizenship, and responsibility.

Education
10
Union University

Union university provides christ-centered education that promotes excellence and character development in service to church and society.

Education
11
Vanderbilt University

See Disclosure Above.

Education
12
Advocates for Academic Excellence in Education Inc

The school's mission is to prepare students of high academic achievement to succeed. the school provides student instruction and activity programs.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Nashville Rescue Mission; the most unlike its peers is Heritage Plantation Foundation. 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

24 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. 24 of the 37 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/24
Grantees still filing
16/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YWCA OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE: $7,500 · OtherYWCA OF MIDDLE TENNESSEEWEE KIRK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $5,000 · OtherWEE KIRK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHVARIOUS SMALL CONTRIBUTIONS: $5,000 · OtherVARIOUS SMALL CONTRIBUTIONSALL SAINTS EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $5,000 · OtherALL SAINTS EPISCOPAL CHURCHST GEORGE'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $4,000 · OtherST GEORGE'S EPISCOPAL CHURCHTHE CROSSMORE SCHOOL: $3,500 · OtherTHE CROSSMORE SCHOOLMONTGOMERY BELL ACADEMY - ANNUAL FUND: $3,000 · OtherMONTGOMERY BELL ACADEMY - ANNUAL FUNDELIJAH'S HEART MINISTRY: $2,000 · OtherHERITAGE PLANTATION FOUNDATION: $2,000 · OtherTHE CROSSNORE SCHOOL: $2,000 · OtherNASHVILLE RESCUE MISSION: $2,500 · Other+8 more: $6,000 · Other+8 moreLINVILLE FOUNDATION INC: $11,000 · EducationLINVILLE FOUNDATION INCMONTGOMERY BELL ACADEMY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NASHVILLE: $6,500 · EducationMONTGOMERY BELL ACADEMY O…THE HARPETH HALL SCHOOL: $4,000 · EducationTHE HARPETH HALL SCHOOLThe Trustees of Princeton University: $1,500 · EducationThe Trustees of Princeton…THE ENSWORTH SCHOOL: $1,000 · EducationAMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $1,000 · EducationFRIENDS OF LICK CREEK: $10,500 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF LI…FRANKLINS CHARGE INC: $2,500 · EnvironmentFRANKLINS CHA…FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentFELLOWSHIP …WILLIAMS YMCA OF AVERY COUNTY: $1,000 · Youth DevelopmentWILLIAMS YM…YOUTH ENCOURAGEMENT SERVICES INC: $500 · Youth DevelopmentNURTURE THE NEXT FKA PREVENT CHILD ABUSE TENNESSEE: $5,000 · Crime & LegalLwala Community Alliance: $1,500 · InternationalAMISTAD MISSION INC: $1,500 · InternationalBELIZE PROJECT: $1,000 · InternationalCROSSNORE COMMUNITIES FOR CHILDREN: $2,000 · HealthSADDLE UP: $500 · HealthFAITH FAMILY MEDICAL CENTER INC: $500 · Health
Other$47,500Education$25,000Environment$13,000Youth Development$11,500Crime & Legal$5,000International$4,000Health$3,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLINVILLE FOUNDATION INC: $11,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF LICK CREEK: $10,500 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMONTGOMERY BELL ACADEMY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NASHVILLE: $6,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNURTURE THE NEXT FKA PREVENT CHILD ABUSE TENNESSEE: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HARPETH HALL SCHOOL: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRANKLINS CHARGE INC: $2,500 over 3y, 12% of budgetNASHVILLE RESCUE MISSION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHERITAGE PLANTATION FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetCROSSNORE COMMUNITIES FOR CHILDREN: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLwala Community Alliance: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMISTAD MISSION INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNASHVILLE HUMANE ASSOCIATION AKA NASHVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBELIZE PROJECT: $1,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTHE ENSWORTH SCHOOL: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWILLIAMS YMCA OF AVERY COUNTY: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBATTLE OF FRANKLIN TRUST INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLINVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetREBUILDING TOGETHER NASHVILLE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAITH FAMILY MEDICAL CENTER INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

The Rich FoundationDorothy Cate and Thom…The Community Foundat…American Endowment Fo…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Raymond James Charita…Morgan Stanley Global…The Blackbaud Giving …National Philanthropi…Natl Christian Charit…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…
The Rich FoundationTN13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Rich Foundation · Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist Foundation · The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Dudley & Walter Morgan Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dudley & Walter Morgan Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
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: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.
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Find your warmest path to Dudley & Walter Morgan Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 37 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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