· Private foundation
Elizabeth Morse Genius Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k30 grants · $58k
- $10k–50k30 grants · $776k
- $50k–250k8 grants · $594k
- $250k+2 grants · $3.2M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CHARLES HOSMER MORSE FOUNDATION | $2,700,000 |
| ROLLINS COLLEGE - INNOVATION TRIANGLE | $500,000 |
| BACH FESTIVAL SOCIETY | $109,000 |
| HEART OF FLORIDA UNITED WAY | $100,000 |
| UNITED ARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC | $100,000 |
| GRACE MEDICAL HOME INC | $76,000 |
| A GIFT FOR TEACHING | $55,000 |
| GARDENS AT DEPUGH NURSING CENTER | $53,000 |
| ORLANDO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA | $51,000 |
| DR PHILLIPS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS | $50,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $46,000 |
| OPERA ORLANDO | $40,000 |
| ORLANDO BALLET | $40,000 |
| CHRISTIAN SERVICE CENTER OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC | $39,000 |
| EARLY LEARNING SHARED SERVICES ALLIANCE | $35,000 |
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 (FY20–24, $793k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% 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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.
78 repeat relationships: 58 still active in FY2024, 20 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $681k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CHCHARLES HOSMER MORSE FOUNDATION INC5× · 2020–2024 · $14M · revenue +11% · 57% of their budget
- HOHEART OF FLORIDA UNITED WAY INC5× · 2020–2024 · $550k · revenue +5%
- UAUNITED ARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC5× · 2020–2024 · $500k · revenue +104%
Funded once
- RCROLLINS COLLEGE - FRESHWATER CURRICULAR RESEARCHone grant, 2022 · $750k
- UOUNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA - ACADEMIC HEALTH SCIENCE CNTRone grant, 2021 · $300k
- BFBACH FESTIVAL SOCIETY 2019 PROGRAMone grant, 2020 · $57k
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.
Orlando Center for Justice, Inc.s mission is to bridge the access to justice gap in Florida for newcomers by helping these underserved communities navigate the legal system through education and innovation. We also walk alongside them,…
The mission of visit orlando, as the industry's leader, is to brand, market and sell the area globally as a premier leisure, convention and business destination to generate positive economic impact.
Florida community health centers, inc. (fchc) is a federally qualified health center serving medically needy populations in south florida, with an emphasis on serving rural and farm worker communities.
Orlando health is a trusted leader inspiring hope through the advancement of health. our mission as a community-owned organization is to improve the health and quality of life of the individuals and communities we serve.
Curating the world for all children to explore
Central florida vocal arts and opera del sol exist to create a better central florida community through arts education, performance and appreciation. we strive to create equitable access to meaningful arts experiences for all people in our…
To provide educational programming services.
The corporation is organized for the purpose of permanently reducing the number of homeless individuals and families in the central florida region.
Our mission is to provide exceptional dialysis care and services to individuals with end-stage kidney disease throughout central florida. we are dedicated to expanding access to treatment and ensuring all those in need receive quality…
The Florida Aquarium's mission focuses on our Shared Purpose of a commitment to save marine wildlife, with a Vision to be Florida's leading conservation-based Aquarium. It accomplishes this mission through hosting over 1 million visitors…
UF Health's mission is to promote health through outstanding and high-quality patient care, innovative and rigorous education in the health professions and biomedical sciences, and high-impact research across the spectrum of basic,…
How this is measured
72 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 72 of the 114 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 CHARLES HOSMER MORSE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds HEART OF FLORIDA UNITED WAY INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED ARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC ↗
- Who funds WELBOURNE AVENUE NURSERY AND KINDERGARTEN INC ↗
- Who funds A GIFT FOR TEACHING INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED AGAINST POVERTY INC ↗
- Who funds ORLANDO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA INC ↗
- Who funds SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC ↗
- Who funds DR PHILLIPS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC ↗
- Who funds WINTER PARK DAY NURSERY INC ↗
- Who funds Grace Medical Home Inc ↗
- Who funds THE WINTER PARK HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CHRISTIAN SERVICE CENTER FOR CENTRAL FLORIDA INC ↗
- Who funds ORLANDO BALLET INC ↗
- Who funds OPERA ORLANDO INC ↗
- Who funds IDIGNITY INC ↗
- Who funds COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC ↗
- Who funds FLORIDA LEADERSHIP VENTURE ↗
- Who funds ORLANDO UNION RESCUE MISSION INC ↗
- Who funds Winter Park Historical Association Inc ↗
- Who funds CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC ↗
- Who funds FLORIDA SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA INC ↗
- Who funds FLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds ELEVATION SCHOLARS INC ↗
- Who funds ORLANDO MUSEUM OF ART INC ↗
- Who funds Boys Town Central Florida Inc ↗
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: Central Florida Foundation · Magruder Chesley G Fdn Im · The Dr P Phillips Foundation · Universal Orlando Foundation Inc · The Galloway Foundation · James P Caruso & Christine S Caruso Charitable Fund Inc · Orlando Magic Youth Foundation Inc · Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida Foundation · Anderson-Devitt Foundation Inc · Edyth Bush Charitable Foundation Inc · The Elinor and Tw Miller Jr Foundation Inc · The Warren and Augusta Hume Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Elizabeth Morse Genius Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Elizabeth Morse Genius Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Idignity Inc: 6% of income from government
- Orlando Science Centerinc: 4% of income from government
- Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida Inc: 2% of income from government
- United Arts of Central Florida Inc: 1% of income from government
- Heart of Florida United Way Inc: 0% of income from government
- Rollins College: 0% of income from government
- Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida Inc: 0% of income from government
- Orlando Museum of Art Inc: 0% of income from government
- Florida Southern College: 0% of income from government
- Dr Phillips Center for the Performing Arts Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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