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Harold M & Adeline S Morrison Family 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.

$1.2M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
87
Grants FY2024
60
Organizations funded FY2023
30%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$225,000
Organizations funded a year
50 to 76
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
15
Total assets, FY2024
$32M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 30% of the organizations Harold M & Adeline S Morrison Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $166k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EnvironmentEducationHealthYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesInternationalOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving77$1.1M26%
FY202360$1.3M30%
FY202250$1.4M20%
FY202171$1.1M28%
FY202071$818k34%
FY201976$850k39%
FY201859$516k37%
FY201755$921kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Environment$2.7MEducation$2.1MHealth$1.1MArts & Culture$759kPhilanthropy$305kYouth Development$281kReligion$234kScience & Tech$173kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Potomac Conservancy Inc$705,000811%
Rare$555,50081%
Ravinia Festival Association$427,00080%
The Phoenix Pact Fund$400,0001n/a
Chicago Horticultural Society$360,50080%
Rush University Medical Center$333,33310%
Openlands$302,25081%
College of Lake County Foundation$251,00026%
Ragdale Foundation$219,00082%
Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods$196,00073%
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All grantees of Harold M & Adeline S Morrison Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Potomac Conservancy Inc$705,000811%
Rare$555,50081%
Ravinia Festival Association$427,00080%
The Phoenix Pact Fund$400,0001n/a
Chicago Horticultural Society$360,50080%
Rush University Medical Center$333,33310%
Openlands$302,25081%
College of Lake County Foundation$251,00026%
Ragdale Foundation$219,00082%
Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods$196,00073%
TFK Chicago Voyagers$126,00066%
Lake Forest Open Lands Association$125,00081%
Liberty Prairie Nfp$97,50072%
Discovery Place Inc$86,00070%
Advance Illinois Nfp$75,00071%
Cool Learning Experience$65,000127%
Muddy Sneakers Inc$62,00022%
CleanAIRE NC$56,00042%
North Carolina Wildlife Federation Inc$50,00021%
R Bruce Irons Camp Fund$49,00023%
Camp for All Kids$45,00022%
Environmental Grantmakers Association$43,00041%
TreesCharlotte$34,00051%
Legacy Reentry Foundation NFP$29,00021%
Hermitage Artist Retreat Inc$28,50051%
Illinois Environmental Council Education$27,00030%
National Audubon Society Inc$26,00060%
History Center of Lake Forest-Lake Bluff$26,00071%
Elawa Farm Foundation$25,00080%
Environmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest$24,75080%
Northwestern Memorial Healthcare$24,5008n/a
Mote Marine Laboratory Inc$22,50070%
Faith in Place$22,50080%
Children & Nature Network$21,50040%
Metrosquash Nfp$20,00030%
Anne K Taylor Fund$17,50081%
North Chicago Community Partners$16,50080%
Youth Conservation Corps$15,00020%
Heart of the City$15,00020%
Little Village Environmental Justice Org$14,50030%
Gardeneers$14,00020%
Justice Outside$13,50040%
Boys & Girls Club of Lake County$12,00040%
Yellowstone Forever$11,00080%
Presbyterian Church USA a Corp$11,0002n/a
Reading Power Inc$11,00050%
Greenhouse Scholars$10,50060%
The Lunch Project$10,50052%
National Association for Urban Debate Leagues$10,00010%
SeaLegacy Foundation Inc$10,00011%
The Waukegan Historical Society Inc$10,00015%
Sierra Club Foundation$10,00020%
Coalicion Latinos Unidos de Lake County$10,0002n/a
Chicago Public Library Foundation$10,00010%
Wild Earth Allies Inc$9,50080%
Field Museum of Natural History$9,25080%
Waukegan Public Library Foundation$9,00014%
Lincoln Park Zoological Society$9,00070%
Let Me Run Inc$8,00041%
Youth and Family Counseling$8,00030%
United Negro College Fund Inc$7,50010%
The Trust for Public Land$7,50010%
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc$7,50010%
Camping With Cradle$7,5002n/a
The Josselyn Center Nfp$7,00010%
Forefront$6,53850%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$6,50040%
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic Inc$6,50030%
Chicago Artists Coalition$6,00040%
Lake James Environmental Association Incorporated$5,50023%
Indiana University Foundation$5,00020%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$5,00010%
Outdoor Afro$5,00010%
Foundation of the State Arboretum of Virginia$5,00012%
Friends of Nachusa Grasslands$5,00060%
Preservation Foundation of the Lake County Forest Preserves$5,00030%
Lawndale Christian Health Center$5,00010%
Bernie's Book Bank$5,00010%
Lyric Opera of Chicago$5,00010%
The Roberti Community House$5,00020%
Alexander Youth Network$5,00050%
Forest Preserve Foundation Inc$4,50030%
Northern Illinois Food Bank$4,50010%
Lake Forest College$4,50040%
Equal Justice Initiative$4,00010%
Victory Gardens Theater$4,00020%
Farmworker and Landscaper Advocacy Project$4,00010%
Waukegan To College NFP$3,5003n/a
Friends of the Chicago River$3,50020%
Together for Nature$3,0001n/a
Alexander Children's Foundation Inc$3,00030%
Cradles to Crayons Inc$3,00020%
McCormick Theological Seminary 22-22148$3,0002n/a
Friends of the Highwood Public Library$3,00020%
Endeavor Health Clinical Operations$3,00020%
Catawba Lands Conservancy$3,00020%
National Park Foundation$3,00020%
Susanna Farms Foundation$3,0001n/a
Cacapon and Lost Rivers Land Tr Inc$2,50012%
The Lake County Haven$2,50010%
First Presbyterian Church of Libertyville$2,5002n/a
Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation Inc$2,50010%
Conserving Carolina$2,50010%
Erie Family Health Foundation Inc$2,50010%
Worcester Polytechnic Institute$2,50010%
Opportunity International Inc D/B/A Opportunity International-Us$2,50040%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Pawtucket$2,06010%
The Way of the Rain Inc$2,00011%
Agnes Scott College$2,00020%
National Outdoor Leadership School$2,00020%
Oxfam-America Inc$2,00010%
Angelic Organics Learning Center Inc$2,00020%
Blood Cancer United Inc$2,00010%
Ocean Conservancy$2,00010%
Lake Forest Foundation for Historic Preservation$2,00021%
Sacred Valley Health$2,00011%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$2,00010%
The Center for Community Transitions$2,00010%
Independence Center Inc$2,00010%
Streetwise Partners Inc$2,00010%
The Foundation Fighting Blindness Inc$1,50020%
Billion Oyster Project Inc$1,50010%
Legacy Global Programs$1,50010%
Familyfarmed Dba Good Food Catalyst$1,50020%
Council on the Environment Inc$1,50010%
Union Theological Seminary$1,50010%
Community College of Rhode Island$1,3121n/a
Play Soccer Trenton INC$1,05014%
Outward Bound Inc$1,00010%
Earthjustice$1,00010%
Friends of Camp Anokijig Inc$1,00010%
Curt's Cafe$1,00010%
Carolina Youth Coalition$1,00010%
The Center for Humans and Nature$1,0001n/a
Brightfocus Foundation$1,00010%
Feed My Starving Children Inc$1,00010%
Greater Chicago Food Depository$1,00010%
Erie Family Health Center Inc$1,00010%
Zacharias Sexual Abuse Center$1,0001n/a
Nami North Carolina Inc$1,00010%
Arise Chicago$1,00010%
The Bhutan Foundation$1,00010%
Community 365 Inc$1,0001n/a
Providence Day School Inc$1,00010%
Christopher Reeve Foundation$1,00010%
Runningworks Inc$1,00010%
PEG Partners Inc$1,0001n/a
North Carolina Association of Black Lawyer Land Loss Prevention Projec$1,00010%
Stomp Out Bullying Corp$1,00010%
Democracy North Carolina$1,00010%
Yes I Can Play Foundation$1,0001n/a
Southeast Alaska Conservation Council Inc-SEACC$1,00010%
International Crane Foundation Inc$50010%
Evanston Art Center$50010%
Achilles International Inc$50010%
Young Men's Christian Association of Pawtucket Inc$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 43 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.5M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Harold M & Adeline S Morrison Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 140 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Potomac Conservancy Inc: $705,000 over 8y, 11% of budgetRare: $555,500 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetRavinia Festival Association: $427,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetChicago Horticultural Society: $360,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetRush University Medical Center: $333,333 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOpenlands: $302,250 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetCollege of Lake County Foundation: $251,000 over 2y, 6.2% of budgetRagdale Foundation: $219,000 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetBrushwood Center at Ryerson Woods: $196,000 over 7y, 3.3% of budgetTFK Chicago Voyagers: $126,000 over 6y, 6.3% of budgetLake Forest Open Lands Association: $125,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetLiberty Prairie Nfp: $97,500 over 7y, 2.3% of budgetDiscovery Place Inc: $86,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetAdvance Illinois Nfp: $75,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetCool Learning Experience: $65,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetMuddy Sneakers Inc: $62,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetCleanAIRE NC: $56,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetNorth Carolina Wildlife Federation Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetR Bruce Irons Camp Fund: $49,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetCamp for All Kids: $45,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetEnvironmental Grantmakers Association: $43,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetTreesCharlotte: $34,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetLegacy Reentry Foundation NFP: $29,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetHermitage Artist Retreat Inc: $28,500 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetIllinois Environmental Council Education: $27,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetNational Audubon Society Inc: $26,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHistory Center of Lake Forest-Lake Bluff: $26,000 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetElawa Farm Foundation: $25,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetEnvironmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest: $24,750 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetMote Marine Laboratory Inc: $22,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFaith in Place: $22,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetChildren & Nature Network: $21,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMetrosquash Nfp: $20,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetAnne K Taylor Fund: $17,500 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetNorth Chicago Community Partners: $16,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetYouth Conservation Corps: $15,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetHeart of the City: $15,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetLittle Village Environmental Justice Org: $14,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetGardeneers: $14,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetJustice Outside: $13,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Lake County: $12,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetYellowstone Forever: $11,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetReading Power Inc: $11,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetGreenhouse Scholars: $10,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe Lunch Project: $10,500 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetNational Association for Urban Debate Leagues: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSeaLegacy Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetThe Waukegan Historical Society Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 140.

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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.

John and Kathleen Schreiber Foundation D/B/A Schreiber PhilanthropyIL48.4× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: John and Kathleen Schreiber Foundation D/B/A Schreiber Philanthropy · The Lake County Community Foundation · Hunter Family Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · The Gorter Family Foundation · Northwestern Memorial HealthCare Group · Clarks Fork Foundation · Healthcare Foundation of Northern Lake County · The Grainger Foundation Inc · Butler Family Foundation · Vivo Foundation · Julian Grace Foundation

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.

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About Harold M & Adeline S Morrison Family Foundation

How much does Harold M & Adeline S Morrison Family Foundation give?
Harold M & Adeline S Morrison Family Foundation reported 87 grants totaling $1,196,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 50 and 76 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Harold M & Adeline S Morrison Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (32%), Education (25%), Health (13%).
Who are Harold M & Adeline S Morrison Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Potomac Conservancy Inc ($705k), Rare ($556k), Ravinia Festival Association ($427k).
Does Harold M & Adeline S Morrison Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Harold M & Adeline S Morrison Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Harold M & Adeline S Morrison Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include John and Kathleen Schreiber Foundation D/B/A Schreiber Philanthropy, The Lake County Community Foundation, Hunter Family Foundation.
Where is Harold M & Adeline S Morrison Family Foundation based?
Harold M & Adeline S Morrison Family Foundation is based in IL.

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 203 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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