Washington · Private foundation
Hug Morenz Foundation for Media Literacy
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $120k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $37,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 4
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $319k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Hug Morenz Foundation for Media Literacy funded were first-time grantees, receiving 47% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 3 | $120k | 67% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $160k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $165k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center for Humane Technology | $150,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Pro Publica Inc | $70,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Fairplay Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Media Literacy Now | $42,500 | 1 | 9% |
| Global Investigative Journalism Network Inc | $37,500 | 1 | n/a |
| National Association for Media Literacy Education | $37,500 | 1 | 5% |
| Transparency Coalition Ai | $32,500 | 1 | 7% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($25k), not named here.
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About Hug Morenz Foundation for Media Literacy
- How much does Hug Morenz Foundation for Media Literacy give?
- Hug Morenz Foundation for Media Literacy reported 3 grants totaling $120,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 4 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Hug Morenz Foundation for Media Literacy fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (48%), Science & Tech (41%), Youth Development (11%).
- Who are Hug Morenz Foundation for Media Literacy's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Center for Humane Technology ($150k), Pro Publica Inc ($70k), Fairplay Inc ($50k).
- Does Hug Morenz Foundation for Media Literacy fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Hug Morenz Foundation for Media Literacy accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Hug Morenz Foundation for Media Literacy?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Hug Morenz Foundation for Media Literacy based?
- Hug Morenz Foundation for Media Literacy is based in WA.
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