California · Private foundation
John & Colleen Morrissey Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $58k
- Granted FY2018
- 14
- Grants FY2018
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2018
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2018
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100% of John & Colleen Morrissey Foundation’s FY2021 grant dollars went to Catholic Community Foundation Of Los Angeles, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2021 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2018, the last year John & Colleen Morrissey Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 9 organizations, $58k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2018
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2018
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 18
- FY2017 to FY2018
- States reached, FY2018
- 2
- Total assets, FY2018
- $2k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2018, 43% of the organizations John & Colleen Morrissey Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 51% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2018 | 14 | $58k | 43% |
| FY2017 | 18 | $64k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2019, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mission Dolores Academy | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Tias Hope | $15,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Trustees of Boston College | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Los Angeles Regional Food Bank | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Via Art Fund Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Harvard-Westlake School | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pasadena Art Alliance | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Allies for Every Child Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cornerstone Theater Company | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mission Dolores Academy | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Tias Hope | $15,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Trustees of Boston College | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Los Angeles Regional Food Bank | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Via Art Fund Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Harvard-Westlake School | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pasadena Art Alliance | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Allies for Every Child Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cornerstone Theater Company | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Beyond Type 1 | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Dollies Making a Difference Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Norbertine Association of St Joseph | $1,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Festival of New American Musical Theater Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Saint John's Health Center Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Colleagues Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($84k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget John & Colleen Morrissey Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: California Community Foundation · Edmund and Mary Shea Family Foundation · Catholic Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About John & Colleen Morrissey Foundation
- How much does John & Colleen Morrissey Foundation give?
- John & Colleen Morrissey Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $58,222 in its FY2018 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 18 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2018.
- What does John & Colleen Morrissey Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2019, its largest causes are Health (39%), Education (32%), Arts & Culture (10%).
- Who are John & Colleen Morrissey Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2019: Mission Dolores Academy ($20k), Tias Hope ($15k), Trustees of Boston College ($15k).
- Does John & Colleen Morrissey Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2018, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does John & Colleen Morrissey 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 John & Colleen Morrissey Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, Edmund and Mary Shea Family Foundation, Catholic Community Foundation of Los Angeles.
- Where is John & Colleen Morrissey Foundation based?
- John & Colleen Morrissey Foundation is based in CA.
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