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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
2
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

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

12
’17
9
’18
4
’19
0
’21

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.

Health$73kEducation$60kArts & Culture$19kHuman Services$11kFood & Nutrition$10kHousing & Shelter$8kPublic Benefit$3kInternational$2kOther$0
02FY2018 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2018

  • Under $10k12 grants · $38k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$2k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CATHOLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION$10,000
MISSION DOLORES ACADEMY$10,000
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF LOS ANGELES - LAS MADRINAS$8,000
HARVARD-WESTLAKE SCHOOL$5,000
TIA'S HOPE$5,000
BOSTON COLLEGE$5,000
NAMI CAPE COD & THE ISLANDS$5,000
WESTSIDE CHILDREN'S CENTER$2,500
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF LOS ANGELES - WESTSIDE GUILD$2,500
CORNERSTONE THEATER COMPANY$1,500
UCLA HEALTH SOUND BODY SOUND MIND$1,222
FOUNDATION FOR NEW AMERICAN MUSICALS$1,000
DOLLIES MAKING A DIFFERENCE$1,000
NOBERTINE ASSOCIATION OF ST JOSEPH$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–19, $19k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THE COLLEAGUES: $500 → 14%WESTSIDE CHILDREN'S CENTER: $3k → 14%WESTSIDE CHILDREN'S CENTER: $500 → 14%TIA'S HOPE: $5k → 14%TIA'S HOPE: $5k → 14%TIA'S HOPE: $5k → 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.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$147k · 14 repeat orgs$40k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2018, 3 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2018 (too recent to call). Read against FY2018, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
7

Total granted

$147k
$23k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+70%
+100%

Still filing today

36%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2019, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationHealthPhilanthropyOther
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

  • TRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE
    2× · 2017–2018 · $15k · revenue +70%
  • LA
    LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK
    2× · 2017–2019 · $10k · revenue +315%
  • AF
    Allies for Every Child Inc
    2× · 2017–2018 · $3k · revenue +85%

Funded once

  • TT
    THE TOM COUGHLIN JAY FUND FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +117%
  • PA
    PASADENA ART ALLIANCE
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +17%
  • KC
    K9 CONNECTION
    one grant, 2017 · $3k
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
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
2
California College of the Arts

California college of the arts educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. benefitting from its san francisco bay area location, the college prepares…

Education
3
California Institute of Contemporary Art
—
4
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

The Television Academy is dedicated to celebrating excellence, innovation and the advancement of the telecommunications arts and sciences through recognition, education and leadership, while fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible…

—
5
Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Promotion and advancement of children's health through patient care, research, and education.

Health
6
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
7
The Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation

The jonsson cancer center foundation is the single most important vehicle for raising private funds for cancer research at ucla and plays a key role in advancing cancer treatments and care. please see schedule o for additional information.

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8
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
9
California State University Los Angeles Foundation

To advance the educational, cultural, scholarly, and creative activities and the role of community service of csula by increasing private funding, responsibly managing donated resources and supporting the university and its diverse and…

Education
10
California Dental Association Foundation

The foundation's mission is to improve the oral health of all californians by supporting the dental profession and its efforts to meet community needs.

Science & Tech
11
Pasadena Hospital Association Ltd

Huntington Health stands for community. We stand for compassion. But more than anything, Huntington stands for health. Providing world-class health care is our specialty, and it's what we've been doing for the San Gabriel Valley since…

Health
12
Communities in Schools of Los Angeles Inc

To surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. we work with public school systems, establishing relationship with superintendents, principals, educators, and community partners to…

Youth Development
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Saint John's Health Center Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Allies for Every Child Inc. 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

15 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. 15 of the 26 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/15
Grantees still filing
10/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF LOS ANGELES - LAS MADRINAS: $20,300 · OtherCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF LOS ANGELES - LAS MADRINASCATHOLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $20,000 · OtherCATHOLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATIONMISSION DOLORES ACADEMY: $20,000 · OtherMISSION DOLORES ACADEMYNAMI CAPE COD & THE ISLANDS: $15,000 · OtherNAMI CAPE COD & THE ISLANDSLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $10,000 · OtherLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANKPACIFIC PALISADES TASK FORCE ON HOMELESS: $8,000 · OtherPACIFIC PALISADES TASK FORCE ON HOMELESSST ELMO SOCIETY: $7,500 · OtherST ELMO SOCIETYCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF LOS ANGELES - WESTSIDE GUILD: $7,500 · OtherCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF LOS ANGELES - WESTSIDE GUILD+5 more: $8,722 · Other+5 moreTRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE: $15,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF …HARVARD-WESTLAKE SCHOOL: $5,000 · EducationHARVARD-WEST…TIAS HOPE: $15,000 · Human ServicesTIAS HOPEAllies for Every Child Inc: $3,000 · Human ServicesAllies for …+1 more: $500 · Human ServicesVIA ART FUND INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureVIA ART FUN…PASADENA ART ALLIANCE: $5,000 · Arts & CulturePASADENA AR…CORNERSTONE THEATER COMPANY: $2,500 · Arts & CultureCORNERSTONE…Festival of New American Musical Theater Foundation: $1,000 · Arts & CultureFestival of…THE TOM COUGHLIN JAY FUND FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyBEYOND TYPE 1: $2,500 · HealthSAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION: $1,000 · HealthCATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES: $500 · Religion
Other$117,022Education$20,000Human Services$18,500Arts & Culture$18,500Philanthropy$10,000Health$3,500Religion$500

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 budgetTIAS HOPE: $15,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TOM COUGHLIN JAY FUND FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetVIA ART FUND INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHARVARD-WESTLAKE SCHOOL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPASADENA ART ALLIANCE: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetAllies for Every Child Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCORNERSTONE THEATER COMPANY: $2,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBEYOND TYPE 1: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDOLLIES MAKING A DIFFERENCE INC: $2,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetFestival of New American Musical Theater Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetSAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COLLEAGUES 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.

California Community …Edmund and Mary Shea …Catholic Community Fo…Gs Donor Advised Phil…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
California Community FoundationCA14.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 John & Colleen Morrissey Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John & Colleen Morrissey Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Trustees of Boston College: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to John & Colleen Morrissey Foundation?

Find your warmest path to John & Colleen Morrissey 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 26 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 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2018, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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