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Luke and Lori Morrow Family Foundation at a glance

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Luke and Lori Morrow Family 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.

$51M
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$50M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Philanthropy$50MInternational$6.4MReligion$4.6MHealth$1.1MHuman Services$1.0MFood & Nutrition$660kEducation$250kCivil Rights$210kOther$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $50k–250k2 grants · $300k
  • $250k+2 grants · $51M
$1,000,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$47M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC$49,908,247
COMMONGOOD MEDICAL$1,000,000
ALLIANCE FOR DEFENDING FREEDOM$200,000
LIVING WATER INTERNATIONAL$100,000
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 (FY17–25, $1.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 42% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 9%LIVING WATER INTERNATIONAL: $250k → 8%GLADNEY CENTER FOR ADOPTION: $30k → 11%BUCKNER INTERNATIONAL: $50k → 14%WEARS VALLEY RANCH: $5k → 12%CHRISTIAN ALLIANCE FOR ORPHANS: $30k → 6%LIVING WATER INTERNATIONAL: $100k → 8%GLADNEY CENTER FOR ADOPTION: $30k → 11%BUCKNER INTERNATIONAL: $50k → 14%WEARS VALLEY RANCH: $5k → 12%CHRISTIAN ALLIANCE FOR ORPHANS: $10k → 6%LIVING WATER INTERNATIONAL: $50k → 8%GLADNEY CENTER FOR ADOPTION: $30k → 11%CASA DE AMIGOS: $30k → 12%CHRISTIAN ALLIANCE FOR ORPHANS: $10k → 6%LIVING WATER INTERNATIONAL: $50k → 8%GLADNEY CENTER FOR ADOPTION: $30k → 11%CASA DE AMIGOS: $30k → 12%BUCKNER INTERNATIONAL: $50k → 14%CHRISTIAN ALLIANCE FOR ORPHANS: $10k → 6%LIVING WATER INTERNATIONAL: $50k → 8%CASA DE AMIGOS: $30k → 12%LIVING WATER INTERNATIONAL: $50k → 8%CASA DE AMIGOS: $30k → 12%UNITED WAY OF MIDLAND: $10k → 12%UNITED WAY OF MIDLAND: $10k → 12%UNITED WAY OF MIDLAND: $10k → 12%UNITED WAY OF MIDLAND: $10k → 12%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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
NY
PA
CT
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
AZ
TN
NC
SC
DC
GA
TX
FL
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.

14%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.7M · 46 repeat orgs$55M to everyone else

46 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 45 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

46
19

Total granted

$8.7M
$4.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+46%

Still filing today

72%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $51M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’25
Human ServicesInternationalHealthPhilanthropyReligionYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • Compassion International Incorporated
    6× · 2017–2022 · $1.1M · revenue +16%
  • SP
    SAMARITAN'S PURSE
    3× · 2020–2022 · $850k · revenue +106%
  • WM
    WATER MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL
    6× · 2017–2022 · $680k · revenue +115%

Funded once

  • TP
    THE PARKS CHURCH
    one grant, 2023 · $3.5M
  • HOPE INTERNATIONAL
    one grant, 2022 · $250k · revenue +16%
  • PB
    PALM BEACH ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $200k · revenue +46%
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
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
2
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community

Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…

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3
Youth for Christ International Ministries

As part of the body of Christ, to see that every young person in every people group in every nation has the opportunity to make an informed decision to be a follower of Jesus Christ and become a part of the local church.

Religion
4
Global Outreach International Inc

To get the good news to every nation this generation by showing and sharing god's love by providing opportunities and supporting christian missionaries in over fifty seven countries around the world.

International
5
World Orphans

World orphans vision is to empower the church to care for orphans and vulnerable families. we equip, inspire, and mobilize the church to care for orphans and vulnerable children. churches engaged. children restored. communities transformed…

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6
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
7
Life International

To partner with leaders globally to boldly proclaim the biblical truth of the father's heart for life, champion the gospel of jesus christ, and establish life-giving ministries.

Health
8
World Hope International Inc

The purpose of world hope international, inc. (whi) includes providing assistance to economically disadvantaged people through long-term social transformation projects, including anti-trafficking protection, clean water, economic…

International
9
Jewish Voice Ministries Intl

To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…

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10
Devworks International

Devworks international is dedicated to a society where all people enjoy the freedom to pursue their own sustainable development. we contribute to this by strengthening the capacity of local organizations.

Human Services
11
Lifewater Inc

Lifewater international is a non-profit christian water development organization dedicated to effectively serving vulnerable children and families by partnering with underserved communities to overcome water poverty.

Environment
12
Time of Grace Ministry

Time of grace is for people who want more growth and less struggle in their spiritual walk. we share the truth of god's word simply and clearly through television, print, and digital media that people view millions of times each month. we…

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is World Vision Inc; the most unlike its peers is Samaritan's Purse. 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

47 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 47 of the 69 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
45/47
Grantees still filing
38/47
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC: $49,908,247 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC+3 more: $290,000 · PhilanthropyTHE PARKS CHURCH: $3,500,000 · OtherTHE PARKS C…Individual grant recipient: $605,000 · OtherIndividual …NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $500,000 · OtherNORTH TEXAS…FOCUS ON THE FAMILY: $370,000 · OtherFOCUS ON TH…CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST: $330,000 · Other+29 more: $1,350,000 · Other+29 moreWORLD VISION INC: $1,150,000 · InternationalCompassion International Incorporated: $1,150,000 · InternationalWATER MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL: $680,000 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION: $650,000 · InternationalHOPE INTERNATIONAL: $250,000 · InternationalSave The Children Federation Inc: $200,000 · InternationalMercy Ships International: $200,000 · InternationalCHILDFUND INTERNATIONAL USA: $200,000 · International+2 more: $165,000 · InternationalSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $850,000 · ReligionElam Ministries: $380,000 · Religion+2 more: $25,000 · ReligionCOMMONGOOD MEDICAL: $1,000,000 · HealthOPERATION ENDURING SUPPORT INC: $55,000 · HealthHIGH SKY CHILDRENS RANCH INC: $40,000 · HealthFREE WHEELCHAIR MISSION: $40,000 · Health+1 more: $10,000 · HealthLiving Water International: $550,000 · Human ServicesBUCKNER INTERNATIONAL: $150,000 · Human ServicesCASA DE AMIGOS OF MIDLAND TEXASINC: $120,000 · Human ServicesTHE GLADNEY CENTER FOR ADOPTION: $120,000 · Human ServicesChristian Alliance for Orphans: $60,000 · Human ServicesUNITED WAY OF MIDLAND INC: $40,000 · Human ServicesFREEDOM CENTER TEXAS: $40,000 · Human Services+3 more: $20,000 · Human ServicesPALM BEACH ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY INC: $200,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Education
Philanthropy$50,198,247Other$6,655,000International$4,645,000Religion$1,255,000Health$1,145,000Human Services$1,100,000Education$250,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWORLD VISION INC: $1,150,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCompassion International Incorporated: $1,150,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $850,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWATER MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL: $680,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetINTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION: $650,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetLiving Water International: $550,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $500,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetElam Ministries: $380,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetHOPE INTERNATIONAL: $250,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPALM BEACH ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY INC: $200,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $200,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Ships International: $200,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDFUND INTERNATIONAL USA: $200,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERS RELIEF & DEVELOPMENT: $180,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetWEST TEXAS FOOD BANK: $160,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTHE HUMAN TRAFFICKING INSTITUTE: $150,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetBUCKNER INTERNATIONAL: $150,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCASA DE AMIGOS OF MIDLAND TEXASINC: $120,000 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetTHE GLADNEY CENTER FOR ADOPTION: $120,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $115,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GLOBAL ORPHAN PROJECT INC: $70,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetChristian Alliance for Orphans: $60,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetOPERATION ENDURING SUPPORT INC: $55,000 over 4y, 17% of budgetHIS VOICE INC HIS VOICE GLOBAL: $50,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF MIDLAND INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetUNITED WAY OF ODESSA INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetHIGH SKY CHILDRENS RANCH INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFREEDOM CENTER TEXAS: $40,000 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetFREE WHEELCHAIR MISSION: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCAMP FIRE WEST TEXAS: $20,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF MIDLAND INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetHOSPICE OF MIDLAND INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetRIGHT FROM THE HEART MINISTRIES INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMIDLAND FAIR HAVENS: $20,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetCenter for Christian Growth Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSave the Storks: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget311 Ministries: $5,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetSOLDIERS' ANGELS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCRISTA Ministries: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAnd Then There Were None: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

  • Who funds NATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD VISION INC ↗
  • Who funds Compassion International Incorporated ↗
  • Who funds COMMONGOOD MEDICAL ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds WATER MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds Living Water International ↗
  • Who funds NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds Elam Ministries ↗
  • Who funds HOPE INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds PALM BEACH ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds Save The Children Federation Inc ↗
  • Who funds Mercy Ships International ↗
  • Who funds CHILDFUND INTERNATIONAL USA ↗
  • Who funds PARTNERS RELIEF & DEVELOPMENT ↗
  • Who funds WEST TEXAS FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds BUCKNER INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds CASA DE AMIGOS OF MIDLAND TEXASINC ↗
  • Who funds THE GLADNEY CENTER FOR ADOPTION ↗
  • Who funds AMERICARES FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE GLOBAL ORPHAN PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds Christian Alliance for Orphans ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION ENDURING SUPPORT INC ↗
  • Who funds HIS VOICE INC HIS VOICE GLOBAL ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF MIDLAND 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.

Christian Community F…Abell-Hanger Foundati…The Fasken FoundationPermian Basin Area Fo…Servant FoundationPevehouse Family Foun…Scharbauer Foundation…The Henry FoundationWayne & Jo Ann Moore …Communities Foundatio…United Way of Midland…Paul and Katherine Mo…
Christian Community Foundation IncCO28× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Christian Community Foundation Inc · Abell-Hanger Foundation · The Fasken Foundation · Permian Basin Area Foundation · Servant Foundation · Pevehouse Family Foundation · Scharbauer Foundation Inc · The Henry Foundation · Wayne & Jo Ann Moore Charitable Foundation · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · United Way of Midland Inc · Paul and Katherine Morrow Family 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 Luke and Lori Morrow Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Luke and Lori Morrow Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Palm Beach Atlantic University Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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.
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How do I get to Luke and Lori Morrow Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Luke and Lori Morrow Family 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 69 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home