· Private foundation
Maurice Foundation
Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Read this first · the figures below need context
86% of Maurice Foundation’s FY2023 grant dollars went to Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2023 names 23 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year Maurice Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 25 organizations, $54k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MOUNT VERNON COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION | $6,659 |
| THE NIGHT MINISTRY | $3,000 |
| CRISIS CENTER FOR SOUTH SUBURBIA | $3,000 |
| MERCY HOME FOR BOYS & GIRLS | $3,000 |
| CAMP COURAGEOUS OF IOWA | $2,001 |
| BRIDGEHAVEN PREGNANCY SUPPORT CENTER | $2,000 |
| AMERICAN BRAIN TUMOR ASSOCIATION | $2,000 |
| IOWA PUBLIC RADIO | $2,000 |
| SWEDISH AMERICAN MUSEUM ASSOCIATION OF CHICAGO | $2,000 |
| ON THE GO MINISTRIES | $2,000 |
| SUSTAINABLE IOWA LAND TRUST | $2,000 |
| HOPE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION | $2,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
| MORTON PLANT MEASE HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
| SUNCOAST HOSPICE | $2,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $84k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 78% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +63% since the first grant, against +34% for those funded once.
49 repeat relationships: 27 still active in FY2022, 22 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call). Read against FY2022, 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
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MVMOUNT VERNON COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION5× · 2017–2022 · $19k · revenue +146%
THE NIGHT MINISTRY7× · 2017–2023 · $18k · revenue +11%- CCCrisis Center for South Suburbia7× · 2017–2023 · $18k · revenue +126%
Funded once
- COCITY OF MOUNT VERNONone grant, 2020 · $3k
- CICrosswinds Incone grant, 2021 · $2k · revenue -42%
- LVLISBON-MOUNT VERNON AMBULANCE SERVICEgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $2k · revenue +54%
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.
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.
Originating from a christian commitment of service, we provide high quality care, services and communities for seniors
Originating from a christian commitment of service, we provide high quality care, services and communities for seniors
Originating from a christian commitment of service, we provide high quality care, services and communities for seniors
Originating from a christian commitment of service, we provide high quality care, services and communities for seniors.
At Catholic Charities, we focus our efforts around three core pillars: Food Access, Mental Health and Housing. Guided by our mission - to serve and enhance human dignity for all people - we provide essential services and foster a sense of…
Seeking to build a stronger, more caring community by forming partnerships with businesses, community experts, education & health & human service agencies to achieve targeted outcomes & sustained changes in community conditions which will…
Providing innovative and life-enriching services for children, adolescents, and adults with disabilities.
Habitat for humanity of central iowa, inc. works in partnership with god and people everywhere, from all walks of life, to develop communities with god's people in need by building houses, so that there are decent houses in decent…
Covenant HomeCare provides quality healthcare, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health, regardless of the patient's ability to pay.
To provide shelter and services to families experiencing homelessness
The connecticut humane society is the leading resource in the state for companion animal welfare, enriching the lives of families and communities through adoption services, medical care, education, and prevention of cruelty.
Through christian love and excellence, we are dedicated to providing a fulfilling lifestyle and promoting independence to those we serve
How this is measured
50 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. 50 of the 83 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 GREATER CEDAR RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MOUNT VERNON COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CAMP COURAGEOUS OF IOWA ↗
- Who funds THE NIGHT MINISTRY ↗
- Who funds Crisis Center for South Suburbia ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Hope Community Development Assoc ↗
- Who funds MOUND FARM HOLDINGS INC ↗
- Who funds SWEDISH AMERICAN MUSEUM ASSOCIATION OF CHICAGO ↗
- Who funds BRIDGEHAVEN PREGNANCY SUPPORT CENTER ↗
- Who funds HIS HANDS MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds MORTON PLANT MEASE HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds SUSTAINABLE IOWA LAND TRUST ↗
- Who funds ON THE GO MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds HOMELESS EMERGENCY PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds American Brain Tumor Association ↗
- Who funds MORNING STAR MISSION MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds Regency Oaks Scholarship Fund Inc ↗
- Who funds IOWA PUBLIC RADIO INC ↗
- Who funds PAWS CHICAGO ↗
- Who funds ANEW BUILDING BEYOND VIOLENCE AND ABUSE ↗
- Who funds REVIVAL THEATRE COMPANY ↗
- Who funds THE HOSPICE OF THE FLORIDA SUNCOAST INC ↗
- Who funds GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY ↗
- Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SECOND CHANCE FOR STRAYS INC ↗
- Who funds HENRY DAVISON SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM INC ↗
- Who funds CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT FUTURES ↗
- Who funds The Anti-Cruelty Society ↗
- Who funds The Catcade Inc ↗
- Who funds ANIMAL WELFARE FRIENDS ↗
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: Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Hawkeye Area Community Action Program Inc · Maurice Paul and Glennys Brimmer Foundation · David Neuhaus Family Foundation · Bryant Foundation Inc · The Accel Foundation · United Way of East Central Iowa · Dupaco RW Hoefer Foundation · Pinellas Community Foundation · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Edward Jones Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Maurice Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Maurice Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Homeless Emergency Project Inc: 15% of income from government
- The Kimberly Home: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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