California · Private foundation
Melvin and Romona Morris 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.
- $43k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $11,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $11,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 13
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $817k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Melvin and Romona Morris Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 4 | $43k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $43k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $41k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $53k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $84k | 46% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $86k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equal Justice Initiative | $81,320 | 6 | 0% |
| Mablean Ephriam Foundation | $48,500 | 6 | 9% |
| Young Center for Academic & Cultural Enr | $31,000 | 3 | 25% |
| Social Justice Learning Institute | $27,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Colorectal Cancer Alliance | $22,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc | $17,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Los Angeles Regional Food Bank | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hav A Sole | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Niles Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dreaming Out Loud Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equal Justice Initiative | $81,320 | 6 | 0% |
| Mablean Ephriam Foundation | $48,500 | 6 | 9% |
| Young Center for Academic & Cultural Enr | $31,000 | 3 | 25% |
| Social Justice Learning Institute | $27,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Colorectal Cancer Alliance | $22,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc | $17,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Los Angeles Regional Food Bank | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hav A Sole | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Niles Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dreaming Out Loud Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| School on Wheels Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Reach Foundation | $3,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Grace and Wisdom Institute | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Positive Action Organization Inc | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Autism Speaks Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Avenues of Life | $2,958 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($76k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Melvin and Romona Morris Family 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 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 Melvin and Romona Morris Family Foundation
- How much does Melvin and Romona Morris Family Foundation give?
- Melvin and Romona Morris Family Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $43,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 13 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Melvin and Romona Morris Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (23%), Education (23%), Health (12%).
- Who are Melvin and Romona Morris Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Equal Justice Initiative ($81k), Mablean Ephriam Foundation ($49k), Young Center for Academic & Cultural Enr ($31k).
- Does Melvin and Romona Morris Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Melvin and Romona Morris Family 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 Melvin and Romona Morris Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
- Where is Melvin and Romona Morris Family Foundation based?
- Melvin and Romona Morris Family Foundation is based in CA.
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