· Private foundation
Mike Morse Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- $10k–50k1 grant · $32k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $200k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MICHIGAN HUMANE SOCIETY | $200,000 |
| DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS | $32,095 |
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 (FY18–21, $30k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 50% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.
How this is measured
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 +43% since the first grant, against +35% for those funded once.
8 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down.
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 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
Backed again, and grew
MICHIGAN HUMANE SOCIETY5× · 2018–2024 · $297k · revenue +49%- OCORCHARDS CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC3× · 2018–2021 · $15k · revenue +43%
CITY YEAR INC2× · 2018–2019 · $10k · revenue +8%
Funded once
- CCCHILDRENS CENTER OF WAYNE COUNTY INCone grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue -37%
- JJARCone grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue -11%
- DBDETROIT BRANCH NAACPone grant, 2018 · $5k
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.
Federation amplifies our collective strength to make the world a better place for everyone. we assist people in need, impact chicagoans of all faiths; support israel and the jewish people worldwide; respond swiftly to crises; cultivate…
To transform lives.
The jewish fund is organized and operates exclusively for charitable, educational, and religious purposes. the fund's primary activities are: supporting a jewish health care mission in the greater detroit area and michigan; promotion of…
To empower new yorkers, providing integrated mental health and social services with compassion and expertise.
The organization's mission is to provide the highest level of home health and hospice care services without regard of an individual's ability to pay.
Jbbbs builds and sustains life-changing friendships and mentoring relationships that inspire personal growth, promote emotional well-being, and create a more connected and engaged community guided by jewish values.
The jewish federation of greater atlanta cares for, connects and strengthens our jewish community throughout greater atlanta, israel and the world.
Juf provides critical resources that bring food, refuge, health care, education and emergency assistance to over 500,000 chicagoans of all faiths and millions of jews in israel and around the world, funding a network of 100+ agencies,…
The organization's mission is to manage a continuum of senior care business lines that consistently provide high-quality compassionate care while focusing on the development of innovative programs and services that enable individuals to…
Strengthening the community by providing behavioral health, healthcare and social services to all ages, faiths and backgrounds.
The organization's mission is to engage in fundraising activities and provide support services to sponsor related non-profit entities which are engaged to enrich the life of each of their residents and program participants, so that each…
Young judaea is a diverse community that educates and empowers jewish youth to deeply engage with israel and to lead positive change for the jewish people, israel and the world.
How this is measured
12 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. 12 of the 20 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 JEWISH FEDERATION OF DETROIT ↗
- Who funds MICHIGAN HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds ORCHARDS CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds CITY YEAR INC ↗
- Who funds CHILDRENS CENTER OF WAYNE COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds JARC ↗
- Who funds ORT AMERICA INC ↗
- Who funds SHELBY JANE SEYBURN FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE SOUTHFIELD POLICE ↗
- Who funds YAD EZRA ↗
- Who funds CAMP QUALITY USA INC ↗
- Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Mike Morse Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mike Morse Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
How this is measured
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