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Morgens West Foundation at a glance

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Morgens West 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.

$857k
Granted FY2024still arriving
29
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$175k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Health$496kAnimals$483kArts & Culture$378kEnvironment$374kCrime & Legal$320kEducation$304kPhilanthropy$269kCommunity Improvement$250kOther$0
02FY2024 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k12 grants · $44k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $223k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $590k
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$16M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH$175,000
BIRDS GEORGIA$150,000
ATLANTA VOLUNTER LAWYERS FOUNDATION$140,000
ATLANTA BELTLINE PARTNERSHIP$65,000
COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF ATLANTA$60,000
TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND$35,000
PARK PRIDE$33,000
HIGH MUSEUM OF ART$30,000
ATLANTA HISTORY CENTER$30,000
ATLANTA BONATICAL GARDEN$25,000
COMMUNITY FOUND OF NE GA-PHP$10,000
BREVARD MUSIC CENTER$10,000
MOVING IN THE SPIRIT$10,000
LAKE TOXAWAY CHARITIES$10,000
GEORGIA-ALABAMA LAND TRUST$10,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $346k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%MOVING IN THE SPIRIT: $10k → 14%LAKE TOXAWAY CHARITIES: $10k → 13%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF ATLANTA: $80k → 13%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF ATLANTA: $60k → 13%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF ATLANTA: $45k → 13%MIDTOWN ASSISTANCE CENTER: $30k → 13%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF ATLANTA: $30k → 13%MIDTOWN ASSISTANCE CENTER: $20k → 13%MOVING IN THE SPIRIT: $20k → 13%MIDTOWN ASSISTANCE CENTER: $20k → 13%MOVING IN THE SPIRIT: $10k → 13%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF ATLANTA: $5k → 13%MOVING IN THE SPIRIT: $5k → 13%CREATING CONNECTED COMMUNITIES: $1k → 13%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

NY
MA
OH
CA
TN
NC
AL
GA
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.0M · 36 repeat orgs$519k to everyone else

36 repeat relationships: 24 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

36
18

Total granted

$3.0M
$327k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+58%

Still filing today

64%
39%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $193k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentHuman ServicesArts & CultureEducationRecreation & SportsCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • BG
    Birds Georgia Corporation
    3× · 2020–2024 · $227k · revenue +94%
  • CI
    Communities in Schools of Atlanta Inc
    5× · 2020–2024 · $220k · revenue +109%
  • THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND
    5× · 2020–2024 · $210k · revenue +113%

Funded once

  • EU
    EMORY UNIVERSITY'S ADRC
    one grant, 2023 · $175k
  • EU
    EMORY UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2023 · $25k
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INC
    one grant, 2020 · $20k · revenue -28%
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
Atlanta Land Trust Inc

The mission of the atlanta land trust (alt) is to deliver and steward permanently affordable housing to support inclusive, equitable communities near the atlanta beltline and other targeted areas in the city of atlanta.

Housing & Shelter
2
Atlanta Committee for Progress Inc

ACP is a group committed to identifying and providing leadership on selected issues important to driving the economic development of the city of Atlanta and for which the ACP's active involvement will make a major difference. The ACP has a…

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3
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc

Atlanta is #1 for income inequality in the nation. as such, the needs in our community are pressing and we need to move with the urgency of now to address those needs. the community foundation has unequivocally embraced equity as our #1…

Philanthropy
4
Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Inc

The corporation is a voluntary association of individuals and organizations the purposes of which are to upgrade and advance the atlanta metropolitan area in population, commerce and finance; to effect civic and social improvements; to…

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5
Habitat for Humanity in Atlanta Inc

Atlanta habitat for humanity transforms communities by acting as a catalyst for neighborhood revitalization through education, innovative development, partnerships, and long term relationships with families.

Housing & Shelter
6
Acfb Charitable Investments Inc

Acfb charitable investments, inc., is operated exclusively for the benefit of, to perform the functions of, or to carry out the purposes and/or activities of atlanta community food bank, inc., a georgia nonprofit corporation.

Food & Nutrition
7
The Atlanta Chapter the American Institute of Architects Inc

To provide education, networking opportunities, advocacy and professional industry information to the american institute of architects' atlanta chapter members.

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8
Georgia Advanced Technology Ventures Inc

The corporation is organized and shall be operated exclusively as a supporting organization to and for the benefit of the georgia institute of technology to foster and support education and scientific research and economic development…

Education
9
Atlantic Coast Conservancy Inc

The mission of the atlantic coast conservancy is to provide 21st century solutions and sound scientific applications for conservation of critical natural resources in the face of a changing climate, focusing on the southeasthern united…

Environment
10
Acfb Support Organization Inc

Acfb support organization, inc., is operated exclusively for the benefit of, to perform the functions of, or to carry out the purposes and/or activities of atlanta community food bank, inc., a georgia nonprofit corporation.

Food & Nutrition
11
Atlanta Celebrates Photography Inc

Atlanta celebrates photography (dba atlanta center for photography) (acp) advances new perspectives in lens-based media from the american south. through artwork commissions, community collaborations, and dynamic programs, acp supports…

Arts & Culture
12
The Georgia Center for Nonprofits

Our mission is to create thriving communities by helping nonprofits succeed. our work revolves around four primary areas of focus.1. we are a hub for social innovation 2. we are a capacity accelerator for organizations and their people3.…

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Trees Atlanta Inc; the most unlike its peers is Southern Highlands Reserve 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

34 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. 34 of the 60 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)
34/34
Grantees still filing
23/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ATLANTA VOLUNTEER LAWYERS FOUNDATION IN: $305,000 · OtherATLANTA VOLUNTEER LAWYERS FOUNDATION INGEORGIA AUDUBON SOCIETY: $210,000 · OtherGEORGIA AUDUBON SOCIETYUNITED WAY: $180,000 · OtherUNITED WAYALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH: $175,000 · OtherALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCHEMORY UNIVERSITY'S ADRC: $175,000 · OtherEMORY UNIVERSITY'S ADRCCARLOS MUSEUM: $153,000 · OtherCARLOS MUSEUMPiedmont Healthcare Foundation Inc: $115,000 · OtherPiedmont Healthcare Foundation Inc+32 more: $543,591 · Other+32 moreBirds Georgia Corporation: $227,000 · EnvironmentBirds Georgia Corp…THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $210,000 · EnvironmentTHE TRUST FOR PUBL…THE ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $43,000 · EnvironmentTHE ATLANTA BOTANI…GEORGIA-ALABAMA LAND TRUST INC: $40,000 · EnvironmentGEORGIA-ALABAMA LA…TREES ATLANTA INC: $35,500 · EnvironmentTREES ATLANTA INC+3 more: $20,000 · EnvironmentCommunities in Schools of Atlanta Inc: $220,000 · Human ServicesCommunities…MIDTOWN ASSISTANCE CENTER INC: $70,000 · Human ServicesMIDTOWN ASS…MOVING IN THE SPIRIT INC: $45,000 · Human ServicesMOVING IN T…+2 more: $11,000 · Human ServicesATLANTA BELTLINE PARTNERSHIP INC: $115,000 · Arts & CultureROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC: $107,500 · Arts & CultureATLANTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $46,700 · Arts & CultureATLANTA POLICE FOUNDATION INC: $161,000 · Crime & LegalPARK PRIDE INC: $113,000 · Recreation & SportsPATH FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 · Recreation & SportsFCS URBAN MINISTRIES INC: $85,000 · Community ImprovementGROVE PARK FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · Community Improvement
Other$1,856,591Environment$575,500Human Services$346,000Arts & Culture$269,200Crime & Legal$161,000Recreation & Sports$153,000Community Improvement$135,000

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 budgetATLANTA VOLUNTEER LAWYERS FOUNDATION IN: $305,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetBirds Georgia Corporation: $227,000 over 3y, 9.2% of budgetCommunities in Schools of Atlanta Inc: $220,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $210,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetATLANTA POLICE FOUNDATION INC: $161,000 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetATLANTA BELTLINE PARTNERSHIP INC: $115,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPiedmont Healthcare Foundation Inc: $115,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetPARK PRIDE INC: $113,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC: $107,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFCS URBAN MINISTRIES INC: $85,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetMIDTOWN ASSISTANCE CENTER INC: $70,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetGROVE PARK FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetATLANTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $46,700 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetODYSSEY INC: $45,091 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetMOVING IN THE SPIRIT INC: $45,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetYEAR UP INC: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBREVARD MUSIC CENTER INCORPORATED: $45,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $43,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPATH FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetGEORGIA-ALABAMA LAND TRUST INC: $40,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTREES ATLANTA INC: $35,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHISTORIC TOXAWAY FOUNDATION: $13,000 over 4y, 14% of budgetSOUTHERN HIGHLANDS RESERVE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAKE TOXAWAY CHARITIES: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MONTEREY COUNTY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGIA CONSERVANCY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe South Fork Conservancy Incorporated: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetKIWANIS FOUNDATION OF ATLANTA INC: $3,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetThe Westminster Schools Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVILLA INTERNATIONAL ATLANTA INC: $2,500 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 ATLANTA VOLUNTEER LAWYERS FOUNDATION IN ↗
  • Who funds Birds Georgia Corporation ↗
  • Who funds Communities in Schools of Atlanta Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND ↗
  • Who funds ATLANTA POLICE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ATLANTA BELTLINE PARTNERSHIP INC ↗
  • Who funds Piedmont Healthcare Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds PARK PRIDE INC ↗
  • Who funds ROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds FCS URBAN MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds MIDTOWN ASSISTANCE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds GROVE PARK FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ATLANTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds ODYSSEY INC ↗
  • Who funds MOVING IN THE SPIRIT INC ↗
  • Who funds YEAR UP INC ↗
  • Who funds BREVARD MUSIC CENTER INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds THE ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDEN INC ↗
  • Who funds PATH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds GEORGIA-ALABAMA LAND TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds TREES ATLANTA INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INC ↗
  • Who funds HISTORIC TOXAWAY FOUNDATION ↗

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.

The Community Foundat…Georgia Power Foundat…The Sartain Lanier Fa…Tull Charitable Found…The Waterfall Foundat…AEC TrustThe Imlay Foundation …THDF II Inc DBA The H…Tw Marian W Ottley At…Fraser-Parker Foundat…The Homestead Foundat…The Zeist Foundation …
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta IncGA33.1× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation Inc · Tull Charitable Foundation Inc · The Waterfall Foundation Inc · AEC Trust · The Imlay Foundation Inc · THDF II Inc DBA The Home Depot Foundation & Homer Fund · Tw Marian W Ottley Atlanta Main · Fraser-Parker Foundation · The Homestead Foundation Inc · The Zeist Foundation Inc

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 Morgens West Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Morgens West Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Year Up Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.

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 60 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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