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Morley Builders 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.

$119k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$110k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Housing & Shelter$41kYouth Development$26kHealth$12kHuman Services$11kPublic Safety & Disaster$10kFood & Nutrition$5kRecreation & Sports$5kPhilanthropy$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $9k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $110k
$2,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CAL POLY SAN LUIS OBISPO$110,000
HELMETS TO HARDHATS$4,000
SANTA MONICA SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION$2,500
NAWIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION$1,000
HOMEBOY INDUSTRIES$1,000
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 (FY17–24, $45k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $5k → 14%DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $19k → 14%DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $10k → 11%THE ELI HOME: $500 → 10%Povertees: $500 → 10%Venice Parents Daycare and Preschool: $1k → 14%Jenesse Center Inc: $500 → 14%JENESSE CENTER INC: $500 → 14%JENESSE CENTER INC: $500 → 14%JENESSE CENTER INC: $500 → 14%STEP UP ON SECOND STREET: $500 → 14%PATH: $500 → 14%PATH: $500 → 14%PATH: $500 → 14%American Red Cross: $3k → 14%STEP UP ON SECOND: $250 → 14%CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE: $500 → 14%MEALS-ON-WHEELS-WEST: $1k → 14%MEALS-ON-WHEELS-WEST: $500 → 14%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
NY
MA
CA
KY
VA
MD
KS
DC
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.

24%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$65k · 20 repeat orgs$201k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +80% since the first grant, against +50% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 19 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
60

Total granted

$65k
$84k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+80%
+50%

Still filing today

80%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 1% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $118k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyArts & CultureRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • DW
    DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER
    2× · 2023–2024 · $29k · revenue +27%
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    2× · 2017–2023 · $8k · revenue +46%
  • EN
    EL NIDO FAMILY CENTERS
    4× · 2017–2020 · $2k · revenue +39%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $20k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $15k
  • HF
    Habitat for Humanity-LA
    one grant, 2017 · $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.

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
West Hollywood Community Housing Corp

The organization develops and operates high quality affordable housing and provides resident services for low-income families, seniors and people with special needs.

Housing & Shelter
2
Housing Works

Our mission is to create housing and service options that model, with respect and dignity, sustainable, environmentally sensitive, affordable communities for people of limited resources.

Housing & Shelter
3
South Central Family Health Center

To improve the quality of life for the diverse communities we serve providing affordable and comprehensive healthcare and education in a welcoming multi-cultural environment.

Health
4
United Friends of the Children

United friends of the children empowers current and former foster youth on their journey to self-sufficiency through service-enriched education and housing programs, advocacy and consistent relationships with a community of people who care.

Human Services
5
Waymakers

Waymakers builds safer communities by helping individuals make their way through conflict and crisis to a place of strength and stability. we redirect youthful offenders, stabilize children dealing with mental health concerns, counsel…

Crime & Legal
6
Westcare California Inc

To provide substance abuse prevention & treatment.

Health
7
Los Angeles General Medical Center Foundation Inc

To support and enhance the mission of the los angeles general medical center (formerly the lac+usc medical center) and ensure it maintains its status as a leader in medicine, education and research, and continues to provide the highest…

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8
Mercy House Living Centers

Mercy house's most significant exempt activities focus on ending homelessness and providing comprehensive housing and support services. the organization offers homeless prevention, rapid rehousing, permanent supportive housing, and…

Housing & Shelter
9
Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Promotion and advancement of children's health through patient care, research, and education.

Health
10
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
11
Vip Community Mental Health Center Inc

Intervening to protect and treat all victims of violence

Health
12
Westside Community Mental Health Center Westside Community Services Inc

The mission of Westside Community Services is to provide high quality, family-centered, culturally competent behavioral health and human services for the residents of the city and county of San Francisco.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Institute Inc; the most unlike its peers is Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation. 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

58 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. 58 of the 86 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
16
Early backer (in before they grew)
56/58
Grantees still filing
48/58
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CAL POLY SAN LUIS OBISPO: $110,000 · OtherCAL POLY SAN LUIS OBISPOIndividual grant recipient: $20,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $15,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient+44 more: $47,900 · Other+44 moreDOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $29,150 · Human ServicesDOWNTOWN WOMEN'S C…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $7,500 · Human ServicesAmerican National …Jenesse Center Inc: $2,000 · Human Services+8 more: $6,500 · Human Services+8 moreWESTSIDE FAMILY HEALTH CENTER: $2,000 · HealthEPILEPSY SUPPORT NETWORK OF ORANGE COUNTY: $1,500 · HealthVENICE FAMILY CLINIC: $1,500 · HealthWISE AND HEALTHY AGING: $1,000 · HealthORGANIZATION FOR AUTISM RESEARCH: $1,000 · HealthPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $500 · HealthCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $500 · Health+1 more: $200 · HealthREACH CENTER: $2,500 · Youth DevelopmentHOMEBOY INDUSTRIES: $1,500 · Youth DevelopmentThe Blue Heart Foundation: $500 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF SANTA MONICA INC: $500 · Youth DevelopmentYOUNG STORYTELLERS: $500 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF VENICE: $500 · Youth DevelopmentHEART OF LOS ANGELES YOUTH INC: $500 · Youth DevelopmentSANTA MONICA SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $2,500 · Arts & CultureA WINDOW BETWEEN WORLDS: $2,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF FLYING: $1,000 · Arts & CultureCALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Arts & CultureCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $2,500 · PhilanthropyENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FOUNDATION: $1,000 · PhilanthropyVENICE FAMILY CLINIC FOUNDATION: $750 · PhilanthropyMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $500 · PhilanthropyFlintridge Center: $500 · PhilanthropySKID ROW HOUSING TRUST: $500 · PhilanthropyTHE WEST COAST CARE FOUNDATION INC: $500 · Philanthropy+1 more: $100 · PhilanthropyCENTER FOR MILITARY RECRUITMENT ASSESSMENT AND VETERANS EMPLOYMENT: $4,000 · Employment
Other$192,900Human Services$45,150Health$8,200Youth Development$6,500Arts & Culture$6,500Philanthropy$6,350Employment$4,000

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 budgetDOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $29,150 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR MILITARY RECRUITMENT ASSESSMENT AND VETERANS EMPLOYMENT: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREACH CENTER: $2,500 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTyler Skaggs Foundation: $2,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetSANTA MONICA SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $2,500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetPRESBYTERIAN RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES NORTHWEST FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetEL NIDO FAMILY CENTERS: $2,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetA WINDOW BETWEEN WORLDS: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetJenesse Center Inc: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWESTSIDE FAMILY HEALTH CENTER: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEPILEPSY SUPPORT NETWORK OF ORANGE COUNTY: $1,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS WEST: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPATH: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVENICE FAMILY CLINIC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOMEBOY INDUSTRIES: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVENICE COMMUNITY HOUSING CORPORATION: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetA COMMUNITY OF FRIENDS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWISE AND HEALTHY AGING: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetORGANIZATION FOR AUTISM RESEARCH: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTALLER SAN JOSE HOPE BUILDERS: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWESTSIDE COALITION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLegacy Connections: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION GRATITUDE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVENICE PARENTS DAYCARE AND PRESCHOOL DBA DIG CHILDHOOD CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSTEP UP ON SECOND STREET INC: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVENICE FAMILY CLINIC FOUNDATION: $750 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDisabled American Veterans: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA MONICA POLICE ACTIVITIES LEAGUE: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ELI HOME INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWISEBURN EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPROMISES2KIDS FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF SANTA MONICA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG STORYTELLERS: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF VENICE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSKID ROW HOUSING TRUST: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WEST COAST CARE FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRESIDENCY: $500 over 1y, 0.5% 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.

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 Ralph M Parsons F…California Community …Weingart FoundationThe Rose Hills Founda…United Way IncLiberty Hill Foundati…Cedars-Sinai Medical …Kaiser Foundation Hos…Kiwanis Charities of …The Annenberg Foundat…Elbridge Stuart Found…The Ahmanson Foundati…
The Ralph M Parsons FoundationCA35.1× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · California Community Foundation · Weingart Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · United Way Inc · Liberty Hill Foundation · Cedars-Sinai Medical Center · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Kiwanis Charities of Santa Monica Inc · The Annenberg Foundation · Elbridge Stuart Foundation Dba Stuart Foundation · The Ahmanson 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 Morley Builders Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Morley Builders Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get 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
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Morley Builders Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Morley Builders 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 86 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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