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Morning Glory Family Foundation at a glance

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Morning Glory 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.

$145k
Granted FY2025still arriving
29
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0189% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$359kEnvironment$108kHealth$69kHousing & Shelter$60kHuman Services$56kFood & Nutrition$50kCrime & Legal$40kAnimals$33kOther$0
02FY2025 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k28 grants · $135k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$5,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets

Anchored by a single position: about 99% of reported assets are held in Investment In Nemo Capital Llc.

Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$10,000
BREAD OF LIFE$5,000
TIDELINES INSTITUTE$5,000
PCRF$5,000
NRDC$5,000
THE SAN FRANCISCO MARIN FOOD BANK$5,000
ASPENOUT$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
THE SNOW LEOPARD TRUST$5,000
YESTOKIDSORG$5,000
MOBILE PATHWAYS$5,000
KIPP$5,000
BAY AREA ASYLUM PROJECT$5,000
THE MARIN FOSTER CARE ASSOCIATION$5,000
TCS NEW YORK CITY MARATHON$5,000
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 (FY17–22, $44k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 57% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%The Living Room: $10k → 9%Peace in Schools: $5k → 12%Commonwealth: $6k → 8%Brigid Alliance: $20k → 17%Commonwealth: $3k → 8%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

AK
IL
NY
OR
IN
CA
CO
VA
NC
DC
GA
FL
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.

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$869k · 28 repeat orgs$319k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +72% since the first grant, against +35% for those funded once.

28 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
39

Total granted

$869k
$244k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+72%
+35%

Still filing today

50%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $75k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationEnvironmentHuman ServicesInternationalHealthYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • TF
    THE FIELD SEMESTER
    8× · 2017–2025 · $132k · revenue +622%
  • ALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK
    9× · 2017–2025 · $55k · revenue +87%
  • BO
    BUILDING OPP FOR SELF-SUFFICIENCY
    5× · 2017–2022 · $44k · revenue +192%

Funded once

  • CF
    CENTER FOR CARBON REMOVAL
    one grant, 2022 · $22k · revenue -56%
  • TB
    THE BRIGID ALLIANCE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue +42%
  • U
    URCSF
    one grant, 2024 · $15k
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
Chile-California Council

The Chile-California Council is a San Francisco-based nonprofit dedicated to developing and promoting joint endeavors and cooperative relations between Chile and California, as well as individuals, legal entities and other institutions in…

International
2
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
3
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
4
Sustainable Conservation

Sustainable Conservation advances the collaborative stewardship of Californias land, air, and water for the benefit of nature and people. For over three decades, Sustainable Conservation has built coalitions of people with different…

Environment
5
Rescape California

ReScape addresses climate change by providing a regenerative, nature-based whole systems foundation for landscaping education, workforce development and policy.Foundational to our work is a whole systems watershed framework that…

Environment
6
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.": - count it: our work is…

International
7
Conservation Society of California

Through management of oakland zoo, the conservation society of california deepens connection with animals, saves wildlife, and inspires champions for the natural world.

Animals
8
The Climate Center

The Climate Center is a climate and energy policy nonprofit working to rapidly reduce climate pollution at scale, starting in California.

Education
9
Resource Renewal Institute

The resource renewal institute facilitates the creation, development and implementation of practical strategies to solve the entire complex environmental problem by addressing it comprehensively.

Environment
10
One Earth Philanthropy

One Earth connects thinkers, doers, activists, and knowledge holders from around the world to solve humanity's greatest ecological challenges--together. Our belief is simple: The solutions to the climate crisis already exist. By connecting…

Environment
11
Ten Strands

We strengthen the partnerships, strategies, and systems that advance environmental literacy, ensuring all California TK12 students thrive in sustainable, resilient schools and engage in meaningful environmental learning experiences, both…

Environment
12
California Coastkeeper dba California Coastkeeper Alliance

California Coastkeeper Alliance unites Waterkeeper programs statewide to fight for swimmable, fishable, and drinkable waters for all Californians.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Save the Bay; the most unlike its peers is Voices 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

44 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. 44 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
44/44
Grantees still filing
32/44
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $115,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientEastside college Prep: $102,250 · OtherEastside college PrepALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $54,500 · OtherALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BANKMental Health Project at RIWW: $38,000 · OtherKIPP: $35,000 · Other+56 more: $398,500 · Other+56 moreTHE FIELD SEMESTER: $132,000 · EducationTHE FIELD SEMESTERTIDELINES INSTITUTE: $40,000 · EducationTIDELINES INSTITUTEMOUNTAIN SUN COMMUNITY SCHOOL INC: $39,000 · EducationMOUNTAIN SUN COMMUNITY…INSTITUTE FOR SHIPBOARD EDUCATION: $12,000 · Education+3 more: $15,000 · Education+3 moreNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $30,000 · EnvironmentCENTER FOR CARBON REMOVAL: $22,000 · EnvironmentEARTHJUSTICE: $5,000 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $5,000 · EnvironmentSave The Bay: $5,000 · EnvironmentTHE BRIGID ALLIANCE INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesTHE LIVING ROOM CENTER: $10,000 · Human ServicesCOMMONWEAL: $9,000 · Human ServicesPEACE IN SCHOOLS: $5,000 · Human ServicesBUILDING OPP FOR SELF-SUFFICIENCY: $43,500 · Housing & ShelterCreative Growth Art Center: $27,000 · HealthWEST COUNTY HEALTH CENTERS INC: $5,000 · HealthPALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND: $12,500 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $10,000 · InternationalRussian Children's Welfare Society Inc: $5,000 · International
Other$743,250Education$238,000Environment$67,000Human Services$44,000Housing & Shelter$43,500Health$32,000International$27,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE FIELD SEMESTER: $132,000 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $54,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetBUILDING OPP FOR SELF-SUFFICIENCY: $43,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTIDELINES INSTITUTE: $40,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetMOUNTAIN SUN COMMUNITY SCHOOL INC: $39,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $30,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCreative Growth Art Center: $27,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCENTER FOR CARBON REMOVAL: $22,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE BRIGID ALLIANCE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetYOUTH ALIVE: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND: $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MILO FOUNDATION: $12,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR SHIPBOARD EDUCATION: $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LIVING ROOM CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetDestiny Arts Center: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMITTEE ON THE SHELTERLESS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMONWEAL: $9,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYES Nature to Neighborhoods: $7,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetProject Hope Alliance: $6,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetADVOKIDS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetRussian Children's Welfare Society Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTUCKER YOUTH SOCCER ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEAST OAKLAND BOXING ASSOCIATION: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO FOOD BANK: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEACE IN SCHOOLS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSan Geronimo Childcare Center: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE MARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY: $5,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetWILDCARE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Bay: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEWPORT HARBOR HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC: $4,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetWEST MARIN COMMUNITY SERVICES: $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetVOICES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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 THE FIELD SEMESTER ↗
  • Who funds ALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds BUILDING OPP FOR SELF-SUFFICIENCY ↗
  • Who funds TIDELINES INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds MOUNTAIN SUN COMMUNITY SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds Creative Growth Art Center ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR CARBON REMOVAL ↗
  • Who funds THE BRIGID ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH ALIVE ↗
  • Who funds Prison Yoga Project Inc ↗
  • Who funds PALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND ↗
  • Who funds THE MILO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds INSTITUTE FOR SHIPBOARD EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds THE LIVING ROOM CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Destiny Arts Center ↗
  • Who funds COMMITTEE ON THE SHELTERLESS ↗
  • Who funds COMMONWEAL ↗
  • Who funds The East Oakland Collective ↗
  • Who funds COLORADO GIVES 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 San Francisco Fou…East Bay Community Fo…Kaiser Foundation Hos…Marin Community Found…The California Wellne…ImpactassetsincSilicon Valley Commun…Bernard E & Alba Witk…McNabb FoundationGs Donor Advised Phil…Baird Foundation IncVanguard Charitable E…
The San Francisco FoundationCA23× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Francisco Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Marin Community Foundation · The California Wellness Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Bernard E & Alba Witkin Charitable Foundation · McNabb Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Morning Glory Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Morning Glory Family 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%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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 83 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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