Texas · Private foundation
Morning Star Family 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.
- $2.0M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 36
- Grants FY2024
- 33
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 9%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $540,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 31 to 34
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 9% of the organizations Morning Star Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $335k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 36 | $2.0M | 6% |
| FY2023 | 33 | $1.3M | 9% |
| FY2022 | 34 | $1.5M | 6% |
| FY2021 | 34 | $565k | 15% |
| FY2020 | 31 | $539k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ourcalling Inc | $1,124,232 | 5 | 5% |
| Highland Park Presbyterian Church | $840,250 | 2 | n/a |
| Dallas Leadership Foundation | $800,000 | 5 | 7% |
| West Dallas Community School | $125,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Wilkinson Center | $122,850 | 5 | 1% |
| Brother Bills Helping Hand | $100,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Care Center Ministries Inc | $100,000 | 5 | 3% |
| The Oasis Center | $100,000 | 5 | 11% |
| Austin Street Center | $89,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Behind Every Door Ministries Inc | $80,000 | 5 | 1% |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ourcalling Inc | $1,124,232 | 5 | 5% |
| Highland Park Presbyterian Church | $840,250 | 2 | n/a |
| Dallas Leadership Foundation | $800,000 | 5 | 7% |
| West Dallas Community School | $125,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Wilkinson Center | $122,850 | 5 | 1% |
| Brother Bills Helping Hand | $100,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Care Center Ministries Inc | $100,000 | 5 | 3% |
| The Oasis Center | $100,000 | 5 | 11% |
| Austin Street Center | $89,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Behind Every Door Ministries Inc | $80,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Bwf Project Inc | $75,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Interfaith Family Services | $55,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Council for Life | $52,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Youth Believing in Change Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Citysquare | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Southwestern Medical Foundation | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Men of Nehemiah Inc | $30,250 | 5 | 0% |
| Kershaw's Challenge | $28,400 | 3 | 0% |
| Dallas Life Inc | $25,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Student Mobilization Inc | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Dallas Theological Seminary | $15,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Wipe Out Kids' Cancer Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Scholarshot | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Sports Center for the Disabled Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.9M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Morning Star 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · The Dallas Foundation · The Dan and Martha Lou Beaird Foundation · Lee Ann and Steven Van Amburgh Foundation · The Rees-Jones Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · W P & Bulah Luse Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Rosemary Haggar Vaughan Family Foundation · Prairie Creek Partners Charitable Foundation · Hillcrest Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc
How this is measured
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About Morning Star Family Foundation
- How much does Morning Star Family Foundation give?
- Morning Star Family Foundation reported 36 grants totaling $2,017,450 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 31 and 34 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Morning Star Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (21%), Religion (21%), Community Improvement (17%).
- Who are Morning Star Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Ourcalling Inc ($1.1M), Highland Park Presbyterian Church ($840k), Dallas Leadership Foundation ($800k).
- Does Morning Star Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Morning Star 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 Morning Star Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Communities Foundation of Texas Inc, The Dallas Foundation, The Dan and Martha Lou Beaird Foundation.
- Where is Morning Star Family Foundation based?
- Morning Star Family Foundation is based in TX.
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