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Morningside Foundation Inc at a glance

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Morningside Foundation Inc

Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$3.3M
Granted FY2021
4
Grants FY2021
1
States reached
$824k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
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 2021.

Philanthropy$3.3MReligion$48kEducation$36kHealth$25kHuman Services$20kArts & Culture$15kEnvironment$6kYouth Development$6kOther$0
02FY2021 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$823,757
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST LUKES FDN CHARITABLE GIFT FUND$823,757
THREE CORD PTR CHARITABLE GIFT FUND$823,757
CRESTVIEW FDN CHARITABLE GIFT FUND$823,757
BELVOIR CHARITABLE GIFT FUND$823,757
02The need
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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 (FY17–17, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 14% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THE NEST CORP INC: $500 → 18%IN HIS STEPS MINISTRIES INC: $5k → 11%A SOLDIERS CHILD FOUNDATION: $5k → 9%INNOCENCE PROJECT: $1k → 17%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

MN
NY
MA
OH
NJ
RI
CO
KY
VA
TN
DC
MS
AL
TX
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 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
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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2
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
3
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
4
DePauw University

Depauw university develops leaders the world needs through an uncommon commitment to the liberal arts. depauw's diverse and inclusive learning and living experience, distinctive in its rigorous intellectual engagement and its global and…

Education
5
The Institute of World Politics

The institute of world politics is a graduate school of national security and international affairs, dedicated to developing leaders with a sound understanding of international realities and the ethical conduct of statecraft, based on…

International
6
Allbritton Journalism Institute

Allbritton journalism institute aims to train a new generation of non-partisan political reporters from diverse backgrounds to produce high-quality, fact-based journalism.

Education
7
The Institute for Law and Strategy

This institute, unlike many institutions concerned with law and public affairs, will not devote itself to advocacy or lobbying, to litigation, or to holding large-scale public events. rather, it will focus on collaboration with established…

Civil Rights
8
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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9
Global Scholars

Global scholars exists so that christian academics are adequately equipped to have a redemptive influence among their students, colleagues, universities and disciplines, at a reasonable cost.

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10
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
11
Wentworth Institute of Technology Inc

Wentworth institute of technology is a nationally recognized private coeducational and residential university of higher education with a mission to empower, inspire and innovate through experiential learning with a core purpose of career…

Education
12
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Urban Dove Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Grace Institute. 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

31 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. 31 of the 51 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)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/31
Grantees still filing
30/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST LUKES FDN CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $823,757 · OtherST LUKES FDN CHARITABLE GIFT FUNDTHREE CORD PTR CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $823,757 · OtherTHREE CORD PTR CHARITABLE GIFT FUNDBELVOIR CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $823,757 · OtherBELVOIR CHARITABLE GIFT FUNDCRESTVIEW FDN CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $823,757 · OtherCRESTVIEW FDN CHARITABLE GIFT FUND+25 more: $104,750 · OtherMississippi College: $23,000 · EducationJACKSON ACADEMY INC: $5,000 · EducationPROVIDENCE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $1,500 · EducationWilliams College: $1,500 · EducationDALTON SCHOOLS INC: $1,500 · Education+1 more: $1,000 · EducationMobile Arts Council Inc: $8,500 · Arts & CultureTHOMAS JEFFERSON FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureAmerican Battlefield Trust: $1,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $300 · Arts & CultureNURSE-FAMILY PARTNERSHIP: $6,000 · HealthMAYO CLINIC: $5,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,500 · HealthIN HIS STEPS MINISTRIES INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesA SOLDIERS CHILD INC: $4,500 · Human ServicesTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesTHE NEST CORPORATION INC: $500 · Human Services+1 more: $200 · Human ServicesThe Grace Institute: $4,000 · ReligionPOLWARTH MINISTRIES: $2,000 · ReligionIMPACT AFRICA INC: $1,500 · ReligionTHE NEW YORK TIMES COMMUNITIES FUND: $5,750 · Philanthropy
Other$3,399,778Education$33,500Arts & Culture$14,800Health$12,500Human Services$11,200Religion$7,500Philanthropy$5,750

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 budgetMississippi College: $23,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWILLOWOOD DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER INC: $10,250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNURSE-FAMILY PARTNERSHIP: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NEW YORK TIMES COMMUNITIES FUND: $5,750 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIN HIS STEPS MINISTRIES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJACKSON ACADEMY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHOMAS JEFFERSON FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA SOLDIERS CHILD INC: $4,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetThe Grace Institute: $4,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTHE URBAN DOVE INC: $3,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGORDONSTOUN AMERICAN FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetPOLWARTH MINISTRIES: $2,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetPROVIDENCE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWilliams College: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDALTON SCHOOLS INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIMPACT AFRICA INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPTSD FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOCUS ON TANZANIAN COMMUNITIES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Battlefield Trust: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NEST CORPORATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSTEWPOT COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEASTERN SHORE ART ASSOCIATION INC: $300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFUSE PROJECT: $200 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

J L Bedsole Foundatio…Raymond James Charita…Servant FoundationNatl Christian Charit…Renaissance Charitabl…The Blackbaud Giving …American Online Givin…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…Donor Advised Charita…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…
J L Bedsole Foundation Regions Bank Co-TrusteeAL13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: J L Bedsole Foundation Regions Bank Co-Trustee · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Servant Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable 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 Morningside Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Morningside Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Williams College: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
6report 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.
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How do I get to Morningside Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Morningside Foundation Inc 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 51 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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