· Private foundation
Morris Charitable Trust
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k32 grants · $49k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $112k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| saint margatets church | $31,925 |
| franciscan miss sisters for africa | $30,000 |
| little sisters of the poor | $30,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| independence mission schools st ros | $10,000 |
| spanish students foundation | $5,000 |
| hope partnership for education | $5,000 |
| Gianna of Philadelphia | $3,700 |
| chestnut foundation | $2,500 |
| new horizons | $2,500 |
| sisters of St Benedict | $2,500 |
| hedwig house | $2,500 |
| servants of mary | $2,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,250 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $63k) land where the poverty rate runs at 20%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 87% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
57 repeat relationships: 27 still active in FY2025, 30 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HPHOPE PARTNERSHIP FOR EDUCATION6× · 2020–2025 · $35k · revenue +58%
- IHINGLIS HOUSE4× · 2021–2024 · $18k · revenue +6%
- HHHEDWIG HOUSE4× · 2021–2025 · $18k · revenue +28%
Funded once
- FMfranciscan missionary sisters for aone grant, 2021 · $25k
- LSLITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIAgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $15k · revenue +88%
- FMfranciscan missionary africaone grant, 2022 · $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.
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.
Misericordia university, a catholic liberal arts institution established in the tradition of the sisters of mercy, fosters intellectual curiosity, critical thinking, and respect for persons in an environment where all are welcome.values…
St. marys university, as a catholic marianist university, fosters the formation of people in faith and educates leaders for the common good through community, integrated liberal arts and professional education, and academic excellence.
Like the Sisters of Mercy before us, we witness God's healing love for all people by providing excellent clinical services within a community of compassionate care. As an independent Catholic hospital, we pledge to enhance the health of…
We, trinity health of the mid-atlantic region and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. mercy catholic medical center of southeastern…
The corporation of saint mary's college, notre dame (saint mary's) is a catholic, residential, women's, liberal arts college offering undergraduate degrees and co-educational graduate programs. (continued in schedule o)
The mission of mount aloysius college is to respond to individual and community needs with quality programs of education in the tradition of the religious sisters of mercy.
We, loyola university health system and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.lumc is a member of loyola university health system and trinity…
The trustees of the university of pennsylvania (the "university") sees itself as having a public service mission. in such regard, the university aims to provide a rich and diverse educational environment for its students; to pioneer…
Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…
See schedule o.carlow university, rooted in its catholic identity and embodying the heritage and values of the sisters of mercy, offers transformational educational opportunities for a diverse community of learners and empowers them to…
La roche university advances learning informed by ethical and service-oriented values, reflecting its catholic heritage and the charism of the sisters of divine providence.
Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…
How this is measured
30 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. 30 of the 107 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 HOPE PARTNERSHIP FOR EDUCATION ↗
- Who funds LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR ↗
- Who funds PROJECT HOME ↗
- Who funds INGLIS HOUSE ↗
- Who funds HEDWIG HOUSE ↗
- Who funds SAINT JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA ↗
- Who funds BIKING FOR BABIES ↗
- Who funds MERCY NEIGHBORHOOD MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds URSINUS COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds LA SALLE ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds MOTHERS' HOME ↗
- Who funds PRO-LIFE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds REGINA COELI ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds GIANNA CENTER OF PHILADELPHIA ↗
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: United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · The Philadelphia Foundation · Chubb Charitable Foundation · The Catholic Foundation of Greater Phila · Connelly Foundation · Business Leadership Organized for Catholic Schools · Paul E Kelly Foundation · The Maguire Foundation · Wsfs Cares Foundation · Little Tower Foundation · The EFM Foundation · Henkels Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Morris Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Morris Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
- Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
- The Wow Center Inc: 38% of income from government
How this is measured
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