Kentucky · Private foundation
Morris 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.
- $819k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 26
- Grants FY2025
- 36
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 19%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 27 to 46
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 12
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 19% of the organizations Morris Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $142k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 25 | $818k | 8% |
| FY2024 | 36 | $784k | 19% |
| FY2023 | 38 | $758k | 16% |
| FY2022 | 40 | $687k | 28% |
| FY2021 | 46 | $465k | 43% |
| FY2020 | 36 | $444k | 36% |
| FY2019 | 27 | $654k | 15% |
| FY2018 | 34 | $197k | 21% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Covenant House | $667,700 | 7 | 0% |
| Maryhurst Inc | $560,100 | 8 | 1% |
| West End School Inc | $521,500 | 6 | 5% |
| St Joseph Catholic Orphan Society | $416,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Bridge 320 | $395,650 | 4 | 82% |
| Clinica Esperanza Roatan Inc | $303,494 | 2 | n/a |
| Mission Encounters International Inc | $182,500 | 6 | 51% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $78,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Epiphany Catholic Church | $74,120 | 5 | n/a |
| New Life Church Inc | $44,000 | 6 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Covenant House | $667,700 | 7 | 0% |
| Maryhurst Inc | $560,100 | 8 | 1% |
| West End School Inc | $521,500 | 6 | 5% |
| St Joseph Catholic Orphan Society | $416,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Bridge 320 | $395,650 | 4 | 82% |
| Clinica Esperanza Roatan Inc | $303,494 | 2 | n/a |
| Mission Encounters International Inc | $182,500 | 6 | 51% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $78,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Epiphany Catholic Church | $74,120 | 5 | n/a |
| New Life Church Inc | $44,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Helphopelive Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Water By Women | $13,000 | 6 | 0% |
| New Life Directions Ministries Inc | $12,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Sim USA Incorporated | $11,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Focus on the Family | $10,300 | 8 | n/a |
| Cedarville University | $8,250 | 9 | 0% |
| Society of St Vincent de Paul Council of Louisville Inc | $5,225 | 4 | 0% |
| Catholic World Mission Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ravi Zacharias International Ministries | $4,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Franciscan Shelter House Inc | $4,050 | 6 | n/a |
| Care Africa Inc | $4,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Gideons International | $2,750 | 7 | n/a |
| Holy Angels Academy | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Navigators | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St John Center Inc | $2,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Mercy Ships International | $1,750 | 3 | 0% |
| Saint Meinrad Arch Abbey | $1,600 | 1 | n/a |
| The Healing Place Inc | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Wayside Christian Mission | $1,250 | 3 | 0% |
| Sos International Inc | $1,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Priests of the Sacred Heart | $800 | 3 | n/a |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $570 | 2 | 0% |
| Providence St Mel School | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Vail Religious Foundation | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| The Medical Letter Inc | $150 | 1 | 0% |
| Dare to Care Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 67 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.9M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Morris Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 23 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc · Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · Barbara and Albert Horton Foundation Inc · The Gheens Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · George and Mary Lee Duthie Charitable Foundation Inc · Cralle Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Paradis Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Morris Family Foundation
- How much does Morris Family Foundation give?
- Morris Family Foundation reported 26 grants totaling $818,955 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 27 and 46 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Morris Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (24%), Education (15%), Health (13%).
- Who are Morris Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Covenant House ($668k), Maryhurst Inc ($560k), West End School Inc ($522k).
- Does Morris Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Morris 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 Morris Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc, The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc, Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc.
- Where is Morris Family Foundation based?
- Morris Family Foundation is based in KY.
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