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Morrison Family Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Morrison Family Charitable 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.

$70k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$11k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$148kEducation$126kArts & Culture$108kYouth Development$33kHousing & Shelter$6k
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $27k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $44k
$10,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$567k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NORTH COAST LAND CONSERVANCY$11,000
THE SHADOW PROJECT$11,000
COMMUNITY TRANSITIONAL SCHOOL$11,000
OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY$10,500
FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN$9,500
DESCHUTES BASIN LAND TRUST$8,500
OREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL$8,500
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 97% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THE SHELDON PROJECT: $12k → 21%DESCHUTES BASIN LAND TRUST: $9k → 10%WALLOWA LAND TRUST: $8k → 12%CALDERA: $6k → 12%OREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: $9k → 13%NORTH COAST LAND CONSERVANCY: $25k → 13%MCKENZIE RIVER TRUST: $9k → 15%SILETZ TRIBAL ARTS & HERITAGE SOCIE: $10k → 16%UMPQUA VALLEY ARTS ASSOCIATION: $3k → 17%THE SHELDON PROJECT: $10k → 21%DESCHUTES BASIN LAND TRUST: $4k → 10%PEAR: $6k → 12%OREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: $8k → 13%NORTH COAST LAND CONSERVANCY: $13k → 13%MCKENZIE RIVER TRUST: $6k → 15%THE SHELDON PROJECT: $8k → 21%CALDERA: $6k → 12%OREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: $5k → 13%NORTH COAST LAND CONSERVANCY: $11k → 13%MCKENZIE RIVER TRUST: $4k → 15%CALDERA: $5k → 12%NORTH COAST LAND CONSERVANCY: $10k → 13%OREGON NIKKEI ENDOWMENT: $4k → 12%NORTH COAST LAND CONSERVANCY: $7k → 13%COMMUNITY TRANSITIONAL SCHOOL: $12k → 12%NORTH COAST LAND CONSERVANCY: $4k → 13%COMMUNITY TRANSITIONAL SCHOOL: $11k → 12%NORTH COAST LAND CONSERVANCY: $4k → 13%COMMUNITY TRANSITIONAL SCHOOL: $11k → 12%COMMUNITY TRANSITIONAL SCHOOL: $10k → 12%COMMUNITY TRANSITIONAL SCHOOL: $8k → 12%COMMUNITY TRANSITIONAL SCHOOL: $7k → 12%COMMUNITY TRANSITIONAL SCHOOL: $6k → 12%OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $11k → 12%OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $10k → 12%OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $9k → 12%OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $9k → 12%OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $6k → 12%OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $5k → 12%THE SHADOW PROJECT: $12k → 12%THE SHADOW PROJECT: $11k → 12%GRACE INSTIUTE ART CAMP: $10k → 12%GRACE INSTIUTE ART CAMP: $9k → 12%GRACE INSTIUTE ART CAMP: $8k → 12%GRACE INSTITUTE: $3k → 12%FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $10k → 12%COALITION OF OREGON LAND TRUSTS: $9k → 12%FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $6k → 12%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.
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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$354k · 11 repeat orgs$67k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +97% since the first grant, against +29% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
10

Total granted

$354k
$67k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+97%
+29%

Still filing today

82%
90%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentArts & CultureEducationYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • NC
    North Coast Land Conservancy Inc
    7× · 2017–2024 · $74k · revenue +190%
  • CT
    COMMUNITY TRANSITIONAL SCHOOL
    7× · 2018–2024 · $65k · revenue +18%
  • OH
    OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY
    6× · 2017–2024 · $50k · revenue +38%

Funded once

  • ST
    SILETZ TRIBAL ARTS & HERITAGE SOCIE
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • SA
    SALEM AUDUBON SOCIETYgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $9k · revenue +28%
  • TC
    The Coalition of Oregon Land Trustsgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $9k · revenue +31%
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
Oregon Agricultural Trust

Oregon agricultural trust partners with farmers and ranchers to protect agricultural lands for the benefit of oregons economy, communities, and landscapes.

Environment
2
Rogue Climate

Rogue Climate's mission is to empower Southern Oregon communities most impacted by climate change including low-income, rural, youth, seniors & communities of color, to win climate justice by organizing for clean energy, sustainable jobs &…

Education
3
Cascades Academy of Central Oregon

Cascades academy is an engaged, vibrant community that weaves challenging academics with experiential learning to inspire socially responsible individuals ready for a diverse and changing world.

Education
4
Southern Oregon Land Conservancy Inc

To conserve and enhance land in southern oregon to sustain our human and natural communities forever.

Environment
5
American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon Inc

We believe that the freedoms of press, speech, assembly, and religion, and the rights to due process, equal protection and privacy, are fundamental to a free people. We advance civil liberties and civil rights by activities that include…

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6
Cowiche Canyon Conservancy

Protecting our shrub-steppe and connecting people to this vanishing landscape.

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7
Oregon Natural Resources Council Fund Oregon Wild

Oregon Wild works to protect and restore Oregon's wildlands, wildlife and waters as an enduring legacy for future generations.

Environment
8
Oregon Restaurant and Lodging Association

Orla serves as the leading industry advocate, striving to protect, improve and promote oregon hospitality.

—
9
Oregon Justice Network

Oregon Justice Network is an alliance built and staffed by criminal legal system impacted people advocating for the well-being of people affected or at-risk of being affected by carceral systems. Our work centers around restorative…

Human Services
10
Great Peninsula Conservancy

Preserve in perpetuity the natural habitats, rural landscapes, and open spaces of the great peninsula of washington's puget sound.

Environment
11
Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad

The purpose of oregon coast scenic railroad is to acquire, preserve, operate and interpret railroad and logging equipment to broaden public appreciation and to educate all ages.

Arts & Culture
12
Oregonians in Action

Land Use Issues

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Deschutes Land Trust; the most unlike its peers is 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

18 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. 18 of the 21 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
14/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

North Coast Land Conservancy Inc: $74,000 · EnvironmentNorth Coast Land Conservancy IncMcKenzie River Trust: $19,000 · EnvironmentMcKenzie River TrustDeschutes Land Trust: $12,350 · EnvironmentDeschutes Land TrustSALEM AUDUBON SOCIETY: $9,000 · EnvironmentSALEM AUDUBON SOCIETYThe Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts: $9,000 · EnvironmentThe Coalition of Oregon Land TrustsWALLOWA LAND TRUST: $8,000 · EnvironmentWALLOWA LAND TRUSTECOLOGY IN CLASSROOMS AND OUTDOORS: $7,000 · EnvironmentCOMMUNITY TRANSITIONAL SCHOOL: $65,000 · EducationCOMMUNITY TRANSITIONAL SC…THE SHADOW PROJECT: $23,000 · EducationTHE SHADOW PROJECTSCHOOLS MENTORING AND RESOURCES TEAM INC (SMART): $8,000 · EducationSCHOOLS MENTORING AND RES…OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $49,500 · Arts & CultureOREGON HISTORICAL SOC…OREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION INC: $21,500 · Arts & CultureOREGON SHAKESPEARE FE…JAPANESE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF OREGON: $3,850 · Arts & CultureUMPQUA VALLEY ARTS ASSOCIATION: $3,000 · Arts & CultureGrace Institute: $3,000 · Arts & CultureTHE SHELDON PROJECT: $30,000 · OtherTHE SHELDON PROJEC…GRACE INSTIUTE ART CAMP: $27,000 · OtherGRACE INSTIUTE ART…SILETZ TRIBAL ARTS & HERITAGE SOCIE: $10,000 · OtherSILETZ TRIBAL ARTS…CALDERA: $17,000 · Youth DevelopmentFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $15,500 · Youth DevelopmentPEAR: $6,000 · Housing & Shelter
Environment$138,350Education$96,000Arts & Culture$80,850Other$67,000Youth Development$32,500Housing & Shelter$6,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNorth Coast Land Conservancy Inc: $74,000 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY TRANSITIONAL SCHOOL: $65,000 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetOREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $49,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SHADOW PROJECT: $23,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetOREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION INC: $21,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMcKenzie River Trust: $19,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $15,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDeschutes Land Trust: $12,350 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSALEM AUDUBON SOCIETY: $9,000 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetThe Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts: $9,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetWALLOWA LAND TRUST: $8,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetSCHOOLS MENTORING AND RESOURCES TEAM INC (SMART): $8,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPEAR: $6,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJAPANESE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF OREGON: $3,850 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetUMPQUA VALLEY ARTS ASSOCIATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.9% 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.

The Oregon Community …The Collins FoundationThe Roundhouse Founda…Meyer Memorial TrustJuan Young TrustMarie Lamfrom Charita…M J Murdock Charitabl…Rose E Tucker Charita…The Harold & Arlene S…Braemar Charitable Tr…The Reser Family Foun…The Autzen Foundation
The Oregon Community FoundationOR30.7× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · The Collins Foundation · The Roundhouse Foundation · Meyer Memorial Trust · Juan Young Trust · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · Rose E Tucker Charitable Trust · The Harold & Arlene Schnitzer Care Foundation · Braemar Charitable Trust · The Reser Family Foundation · The Autzen Foundation

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 Morrison Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Morrison Family Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Deschutes Land Trust: 46% of income from government
  • The Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts: 18% of income from government
  • Oregon Historical Society: 10% of income from government
  • McKenzie River Trust: 8% of income from government
  • The Shadow Project: 8% of income from government
  • Community Transitional School: 7% of income from government
  • North Coast Land Conservancy Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Japanese American Museum of Oregon: 5% of income from government
  • Wallowa Land Trust: 3% of income from government
  • Umpqua Valley Arts Association: 1% of income from government
  • Pear: 1% of income from government
  • Caldera: 1% of income from government
  • Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Morrison Family Charitable Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Morrison Family Charitable Foundation 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 21 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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