Illinois · Private foundation
Morrison 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.
- $137k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2024
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Median grant, FY2024
- $136,546
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $136,546
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 47
- FY2019 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 0% of the organizations Morrison Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 1 | $137k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $400k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 40 | $1.2M | 23% |
| FY2020 | 47 | $787k | 19% |
| FY2019 | 40 | $602k | 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, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Family Focus Legacy | $225,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness | $140,000 | 3 | 1% |
| I Grow Chicago NFP | $130,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Allies for Community Business Inc | $120,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Chicago Community Loan Fund | $115,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $115,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Housing Action Illinois | $100,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Beloved Community Family Wellness Center | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Inner-City Muslim Action Network | $90,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Teamwork Englewood Inc | $85,000 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 44 grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($751k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Morrison 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: The Chicago Community Trust · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Field Foundation of Illinois · Robert R McCormick Foundation · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Circle of Service Foundation · Joseph & Bessie Feinberg Foundation · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · Reva and David Logan Foundation · Builders Vision Foundation
How this is measured
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About Morrison Family Foundation
- How much does Morrison Family Foundation give?
- Morrison Family Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $136,546 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 47 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2022.
- What does Morrison Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (73%), Community Improvement (6%), Housing & Shelter (3%).
- Who are Morrison Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Family Focus Legacy ($225k), Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness ($140k), I Grow Chicago NFP ($130k).
- Does Morrison Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Morrison 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 Morrison Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, Polk Bros Foundation Inc, John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation.
- Where is Morrison Family Foundation based?
- Morrison Family Foundation is based in IL.
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