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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 FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$137k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0198% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2019–2024.

Philanthropy$7.7MCommunity Improvement$665kHousing & Shelter$290kHealth$260kFood & Nutrition$250kHuman Services$225kYouth Development$217kArts & Culture$202kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$136,546
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Chicago Community Trust - Donor Advised Fund$136,546
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY19–22, $280k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%Family Focus: $75k → 14%Family Focus: $75k → 14%Family Focus: $75k → 14%LYTE Collective: $25k → 14%LYTE Collective: $15k → 14%LYTE Collective: $15k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$2.5M · 45 repeat orgs$672k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +51% since the first grant, against +17% for the ones you funded once.

45 repeat relationships — 0 still active in FY2024, 45 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

45
13

Total granted

$2.5M
$535k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+51%
+17%

Still filing today

78%
62%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $137k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’24
Community ImprovementArts & CultureFood & NutritionCrime & LegalEducationHuman ServicesOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • CC
    CHICAGO COALITION TO END HOMELESSNESS
    3× · 2019–2022 · $140k · revenue +59%
  • AF
    ALLIES FOR COMMUNITY BUSINESS INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $120k · revenue +103%
  • GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY
    3× · 2019–2022 · $115k · revenue +78%

Funded once

  • CC
    Chicago Community Trust -- Unity Fund
    one grant, 2021 · $200k
  • HA
    Housing Action Illinoisgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue +51%
  • BC
    BELOVED COMMUNITY FAMILY WELLNESS CENTER
    one grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue +21%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Chicago United for Equity

Connecting and amplifying the power of individuals to build a just, equitable, and inclusive city.

Civil Rights
2
A Better Chicago

A better chicago is changing how chicago fights poverty by investing in bold ideas that create opportunity for our youth.

Human Services
3
Live Free Chicago

Live Free Illinois is a statewide organization partnering with over 120 congregations and directly impacted individuals to build safer more equitable communities across Illinois. Operating at the intersection of criminal justice reform and…

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4
Chicago Votes

Chicago Votes is a non-partisan, non-profit organization building a more inclusive democracy by putting power in the hands of young Chicagoans. We're engaging and developing a new generation of leaders by opening the doors of government,…

Civil Rights
5
Legal Aid Chicago

At legal aid chicago, we work together to provide high quality civil legal aid to people living in poverty and other vulnerable groups.through advocacy, education, collaboration, and litigation we empower individuals, protect fundamental…

Crime & Legal
6
Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Inc

Secure racial equity and economic opportunity for all

Crime & Legal
7
Chicago Refugee Coalition

The Chicago Refugee Coalition is a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated ot the alleviation of human suffering through innovative partnerships, advocacy and community empowerment.

Human Services
8
Chicago United

To achieve parity in economic opportunity for people of color by advancing multiracial leadership in corporate governance, expanding the talent pipline for executive-level management, and growing minority businesses.

Philanthropy
9
Chicago Torture Justice Center

Seeks to address the traumas of police violence and institutionalized racism through access to healing and wellness services, trauma-informed resources, and community connection. The Center is a part of and supports a movement to end all…

Crime & Legal
10
Chicago Cultural Alliance

The Chicago Cultural Alliances mission is to connect, promote, and support centers of cultural heritage for a more inclusive Chicago. We are an active consortium of 50 cultural heritage museums, centers, and historical societies that…

Arts & Culture
11
Arise Chicago

Arise chicago builds partnerships between faith communities and workers to fight workplace injustice through education, organizing, and advocating for public policy changes.

Employment
12
Chicago Public Art Group

Chicago public art group brings artists and communities together to produce high-quality public art, extending and transforming the tradition of collaborative, community-involved public artwork.

Arts & Culture

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Chicago Freedom School and the most unlike its peers is Reading Between the Lines Nfp. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 25 years old; the field is 17. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number21%2%<5yr14%7%5–10yr18%28%10–20yr17%28%20–35yr15%30%35–55yr16%5%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value21%1%<5yr14%1%5–10yr18%4%10–20yr17%8%20–35yr15%10%35–55yr16%77%55yr+

The field is 21% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 2% lost their exemption, against 16% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%1/45
the rest of the field
16%
4,999/31,465

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

45 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 45 of the 60 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
16
Early backer (in before they grew)
44/45
Grantees still filing
30/45
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

The Chicago Community Trust — $7,322,820 · PhilanthropyThe Chicago Community TrustChicago Community Trust -- Unity Fund — $200,000 · OtherChicago Community …Chicago Community Trust - Donor Advised Fund — $136,546 · OtherChicago Community …I Grow Chicago NFP — $130,000 · OtherI Grow Chicago NFPHousing Action Illinois — $100,000 · OtherHousing Action Ill…CHILDREN'S RESEARCH TRIANGLE — $80,000 · OtherPlanned Parenthood — $80,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $75,000 · OtherCross Roads — $75,000 · OtherBELOVED COMMUNITY FAMILY WELLNESS CENTER — $100,000 · OtherBELOVED COMMUNITY …Invisible Institute — $75,000 · OtherGROWING HOME INC — $60,000 · Other+26 more — $588,500 · Other+26 moreALLIES FOR COMMUNITY BUSINESS INC — $120,000 · Community ImprovementTHE CHICAGO COMMUNITY LOAN FUND — $115,000 · Community ImprovementINNER-CITY MUSLIM ACTION NETWORK — $90,000 · Community ImprovementTeamwork Englewood Inc — $85,000 · Community ImprovementNEIGHBORSPACE — $70,000 · Community ImprovementTHE DELTA INSTITUTE — $30,000 · Community Improvement+1 more — $10,000 · Community ImprovementFAMILY FOCUS LEGACY — $225,000 · Human ServicesTHE LYTE COLLECTIVE — $55,000 · Human ServicesGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY — $115,000 · Food & NutritionADVOCATES FOR URBAN AGRICULTURE NFP — $45,000 · Food & NutritionSweet Water Foundation Inc — $40,000 · Food & NutritionURBAN GROWERS COLLECTIVE INC — $30,000 · Food & NutritionSkyArt NFP — $75,000 · Arts & CultureHYDE PARK ART CENTER — $60,000 · Arts & CultureINGENUITY INCORPORATED CHICAGO — $45,000 · Arts & CultureURBAN GATEWAYS — $20,000 · Arts & CultureUNITING VOICES — $10,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more — $10,000 · Arts & CultureCHICAGO COALITION TO END HOMELESSNESS — $140,000 · Housing & ShelterCenter for Housing and Health — $50,000 · Housing & Shelter
Philanthropy$7,322,820Other$1,700,046Community Improvement$520,000Human Services$280,000Food & Nutrition$230,000Arts & Culture$220,000Housing & Shelter$190,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetThe Chicago Community Trust — $7,322,820 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFAMILY FOCUS LEGACY — $225,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetCHICAGO COALITION TO END HOMELESSNESS — $140,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetI Grow Chicago NFP — $130,000 over 3y, 5.0% of budgetALLIES FOR COMMUNITY BUSINESS INC — $120,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY — $115,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHICAGO COMMUNITY LOAN FUND — $115,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetHousing Action Illinois — $100,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetBELOVED COMMUNITY FAMILY WELLNESS CENTER — $100,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetINNER-CITY MUSLIM ACTION NETWORK — $90,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTeamwork Englewood Inc — $85,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetCHILDREN'S RESEARCH TRIANGLE — $80,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetInvisible Institute — $75,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetSkyArt NFP — $75,000 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetNEIGHBORSPACE — $70,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetHYDE PARK ART CENTER — $60,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetGROWING HOME INC — $60,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetTHE LYTE COLLECTIVE — $55,000 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetFirst Defense Legal Aid — $50,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetCenter for Housing and Health — $50,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetINGENUITY INCORPORATED CHICAGO — $45,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetADVOCATES FOR URBAN AGRICULTURE NFP — $45,000 over 3y, 5.8% of budgetCENTER FOR NEIGHBORHOOD TECHNOLOGY — $45,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetALTERNATIVES INC — $40,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetHIGH JUMP — $40,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetSweet Water Foundation Inc — $40,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetURBAN GROWERS COLLECTIVE INC — $30,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetTHE DELTA INSTITUTE — $30,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetAFTER SCHOOL MATTERS INC — $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE PARKS — $30,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetSTART EARLY — $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetURBAN GATEWAYS — $20,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetLegal Council for Health Justice — $20,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCABRINI GREEN LEGAL AID — $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetStorycatchers — $20,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetInternational Neighborhood Collaborative — $20,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetCHICAGO FREEDOM SCHOOL — $19,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCHICAGO COMMUNITY BOND FUND — $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetREADING BETWEEN THE LINES NFP — $15,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetUNITING VOICES — $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRESIDENT ASSOCIATION OF GREATER ENGLEWOOD — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCHICAGO SURVIVORS INC — $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSouth Side Jazz Coalition Inc — $5,000 over 1y, 8.3% of budgetHyde Park Jazz Festival — $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetYEAR UP INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Chicago Community…Polk Bros Foundation …John D and Catherine …Field Foundation of I…Robert R McCormick Fo…Arie and Ida Crown Me…United Way of Metropo…Circle of Service Fou…Joseph & Bessie Feinb…Lloyd a Fry FoundationReva and David Logan …Builders Vision Found…
The Chicago Community TrustIL52.3× affinity35 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Morrison Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Year Up Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
19report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Morrison Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Morrison Family 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 60 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
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$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home