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Morrison Foundation Trust at a glance

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Morrison Foundation Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$297k
Granted FY2025still arriving
47
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$66k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Religion$304kPhilanthropy$208kEducation$206kArts & Culture$149kInternational$74kHealth$38kHuman Services$30kCrime & Legal$15kOther$0
02FY2025 · 47 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k38 grants · $58k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $123k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $116k
$1,500
Median grant
6
States reached
$4.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$66,000
Individual grant recipient$50,000
GREATER SALINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$31,000
MCPHERSON COLLEGE$26,000
SALINA AREA UNITED WAY$25,000
OLIVIA BLOOMFIELD FOUNDATION$11,000
FELLOW MAN INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION$10,000
PRAIRIE LAND MARKET$10,000
PHI GAMMA DELTA EDUCATIONAL FOUND$10,000
SALINA ARTS CENTER$5,000
THE PEOPLES HEARTLAND FOUNDATION$5,000
STIEFEL THEATRE FOUNDATION$4,000
SEAMA$3,000
SALINA EDUCATION FOUNDATION$3,000
SALINA REGIONAL HEALTH FOUNDATION$1,500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $17k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 71% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%ANGEL COVERS: $1k → 7%ANGEL COVERS: $1k → 7%ANGEL COVERS: $1k → 7%ANGEL COVERS: $1k → 7%ANGEL COVERS: $1k → 7%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ASSOC OF CENTRAL: $3k → 13%SALINA CHILD CARE ASSOCIATION INC: $2k → 13%SALINA CHILD CARE ASSOCIATION INC: $2k → 13%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ASSOC OF CENTRAL: $2k → 13%SALINA CHILD CARE ASSOCIATION INC: $1k → 13%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL KANSAS: $1k → 13%SALINA FAMILY YMCA: $1k → 13%SALINA CHILD CARE ASSOCIATION INC: $500 → 13%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL KANSAS: $500 → 13%SALINA CHILD CARE ASSOCIATION INC: $500 → 13%DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL KANSAS: $500 → 13%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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
WI
IN
PA
CO
MO
KY
KS
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 45 repeat orgs$65k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

45 repeat relationships: 40 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

45
6

Total granted

$1.2M
$42k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+23%

Still filing today

51%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyHealthHousing & 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

  • MC
    MCPHERSON COLLEGE
    5× · 2021–2025 · $79k · revenue +62%
  • SA
    SALINA AREA UNITED WAY INC
    4× · 2021–2025 · $75k · revenue +495%
  • FM
    FELLOW MAN INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION
    5× · 2021–2025 · $70k · revenue +160%

Funded once

  • KE
    KU ENDOWMENT FOR KU SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
  • DC
    DOUGLAS COUNTY CASA PROGRAM INC
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue +23%
  • TC
    THE CRISTO REY ACADEMY
    one grant, 2024 · $5k
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
Salina Health Education Foundation

To serve our community at the crossroads of compassionate healthcare and professional education.

Education
2
South Central Community Foundation

To enhance the life, culture, and community of South Central Kansas by connecting people who care with causes that matter.

Philanthropy
3
Salina Regional Health Center Inc

To provide quality health care services in a healing and spiritual environment

Health
4
Kansas Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies

Out vision is: all communities across kansas value and support a high-quality early childhood care and education system.

Environment
5
Foundation for Saline Area Schools

Enrichment programs and other projects aimed at enhancing the quality of education and educational opportunities for all students.

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6
Community Foundation of Southeast Kansas

The Community Foundation of Southeast Kansas servces the region by encouraging charitable giving benefiting the common good and the quality of life.

Philanthropy
7
Western Kansas Community Foundation

Enriching western Kansas life through philanthropy, collaboration and leadership.

Philanthropy
8
Missouri Western State University Foundation Inc

The missouri western state university foundation is a not-for-profit charitable organization that functions solely to support the mission of missouri western state university, as stated in the university's mission statement. the foundation…

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9
Saline County Medical Foundation

Support services for saline memorial hospital.

Unclassified
10
Salina Community Economic Development Organization Inc

Promote and support economic development

Community Improvement
11
Salina Arts and Humanities Foundation

To support and further the development, public awareness, and interest in the fine and performing arts and humanities in salina, kansas. to be a supporting organization to the city of salina, kansas, the arts and humanities commission and…

Arts & Culture
12
Washburn University Foundation

The Foundation was created to assist in the promotion, development and enhancement of the financial resources for Washburn University of Topeka, as well as to receive and hold in trust any assets given in benefit of the University.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Salina Regional Health Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Central Kansas Youth Golf Inc. 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

33 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. 33 of the 58 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/33
Grantees still filing
25/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIRST PREBYTERIAN CHURCH: $168,000 · OtherFIRST PREBYTERIAN CHURCHIndividual grant recipient: $155,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $128,200 · OtherFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHSEAMA: $103,000 · OtherSEAMAKU ENDOWMENT: $80,000 · OtherKU ENDOWMENT+32 more: $164,350 · Other+32 moreGreater Salina Community Foundation: $95,500 · PhilanthropyGreater Salina Co…SALINA AREA UNITED WAY INC: $75,000 · PhilanthropySALINA AREA UNITE…OLIVIA BLOOMFIELD FOUNDATION: $23,000 · PhilanthropyOLIVIA BLOOMFIELD…THE PEOPLES HEARTLAND FOUNDATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropyMCPHERSON COLLEGE: $79,000 · EducationMCPHERSON COLL…FELLOW MAN INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $70,000 · EducationFELLOW MAN INT…Indiana University Foundation: $13,000 · EducationIndiana Univer…+2 more: $6,500 · EducationSALINA ART CENTER INC: $77,010 · Arts & CultureSALINA AR…STIEFEL THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION: $29,000 · Arts & CultureSTIEFEL T…SMOKY HILLS PUBLIC TELEVISION CORP: $3,900 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $6,100 · Arts & CultureDOMESTIC VIOLENCE ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL KANSAS INC: $6,000 · Human ServicesANGEL COVERS: $5,000 · Human ServicesSALINA CHILD CARE ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesYoung Men's Christian Association of Salina Kansas: $1,000 · Human ServicesDOUGLAS COUNTY CASA PROGRAM INC: $10,000 · Civil RightsPRAIRIELAND MARKET INC: $10,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$799,050Philanthropy$203,500Education$168,500Arts & Culture$116,010Human Services$17,000Civil Rights$10,000Food & Nutrition$10,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGreater Salina Community Foundation: $95,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMCPHERSON COLLEGE: $79,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSALINA ART CENTER INC: $77,010 over 5y, 7.7% of budgetSALINA AREA UNITED WAY INC: $75,000 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetFELLOW MAN INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $70,000 over 5y, 20% of budgetSTIEFEL THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION: $29,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetOLIVIA BLOOMFIELD FOUNDATION: $23,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetIndiana University Foundation: $13,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDOUGLAS COUNTY CASA PROGRAM INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTHE PEOPLES HEARTLAND FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSALINA EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetDOMESTIC VIOLENCE ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL KANSAS INC: $6,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetKANSAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $5,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetANGEL COVERS: $5,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetSALINA SYMPHONY INC: $5,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSALINA CHILD CARE ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSUNFLOWER ADULT DAY SERVICES INC: $5,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetASHBY HOUSE LTD: $5,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetTEEN TOWN INC: $5,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCHILD ADVOCACY AND PARENTING SERVICE INC: $5,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetDELTA UPSILON EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL: $4,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSALINA REGIONAL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSMOKY HILLS PUBLIC TELEVISION CORP: $3,900 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSALINA COMMUNITY THEATRE ASSOCIATION: $3,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetKANSAS PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE: $2,600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBoy Scouts of America Council 192 Coronado Area: $2,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Salina Kansas: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSALINA AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetROLLS-ROYCE FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetNATIONAL MOTORISTS ASSOCIATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds Greater Salina Community Foundation ↗
  • Who funds MCPHERSON COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds SALINA ART CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds SALINA AREA UNITED WAY INC ↗
  • Who funds FELLOW MAN INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds STIEFEL THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds OLIVIA BLOOMFIELD FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Indiana University Foundation ↗
  • Who funds DOUGLAS COUNTY CASA PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds THE PEOPLES HEARTLAND FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PRAIRIELAND MARKET INC ↗
  • Who funds SALINA EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL KANSAS INC ↗
  • Who funds KANSAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds ANGEL COVERS ↗
  • Who funds SALINA SYMPHONY INC ↗
  • Who funds SALINA CHILD CARE ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SUNFLOWER ADULT DAY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds ASHBY HOUSE LTD ↗
  • Who funds TEEN TOWN INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILD ADVOCACY AND PARENTING SERVICE INC ↗
  • Who funds DELTA UPSILON EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL ↗

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.

Mike Berkley Family F…Greater Salina Commun…Smoot Charitable Foun…Earl Bane FoundationMcCune & Middlekauff …Verla Nesbitt Joscely…Salina Regional Healt…Mildred and Rolland M…Milton I and Frances …Anderson Family Found…Jack a Wilson Charita…Marshall Family Found…
Mike Berkley Family Foundation IncKS51.7× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Mike Berkley Family Foundation Inc · Greater Salina Community Foundation · Smoot Charitable Foundation · Earl Bane Foundation · McCune & Middlekauff Foundation · Verla Nesbitt Joscelyn Foundation · Salina Regional Health Foundation · Mildred and Rolland Middlekauff Foundation · Milton I and Frances L Stiefel Foundation · Anderson Family Foundation · Jack a Wilson Charitable Trust · Marshall Family Foundation Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report 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
    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.

    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 58 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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