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Morrissey Family Foundation at a glance

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Morrissey 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.

$15k
Granted FY2024still arriving
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Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$23kEducation$18kHuman Services$4kRecreation & Sports$4kArts & Culture$2kAnimals$500Food & Nutrition$125Other$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$15,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$48k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE BENJAMIN SCHOOL CO JOSEPH AND MARCIA MORR$15,000
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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Its human-services grants (FY22–22, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 25%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%GREENE PREGNANCY CENTER: $2k → 25%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

NY
PA
NJ
CA
KY
MD
NC
FL
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.

41%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$22k · 3 repeat orgs$32k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +98% since the first grant, against +73% for those funded once.

3 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
19

Total granted

$22k
$17k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+98%
+73%

Still filing today

67%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24
HealthAnimalsPhilanthropyHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • TU
    THE UNLIMBITED FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2020–2023 · $12k · revenue +98%
  • CC
    CHESTER COUNTY HOSPITAL
    2× · 2017–2018 · $7k · revenue +40%
  • BS
    BISHOP SHANAHAN SCHOOL
    2× · 2017–2018 · $3k

Funded once

  • RM
    RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE
    one grant, 2017 · $3k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $2k
  • GP
    GREENE PREGNANCY CENTER INC
    one grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue +8%
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
Stc Healthcare Partners Llc

Website: https://towerhealth.org/locations/st-christophers-hospital- children stc opco, llc (st. christopher's hospital for children) provides a full range of high-quality healthcare services to all children and youth up to age 21 who seek…

Health
2
The Shriners' Hospital for Children

Shriners children's is committed to compassionate, high-quality care that improves children's lives, in a family-centered and collaborative environment. (continued on schedule o)

Health
3
Children's Hospital & Research Center At Oakland

The mission of children's hospital & research center at oakland is to protect and advance the health and well-being of children through clinical care, teaching and research.

Health
4
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation

Children's hospital of pittsburgh foundation is the sole fundraising arm of upmc children's hospital of pittsburgh.the foundation exists to provide financial support for the hospital's mission of improving the health and well-being of…

Health
5
East Tennessee Children's Hospital Association Inc

East tennessee children's hospital is a free-standing, independent, not-for-profit pediatric health care system which serves the east tennessee region. children's hospital is certified by the state of tennessee as a comprehensive regional…

Health
6
Cape Canaveral Hospital Inc

We exist to improve the health and wellness of the communities we serve.

Health
7
Variety Children's Hospital

To inspire hope and promote lifelong health by providing the best care to every child.

Health
8
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
9
Rex Hospital Inc

To improve the health and well-being of north carolinians and others whom we serve. we accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research.

Health
10
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
11
Miami Children's Health System Inc

Nicklaus Children's Health System is the region's only healthcare system exclusively for children. Our mission is to inspire hope and promote lifelong health by providing the best care to every child. TO PERFORM THE FUNCTIONS OF, OR TO…

Health
12
Orlando Health Inc

Orlando health is a trusted leader inspiring hope through the advancement of health. our mission as a community-owned organization is to improve the health and quality of life of the individuals and communities we serve.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Bob Woodruff Family Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is South Florida Thunderball 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

12 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. 12 of the 23 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
10/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE BENJAMIN SCHOOL CO JOSEPH AND MARCIA MORR: $15,000 · OtherTHE BENJAMIN SCHOOL CO JOSEPH AND MARCIA MORRBISHOP SHANAHAN SCHOOL: $2,625 · OtherBISHOP SHANAHAN SCHOOLRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $2,500 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSEIndividual grant recipient: $2,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientBASEBALL FOR LIFE NC INC: $1,000 · OtherPGBYAA: $1,000 · Other+7 more: $3,500 · Other+7 moreTHE UNLIMBITED FOUNDATION INC: $12,425 · HealthTHE UNLIMBITED FOUNDATION INCCHESTER COUNTY HOSPITAL: $6,500 · HealthCHESTER COUNTY HOSPITALSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $1,000 · HealthTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $1,000 · Health+1 more: $500 · HealthGREENE PREGNANCY CENTER INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesSOUTH FLORIDA THUNDERBALL INC: $1,000 · Recreation & SportsGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $500 · PhilanthropyHUMANE SOCIETY OF OCEAN CITY INC: $250 · AnimalsCHARLOTTE COCKER RESCUE OF NC INC: $250 · Animals
Other$27,625Health$21,425Human Services$2,000Recreation & Sports$1,000Philanthropy$500Animals$500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE UNLIMBITED FOUNDATION INC: $12,425 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetCHESTER COUNTY HOSPITAL: $6,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGREENE PREGNANCY CENTER INC: $2,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH FLORIDA THUNDERBALL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetDisabled American Veterans: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOB WOODRUFF FAMILY FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS PENNSYLVANIA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF OCEAN CITY INC: $250 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.

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.

Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundMA3.8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 1 of 1Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Morrissey Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Morrissey Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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 23 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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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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