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Morse 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.

$359k
Granted FY2024still arriving
50
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$80k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0188% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$1.3MHuman Services$283kHealth$223kCivil Rights$186kEducation$173kPhilanthropy$116kArts & Culture$66kInternational$65kOther$0
02FY2024 · 50 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k37 grants · $59k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $169k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $131k
$1,800
Median grant
11
States reached
$7.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Rose Community Foundation$80,000
Temple Emanuel$50,842
Jewish Family Service of CO$40,250
National Jewish Health$28,625
Anti Defamation League$15,000
Chosen and Dearly Loved$12,960
The Jewish Experience$11,800
CELL$10,000
BBYO$10,000
Ace Scholarships$10,000
Navy Seal Foundation$10,000
Mizel Institute$10,000
University of Oklahoma$10,000
The Lotus Project$5,500
Shalom Park$5,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $274k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 89% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%A Precious Child: $500 → 5%There With Care: $5k → 12%Hearing Loss Association of America: $200 → 8%Hospice of the Valley: $250 → 11%Foundation 1023: $1k → 7%Jay Nolan Community Services: $100 → 14%Innocence Project: $500 → 17%Shalom Park: $5k → 8%Shalom Park: $5k → 8%Shalom Park: $5k → 8%Shalom Park: $3k → 8%Shalom Park: $3k → 8%Shalom Park: $3k → 8%Shalom Park: $3k → 8%Shalom Park: $2k → 8%Denver Brown Water Society: $518 → 8%Jewish Community Centers Denver: $11k → 12%Jewish Community Centers of Denver: $8k → 12%The Denver Hospice: $1k → 12%The Denver Hospice: $1k → 12%The Denver Hospice: $500 → 12%The Denver Hospice: $500 → 12%The Denver Hospice: $250 → 12%The Denver Hospice: $100 → 12%Jewish Family Service of CO: $110k → 12%Jewish Family Service of CO: $40k → 12%Jewish Family Service of CO: $40k → 12%Jewish Family Services: $20k → 12%Jewish Family Services: $4k → 12%Jewish Family Services: $100 → 12%Denver Rescue Mission: $250 → 12%Safehouse Denver: $1k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
NY
MA
SD
IA
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
AZ
AR
TN
DC
OK
LA
GA
TX
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 61 repeat orgs$215k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.

61 repeat relationships: 34 still active in FY2024, 27 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

61
88

Total granted

$1.4M
$208k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+17%

Still filing today

52%
51%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k 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
HealthHuman ServicesEducationArts & CultureInternationalAnimalsOther
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

  • JF
    JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLORADO INC
    6× · 2018–2024 · $214k · revenue +92%
  • NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH
    8× · 2017–2024 · $143k · revenue +50%
  • AL
    ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE
    8× · 2017–2024 · $81k · revenue +78%

Funded once

  • SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue +22%
  • TP
    THE PARK PEOPLEgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $15k · revenue +655%
  • FF
    FUND FOR ISRAEL'S TOMORROW
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue -9%
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
Colorado Gives Foundation

We connect people, ideas, and nonprofits to make good happen. our vision is that all of jeffco is thriving.

Philanthropy
2
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
3
Denver Botanic Gardens Inc

The mission of denver botanic gardens is to connect people with plants, especially plants from the rocky mountain region and similar regions around the world, providing delight and enlightenment to everyone.

Environment
4
Colorado Legal Services

To provide meaningful access to high quality, civil legal services in the pursuit of justice for as many low income persons and members of vulnerable populations throughout colorado as possible.

Crime & Legal
5
The Denver Foundation

To inspire people and mobilize resources to strengthen our community.

Philanthropy
6
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
7
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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8
Banner Alzheimer's Foundation

Established in 2006, the banner alzheimer's foundation (baf) secures and stewards charitable gifts to advance the mission of banner alzheimer's institute (bai), including groundbreaking research initiatives and pioneering prevention…

Health
9
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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10
National Council of Jewish Women Incorporated

The national council of jewish women is a grassroots nonpartisan organization of volunteers and advocates who strive for social justice by improving the quality of life for women, children and families.

Community Improvement
11
Allosource

Inspired by the gift of donation from our communities, allosource responsibly provides innovative cellular and tissue allografts to advance patient healing.

Health
12
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis

Jewish family and children's service of minneapolis provides essential services to people of all ages and backgrounds to sustain healthy relationships, ease suffering and offer support in times of need.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mile High United Way Inc; the most unlike its peers is American Diabetes Association. 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

91 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. 91 of the 169 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
89/91
Grantees still filing
62/91
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JEWISHColorado: $937,401 · PhilanthropyJEWISHColoradoRose Community Foundation: $100,600 · PhilanthropyRose Community Foundation+4 more: $9,250 · PhilanthropyTemple Emanuel: $227,720 · OtherTemple EmanuelUniversity of Oklahoma: $85,000 · OtherUniversity of OklahomaTHE JEWISH EXPERIENCE: $75,320 · OtherTHE JEWISH EXPERIENCEHillel of Colorado: $35,000 · OtherMizel Museum: $34,100 · OtherB'NAI B'RITH YOUTH ORGANIZATION: $50,000 · OtherB'NAI B'RITH YOUTH ORGANIZATION+106 more: $304,028 · Other+106 moreJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLORADO INC: $214,450 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMI…SHALOM PARK: $28,080 · Human ServicesSHALOM PARKJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS OF DENVER: $18,800 · Human ServicesJEWISH COMM…+11 more: $12,802 · Human ServicesNATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH: $142,795 · HealthCraig Hospital Foundation: $12,500 · HealthGLOBAL DOWN SYNDROME FOUNDATION: $10,350 · HealthMENNINGER FOUNDATION: $8,000 · Health+14 more: $19,356 · HealthSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $99,600 · Arts & CultureLION GLOBAL FOUNDATION: $41,500 · Arts & CultureNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $13,000 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $5,500 · Arts & CultureALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION: $47,500 · EducationDENVER SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $18,000 · EducationFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationCOLORADO UPLIFT INC: $3,500 · EducationDENVER JEWISH DAY SCHOOL: $3,100 · Education+6 more: $4,690 · EducationANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $80,850 · Civil Rights
Philanthropy$1,047,251Other$811,168Human Services$274,132Health$193,001Arts & Culture$159,600Education$86,790Civil Rights$80,850

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 budgetJEWISHColorado: $937,401 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLORADO INC: $214,450 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetNATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH: $142,795 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetRose Community Foundation: $100,600 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $99,600 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $80,850 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetB'NAI B'RITH YOUTH ORGANIZATION: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION: $47,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLION GLOBAL FOUNDATION: $41,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetSHALOM PARK: $28,080 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetROUNDUP RIVER RANCH: $20,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS OF DENVER: $18,800 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDENVER SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $18,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PARK PEOPLE: $15,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $13,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCraig Hospital Foundation: $12,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDENVER HEALTH AND HOSPITALS FOUNDATION: $11,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGLOBAL DOWN SYNDROME FOUNDATION: $10,350 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetFUND FOR ISRAEL'S TOMORROW: $10,309 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMENNINGER FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetDenver Inner City Parish Inc: $7,270 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $6,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S DIABETES FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHIRD WAY CENTER INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHERE WITH CARE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOLORADO UPLIFT INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMILE HIGH UNITED WAY INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOSPICE OF METRO DENVER INC: $3,450 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDENVER JEWISH DAY SCHOOL: $3,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGoodwill of Colorado: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF LIBI INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTER: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMOUNTAIN FAMILY CENTER: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF TULSA: $2,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRESOLVE Incorporated: $1,530 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOLORADO ACADEMY: $1,294 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $1,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDENVER DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE: $1,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION 1023: $1,034 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHALLENGE FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLUE SKY FUND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREATNONPROFITS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH AMERICA OF COLORADO: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 JEWISHColorado ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF COLORADO INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH ↗
  • Who funds Rose Community Foundation ↗
  • Who funds SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds B'NAI B'RITH YOUTH ORGANIZATION ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds LION GLOBAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SHALOM PARK ↗
  • Who funds ROUNDUP RIVER RANCH ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS OF DENVER ↗
  • Who funds DENVER SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE PARK PEOPLE ↗
  • Who funds NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Craig Hospital Foundation ↗
  • Who funds DENVER HEALTH AND HOSPITALS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GLOBAL DOWN SYNDROME FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FUND FOR ISRAEL'S TOMORROW ↗
  • Who funds FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MENNINGER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Denver Inner City Parish Inc ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S DIABETES FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Rose Community Founda…Colorado Gives Founda…The Denver FoundationJEWISHColoradoThe Colorado Health F…The Chotin Family Fou…Flora and Morris Mize…Mile High United Way …Temple Hoyne Buell Fo…The Janus Henderson F…Xcel Energy FoundationMelvin & Elaine Wolf …
Rose Community FoundationCO45× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Rose Community Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · The Denver Foundation · JEWISHColorado · The Colorado Health Foundation · The Chotin Family Foundation · Flora and Morris Mizel Foundation II · Mile High United Way Inc · Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation · The Janus Henderson Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Melvin & Elaine Wolf 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 Morse Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Morse Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 49%
  • Christopher Reeve Foundation: 49% of income from government
  • Tulsa Day Center Inc: 9% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
24report 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 169 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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