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Morse Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$454k
Granted FY2026still arriving
26
Grants FY2026still arriving
4
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$1.1MArts & Culture$960kHealth$350kHousing & Shelter$253kAnimals$251kReligion$195kEnvironment$85kPhilanthropy$85kOther$0
02FY2026 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2026

  • Under $10k11 grants · $11k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $303k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $140k
$15,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OCEAN ALLIANCE$75,000
ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE$65,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY NYC AND WESTCHESTER$45,000
TEACHERS COLLEGE$35,000
92ND STREET Y$28,850
CARNEGIE HALL$25,000
Individual grant recipient$25,000
THE JUILLIARD SCHOOL$25,000
NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN FUND INC$25,000
CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE$21,800
SCHOOL OF AMERICAN BALLET$20,000
YOUNG AUDIENCES NEW YORK$17,500
COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL$15,000
THE DANIEL WOFFIT FUND TO FIGHT GLIOBLASTOMA$10,000
LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ART INC$10,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY21–26) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 88% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY: $50k → 8%OCEAN ALLIANCE: $75k → 10%MARLBORO MUSIC: $25k → 22%ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE: $65k → 28%UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: $25k → 14%OCEAN ALLIANCE: $50k → 10%EINSTEIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $25k → 28%UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: $25k → 14%OCEAN ALLIANCE: $50k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: $25k → 14%OCEAN ALLIANCE: $50k → 10%OCEAN ALLIANCE: $50k → 10%OCEAN ALLIANCE: $50k → 10%YALE SCHOOL OF MUSIC: $100k → 12%HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $55k → 17%HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $50k → 17%HABITAT FOR HUMANITY NYC AND WESTCHESTER: $45k → 17%HABITAT FOR HUMANITY NY: $25k → 17%HABITAT FOR HUMANITY NY: $25k → 17%HABITAT FOR HUMANITY NYC AND WESTCHESTER: $25k → 17%HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $25k → 17%HABITAT FOR HUMANITY NYC AND WESTCHESTER: $25k → 17%NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN FUND INC: $25k → 17%NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN FUND INC: $25k → 17%CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE: $25k → 17%TEACHERS COLLEGE: $625k → 17%TEACHERS COLLEGE: $35k → 17%CARNEGIE HALL: $60k → 17%CARNEGIE HALL: $30k → 17%CARNEGIE HALL: $25k → 17%CARNEGIE HALL: $25k → 17%CARNEGIE HALL: $25k → 17%CARNEGIE HALL: $25k → 17%CARNEGIE HALL: $25k → 17%CARNEGIE HALL: $25k → 17%PARK AVENUE ARMORY: $25k → 17%CARNEGIE HALL: $25k → 17%NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL: $25k → 17%NY WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER: $25k → 17%NY WEILL MEDICAL CENTER: $25k → 17%NEW YORK WEIL CORNELL MEDICAL CTR: $25k → 17%COOPER HEWITT SMITHSONIAN DESIGN MUSEUM: $35k → 17%92ND STREET Y: $29k → 17%92ND STREET Y: $25k → 17%92ND STREET Y: $25k → 17%THE JUILLIARD SCHOOL: $50k → 17%THE JUILLIARD SCHOOL: $25k → 17%THE JUILLIARD SCHOOL: $25k → 17%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

VT
IL
MI
NY
MA
WY
PA
NJ
CT
CA
WV
VA
MD
DC
GA
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.4M · 109 repeat orgs$404k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +21% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

109 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2026, 86 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

109
44

Total granted

$3.4M
$378k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
0%

Still filing today

60%
32%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25’26
Arts & CultureEducationHealthEnvironmentRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyOther
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

  • TC
    Teachers College Columbia University
    6× · 2021–2026 · $710k · revenue +7%
  • OA
    Ocean Alliance Inc
    6× · 2021–2026 · $325k · revenue +89%
  • TC
    THE CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATION
    6× · 2021–2026 · $265k · revenue +84%

Funded once

  • YS
    YALE SCHOOL OF MUSIC
    one grant, 2023 · $100k
  • SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
    one grant, 2021 · $35k · revenue +6%
  • NY
    NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
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
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
2
Museum of the City of New York

The museum of the city of new york fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world's most influential metropolis. it engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city's past, present, and…

Arts & Culture
3
Manhattan School of Music

Manhattan school of music is deeply committed to excellence in education, performance, and creative activity; to the humanity of the school's environment; and to the cultural enrichment of the larger community. a premiere international…

Arts & Culture
4
Bard College

Bard college seeks to provide a challenging academic program and a supportive environment that fosters a collaborative interchange of ideas in the classroom as well as ambition to achieve excellence.

Education
5
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Inc

Organization's mission statement true to the ambitious vision of its founder and her spirit of creative risk-taking, the mission of the isabella stewart gardner museum is: - to bring to life and preserve the rich historic collection; - to…

Arts & Culture
6
New York Hall of Science

Nysci's mission is to nurture generations of passionate learners, critical thinkers, and active citizens through design make play - an approach to learning and engagement that is deeply rooted in research on stem learning and guides the…

Arts & Culture
7
The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences

The mission of the brooklyn institute of arts and sciences, d/b/a brooklyn museum (the "museum") is to bring people together through art and experiences that inspire celebration, compassion, courage, and the will to act. (see schedule o).

Arts & Culture
8
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
9
National Gallery of Art

The National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity.

Arts & Culture
10
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute

Munson-williams-proctor arts institute (mwpai) is a fine arts center dedicated to serving diverse audiences by advancing the appreciation, understanding, and enjoyment of the arts. the art institute aims to promote interest and…

Arts & Culture
11
The Newark Museum Association

Nmoa mission statement is: we welcome everyone with inclusive experiences that spark curiosity and foster community.

Arts & Culture
12
The Neue Galerie New York
Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations; the most unlike its peers is Grand Teton National Park Foundation. 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

83 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 83 of the 157 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
83/83
Grantees still filing
57/83
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $135,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITYYALE SCHOOL OF MUSIC: $100,000 · OtherYALE SCHOOL OF MUSICHABITAT FOR HUMANITY NYC AND WESTCHESTER: $95,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY NYC AND WESTCHESTERCOLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL: $90,000 · OtherCOLUMBIA LAW SCHOOLJAMES SMITHSON SOCIETY: $80,000 · OtherJAMES SMITHSON SOCIETYUniversity of Michigan: $75,000 · OtherALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE: $73,750 · OtherCENTRAL SYNAGOGUE: $73,600 · OtherPARK AVENUE ARMORY: $65,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY NY: $55,000 · Other+84 more: $609,880 · Other+84 moreTeachers College Columbia University: $710,000 · EducationTeachers College Columbia Un…JUILLIARD SCHOOL: $154,000 · EducationJUILLIARD SCHOOLBRANDEIS UNIVERSITY: $65,000 · EducationBRANDEIS UNIVERSITY+9 more: $37,100 · EducationTHE CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATION: $265,000 · Arts & CultureTHE CARNEGIE HALL CO…SCHOOL OF AMERICAN BALLET INC: $120,000 · Arts & CultureSCHOOL OF AMERICAN B…Marlboro School of Music Inc: $50,000 · Arts & CultureMarlboro School of M…YOUNG AUDIENCES NEW YORK INC: $43,500 · Arts & CultureYOUNG AUDIENCES NEW …METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $43,500 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM …SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $35,000 · Arts & Culture+25 more: $152,350 · Arts & Culture+25 moreOcean Alliance Inc: $325,000 · EnvironmentOcean Allia…NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN: $40,000 · EnvironmentNEW YORK BO…+3 more: $15,000 · EnvironmentTHE YOUNG MEN'S AND YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION: $130,600 · ReligionNEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN FUND INC: $50,000 · HealthGREENWICH HOSPITAL: $15,000 · HealthDANIEL W OFFIT FUND TO FIGHT GLIOBLASTOMA INC: $15,000 · HealthMONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER: $10,000 · HealthVISITING NURSE SERVICE OF NEW YORK: $10,000 · HealthJBI INTERNATIONAL INC: $4,000 · Health+5 more: $6,000 · HealthUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $80,000 · PhilanthropyJonas Philanthropies Inc: $5,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $1,000 · Philanthropy
Other$1,452,230Education$966,100Arts & Culture$709,350Environment$380,000Religion$130,600Health$110,000Philanthropy$86,000

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 budgetTeachers College Columbia University: $710,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetOcean Alliance Inc: $325,000 over 6y, 5.4% of budgetTHE CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATION: $265,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetJUILLIARD SCHOOL: $154,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S AND YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION: $130,600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSCHOOL OF AMERICAN BALLET INC: $120,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $80,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $75,000 over 3y, 7.7% of budgetBRANDEIS UNIVERSITY: $65,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMarlboro School of Music Inc: $50,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetYOUNG AUDIENCES NEW YORK INC: $43,500 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $43,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOREIGN POLICY ASSOCIATION INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE JEWISH MUSEUM: $22,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $20,100 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNew York Historical Society: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $15,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGREENWICH HOSPITAL: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGREENWICH HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $11,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetNEW YORK CITY BALLET INC: $11,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATERINC D/B/A LINCOLN CENTER THEATER: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetVISITING NURSE SERVICE OF NEW YORK: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK CITY POLICE FOUNDATION INC: $5,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHORIZONS INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCaramoor Center for Music & the Arts Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ROXBURY LATIN SCHOOL: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJonas Philanthropies Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetThe Frick Collection: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMERRITT PARKWAY CONSERVANCY: $4,000 over 4y, 3.7% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetST LUKES CHAMBER ENSEMBLE INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJBI INTERNATIONAL INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MUSEUM OF WILDLIFE ART OF THE UNITED STATES: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PERLMAN MUSIC PROGRAM INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DRUG DISCOVERY FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetACKERMAN INSTITUTE FOR THE FAMILY: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMANHATTANVILLE UNIVERSITY: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLenox Hill Hospital: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF THE SMITH COLLEGE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSIC AND DANCE THEATER CHICAGO INC: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHANDS IN FOR YOUTH INC: $2,000 over 4y, 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 Teachers College Columbia University ↗
  • Who funds Ocean Alliance Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE CARNEGIE HALL CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds JUILLIARD SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds THE YOUNG MEN'S AND YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds SCHOOL OF AMERICAN BALLET INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC ↗
  • Who funds University of Michigan ↗
  • Who funds BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Marlboro School of Music Inc ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG AUDIENCES NEW YORK INC ↗
  • Who funds METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN ↗
  • Who funds SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION ↗
  • Who funds FOREIGN POLICY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE JEWISH MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds New York Historical Society ↗

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.

Jewish Communal FundNY17.6× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Malkin Fund Inc · John & Patricia Klingenstein Fund · Ibm International Foundation · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · The New York Community Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Chicago Community Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Renaissance Charitable 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 Morse Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Morse Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Horizons Inc: 39% of income from government
  • Epilepsy Foundation of America: 22% of income from government
  • Brandeis University: 9% of income from government
  • Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation: 7% of income from government
  • The Trustees of the Smith College: 1% of income from government
  • Bruce Museum Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Greenwich Hospital: 0% of income from government
  • Hands in for Youth Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Williams College: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
15report 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.
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Find your warmest path to Morse Family Foundation Inc 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.

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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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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