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Richard P & Claire W Morse Foundation at a glance

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Richard P & Claire W Morse 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.

$452k
Granted FY2022
16
Grants FY2022
3
States reached
$125k
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, FY2020 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$476kHealth$329kEducation$36kCivil Rights$30kInternational$15kPhilanthropy$10kHousing & Shelter$5kYouth Development$5kOther$0
02FY2022 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k10 grants · $12k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $65k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $375k
$1,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$9.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Dana Farber Cancer Institute$125,000
Museum of Fine Arts Boston$125,000
Boston Symphony Orchestra$125,000
WBUR Boston University Radio$25,000
WGBH Educational Fdn (Ralph Lowell SociETY)$25,000
Wellesley College$15,000
Brookline Community Foundation$5,000
Brandeis University$1,000
American Museum of Fly Fishing Inc$1,000
Adolescent Consultation Services Inc$1,000
Trout Unlimited Coldwater Conservation Fund$1,000
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum$1,000
Country Club Employee Education Fund Inc$1,000
Marthas Vineyard Community Services Inc$250
Beth Israel-Deaconess Medical Center$250
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 (FY22–22, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%Adolescent Consultation Services Inc: $1k → 8%Marthas Vineyard Community Services Inc: $250 → 8%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.
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.

67%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$603k · 9 repeat orgs$302k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +47% since the first grant, against +45% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2022, 0 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
27

Total granted

$603k
$175k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+47%
+45%

Still filing today

56%
81%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $127k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22
HealthEducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesCivil RightsEnvironmentOther
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

  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc
    2× · 2021–2022 · $226k · revenue +62%
  • ISABELLA STEWART GARDNER MUSEUM INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $2k · revenue +28%
  • AC
    ADOLESCENT CONSULTATION SERVICES INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $2k · revenue +57%

Funded once

  • BW
    Brigham & Women's Hospital
    one grant, 2021 · $100k
  • AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEEgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $15k · revenue +111%
  • AL
    ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUEgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $15k · revenue +34%
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
Mass General Brigham Incorporated & Affiliates Group Return

Mass general brigham incorporated is developing an integrated health care delivery system throughout the region that offers patients a continuum of coordinated, high-quality care.

Health
2
Trustees of Boston College

Mission strengthened by more than a century and a half of dedication to academic excellence, boston college commits itself to the highest standards of teaching and research in undergraduate, graduate and professional programs and to the…

Education
3
Bentley University

Organization's mission bentley university believes good business can impact more than the bottom line - it can change the world. bentley is a community of future business leaders who will deliver value in the marketplace and lasting…

Education
4
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
5
The Broad Institute Inc

The mission of the broad institute is to propel progress in biomedicine, through research aimed at the understanding and treatment of disease and the dissemination of scientific knowledge to the scientific community to benefit the public.…

Health
6
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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7
Trustees of Boston University

Organization's mission: boston university is an international, comprehensive, private research university, committed to educating students to be reflective, resourceful individuals ready to live, adapt, and lead in an interconnected world.…

—
8
Mass General Brigham Incorporated

Patient care, teaching, research and serving the community.

Health
9
Joslin Clinic Inc

To provide the highest quality specialty medical care to patients with diabetes and diabetes related conditions and to search for a cure.

Health
10
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
11
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
12
Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary

THE MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY ("THE INFIRMARY") IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT TEACHING HOSPITAL CONDUCTING PATIENT CARE AND RESEARCH. THE INFIRMARY IS A TEACHING HOSPITAL OF HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL AND AN INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH.…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New England Conservatory of Music; the most unlike its peers is Brookline Multi Service Center Corp Center Corporation. 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, 2017–2026.

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. 33 of the 43 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/33
Grantees still filing
26/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Museum of Fine Arts Boston: $240,000 · OtherMuseum of Fine Arts BostonBrigham & Women's Hospital: $100,000 · OtherBrigham & Women's HospitalWGBH Educational Fdn (Ralph Lowell SociETY): $50,000 · OtherWGBH Educational Fdn (Ralph Lowell SociETY)WBUR Boston University Radio: $50,000 · OtherWBUR Boston University Radio+17 more: $16,500 · OtherDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $225,500 · HealthDana-Farber Cancer Institute I…PARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $15,000 · HealthPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT…+4 more: $3,850 · HealthBOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $125,000 · Arts & CultureBOSTON SYMPHONY …+4 more: $7,000 · Arts & CultureWellesley College: $30,000 · EducationTHE ROXBURY LATIN SCHOOL: $2,500 · EducationNEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC: $2,250 · EducationBRANDEIS UNIVERSITY: $2,000 · Education+3 more: $2,250 · EducationAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $15,000 · Civil RightsANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $15,000 · Civil RightsBROOKLINE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyROSIE'S PLACE INC: $5,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$456,500Health$244,350Arts & Culture$132,000Education$39,000Civil Rights$30,000Philanthropy$10,000Housing & Shelter$5,000

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 budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $225,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $125,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWellesley College: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBROOKLINE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetROSIE'S PLACE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF BOSTON INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGRAND TETON MUSIC FESTIVAL INC: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ROXBURY LATIN SCHOOL: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC: $2,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetISABELLA STEWART GARDNER MUSEUM INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetADOLESCENT CONSULTATION SERVICES INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBRANDEIS UNIVERSITY: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER INC: $1,350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPROTECT OUR WATER JACKSON HOLE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetATHLETES UNLIMITED NEWTON MA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF FLY FISHING INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBROOKLINE MULTI SERVICE CENTER CORP CENTER CORPORATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJOSLIN DIABETES CENTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Brookline Library Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE COUNTRY CLUB EMPLOYEE EDUCATION FUND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRIVERSIDE COMMUNITY CARE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSIC FOR FOOD INC: $500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTETON RAPTOR CENTER: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetProject STEP Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARK SCHOOL CORPORATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTRAY PETS IN NEED OF MA INC: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $150 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.

Boston Foundation IncCombined Jewish Phila…Eastern Bank Foundati…Aquidneck FoundationThe Hamilton Company …Bny Mellon Charitable…National Philanthropi…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Jewish Communal FundAmerican Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…
Boston Foundation IncMA19.5× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Aquidneck Foundation · The Hamilton Company Charitable Foundation · Bny Mellon Charitable Gift Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Richard P & Claire W Morse Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Richard P & Claire W Morse Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Brandeis University: 9% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Martha's Vineyard Community Services Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Wellesley College: 1% of income from government
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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 43 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $372k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2022, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
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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