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Ron Morris Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$100k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$338kAnimals$65kReligion$55kEducation$16kFood & Nutrition$13kHuman Services$11kPublic Benefit$10kScience & Tech$5k
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $20k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $30k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$3,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SARASOTA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$50,000
ANIMAL RESCUE COALITION$20,000
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$10,000
ST JUDE CHILDRENS RESEARCH HOSPITAL$5,000
TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$5,000
ALL FAITHS FOOD BANK$3,000
JUDICIAL WATCH$3,000
THE SALVATION ARMY$1,000
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$1,000
TIDWELL HOSPICE FOUNDATION$1,000
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$1,000
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 (FY20–24, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, 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%CADMUS LIFESHARING ASSOCIATION: $1k → 12%COVENANT HOUSE: $1k → 13%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $5k → 14%CADMUS LIFESHARING ASSOCIATION: $1k → 12%COVENANT HOUSE: $500 → 13%CADMUS LIFESHARING ASSOCIATION: $1k → 12%COVENANT HOUSE: $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

NY
MA
PA
VA
MD
TN
DC
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$499k · 11 repeat orgs$14k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against +38% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
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Total granted

$499k
$12k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+38%

Still filing today

73%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesEducationAnimalsFood & NutritionPublic BenefitOther
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

  • AR
    Animal Rescue Coalition Inc
    6× · 2020–2025 · $65k · revenue +266%
  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    5× · 2020–2025 · $30k · revenue +78%
  • STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION
    3× · 2023–2025 · $15k · revenue +50%

Funded once

  • MOTE MARINE LABORATORY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +51%
  • WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +24%
  • TC
    THE CAMPHILL SCHOOL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $1k · revenue +38%
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
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
2
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
3
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

To cure cf and provide all people with cf the opportunity to lead long, fulfilling lives by funding research and drug development, partnering with the cf community, and advancing high-quality, specialized care.

Health
4
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

The aspca's mission, as stated by founder henry bergh in 1866, is "to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the united states." the aspca was founded on the belief that animals are entitled to kind and…

Animals
5
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
6
Target Als Foundation Inc

Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…

Education
7
American Lung Association

The american lung association's mission is to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease. we do this through education, advocacy, and research.

Health
8
American College of Surgeons

The american college of surgeons is dedicated to improving the care of the surgical patient and to safeguarding standards of care in an optimal and ethical practice environment.

Education
9
American Institute for Cancer Research

Aicr champions the latest and most authoritative scientific research from around the world on cancer prevention and survival through diet, weight and physical activity, so that we can help people make informed lifestyle choices to reduce…

Health
10
The Jackson Laboratory

The purposes of the laboratory are scientific, medical, charitable, and educational. our mission is to discover precise genomic solutions for disease and empower the biomedical community.

Health
11
American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities Inc

American lebanese syrian associated charities, inc. (alsac) was founded in 1957 and exists solely to raise funds and build awareness to sustain and grow the mission of st. jude children's research hospital, inc. to advance cures, and means…

Religion
12
Virtua Medical Group Pa

The physicians of virtua medical group (vmg) share a common philosophy in all they do: to create an outstanding experience for patients. in a broad range of specialties, from family medicine to surgery to oncology, vmg's highly-trained…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wounded Warrior Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is Mote Marine Laboratory 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

13 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. 13 of the 17 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
10/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SARASOTA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $300,000 · OtherSARASOTA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONFIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $54,500 · OtherFIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH+3 more: $9,800 · OtherAnimal Rescue Coalition Inc: $65,000 · AnimalsAnimal Rescue …ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $30,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $2,000 · Health+2 more: $1,500 · HealthSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $15,000 · EducationTHE CAMPHILL SCHOOL INC: $1,000 · EducationALL FAITHS FOOD BANK INC: $13,250 · Food & NutritionJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $10,000 · Public BenefitWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesCADMUS LIFESHARING ASSOCIATION INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSE FLORIDA INC: $2,000 · Human Services
Other$364,300Animals$65,000Health$33,500Education$16,000Food & Nutrition$13,250Public Benefit$10,000Human Services$10,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAnimal Rescue Coalition Inc: $65,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $30,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetALL FAITHS FOOD BANK INC: $13,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $10,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMOTE MARINE LABORATORY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCADMUS LIFESHARING ASSOCIATION INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE FLORIDA INC: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CAMPHILL SCHOOL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAMPHILL VILLAGE USA INC: $500 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.

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Cadmus Lifesharing Association Inc: 78% of income from government
  • Mote Marine Laboratory Inc: 4% of income from government
  • All Faiths Food Bank Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Covenant House Florida Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Animal Rescue Coalition Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 17 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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