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The Jess and Palma Morgan Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The Jess and Palma Morgan Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$318k
Granted FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Housing & Shelter$345kHealth$270kHuman Services$215kEducation$130kScience & Tech$90kCivil Rights$70kFood & Nutrition$65kArts & Culture$60kOther$0
02FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k16 grants · $310k
$20,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$5.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES$40,000
GRIFFITH OBSERVATORY FOUNDATION$25,000
FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION$25,000
CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER$25,000
SAFE PLACE FOR YOUTH$22,500
FRIENDLY HOUSE$22,500
THE PASADENA PLAYHOUSE STATE THEATRE OF CALIFORNIA$20,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES$20,000
HAVE A SOLE$20,000
LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK$20,000
DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER$17,500
JACK & JILL LATE STAGE CANCER FOUNDATION$12,500
THE MIDNIGHT MISSION$10,000
SHOMREI TORAH SYNAGOGUE$10,000
CASA OF LOS ANGELES$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $298k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $20k → 14%DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $18k → 14%DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $18k → 14%DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $15k → 14%UNION RESCUE MISSION: $5k → 14%THE GIVING SPIRIT: $20k → 14%THE GIVING SPIRIT: $15k → 14%THE GIVING SPIRIT: $15k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES: $20k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES: $20k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES: $20k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES: $15k → 14%SAFE PLACE FOR YOUTH: $23k → 14%THE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $10k → 14%SAFE PLACE FOR YOUTH: $20k → 14%THE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $10k → 14%SAFE PLACE FOR YOUTH: $20k → 14%THE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $5k → 14%SAFE PLACE FOR YOUTH: $10k → 14%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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 21 repeat orgs$15k to everyone else

21 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
3

Total granted

$1.3M
$15k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+52%

Still filing today

81%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthCivil RightsScience & TechEducationArts & CultureOther
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

  • CH
    Children's Hospital Los Angeles
    4× · 2021–2024 · $145k · revenue +34%
  • FH
    FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $115k · revenue +43%
  • CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER
    4× · 2021–2024 · $100k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • UR
    UNION RESCUE MISSIONgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +52%
  • SF
    SAN FERNANDO VALLEY RESCUE MISSION
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • LA
    LOS ANGELES MISSION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · 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
Interval House

The mission of the organization is to ensure safety and stability for people who are battered, abused, homeless or at risk; to create public awareness about the epidemic of violence; and to mobilize the community to prevent violence and…

Human Services
2
Union Station Homeless Services

We work to end homelessness through housing solutions, supportive services, and connection to community. we advocate for equitable and just systems that ensure all individuals and families will have a safe place they can call home.

Human Services
3
Pasadena Hospital Association Ltd

Huntington Health stands for community. We stand for compassion. But more than anything, Huntington stands for health. Providing world-class health care is our specialty, and it's what we've been doing for the San Gabriel Valley since…

Health
4
The Center in Hollywood

The center provides a place of community to end isolation, build relationships, and introduce housing, health and wellness services to adult individuals experiencing homelessness in hollywood. it contracts with public and non-profit grant…

Human Services
5
Mercy House Living Centers

Mercy house's most significant exempt activities focus on ending homelessness and providing comprehensive housing and support services. the organization offers homeless prevention, rapid rehousing, permanent supportive housing, and…

Housing & Shelter
6
Sutter Bay Hospitals

MISSION STATEMENT: MISSION: CARING FOR OUR PATIENTS FIRST AND OUR PEOPLE ALWAYS. VISION: TO BE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED AND CONNECTED HEALTH SYSTEM FOR GETTING AND STAYING WELL. VALUES: EXCELLENCE - We deliver high-quality,…

Health
7
The Anti-Recidivism Coalition

The anti-recidivism coalition (arc) works to end mass incarceration in california. to ensure our communities are safe, healthy, and whole, arc empowers formerly and currently incarcerated people to thrive by providing a support network,…

Crime & Legal
8
Southern California University of Health Sciences

The mission of southern california university of health sciences (scu) is to educate students as competent, caring and successful practitioners of integrative healthcare. the university is committed to providing excellence in academics,…

Education
9
Didi Hirsch Psychiatric Service

The roots of the los angeles didi hirsch psychiatric service dba didi hirsch mental health services ("dhmhs") extend back to the 1930s, when a group of women funded psychiatric care for people whose lives were devastated by the depression.…

Health
10
Usc Arcadia Hospital Foundation

Mission statement the mission of usc arcadia hospital foundation educates and inspires the community to generously support quality medical care at usc arcadia hospital.

Health
11
The San Francisco Particular Council of the Society of St Vincent De Paul

The mission of the st. vincent de paul society of san francisco (svdp-sf) is to offer hope and service on a direct person-to-person basis, working to break the cycles of homelessness and domestic violence.

Human Services
12
Housing Works

Our mission is to create housing and service options that model, with respect and dignity, sustainable, environmentally sensitive, affordable communities for people of limited resources.

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Safe Place for Youth Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Giving Spirit. 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

21 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. 21 of the 26 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
16/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $115,000 · OtherFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INCFRIENDLY HOUSE: $77,500 · OtherFRIENDLY HOUSELOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $65,000 · OtherLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANKIndividual grant recipient: $32,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientHAMAKOM: $30,000 · OtherHAMAKOMJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE LA: $25,000 · OtherJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE LATHE PROMISES FOUNDATION ATTN BRYAN MOELLER CHAIRMAN: $55,000 · OtherTHE PROMISES FOUNDATION ATTN BRYAN…+2 more: $10,000 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES INC: $75,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS A…SAFE PLACE FOR YOUTH INC: $72,500 · Human ServicesSAFE PLACE FOR YOUTH INCDOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $70,000 · Human ServicesDOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTERTHE GIVING SPIRIT: $50,000 · Human ServicesTHE GIVING SPIRITHOPE THE MISSION: $35,000 · Human ServicesHOPE THE MISSIONTHE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $25,000 · Human ServicesTHE MIDNIGHT MISSION+1 more: $5,000 · Human ServicesChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $145,000 · HealthChildren's Hospital Lo…CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $100,000 · HealthCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL C…THE JACK AND JILL LATE STAGE CANCER FOUNDATION: $25,000 · HealthTHE JACK AND JILL LATE…STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $60,000 · EducationSTEPHEN SI…THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $50,000 · EducationTHE BOARD …UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $20,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY…GRIFFITH OBSERVATORY FOUNDATION: $90,000 · Science & TechHav A Sole: $40,000 · Civil RightsCASA OF LOS ANGELES: $30,000 · Civil RightsTHE PASADENA PLAYHOUSE STATE THEATRE OF CALIFORNIA INC: $60,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$410,000Human Services$332,500Health$270,000Education$130,000Science & Tech$90,000Civil Rights$70,000Arts & Culture$60,000

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 budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $145,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $115,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $100,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGRIFFITH OBSERVATORY FOUNDATION: $90,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES INC: $75,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSAFE PLACE FOR YOUTH INC: $72,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetDOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $70,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $65,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PASADENA PLAYHOUSE STATE THEATRE OF CALIFORNIA INC: $60,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE PROMISES FOUNDATION ATTN BRYAN MOELLER CHAIRMAN: $55,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GIVING SPIRIT: $50,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetHav A Sole: $40,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetHOPE THE MISSION: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCASA OF LOS ANGELES: $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE JACK AND JILL LATE STAGE CANCER FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetTHE MIDNIGHT MISSION: $25,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNION RESCUE MISSION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES MISSION INC: $5,000 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.

National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…American Endowment Fo…Paypal Charitable Giv…Network for GoodFidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA10.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 The Jess and Palma Morgan Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Jess and Palma Morgan 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%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Jess and Palma Morgan Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Jess and Palma Morgan Foundation 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.

    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 26 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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