Massachusetts · Private foundation
The John & Katherine Morris 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.
- $399k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 24
- Grants FY2024
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $55,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 32
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 9
- Total assets, FY2024
- $7.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 29% of the organizations The John & Katherine Morris Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $65k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 23 | $389k | 22% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $303k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 29 | $498k | 31% |
| FY2021 | 32 | $348k | 28% |
| FY2020 | 29 | $424k | 38% |
| FY2019 | 22 | $400k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $419k | 68% |
| FY2017 | 16 | $181k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York Shakespeare Festival | $325,550 | 8 | 0% |
| Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Inc | $290,575 | 6 | 1% |
| The Trustees of Mount Holyoke College | $288,535 | 8 | 0% |
| Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Foundation Inc | $255,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Berkshire International Film Festival Corp | $149,500 | 8 | 7% |
| United States Wrestling Foundation | $138,292 | 7 | 10% |
| Mystic Seaport Museum Inc | $111,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Shelburne Museum Inc | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc | $53,034 | 4 | 0% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($646k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The John & Katherine Morris Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 56 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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
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About The John & Katherine Morris Foundation
- How much does The John & Katherine Morris Foundation give?
- The John & Katherine Morris Foundation reported 24 grants totaling $399,213 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 32 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The John & Katherine Morris Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (52%), Education (22%), Recreation & Sports (6%).
- Who are The John & Katherine Morris Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: New York Shakespeare Festival ($326k), Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Inc ($291k), The Trustees of Mount Holyoke College ($289k).
- Does The John & Katherine Morris Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The John & Katherine Morris Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The John & Katherine Morris Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc, The Feigenbaum Foundation Inc, Berkshire Bank Foundation Inc.
- Where is The John & Katherine Morris Foundation based?
- The John & Katherine Morris Foundation is based in MA.
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