· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k9 grants · $34k
- $10k–50k12 grants · $211k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $155k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MYSTIC SEAPORT MUSEUM | $55,000 |
| MASS MOCA | $50,000 |
| CHURCH OF THE HEAVENLY REST | $50,000 |
| US WRESTLING FOUNDATION | $32,338 |
| TRIPLEX CINEMA | $25,000 |
| ONE MIND INSTITUTE | $25,000 |
| THE PUBLIC THEATER | $21,200 |
| BERKSHIRE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL | $20,000 |
| JACOB'S PILLOW | $17,175 |
| STOCKBRIDGE LIBRARY | $15,000 |
| LOWER EAST SIDE GIRLS CLUB | $15,000 |
| METROPOLIAN OPERA | $10,000 |
| DARTMOUTH COLLEGE | $10,000 |
| STUDIO IN A SCHOOL | $10,000 |
| BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $19k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, 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.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 8% of The John & Katherine Morris Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +23% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.
41 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2024, 23 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $61k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- NYNEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL8× · 2017–2024 · $326k · revenue +33%
- JPJACOB'S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL INC6× · 2018–2024 · $291k · revenue +119%
THE TRUSTEES OF MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE8× · 2017–2024 · $289k · revenue +21%
Funded once
- GWGREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION INCone grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue +14%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2022 · $86k
- FPFrancisco Park Conservancyone grant, 2018 · $25k · revenue -91%
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.
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.
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).
The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.
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…
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…
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
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…
The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.
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…
Dickinson college provides a useful, innovative and interdisciplinary education in the liberal arts and sciences to prepare students to lead rich and fulfilling lives of engaged global citizenship
The Frick Collection (the "Collection") operates an internationally recognized art museum and library program for the inspiration and enjoyment of the public and for the advancement of the study of fine arts and kindred subjects.
The metropolitan museum of art collects, studies, conserves, and presents significant works of art across all times and cultures in order to connect people to creativity, knowledge, and ideas.
The philadelphia museum of art - in partnership with the city, the region, and art museums around the globe - seeks to preserve, enhance, interpret, and extend the reach of its great collection in particular, and the visual arts in…
How this is measured
59 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. 59 of the 82 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 NEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL ↗
- Who funds JACOB'S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL INC ↗
- Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds MASSACHUSETTS MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Trustees of Dartmouth College ↗
- Who funds BERKSHIRE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL CORP ↗
- Who funds UNITED STATES WRESTLING FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MYSTIC SEAPORT MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds GREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK ↗
- Who funds SHELBURNE MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC ↗
- Who funds TRIPLEX CINEMA INC ↗
- Who funds NORMAN ROCKWELL MUSEUM AT STOCKBRIDGE INC ↗
- Who funds FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH AC 617405 ↗
- Who funds BLUE HILL HERITAGE TRUST ↗
- Who funds Francisco Park Conservancy ↗
- Who funds DEFY VENTURES INC ↗
- Who funds ONE MIND ↗
- Who funds STERLING AND FRANCINE CLARK ART INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds Museum of Modern Art ↗
- Who funds LOWER MANHATTAN CULTURAL COUNCIL INC ↗
- Who funds FRESH AIR FUND ↗
- Who funds MAHAIWE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds BERKSHIRE THEATRE GROUP INC ↗
- Who funds SUMMER SEARCH ↗
- Who funds BARRINGTON STAGE COMPANY INC ↗
- Who funds THE LOWER EAST SIDE GIRLS CLUB OF NEW YORK INC ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc · The Feigenbaum Foundation Inc · Berkshire Bank Foundation Inc · The Dobbins Foundation Co Michele Dodge Director · The Buchwald Family Foundation · Tavitian Foundation Inc · Jane and Jack Fitzpatrick Trust · Shoval Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Dr Robert C & Tina Sohn Foundation · Highland Street Connection and Subsidiaries
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The John & Katherine Morris Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The John & Katherine Morris Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Nonprofit Center of the Berkshires Inc: 18% of income from government
- Trustees of Tufts College: 13% of income from government
- Shelburne Museum Inc: 9% of income from government
- Raw Art Works Inc: 7% of income from government
- Mystic Seaport Museum Inc: 5% of income from government
- Discovery Schoolhouse Inc: 4% of income from government
- Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center Inc: 2% of income from government
- Hancock Shaker Village Inc: 1% of income from government
- Berkshire Theatre Group Inc: 1% of income from government
- The Trustees of Mount Holyoke College: 1% of income from government
- Norman Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge Inc: 1% of income from government
- Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Inc: 1% of income from government
- Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc: 0% of income from government
- Berkshire Garden Center Inc Dba Berkshire Botanical Garden Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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