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The Moran 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.

$1.2M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
74
Grants FY2025
64
Organizations funded FY2024
13%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$128,539
Organizations funded a year
56 to 64
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
25
Total assets, FY2025
$4.3M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 13% of the organizations The Moran Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $39k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
ReligionHuman ServicesEducationHousing & ShelterHealthOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving73$1.2M25%
FY202464$479k13%
FY202356$384k4%
FY202260$392k3%
FY202161$529k7%
FY202059$417k7%
FY201959$326k8%
FY201860$305k10%
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Religion$1.6MEducation$578kHuman Services$381kCivil Rights$379kInternational$328kHealth$324kSocial Science$272kCrime & Legal$137kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Spitzer-Magis Center FKA Magis Institute$215,04795%
Population Research Institute Inc$214,53999%
Life Legal Defense Foundation$137,49692%
Live Action$117,00090%
The Dynamic Catholic Institute$102,00090%
Catholic Answers Inc$101,50090%
Thomas More Law Center$97,00092%
Guadalupe Hope Society$93,500913%
Fellowship of Catholic University Students$89,5009n/a
Damascus Inc$85,00090%
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All grantees of The Moran Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Spitzer-Magis Center FKA Magis Institute$215,04795%
Population Research Institute Inc$214,53999%
Life Legal Defense Foundation$137,49692%
Live Action$117,00090%
The Dynamic Catholic Institute$102,00090%
Catholic Answers Inc$101,50090%
Thomas More Law Center$97,00092%
Guadalupe Hope Society$93,500913%
Fellowship of Catholic University Students$89,5009n/a
Damascus Inc$85,00090%
Food for the Poor Inc$84,60090%
Haiti180 Inc$84,00064%
Thomas More Society$83,00090%
Human Life International Inc$83,00090%
Life's Connection Inc$81,50092%
Immaculate Heart Media Inc$78,00090%
John Paul The Great Catholic University$75,00090%
Thomas Aquinas College$70,00090%
Christendom Educational Corporation$70,00090%
Jm Educational Group$62,00091%
National Catholic Bioethics Center$61,5009n/a
Eternal Word Television Network Inc$58,00070%
Sophia Institute$58,00080%
Hope Pregnancy Support Center$53,00092%
The Institute for the Psychological Sciences Inc$51,50070%
Good Counsel Inc$51,00060%
The Ruth Institute$50,000110%
St Thomas Aquinas Classical Academy$50,0001n/a
Image Trinity$49,00088%
Apostolate for Family Consecration$47,5009n/a
Catholic Near East Welfare Assoc Inc$45,0009n/a
Life Dynamics Inc$43,00084%
Center for Bio - Ethical Reform$42,00091%
Family Life Council Inc$40,000914%
Nashville Rescue Mission$40,00090%
Sacred Heart Apostolic School Inc$39,0006n/a
Options United$38,50092%
Human Coalition$32,00070%
Priests for Life$29,00050%
Cardinal Newman Society for the Preservation of Catholic Hgr Ed$27,00080%
Arise Milwaukee Inc$26,00036%
Juan Diego Society Inc$25,5004n/a
Gratia Plena Institute Inc$24,5003n/a
Covenant House$22,00050%
Gibault Inc$21,00060%
Prager University Foundation$20,00040%
Saint Thomas Aquinas House of Discernment$17,5001n/a
Semper K9 Assistance Dogs$16,00071%
Creative Catholic Works Inc$15,0004n/a
Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists$15,00011%
Friends of Our Lady Seat of Wisdom$12,0001n/a
Catholic World Mission Inc$12,0003n/a
St Pauls Outreach Inc$11,0002n/a
Miscarriage Mothers & Others Inc$10,0002n/a
Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation Inc$10,00020%
Institute for Patients' Rights Inc$6,0001n/a
St Augustine Homeschool Enrichment Program$6,0001n/a
Wisconsin Right to Life Education Fund$5,00010%
St John Xxiii Foundation$5,0001n/a
Lovex2$5,0001n/a
Catholic Charities of East Tennessee Inc$5,00010%
Divine Mercy Eucharistic Society$5,0002n/a
Dismas Ministry Inc$5,00011%
Kaitlyn's Cottage Inc$5,00018%
Evidence Action$5,0001n/a
Aid to the Church in Need Inc$5,0001n/a
Team Rubicon Inc$5,0001n/a
Womens Support Centers of Milwaukee Inc$3,00011%
Youth Guidance$2,00010%
Hannahs Hope Inc$2,00011%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 41 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Moran Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSpitzer-Magis Center FKA Magis Institute: $215,047 over 9y, 5.3% of budgetPopulation Research Institute Inc: $214,539 over 9y, 8.7% of budgetLife Legal Defense Foundation: $137,496 over 9y, 1.9% of budgetLive Action: $117,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetThe Dynamic Catholic Institute: $102,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCatholic Answers Inc: $101,500 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetThomas More Law Center: $97,000 over 9y, 1.9% of budgetGuadalupe Hope Society: $93,500 over 9y, 13% of budgetDamascus Inc: $85,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetFood for the Poor Inc: $84,600 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetHaiti180 Inc: $84,000 over 6y, 3.8% of budgetThomas More Society: $83,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetHuman Life International Inc: $83,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetLife's Connection Inc: $81,500 over 9y, 2.2% of budgetImmaculate Heart Media Inc: $78,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetJohn Paul The Great Catholic University: $75,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetThomas Aquinas College: $70,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetChristendom Educational Corporation: $70,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetJm Educational Group: $62,000 over 9y, 1.2% of budgetEternal Word Television Network Inc: $58,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSophia Institute: $58,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetHope Pregnancy Support Center: $53,000 over 9y, 2.5% of budgetThe Institute for the Psychological Sciences Inc: $51,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetGood Counsel Inc: $51,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetThe Ruth Institute: $50,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetImage Trinity: $49,000 over 8y, 8.0% of budgetLife Dynamics Inc: $43,000 over 8y, 4.2% of budgetCenter for Bio - Ethical Reform: $42,000 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetFamily Life Council Inc: $40,000 over 9y, 14% of budgetNashville Rescue Mission: $40,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetOptions United: $38,500 over 9y, 2.4% of budgetHuman Coalition: $32,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPriests for Life: $29,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCardinal Newman Society for the Preservation of Catholic Hgr Ed: $27,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetArise Milwaukee Inc: $26,000 over 3y, 6.1% of budgetCovenant House: $22,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGibault Inc: $21,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPrager University Foundation: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSemper K9 Assistance Dogs: $16,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetAssociation of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists: $15,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMarine Corps Scholarship Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWisconsin Right to Life Education Fund: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCatholic Charities of East Tennessee Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDismas Ministry Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetKaitlyn's Cottage Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 8.0% of budgetWomens Support Centers of Milwaukee Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetYouth Guidance: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHannahs Hope Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 48.

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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.

G L Connolly FoundationCA26.3× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: G L Connolly Foundation · Knights of Columbus Charitable Fund Inc · Mercy Works Foundation · Rafael Madan & Lilian Casas Foundation · Richard L Boland Love for Life Foundation Inc · Cousineau Family Charity · The Charles and Mary Crossed Foundation · The Foundation of the Catholic Diocese of Columbus · Knights of Columbus Charities Inc · Mary's Foundation · The Turicchi Family Foundation · Seidler Family 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.

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How do I get to The Moran Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Moran 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.

About The Moran Foundation

How much does The Moran Foundation give?
The Moran Foundation reported 74 grants totaling $1,224,082 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 56 and 64 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Moran Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (37%), Education (13%), Human Services (9%).
Who are The Moran Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Spitzer-Magis Center FKA Magis Institute ($215k), Population Research Institute Inc ($215k), Life Legal Defense Foundation ($137k).
Does The Moran Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Moran 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 Moran Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include G L Connolly Foundation, Knights of Columbus Charitable Fund Inc, Mercy Works Foundation.
Where is The Moran Foundation based?
The Moran Foundation is based in NV.

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 112 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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