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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 FY2025still arriving
74
Grants FY2025still arriving
25
States reached
$129k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% 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
02FY2025 · 74 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k30 grants · $178k
  • $10k–50k37 grants · $526k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $520k
$10,000
Median grant
25
States reached
$4.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
POPULATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE$128,539
MAGIS INSTITUTE$127,047
LIFE LEGAL DEFENSE FOUNDATION$64,496
STTHOMAS AQUINAS CLASSICAL ACADEMY$50,000
RUTH INSTITUTE$50,000
OUR LADY OF CLEAR CREEK ABBEY$50,000
HAITI180$50,000
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CHURCH$35,000
FOOD FOR THE POOR$25,000
LIVE ACTION$25,000
DOMINICAN SISTERS OF MARY$20,000
COUNCIL OF CHRISTIAN RE-ENTRY MINISTRY$20,000
RELEVANT RADIO$20,000
THOMAS MORE LAW CENTER$20,000
THOMAS MORE SOCIETY$20,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $297k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 30% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%GUADALUPE HOPE SOCIETY: $15k → 8%HUMAN COALITION: $6k → 5%GOOD COUNSEL: $8k → 14%GUADALUPE HOPE SOCIETY: $13k → 8%HUMAN COALITION: $5k → 5%GUADALUPE HOPE SOCIETY: $12k → 8%OPTIONS UNITED: $6k → 14%HUMAN COALITION: $5k → 5%WOMEN'S SUPPORT CENTER OF MILWAUKEE: $3k → 17%GUADALUPE HOPE SOCIETY: $10k → 8%OPTIONS UNITED: $5k → 14%HUMAN COALITION: $5k → 5%LIFES CONNECTION: $15k → 5%GUADALUPE HOPE SOCIETY: $10k → 8%OPTIONS UNITED: $5k → 14%HUMAN COALITION: $5k → 5%LIFES CONNECTION: $11k → 5%GUADALUPE HOPE SOCIETY: $10k → 8%OPTIONS UNITED: $5k → 14%HUMAN COALITION: $3k → 5%LIFES CONNECTION: $10k → 5%GUADALUPE HOPE SOCIETY: $9k → 8%OPTIONS UNITED: $5k → 14%HUMAN COALITION: $3k → 5%LIFES CONNECTION: $10k → 5%GUADALUPE HOPE SOCIETY: $8k → 8%OPTIONS UNITED: $5k → 14%LIFES CONNECTION: $10k → 5%GUADALUPE HOPE SOCIETY: $7k → 8%LIFES CONNECTION: $8k → 5%LIFES CONNECTION: $8k → 5%OPTIONS UNITED: $3k → 14%LIFES CONNECTION: $5k → 5%OPTIONS UNITED: $3k → 14%GOOD COUNSEL: $10k → 17%LIFES CONNECTION: $5k → 5%GOOD COUNSEL: $10k → 17%GOOD COUNSEL: $8k → 17%GOOD COUNSEL: $8k → 17%GOOD COUNSEL: $8k → 17%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

NH
WA
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
WY
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CA
CO
NE
KY
VA
AZ
TN
SC
DC
OK
LA
AL
GA
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.9M · 79 repeat orgs$370k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +25% for those funded once.

79 repeat relationships: 55 still active in FY2025, 24 since wound down; 18 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

79
14

Total granted

$3.9M
$70k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+25%

Still filing today

47%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $300k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationReligionHealthCivil RightsInternationalOther
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

  • SC
    Spitzer-Magis Center FKA Magis Institute
    9× · 2017–2025 · $215k · revenue +68%
  • PR
    POPULATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $215k · revenue +14%
  • LL
    LIFE LEGAL DEFENSE FOUNDATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $137k · revenue +60%

Funded once

  • ST
    SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS HOUSE OF DISCERNMENT
    one grant, 2020 · $18k · revenue -63%
  • SA
    ST AUGUSTINE HOMESCHOOL ENRICHMENT PROGRAM
    one grant, 2022 · $6k
  • IF
    INSTITUTE FOR PAIENTS RIGHTS
    one grant, 2024 · $5k
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
The Human Choice of Iowa

Mission is to provide women facing an unplanned pregnancy with truthful medical information and education. we are faith-based with a mission to encourage, through education and outreach, the recognition of human life from the moment of…

Human Services
2
Pro-Life Wisconsin Inc

Defend the right to life of all citizens of our state, whether born or preborn, young, old, disabled, or terminally ill. we affirm that the right to life exists at the moment of fertilization and extends until natural death.

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3
Amnion Women's Center

Amnion's mission is to share the gospel of jesus christ and to protect and advocate for the sanctity of all human life, born and unborn, through the provision of abortion alternative services that empower mothers to choose life.

Health
4
Living His Life Abundantly International

To inform, instruct and inspire people through the media about the sacred scriptures and teachings of the roman catholic church

Religion
5
International Catholic Jurists Forum Inc

The International Catholic Jurists Forum (ICJF) was established to produce, compile, and share resources on fundamental human rights under attack in the regional and international human rights protection systems. It operates as a forum for…

Religion
6
Life Choice Center

To provide christian based outreach to clients by providing services and information free of charge to anyone in a crisis pregnancy situation, with the goal of assisting the client to carry the pregnancy to term and with continued care…

Health
7
Indiana Right to Life Incorporated

To educate the public about abortion

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8
Life Choice Crisis Pregnancy Center Inc

Pregnancy resource center (prc) exists to prevent abortions and provide eternal truth through evidence based medical services and the gospel of jesus christ.

Health
9
The Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies

The institute's mission is to conduct research on key issues facing society to help both the church and society deal thoughtfully with the major issues they face globally. the institute also sponsors and conducts research and scholarship…

Religion
10
Passionlife Ministries Inc

Passionlife ministries is a global missions initiative to spread the gospel of life and expand the pregnancy help movement among nations plagued by abortion, infanticide and gendercide.

Religion
11
Lifesource Ministries Inc

Christ-centered organization dedicated to empowering women with the truth and hope they need to choose life. develop and distribution of informational and educational materials.

Health
12
Mercy Health

Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Evidence Action; the most unlike its peers is Life Dynamics 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

55 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. 55 of the 112 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)
18
Early backer (in before they grew)
51/55
Grantees still filing
36/55
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CATHOLIC ANSWERS INC: $101,500 · OtherFELLOWSHIP OF CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY STUDENTS: $89,500 · OtherRUTH INSTITUTE: $86,500 · OtherDOMINICAN SISTERS OF MARY: $78,500 · OtherDAMASCUS INC: $85,000 · OtherTHOMAS MORE SOCIETY: $83,000 · Other+72 more: $1,626,800 · Other+72 moreSpitzer-Magis Center FKA Magis Institute: $215,047 · ReligionSpitzer-Magis Cen…THE DYNAMIC CATHOLIC INSTITUTE: $102,000 · ReligionTHE DYNAMIC CATHO…HAITI180 INC: $84,000 · ReligionHAITI180 INCIMMACULATE HEART MEDIA INC: $78,000 · ReligionIMMACULATE HEART …ETERNAL WORD TELEVISION NETWORK INC: $58,000 · ReligionETERNAL WORD TELE…SOPHIA INSTITUTE: $58,000 · ReligionSOPHIA INSTITUTEIMAGE TRINITY: $49,000 · ReligionIMAGE TRINITYArise Milwaukee Inc: $26,000 · ReligionJohn Paul The Great Catholic University: $75,000 · EducationJohn Paul T…THOMAS AQUINAS COLLEGE: $70,000 · EducationTHOMAS AQUI…CHRISTENDOM EDUCATIONAL CORPORATION: $70,000 · EducationCHRISTENDOM…JM EDUCATIONAL GROUP: $62,000 · EducationJM EDUCATIO…The Institute for the Psychological Sciences Inc: $51,500 · EducationThe Institu…HILLSDALE COLLEGE: $49,000 · EducationHILLSDALE C…Gibault Inc: $21,000 · EducationPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Education+2 more: $12,000 · EducationTHOMAS MORE LAW CENTER: $97,000 · Human ServicesTHOMAS MORE…GUADALUPE HOPE SOCIETY: $93,500 · Human ServicesGUADALUPE H…LIFE'S CONNECTION INC: $81,500 · Human ServicesLIFE'S CONN…GOOD COUNSEL INC: $51,000 · Human ServicesGOOD COUNSE…OPTIONS UNITED: $38,500 · Human ServicesOPTIONS UNI…HUMAN COALITION: $32,000 · Human ServicesHUMAN COALI…COVENANT HOUSE: $22,000 · Human Services+2 more: $13,000 · Human ServicesLIFE LEGAL DEFENSE FOUNDATION: $137,496 · Civil RightsLIVE ACTION: $117,000 · Civil RightsLIFE DYNAMICS INC: $43,000 · Civil RightsPOPULATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $214,539 · Social ScienceFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $84,600 · InternationalHUMAN LIFE INTERNATIONAL INC: $83,000 · International+1 more: $5,000 · International
Other$2,150,800Religion$670,047Education$430,500Human Services$428,500Civil Rights$297,496Social Science$214,539International$172,600

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

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 budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $49,000 over 5y, 0.0% 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 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.

  • Who funds Spitzer-Magis Center FKA Magis Institute ↗
  • Who funds POPULATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds LIFE LEGAL DEFENSE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LIVE ACTION ↗
  • Who funds THE DYNAMIC CATHOLIC INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC ANSWERS INC ↗
  • Who funds THOMAS MORE LAW CENTER ↗
  • Who funds GUADALUPE HOPE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds DAMASCUS INC ↗
  • Who funds FOOD FOR THE POOR INC ↗
  • Who funds HAITI180 INC ↗
  • Who funds THOMAS MORE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds HUMAN LIFE INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds LIFE'S CONNECTION INC ↗
  • Who funds IMMACULATE HEART MEDIA INC ↗
  • Who funds John Paul The Great Catholic University ↗
  • Who funds THOMAS AQUINAS COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTENDOM EDUCATIONAL CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds JM EDUCATIONAL GROUP ↗
  • Who funds ETERNAL WORD TELEVISION NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds SOPHIA INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds HOPE PREGNANCY SUPPORT CENTER ↗
  • Who funds The Institute for the Psychological Sciences Inc ↗
  • Who funds GOOD COUNSEL INC ↗
  • Who funds THE RUTH INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds IMAGE TRINITY ↗
  • Who funds HILLSDALE COLLEGE ↗

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 Foundati…Knights of Columbus C…Mercy Works FoundationRafael Madan & Lilian…Richard L Boland Love…Cousineau Family Char…The Charles and Mary …The Foundation of the…Knights of Columbus C…Mary's FoundationThe Turicchi Family F…Seidler Family Founda…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Moran Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Moran Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get 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 · 0–20%
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

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

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.

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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home