California · Private foundation
The Morf 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.
- $3.7M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2024
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $150,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 15
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $7.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 13% of the organizations The Morf Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k 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 | 13 | $3.7M | 31% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $2.0M | 13% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $1.9M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $5.5M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $4.6M | 13% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $5.2M | 7% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $3.8M | 8% |
| FY2017 | 14 | $6.0M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Film Foundation Inc | $3,750,000 | 8 | 36% |
| Children's Hospital Los Angeles | $2,900,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Pablove Foundation Inc | $1,950,000 | 5 | 30% |
| La Family Housing Corporation | $1,300,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Bfi America | $1,250,000 | 5 | 56% |
| Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc | $1,000,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Motion Picture and Television Fund | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1% |
| New York University | $1,000,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Los Angeles Philharmonic Association | $898,719 | 8 | 0% |
| Directors Guild Foundation | $725,000 | 8 | 30% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Film Foundation Inc | $3,750,000 | 8 | 36% |
| Children's Hospital Los Angeles | $2,900,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Pablove Foundation Inc | $1,950,000 | 5 | 30% |
| La Family Housing Corporation | $1,300,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Bfi America | $1,250,000 | 5 | 56% |
| Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc | $1,000,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Motion Picture and Television Fund | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1% |
| New York University | $1,000,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Los Angeles Philharmonic Association | $898,719 | 8 | 0% |
| Directors Guild Foundation | $725,000 | 8 | 30% |
| Human Rights Watch Inc | $425,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The American Film Institute | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Emergency Assistance Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Friends of the Royal Foundation of the Prince and Princess of Wales | $100,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Michigan Theater Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The School for Ethics and Global Leadership | $40,000 | 1 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($16M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Morf Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 16 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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.
Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About The Morf Foundation
- How much does The Morf Foundation give?
- The Morf Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $3,690,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 15 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Morf Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (27%), Health (15%), Civil Rights (8%).
- Who are The Morf Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Film Foundation Inc ($3.8M), Children's Hospital Los Angeles ($2.9M), Pablove Foundation Inc ($1.9M).
- Does The Morf Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Morf 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 Morf Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Morf Foundation based?
- The Morf Foundation is based in CA.
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