Colorado · Public charity
The Morgan Adams Foundation
To fund critically needed pediatric oncology research
- $1.3M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $1.2M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $43,822
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,007,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 5
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.2M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 40% of the organizations The Morgan Adams Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $105k 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 | 5 | $1.2M | 80% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $1.0M | 40% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $977k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $870k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $663k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $588k | 60% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $500k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $682k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Hospital Colorado | $5,515,500 | 8 | 0% |
| University of California San Francisco Foundation | $225,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Essen Bioscience | $151,926 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Texas Health Science Center Houston | $120,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Tough2gether Foundation | $80,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Arms Wide Open Childhood Cancer Foundation | $47,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $43,822 | 1 | n/a |
| The Osteosarcoma Institute | $38,519 | 1 | 1% |
| Riley Children's Foundation | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Hospital Colorado | $5,515,500 | 8 | 0% |
| University of California San Francisco Foundation | $225,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Essen Bioscience | $151,926 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Texas Health Science Center Houston | $120,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Tough2gether Foundation | $80,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Arms Wide Open Childhood Cancer Foundation | $47,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $43,822 | 1 | n/a |
| The Osteosarcoma Institute | $38,519 | 1 | 1% |
| Riley Children's Foundation | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dovenmuehle Mtge Inc Servicer for Colorado Housing & Finance Authority | $19,636 | 2 | n/a |
| Cops Fighting Cancer | $10,000 | 1 | 21% |
| Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Colorado Foundation | $6,500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($94k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Morgan Adams Foundation supplied at peak.
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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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About The Morgan Adams Foundation
- How much does The Morgan Adams Foundation give?
- The Morgan Adams Foundation reported 5 itemized grants totaling $1,170,841, out of $1,270,808 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 5 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Morgan Adams Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (99%), Human Services (1%), Housing & Shelter (0%).
- Who are The Morgan Adams Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Children's Hospital Colorado ($5.5M), University of California San Francisco Foundation ($225k), Essen Bioscience ($152k).
- Does The Morgan Adams Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Morgan Adams Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is The Morgan Adams Foundation based?
- The Morgan Adams Foundation is based in CO.
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