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The Mori Family Foundation at a glance

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The Mori Family 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.

$69k
Granted FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k17 grants · $59k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$2,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$2.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LOS ANGELES MISSION INC$10,000
DENVER DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE$8,000
TURNING POINT USA INC$8,000
KINHAVEN MUSIC SCHOOL INC$8,000
ST JOHN VIANNEY CHURCH$8,000
BEST FRIENDS SANCTUARY$6,000
JUSTINS VOICE$5,000
EDEN TOWNSHIP JAPANESE COMMUNITY CENTER$2,000
WALNUT CREEK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$2,000
I AM THE RESCUE RANCH$2,000
SHELTER MUSIC BOSTON INC$2,000
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH USA$1,500
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH USA$1,500
EDEN TOWNSHIP JAPANESE COMMUNITY CENTER$1,000
GROTON HILL MUSIC INC$1,000
02The need
02

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%EDEN TOWNSHIP JAPANESE COMMUNITY CENTER: $2k → 10%EDEN TOWNSHIP JAPANESE COMMUNITY CENTER: $1k → 10%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.
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.

42%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$54k · 5 repeat orgs$75k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue 0% since the first grant, against -20% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
4

Total granted

$54k
$29k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
-20%

Still filing today

80%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 34% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $46k went to new ones.

50%100%’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’24’25
AnimalsArts & CultureHousing & ShelterEducationHealthHuman ServicesOther
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

  • LA
    LOS ANGELES MISSION INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $20k · revenue -5%
  • KM
    KINHAVEN MUSIC SCHOOL INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $18k · revenue -2%
  • WC
    WALNUT CREEK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
    2× · 2024–2025 · $7k

Funded once

  • SJ
    SAINT JOHN VIANNEY CHURCH
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
  • PA
    PERFORMING ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue -38%
  • ET
    EDEN TOWNSHIP JAPANESE COMMUNITY
    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
San Francisco Opera Association

We believe opera is a uniquely compelling, entertaining and emotionally thrilling art form. our mission is to bring together growing audiences to experience opera's transformative power.

Arts & Culture
2
Julian Gau Horizon Ensemble Inc

The mission of the Horizon Ensemble is to enrich the artistic and cultural lives of our communities of musicians and audiences through our orchestral concerts. We serve the community of the Boston area by providing accessible musical…

Arts & Culture
3
Santa Barbara Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Santa barbara humane operates two campuses located in santa barbara and santa maria providing care for community-owned and homeless animals. both campuses offer affordable high quality veterinary care, compassionate behavior training…

Animals
4
Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc

The mission of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) is to foster and maintain an organization dedicated to making music consonant with the highest aspirations of the musical art, creating performances and providing educational and training…

Arts & Culture
5
Emmanuel Music Inc

Emmanuel music engages with audiences and musicians to explore the enduring questions of our shared human experience, building on our core commitment to the music of j.s. bach. expanding on a 55-year plus tradition of weekly bach cantatas…

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6
Vanguard Concerts
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7
Winchester Orchestra of San Jose

The mission of the Winchester Orchestra is to experience and share the joy of playing orchestral music with the people of San Jose in a friendly and enjoyable concert atmosphere.

Arts & Culture
8
Hawaii Symphony Orchestra

To present the highest-quality performances of great music, bringing national and international distinction to the orchestra and its community; to delight and educate audiences of all ages and backgrounds, and enhance the cultural vitality…

Arts & Culture
9
Animal Care Sanctuary

Animal care sanctuary's lifesaving mission as a no kill organization envisions a community that promotes turning compassion into action for companion animals by: 1.) adopting healthy pet companions into loving homes. 2.) promoting the…

Animals
10
Kiss for Homeless Animals
Animals
11
The Morris Animal Refuge

Founded in 1874, the morris animal refuge is a pioneer in animal welfare. the philadelphia-based life saving organization is committed to adoption, education, and high-quality care with the goal of finding positive and humane outcomes for…

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12
J-Lo's Animal Rescue & Sanctuary in

Animal care and rescue

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Groton Hill Music Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Concord Orchestra Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

15 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. 15 of the 20 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/15
Grantees still filing
4/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SAINT JOHN VIANNEY CHURCH: $10,000 · OtherSAINT JOHN VIANNEY CHURCHST JOHN VIANNEY CHURCH: $8,000 · OtherST JOHN VIANNEY CHURCHTURNING POINT USA INC: $8,000 · OtherTURNING POINT USA INCWALNUT CREEK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $7,000 · OtherWALNUT CREEK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHEDEN TOWNSHIP JAPANESE COMMUNITY: $5,000 · OtherEDEN TOWNSHIP JAPANESE COMMUNITYPRESBYTERIAN CHURCH USA: $3,000 · OtherPRESBYTERIAN CHURCH USAESSEX COUNTY TRAIL ASSOCIATION INC: $2,000 · OtherPERFORMING ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY: $10,000 · AnimalsPERFORMING ANIMAL WELFA…DENVER DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE: $8,000 · AnimalsDENVER DUMB FRIENDS LEA…BEST FRIENDS SANCTUARY INC: $6,000 · AnimalsBEST FRIENDS SANCTUARY …I AM THE RESCUE RANCH: $2,000 · AnimalsI AM THE RESCUE RANCHTCC CAT RESCUE INC: $1,000 · AnimalsKINHAVEN MUSIC SCHOOL INC: $18,000 · Arts & CultureKINHAVEN MUSIC SCHOOL I…SHELTER MUSIC BOSTON INC: $7,000 · Arts & CultureSHELTER MUSIC BOSTON IN…GROTON HILL MUSIC INC: $1,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $500 · Arts & CultureLOS ANGELES MISSION INC: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterLOS ANGELES MISSI…JUSTIN'S VOICE JUSTIN SCOTT LUCCHESE FOUNDATION CORPORATION: $5,000 · HealthNISEI STUDENT RELOCATION COMMEMORATIVE FUND: $4,000 · EducationEden Township Japanese Community Center: $3,000 · Human Services
Other$43,000Animals$27,000Arts & Culture$26,500Housing & Shelter$20,000Health$5,000Education$4,000Human Services$3,000

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 budgetKINHAVEN MUSIC SCHOOL INC: $18,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPERFORMING ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDENVER DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHELTER MUSIC BOSTON INC: $7,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetBEST FRIENDS SANCTUARY INC: $6,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetNISEI STUDENT RELOCATION COMMEMORATIVE FUND: $4,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetEden Township Japanese Community Center: $3,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetESSEX COUNTY TRAIL ASSOCIATION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGROTON HILL MUSIC INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CONCORD ORCHESTRA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.5% 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.

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.

The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncNC8.8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Mori Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Mori Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2023
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 18%
  • Shelter Music Boston Inc: 18% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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.

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 20 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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