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The Morrell Foundation at a glance

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The Morrell 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.

$3k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$750
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.

Health$2kAnimals$2kEnvironment$2kHuman Services$2kPublic Safety & Disaster$750Civil Rights$500Recreation & Sports$250
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$750
Median grant
2
States reached
$84k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THINGS OF MY VERY OWN INC$750
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND$750
AMERICAN RED CROSS$750
THE COMMUNITY HOSPICE FOUNDATION$750
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 (FY22–25, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 67% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%THINGS OF MY VERY OWN INC: $750 → 12%THE COMMUNITY HOSPICE FOUNDATION: $750 → 14%THINGS OF MY VERY OWN INC: $750 → 12%THE COMMUNITY HOSPICE FOUNDATION: $750 → 14%THE COMMUNITY HOSPICE FOUNDATION: $500 → 14%THE COMMUNITY HOSPICE FOUNDATION: $250 → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $750 → 14%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.

61%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6k · 3 repeat orgs$4k to everyone else

3 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
6

Total granted

$6k
$3k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+10%
+19%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $750 went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25
AnimalsHuman ServicesEnvironmentHealthCivil RightsOther
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

  • TC
    THE COMMUNITY HOSPICE FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $2k · revenue +10%
  • ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED
    3× · 2022–2025 · $2k · revenue +56%
  • TO
    THINGS OF MY VERY OWN INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $2k · revenue -11%

Funded once

  • LF
    LICKING FOR LOVE INC
    one grant, 2024 · $750
  • HW
    Humane World for Animals Inc
    one grant, 2023 · $500 · revenue +19%
  • PR
    PUPSTARZ RESCUE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $500 · revenue +78%
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
St Clouds Rescue
Animals
2
Humane World for Animals International

HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS INTERNATIONAL, FKA HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL (HSI), works around the globe to promote the human-animal bond, rescue and protect dogs and cats, improve farm animal welfare, protect wildlife, promote animal-free…

Animals
3
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

The aspca's mission, as stated by founder henry bergh in 1866, is "to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the united states." the aspca was founded on the belief that animals are entitled to kind and…

Animals
4
Love and Puppy Paws Dog Rescue

Love And Puppy Paws Dog Rescue (LAPP Dog Rescue) was formed to help alleviate the stress of city and county animal control facilities around South and Central Texas. We accept dogs into our rescue that are in overpopulated animal control…

Animals
5
Their Lives Matter

Dog rescue and care nurturing finding a home

Animals
6
Jet Wag Animal Rescue Inc

Our mission is to move adoptable dogs and cats primarily from heavily-burdened areas to loving homes. We work with trusted partners throughout the country and around the world and facilitate vet care, transport, and adoptions to help…

Animals
7
Puppy Luv Rescue Foundation

At PuppyLuv, we believe every dog should have a loving home. We work with our partners, primarily in remote areas, to rescue abandoned and neglected dogs and prepare them for adoption. At our PuppyLuv facilities, we provide critical…

Animals
8
Paws of Austin Protection of Animal Welfare Services

PAWS' purpose is to provide refuge to stray and unwanted animals. PAWS' mission is to prevent cruelty to all animals by promoting humane standards through education and example, to provide care and shelter for homeless animals, aid in the…

Animals
9
Pets Return Home

The organization seeks to reduce the unecessary killing and suffering of healthy adoptable dogs at animal rescue and shelter organizations

Animals
10
The Animal Rescue League
Animals
11
Lucky Dog Animal Rescue

Lucky dog animal rescue is a volunteer-powered nonprofit dedicated to rescuing homeless, neglected, and abandoned animals from certain euthanasia and finding them loving forever homes. we educate the community and all pet owners on…

Animals
12
Powerful Paws Animal Rescue Inc

To help abandoned, surrendered, neglected and abused animals to find homes.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches; the most unlike its peers is Licking for Love 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

10 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
5/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE COMMUNITY HOSPICE FOUNDATION INC: $2,250 · Human ServicesTHE COMMUNITY HOSPICE FOUNDATION INCTHINGS OF MY VERY OWN INC: $1,500 · Human ServicesTHINGS OF MY VERY OWN INCAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $750 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters a…LICKING FOR LOVE INC: $750 · AnimalsLICKING FOR LOVE INCHumane World for Animals Inc: $500 · AnimalsHumane World for Animals …PUPSTARZ RESCUE INC: $500 · AnimalsPUPSTARZ RESCUE INCTAKE PAWS RESCUE: $250 · AnimalsTAKE PAWS RESCUEENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $1,750 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE …AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $500 · Civil RightsSERVICEMEMBERS UNDERTAKING DISABLED SPORTS: $250 · Health
Human Services$4,500Animals$2,000Environment$1,750Civil Rights$500Health$250

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE COMMUNITY HOSPICE FOUNDATION INC: $2,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $1,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHINGS OF MY VERY OWN INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSERVICEMEMBERS UNDERTAKING DISABLED SPORTS: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTAKE PAWS RESCUE: $250 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.

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.

Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Paypal Charitable Giv…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jpmorgan Chase FoundationNY11.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Morrell Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Morrell Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 10 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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