West Virginia · Private foundation
The Morris 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.
- $1.0M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $16,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $26M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 40% of the organizations The Morris Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $301k 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 | 4 | $1.0M | 50% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $1.6M | 40% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $839k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $1.5M | 67% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $256k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $97k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $6k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $3k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenville State University Foundation Inc | $4,222,686 | 8 | 23% |
| West Virginia University Foundation Inc | $520,000 | 3 | 0% |
| South Carolina State University Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mylan Park Foundation Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($682k), not named here.
About The Morris Foundation
- How much does The Morris Foundation give?
- The Morris Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $1,039,329 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Morris Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (87%), Religion (5%), Public Safety & Disaster (4%).
- Who are The Morris Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Glenville State University Foundation Inc ($4.2M), West Virginia University Foundation Inc ($520k), South Carolina State University Foundation Inc ($5k).
- Does The Morris Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Morris 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.
- Where is The Morris Foundation based?
- The Morris Foundation is based in WV.
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