Arizona · 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.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2024
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $300,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 12
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 8% of the organizations The Morris Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 94% 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 | 14 | $985k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $825k | 8% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $1.1M | 8% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $625k | 9% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $895k | 75% |
| FY2017 | 7 | $285k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $800,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Southern Methodist University | $600,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Team Rubicon Inc | $400,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Angel Flight West Inc | $325,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Lifeskills Ranch Program Inc | $300,000 | 6 | 96% |
| Prevent Cruelty to Animals (Pvca) | $251,500 | 5 | 57% |
| Immigrant Legal Defense | $250,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Family Promise of Greater Modesto Greater Modesto Interfaith Hospitality N | $200,000 | 6 | 17% |
| Vote Forward | $200,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Dev Mission | $125,000 | 5 | 3% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $800,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Southern Methodist University | $600,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Team Rubicon Inc | $400,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Angel Flight West Inc | $325,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Lifeskills Ranch Program Inc | $300,000 | 6 | 96% |
| Prevent Cruelty to Animals (Pvca) | $251,500 | 5 | 57% |
| Immigrant Legal Defense | $250,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Family Promise of Greater Modesto Greater Modesto Interfaith Hospitality N | $200,000 | 6 | 17% |
| Vote Forward | $200,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Dev Mission | $125,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Hidden Genius Project | $125,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Peninsula Volunteers Inc | $60,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Music In Schools Today | $25,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Eddy House | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Morris Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Morris Foundation
- How much does The Morris Foundation give?
- The Morris Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $1,110,926 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 12 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Morris Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (37%), Human Services (14%), Education (12%).
- Who are The Morris Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ($800k), Southern Methodist University ($600k), Team Rubicon Inc ($400k).
- Does The Morris Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 8% 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.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Morris Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Morris Foundation based?
- The Morris Foundation is based in AZ.
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