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The Morris 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.

$9.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
77
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$10MHuman Services$8.6MEducation$7.1MHousing & Shelter$4.4MPhilanthropy$3.2MYouth Development$2.7MFood & Nutrition$2.4MCrime & Legal$1.9MOther$0
02FY2025 · 77 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k7 grants · $201k
  • $50k–250k65 grants · $6.1M
  • $250k+5 grants · $2.7M
$75,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$270M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PRESBYTERIAN NIGHT SHELTER$1,000,000
REV TARRANT COUNTY$600,000
PRESBYTERIAN NIGHT SHELTER OF TARRANT COUNTY$500,000
FORT WORTH AFFORDABILITY INC DBA FORT WORTH HOUSING SOLUTIONS$340,000
MHMR FOUNDATION$275,000
CHILD CARE ASSOCIATES$220,000
JPS FOUNDATION$200,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER TEXAS$200,000
PARTNERSHIP HOME$200,000
COMMUNITY FOOD BANK$175,000
TARRANT AREA FOOD BANK$170,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER TARRANT COUNTY$150,000
CAMP FIRE FIRST TEXAS$150,000
NORTH TEXAS AREA COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER$150,000
NORTH TEXAS AREA COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER$150,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $6.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 8% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SIXTY AND BETTER INC: $60k → 11%SIXTY AND BETTER INC: $60k → 11%SIXTY AND BETTER INC: $60k → 11%SIXTY AND BETTER INC: $60k → 11%CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF FORT WORTH INC: $250k → 11%CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF FORT WORTH INC: $150k → 11%CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF FORT WORTH INC: $150k → 11%CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF FORT WORTH INC: $150k → 11%The Concilio: $100k → 14%THE CONCILIO: $70k → 14%HOPE SUPPLY CO: $80k → 14%TARRANT COUNTY HOMELESS COALITION: $120k → 11%TARRANT COUNTY HOMELESS COALITION: $75k → 11%TARRANT COUNTY HOMELESS COALITION: $75k → 11%Tarrant County Homeless Coalition: $75k → 11%MHMR FOUNDATION: $500k → 11%MHMR FOUNDATION: $275k → 11%MENTAL HEALTH CONNECTION OF TARRANT COUNTY: $250k → 11%MHMR FOUNDATION: $120k → 11%MHMR FOUNDATION: $120k → 11%The Parenting Center: $84k → 11%LENA POPE HOME INC: $81k → 11%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN FORT WORTH: $240k → 11%CENTER FOR TRANSFORMING LIVES: $200k → 11%YMCA of Metropolitan Fort Worth: $180k → 11%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN FORT WORTH: $135k → 11%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN FORT WORTH: $135k → 11%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN FORT WORTH: $120k → 11%Center for Transforming Lives: $100k → 11%CENTER FOR TRANSFORMING LIVES: $100k → 11%CENTER FOR TRANSFORMING LIVES: $100k → 11%CENTER FOR TRANSFORMING LIVES: $75k → 11%CENTER FOR TRANSFORMING LIVES: $75k → 11%UNITED COMMUNITY CENTERS INC: $75k → 11%UNITED COMMUNITY CENTERS INC: $195k → 11%United Community Centers Inc: $125k → 11%UNITED COMMUNITY CENTERS INC: $120k → 11%UNITED COMMUNITY CENTERS INC: $120k → 11%SafeHaven of Tarrant County Inc: $75k → 11%SAFEHAVEN OF TARRANT COUNTY: $190k → 11%SAFEHAVEN OF TARRANT COUNTY: $90k → 11%SAFEHAVEN OF TARRANT COUNTY: $75k → 11%GUARDIANSHIP SERVICES INC: $70k → 11%GUARDIANSHIP SERVICES INC: $70k → 11%GUARDIANSHIP SERVICES INC: $70k → 11%GUARDIANSHIP SERVICES INC: $70k → 11%GUARDIANSHIP SERVICES INC: $60k → 11%Guardianship Services Inc: $60k → 11%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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$48M · 102 repeat orgs$12M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against -9% for those funded once.

102 repeat relationships: 64 still active in FY2025, 38 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

102
37

Total granted

$48M
$12M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
-9%

Still filing today

81%
49%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $325k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterFood & NutritionOther
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

  • TP
    THE PRESBYTERIAN NIGHT SHELTER OF TARRANT COUNTY
    5× · 2018–2025 · $2.5M · revenue +275%
  • TH
    Texas Health Resources Foundation
    5× · 2018–2025 · $1.7M · revenue +37%
  • CF
    CAMP FIRE FIRST TEXAS
    5× · 2018–2025 · $1.4M · revenue +19%

Funded once

  • V
    Various
    one grant, 2017 · $8.8M
  • NT
    NORTH TEXAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION READ FORT WORTH
    one grant, 2021 · $375k
  • MH
    MENTAL HEALTH CONNECTION TARRANT CT
    one grant, 2021 · $250k · revenue -43% · 34% of their budget
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
Central Texas Community Health Centers

Communitycare operates 25 health center locations offering comprehensive primary care services for the entire family including pediatrics, behavioral health services, and dental care.

Health
2
Children's Health System of Texas

With more than 1 million patient visits each year, Children's Health is North Texas' leading pediatric health system and among the largest in the nation. For more than a century, our mission has been clear: make life better for children.…

Health
3
Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council

The mission of the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council is to drive evidence-based improvement in patient care and health equity throughout the region.

—
4
Texans Care for Children Inc

Texans Care for Children shapes public policies and brings Texans together to make children a statewide priority. We work so kids can have what they need to be healthy, secure, and thriving and so every Texan can have the best start to…

Crime & Legal
5
Communities in Schools of Central Texas

Communities in schools of central texas (cisct) ensures students have holistic support, removing academic and nonacademic barriers to their success in school.

Education
6
Center for Public Policy Priorities

At the Every Texan, we believe in a Texas that offers everyone the chance to compete and succeed in life. We envision a Texas where everyone is healthy, well educated, and financially secure. We want the best Texas, a proud state that sets…

Public Benefit
7
Raise Texas

RAISE Texas advances equitable policies and programs that foster financial security and economic mobility for low- and moderate-income Texans. We equip, innovate and advocate to reduce disparities, remove barriers and build opportunities…

Human Services
8
Family and Child Guidance Center

Our mission is to provide quality mental health services to children and adults in low income families who are impacted by severe and persistent mental illness, emotional disturbances, child abuse and neglect, high-risk behaviors and…

Health
9
East Texas Community Clinic Inc

To provide comprehensive primary care and preventive care to all persons regardless of their ability to pay.

—
10
Texas Children's Hospital

Texas children's hospital, headquartered in houston, texas, is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to create a healthier future for children and women throughout our global community by leading in patient care, education and…

Health
11
Progress Texas Institute

The Progress Texas Institute provides research and strategic communications on issues with the ultimate goal of increasing civic engagement.

Civil Rights
12
Trinity Charter School

The trinity charter schools system has 11 campuses in texas. all 11 campuses work with youth who have emotional difficulties, and need active engagement in planning and guiding their own academic careers through student led credit…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is North Texas Area Community Health Center; the most unlike its peers is Abide Womens Health Services. 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

109 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. 109 of the 147 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.

8
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
22
Early backer (in before they grew)
106/109
Grantees still filing
73/109
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Various: $8,832,217 · OtherVariousCook Children's Health Foundation: $2,072,500 · OtherCook Children's Health FoundationFORT WORTH AFFORDABILITY INC DBA FORT WORTH HOUSING SOLUTIONS: $1,265,000 · OtherCHILD CARE ASSOCIATES: $1,222,660 · OtherSAFE CITY COMMISSION DBA ONE SAFE PLACE: $1,150,000 · OtherTarrant Area Food Bank: $1,020,000 · Other+68 more: $14,066,002 · Other+68 moreREV TARRANT COUNTY: $1,887,250 · EducationREV TARRANT C…COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF GREATER TARRANT COUNTY INC: $700,000 · EducationCOMMUNITIES I…EDUCATIONAL FIRST STEPS: $625,000 · EducationEDUCATIONAL F…TEXAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $500,000 · EducationTEXAS WESLEYA…CRISTO REY FORT WORTH CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL INC: $475,000 · EducationCRISTO REY FO…UNTHSC FOUNDATION: $425,000 · EducationUNTHSC FOUNDA…TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $355,000 · EducationUPLIFT EDUCATION: $350,000 · EducationIDEA Public Schools: $350,000 · EducationTeach for America Inc: $340,000 · EducationGILL CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC: $315,000 · EducationAB Christian Learning Center: $307,500 · EducationBAYLOR UNIVERSITY: $300,000 · Education+8 more: $789,200 · Education+8 moreTexas Health Resources Foundation: $1,681,079 · HealthTexas Health …PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER TEXAS INC: $1,320,000 · HealthPLANNED PAREN…NORTH TEXAS AREA COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER: $1,010,000 · HealthNORTH TEXAS A…CANCER CARE SERVICES: $538,870 · HealthCANCER CARE S…AIDS OUTREACH CENTER: $501,026 · HealthAIDS OUTREACH…Jordan Elizabeth Harris Foundation: $448,182 · HealthJordan Elizab…THE WOMEN'S CENTER OF TARRANT COUNTY INC: $400,000 · HealthAll Saints Health Foundation: $399,400 · Health+8 more: $1,227,000 · Health+8 moreMHMR VISIONS DBA MHMR FOUNDATION: $1,015,000 · Human ServicesMHMR VISIONS…YMCA of Metropolitan Fort Worth: $810,000 · Human ServicesYMCA of Metr…CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF FORT WORTH: $720,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHA…UNITED COMMUNITY CENTERS INC: $665,000 · Human ServicesUNITED COMMU…CENTER FOR TRANSFORMING LIVES: $650,000 · Human ServicesCENTER FOR T…SAFEHAVEN OF TARRANT COUNTY: $430,000 · Human ServicesSAFEHAVEN OF…GUARDIANSHIP SERVICES INC: $400,000 · Human ServicesGUARDIANSHIP…Tarrant County Homeless Coalition: $345,000 · Human ServicesTHE CONCILIO: $295,375 · Human ServicesSIXTY AND BETTER INC: $290,000 · Human ServicesLENA POPE HOME INC: $271,100 · Human ServicesWESTAID: $265,000 · Human ServicesMENTAL HEALTH CONNECTION TARRANT CT: $250,000 · Human Services+5 more: $514,907 · Human Services+5 moreCOMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC: $2,771,161 · PhilanthropyJPS FOUNDATION: $1,100,000 · PhilanthropyWACO FOUNDATION: $250,000 · Philanthropy+3 more: $285,000 · PhilanthropyTHE PRESBYTERIAN NIGHT SHELTER OF TARRANT COUNTY: $2,500,000 · Housing & ShelterTARRANT COUNTY SAMARITAN HOUSING INC: $720,000 · Housing & ShelterPROJECTHANDUP: $350,000 · Housing & ShelterNew Leaf Community Services: $171,500 · Housing & ShelterCAMP FIRE FIRST TEXAS: $1,375,800 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER TARRANT COUNTY INC: $790,000 · Youth DevelopmentCAMP SUMMIT INC: $435,000 · Youth DevelopmentUNBOUND NOW: $247,148 · Youth DevelopmentTEXPROTECTS-THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN: $150,000 · Youth DevelopmentFORTRESS YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $126,109 · Youth Development+2 more: $90,000 · Youth Development
Other$29,628,379Education$7,718,950Health$7,525,557Human Services$6,921,382Philanthropy$4,406,161Housing & Shelter$3,741,500Youth Development$3,214,057

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 budgetCOMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC: $2,771,161 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetTHE PRESBYTERIAN NIGHT SHELTER OF TARRANT COUNTY: $2,500,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetREV TARRANT COUNTY: $1,887,250 over 4y, 89% of budgetTexas Health Resources Foundation: $1,681,079 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetCAMP FIRE FIRST TEXAS: $1,375,800 over 5y, 5.8% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER TEXAS INC: $1,320,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetCHILD CARE ASSOCIATES: $1,222,660 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetJPS FOUNDATION: $1,100,000 over 4y, 16% of budgetTarrant Area Food Bank: $1,020,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetMHMR VISIONS DBA MHMR FOUNDATION: $1,015,000 over 4y, 81% of budgetNORTH TEXAS AREA COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER: $1,010,000 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetACH CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $985,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN INC: $850,000 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetYMCA of Metropolitan Fort Worth: $810,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetCommunity Food Bank: $794,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER TARRANT COUNTY INC: $790,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetUnion Gospel Mission of Tarrant County: $725,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetTARRANT COUNTY SAMARITAN HOUSING INC: $720,000 over 5y, 9.1% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF FORT WORTH: $720,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS INC OF TARRANT COUNTY: $705,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF GREATER TARRANT COUNTY INC: $700,000 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetUNITED COMMUNITY CENTERS INC: $665,000 over 5y, 8.4% of budgetCENTER FOR TRANSFORMING LIVES: $650,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetEDUCATIONAL FIRST STEPS: $625,000 over 5y, 8.6% of budgetCASA OF TARRANT COUNTY INC: $575,000 over 5y, 5.3% of budgetEXPANCO INC: $550,000 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetCANCER CARE SERVICES: $538,870 over 5y, 6.5% of budgetAIDS OUTREACH CENTER: $501,026 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetRecovery Resource Council: $500,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetTEXAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $500,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCRISTO REY FORT WORTH CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL INC: $475,000 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetJordan Elizabeth Harris Foundation: $448,182 over 4y, 12% of budgetCAMP SUMMIT INC: $435,000 over 5y, 4.6% of budgetSAFEHAVEN OF TARRANT COUNTY: $430,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetUNTHSC FOUNDATION: $425,000 over 5y, 3.5% of budgetTHE WOMEN'S CENTER OF TARRANT COUNTY INC: $400,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetGUARDIANSHIP SERVICES INC: $400,000 over 5y, 6.6% of budgetAll Saints Health Foundation: $399,400 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetTEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $355,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUPLIFT EDUCATION: $350,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECTHANDUP: $350,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetIDEA Public Schools: $350,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTarrant County Homeless Coalition: $345,000 over 3y, 4.2% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $340,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGILL CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC: $315,000 over 5y, 14% of budgetAB Christian Learning Center: $307,500 over 5y, 14% of budgetMETHODIST JUSTICE MINISTRY OF FUMC: $307,000 over 4y, 10% of budgetBAYLOR UNIVERSITY: $300,000 over 3y, 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.

  • Who funds COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE PRESBYTERIAN NIGHT SHELTER OF TARRANT COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds REV TARRANT COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds Texas Health Resources Foundation ↗
  • Who funds CAMP FIRE FIRST TEXAS ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER TEXAS INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILD CARE ASSOCIATES ↗
  • Who funds JPS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Tarrant Area Food Bank ↗
  • Who funds MHMR VISIONS DBA MHMR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NORTH TEXAS AREA COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds ACH CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN INC ↗
  • Who funds YMCA of Metropolitan Fort Worth ↗
  • Who funds Community Food Bank ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER TARRANT COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds Union Gospel Mission of Tarrant County ↗
  • Who funds TARRANT COUNTY SAMARITAN HOUSING INC ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF FORT WORTH ↗
  • Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS INC OF TARRANT COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF GREATER TARRANT COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED COMMUNITY CENTERS INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR TRANSFORMING LIVES ↗
  • Who funds EDUCATIONAL FIRST STEPS ↗
  • Who funds CASA OF TARRANT COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds EXPANCO INC ↗
  • Who funds CANCER CARE SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds AIDS OUTREACH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Recovery Resource Council ↗
  • Who funds TEXAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CRISTO REY FORT WORTH CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds Jordan Elizabeth Harris Foundation ↗

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.

Thomas M Helen McKee …Sid W Richardson Foun…Community Foundation …Amon G Carter Foundat…Rainwater Charitable …Communities Foundatio…Paul E Andrews Jr Fou…Helen Irwin Littauer …United Way of Tarrant…The Rees-Jones Founda…R4 FoundationAmon G Carter-Star Te…
Thomas M Helen McKee & John P Ryan Fo John P Ryan Foundation IncTX123.3× affinity58 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Thomas M Helen McKee & John P Ryan Fo John P Ryan Foundation Inc · Sid W Richardson Foundation · Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · Amon G Carter Foundation · Rainwater Charitable Foundation · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Paul E Andrews Jr Foundation · Helen Irwin Littauer Educational Trust · United Way of Tarrant County · The Rees-Jones Foundation · R4 Foundation · Amon G Carter-Star Tele Emply Fund

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 Morris Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Morris Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    34report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Morris Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Morris Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 147 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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