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The Morrison & Foerster Foundation

THE MORRISON & FOERSTER FOUNDATION enables the people of morrison & foerster to focus their charitable giving on nonprofit organizations serving people in the communities in which the firm's personnel live and work.

$5.9M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
228
Itemized grants FY2024
187
Organizations funded FY2023
21%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$4.6M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$335,000
Organizations funded a year
145 to 187
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
19
Total assets, FY2024
$3.2M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 21% of the organizations The Morrison & Foerster Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $430k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
EducationCrime & LegalHuman ServicesInternationalHealthArts & CultureOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving221$4.3M27%
FY2023187$3.0M21%
FY2022176$2.7M26%
FY2021175$2.6M39%
FY2020145$2.1Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Crime & Legal$6.4MEducation$2.5MCivil Rights$1.2MArts & Culture$854kInternational$750kFood & Nutrition$724kHealth$622kHuman Services$596kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 358 grantees
All grantees of The Morrison & Foerster Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Equal Justice Works$1,482,00051%
Bay Area Legal Aid$425,00050%
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area$340,35052%
The Justice and Diversity Center of the Bar Association of San Francisco$242,50051%
Legal Aid at Work$214,00051%
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest Inc$195,00051%
Advocates for Children of New York$190,00051%
Lawyers Alliance for New York$185,00051%
Silicon Valley Campaign for Legal Services$160,000517%
San Francisco Symphony$160,00050%
The Oakland REACH$150,00014%
National Center for Youth Law$141,45450%
Community Alliance for Special Education$130,050514%
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art$125,00050%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City Inc$120,00041%
The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc$117,00050%
De Novo Center for Justice and Healing$112,50012%
Asian University for Women (Auw) Support Foundation$106,20051%
San Francisco Food Bank$101,69150%
Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia$101,50050%
Dream Project Inc$100,600110%
East Bay Community Law Center$100,25050%
Law Foundation of Silicon Valley$100,10050%
Martha's Table Inc$100,10050%
The DC Central Kitchen Inc$100,00010%
DC Bar Pro Bono Center$95,00050%
Association of the Bar of the City of New York Fund Inc$95,00050%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$95,00050%
NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc$95,00040%
American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education$92,50050%
Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County$90,25050%
The John Paul Stevens Foundation$90,00055%
Asian Art Museum Foundation of San Francisco$90,00040%
California Changelawyers$90,00051%
Globalgiving Foundation Inc$89,60050%
Legal Aid Society of San Diego$87,50050%
Kind Inc$87,50050%
Legal Services NYC$87,50050%
Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto Inc$86,00050%
Center for Justice & Accountability$82,00051%
Sanctuary for Families Inc$80,10050%
Children's Law Center Inc$80,00050%
Legal Services for Children Inc$79,50051%
Donorschooseorg$78,00050%
First Place for Youth$77,50050%
Raphael House of San Francisco Inc$75,00051%
Scientific Adventures dba Scientific Adventures for Girls$75,00017%
San Diego Blood Bank$75,00040%
Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs Inc$75,00050%
Legal Outreach Inc$75,00051%
Visionspring Inc$75,00050%
Neighborhood Legal Services Program of DC$72,50051%
Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence$72,50050%
Equal Rights Advocates$70,11551%
Bread for the City Inc$70,00050%
Hofstra University$70,00040%
Businesses United in Investing Lending & Development$70,00050%
Starlight Children's Foundation$70,00040%
Volunteer Legal Advocates$70,00051%
The San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$69,50040%
Huckleberry Youth Programs Inc$68,00050%
International Rescue Committee INC$67,81050%
President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College$67,50050%
Bay Area Community Resources Inc$66,66810%
Volunteers of Legal Service Inc$65,70051%
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law$65,70020%
University of Maryland College Park$65,5005n/a
Volare$65,00021%
District of Columbia School of Law Foundation$65,00052%
Food & Friends Inc$64,30050%
The Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless Inc$62,50051%
The Foundation of the City College of San Francisco$62,50041%
Alameda County Community Food Bank$60,80050%
Larkin Street Youth Services$60,72050%
Direct Relief$60,50030%
Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project$60,00051%
San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program Inc$60,00050%
Project Glimmer$60,00020%
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science & Art$57,50040%
Riverside Symphony Inc$55,00054%
Justice Without Borders$55,00046%
World Central Kitchen Inc$54,24530%
University of California Berkeley Foundation$51,90040%
Appellate Project Inc$50,50043%
AIDS Legal Referral Panel of the San Francisco Bay Area$50,22550%
Legal Counsel for the Elderly$50,00050%
The Family Place$50,00051%
Theater & Arts Foundation of San Diego County Dba la Jolla Playhouse$50,00040%
DC Greens Inc$50,00050%
American Civil Liberties Union Fund of the District of Columbia$50,00051%
Foster & Adoptive Parent Advocacy Center$50,00052%
Solutions for Change Inc$50,00041%
Regents of the University of California$49,7504n/a
House of Ruth$48,50050%
Learning Ally Inc$47,50050%
Some Inc$47,50050%
Berkeley Repertory Theatre$47,50050%
Trevor Project Inc$46,40240%
Lawyers for Children Inc$46,31620%
New York Shakespeare Festival$45,60040%
International Refugee Assistance Project Inc$45,00040%
Black Girls Code Inc$45,00011%
Santa Clara County Asian Law Alliance$45,00050%
Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank$44,36050%
San Francisco AIDS Foundation$44,17240%
Second Harvest of Silicon Valley$43,85040%
Centro Legal de la Raza$43,50050%
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank$42,40050%
Shep-Ty Embrace Game Changer$42,000311%
United Gays & Lesbians of Wyoming$40,5001n/a
Room to Read$40,25020%
Start Small Think Big Inc$40,00020%
International Bipolar Foundation$40,00037%
The San Diego Symphony Orchestra Association$40,00030%
Minds Matter of NYC Inc$40,00012%
Domestic Violence Legal Empowerment And$40,00036%
Casa Cornelia Legal Services$40,00030%
Rady Children's Hospital Foundation San Diego$40,00040%
Roots & Wings Foundation$40,00013%
Legal Access Alameda$40,00041%
Rebuilding Together San Francisco$40,00041%
N Street Village Inc$40,00040%
Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Aajc Inc$37,70040%
OneJustice$37,60050%
The Legal Aid Society$37,43150%
Friendship Place$36,50050%
All for Kids Organization$35,20050%
American Heart Association Inc$35,17530%
Bet Tzedek$35,05050%
Cornell University$34,45050%
Refugepoint Inc$34,30040%
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley$33,0004n/a
Public Counsel$31,00040%
Legal Aid Foundation of Colorado$30,83040%
A Wider Circle Inc$30,50030%
Eastside College Preparatory School Inc$30,35050%
Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services$30,27530%
Gay Men's Health Crisis Inc$30,00030%
Catholic Charities Cyo of the Archdiocese of San Francisco$30,00020%
Just the Beginning - a Pipeline Organization$30,00041%
Best Buddies International Inc$30,00030%
Alliance for Children's Rights$30,00040%
Concrete Safaris Inc$30,00031%
The Rise Partnership Inc$30,000216%
Citizens Committee for Children of New York Inc$30,00030%
East Los Angeles Women's Center$30,00010%
Southern Center for Human Rights$30,00030%
Rancho Santa Fe Rotary Foundation Inc$30,000310%
Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice$28,50030%
Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts Inc$28,50031%
Sonia and Celina Sotomayor Judicial Internship Program Inc$27,50026%
William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc$27,00030%
The Child and Family Network Centers Inc$26,50030%
Levitt & Quinn Family Law Center$26,50041%
Washington University$26,25030%
Feeding South Florida Inc$25,95030%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$25,25010%
National Women's Law Center$25,10020%
International Committee of the Red Cross$25,00010%
Immigrant Justice Corps Inc$25,00010%
Nova Ukraine$25,00020%
Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund$25,00010%
Learning Rights Law Center$24,77440%
Teach Democracy$24,60030%
Children's Advocacy & Family Resources Inc$24,50030%
San Diego State University$24,0003n/a
Bay Area Urban Debate Commission$23,75042%
Loyola Marymount University$22,00030%
University of California Davis$21,7502n/a
Partners for Justice Inc$21,26510%
United States-Japan Bridging Foundation Inc$21,00022%
Didi Hirsch Psychiatric Service$21,00030%
Chapman University$21,00020%
California State Polytechnic University Pomona$20,7503n/a
Asian Law Caucus$20,41020%
Southern Legal Counsel Inc$20,00022%
Casa de Amistad Centro de Ensenanza$20,00021%
For Love of Children$20,00021%
The Asia Society$20,00020%
Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence$20,00020%
Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund Inc$20,00020%
Sitar Arts Center$20,00020%
National Elder Fraud Coordination Center Limited$20,00021%
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc$20,00020%
Kyoto Symposium Organization$20,00022%
Black Emotional and Mental Health Collec$20,00011%
New York City Urban Debate League Inc$20,00021%
Camp Rehoboth Inc$20,00021%
Fair Girls Inc$20,00021%
American Friends of Singapore Management University Inc$20,000219%
Colorado Lawyers Committee$19,14032%
California Polytechnic State University$18,5003n/a
Trustees of Boston College$17,85020%
Immigration Institute of the Bay Area$17,60030%
Western Center on Law & Poverty Inc$17,50010%
Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking$17,50020%
Youth Represent Inc$17,50020%
Benevolent Healthcare Foundation$15,50010%
William Jessup University$15,50020%
Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance (Gaia)$15,20020%
Greater Boston Legal Services Inc$15,00010%
Inner City Law Center$15,00020%
Only Make Believe Inc$15,00011%
M F Place Inc$15,00020%
Aim High for High School$15,00020%
Shore Legal Access Inc$15,00020%
Razom Inc$15,00010%
Live It Learn It$15,00012%
Seven Tepees Youth Program$15,00021%
Schools Consent Project Inc$15,00016%
Swords to Plowshares Veterans Rights Organization$15,00010%
The Tahirih Justice Center$14,80010%
President and Fellows of Middlebury College$14,50020%
Oberlin College$14,00020%
Food For Thought Denver$13,50020%
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California$13,00020%
Lifemoves$13,00020%
San Francisco State University$12,9002n/a
Research Foundation to Cure AIDS Inc Research Foundation for Cure Initiatives$12,761136%
Appleseed Foundation Inc$12,50012%
Foundation for Ethnic Understanding$12,50011%
Planned Parenthood Shasta-Diablo Inc$12,50010%
Project Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc$12,50010%
Foundation to Combat Anti-Semitism Inc$12,50010%
Japan Society of San Diego and Tijuana$12,500111%
California State University Northridge$12,5002n/a
Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles$12,24020%
Food Bank of the Rockies$12,20020%
The Galway University Foundation$12,00022%
Regents Univ of California$12,0002n/a
Day One of New York Inc$12,00020%
University of Hawaii System$11,5002n/a
University of San Francisco$11,00020%
Broadway Bound Kids Inc$10,60012%
Whole Woman's Health Alliance$10,50010%
Board of Regents Nevada System of Higher Education$10,5002n/a
Crawford High School Academy of Law Foundation$10,5001n/a
Ninth Judicial Circuit Historical Society$10,50013%
Maui Food Bank Inc$10,25010%
Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy$10,12510%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$10,05210%
Read Ahead Inc$10,00011%
The District of Columbia Bar Foundation$10,00010%
Girls in Tech Inc$10,00014%
Thrive Scholars$10,0001n/a
Vellore Christian Medical College Foundation Inc$10,00010%
DC Affordable Law Firm$10,00010%
Lesbian & Gay Law Association Foundation of Greater NY Inc$10,00013%
Indigenous Women Rising Indigeous Women Rising$10,000145%
Community Resource Center$10,00010%
Saint Francis Foundation$10,00010%
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund Inc$10,00010%
Boston Casa Inc$10,00011%
Office of the Appellate Defender$10,00010%
Fudan University Education Development Foundation$10,00010%
Girls Who Code Inc$10,00010%
YWCA Golden Gate Silicon Valley$10,00010%
American Gateways$10,00010%
Vital Voices Global Partnership Inc$10,00010%
White Ribbon Alliance Inc$10,00010%
Georgia Legal Services Program Inc$10,00010%
Latinos Salud Inc$10,00010%
Association of Asian American Investment Managers$10,00011%
Military Spouse JD Foundation$10,0001n/a
Meals on Wheels America$10,00010%
A Milton Miller Memorial Fund Inc$10,00011%
The Human Trafficking Legal Center$10,00011%
National Network of Abortion Funds Inc$10,00010%
Open Heart Kitchen of Livermore Inc$10,00010%
Abortion Care Network$10,00010%
Taller Salud Inc$10,00010%
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Travis County$10,00010%
Cancer Research Fund of the Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Foundation$10,00010%
Urban Justice Center$10,00010%
National Partnership for Women and Families$10,00010%
Native American Rights Fund Inc$10,00010%
Adoptions Together Inc Dba as Paths for Families$10,00010%
The Kelly S Brush Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Friends of the Los Angeles County Law Library$10,00015%
Meet International Inc$10,00011%
Women's Reproductive Rights Assistance Project$10,00010%
Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program$10,00010%
Pan American Development Foundation$10,00010%
National Women's Health Network$10,0001n/a
Operation Ramp It Up for Veterans$10,00012%
Illuminate the Arts$10,00011%
Pridelines Youth Services Inc$10,00011%
Volunteer Legal Services of Central Texas$10,00011%
The Malala Fund$10,00010%
Community Asset Development Re-Defining Education$10,0001n/a
New Conservatory Theatre Center$8,50010%
City of Hope$8,25910%
Arts and Services for Disabled Inc Dba Able Arts Work$8,00010%
Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence Inc$8,00010%
Regents of the University of California$8,0001n/a
Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation Inc$8,00010%
Life Science Cares Inc$8,00010%
ACLU Foundation of Southern California$7,50010%
Sistersong Inc$7,50010%
Children's Law Center of California$7,50010%
Family Violence Appellate Project$7,50010%
Coalition for Integrity Inc$7,50014%
Dress for Success Worldwide$7,50010%
Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law$7,50010%
Performance Space 122 Inc$7,50010%
The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund$7,50010%
St John's University New York$7,50010%
National Immigration Law Center$7,50010%
Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles$7,50010%
Dana Farber Cancer Institute$7,5001n/a
NATIONAL BLACK WOMENS HEALTH PROJECT dba BLACK WOMENS HEALTH IMPERATIVE$7,25010%
The Catholic University of America$7,25010%
The Family Giving Tree$7,03010%
The Gathering for Justice Inc$7,00010%
Chinese Progressive Association$7,00010%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$7,0001n/a
National Center for Lgbtq Rights Fka National Center for Lesbian Rights$7,00010%
Vera Institute of Justice Inc$7,00010%
African American AIDS Policy and Training Institute$7,00010%
Robert C Maynard Institute for Journalism Education$7,00010%
Ella Baker Center for Human Rights$7,00010%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater Bay Area$7,00010%
Case Western Reserve University$6,75010%
Federal Bar Foundation$6,70011%
Greater Boston Food Bank Inc$6,65010%
Blood Cancer United Inc$6,52510%
The Uc Davis Foundation$6,50010%
Regents of the University of California at Irvine$6,5001n/a
The Bail Project Inc$6,50010%
University of la Verne$6,50010%
Literacy Trust Inc$6,10010%
The Peninsula Bridge Program$6,00010%
The Fund for Modern Courts Inc$6,00011%
Hias Inc$6,00010%
The Salvation Army$5,9701n/a
State University of New York at Binghamton$5,7501n/a
University of Cincinnati$5,7501n/a
Syrian American Medical Society Foundation$5,70010%
Nassau Suffolk Services for the Autistic Inc$5,59210%
Viva Network - North America$5,57312%
California State University San Marcos$5,5001n/a
Feeding America$5,50010%
Back on My Feet$5,50010%
Ali Forney Center Inc$5,50010%
Operation Homefront Inc$5,50010%
Karam Foundation$5,46910%
Dallas Bar Association Community Service Fund$5,41610%
Equal Justice Initiative$5,28110%
When We All Vote$5,25010%
Haitian Health Foundation$5,15010%
Glaad Inc$5,10010%
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula$5,10010%
Pine Street Inn Inc$5,10010%
California Rural Legal Assistance Inc$5,10010%
The Library Foundation of Los Angeles$5,10010%
Share Our Strength$5,06010%
Restavek Freedom Foundation$5,05010%
First Book$5,03010%

Where it is load-bearing

The Morrison & Foerster Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEqual Justice Works: $1,482,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetBay Area Legal Aid: $425,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetLawyers Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area: $340,350 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetThe Justice and Diversity Center of the Bar Association of San Francisco: $242,500 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetLegal Aid at Work: $214,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetNew York Lawyers for the Public Interest Inc: $195,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetAdvocates for Children of New York: $190,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetLawyers Alliance for New York: $185,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetSilicon Valley Campaign for Legal Services: $160,000 over 5y, 17% of budgetSan Francisco Symphony: $160,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Oakland REACH: $150,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetNational Center for Youth Law: $141,454 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCommunity Alliance for Special Education: $130,050 over 5y, 14% of budgetSan Francisco Museum of Modern Art: $125,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of New York City Inc: $120,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetThe Center for Reproductive Rights Inc: $117,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetDe Novo Center for Justice and Healing: $112,500 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetAsian University for Women (Auw) Support Foundation: $106,200 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetSan Francisco Food Bank: $101,691 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLegal Aid Society of the District of Columbia: $101,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetDream Project Inc: $100,600 over 1y, 10.0% of budgetEast Bay Community Law Center: $100,250 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetLaw Foundation of Silicon Valley: $100,100 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetMartha's Table Inc: $100,100 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe DC Central Kitchen Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDC Bar Pro Bono Center: $95,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetAssociation of the Bar of the City of New York Fund Inc: $95,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $95,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc: $95,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education: $92,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLegal Aid Society of San Mateo County: $90,250 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetThe John Paul Stevens Foundation: $90,000 over 5y, 5.5% of budgetAsian Art Museum Foundation of San Francisco: $90,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCalifornia Changelawyers: $90,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetGlobalgiving Foundation Inc: $89,600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLegal Aid Society of San Diego: $87,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetKind Inc: $87,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLegal Services NYC: $87,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCommunity Legal Services in East Palo Alto Inc: $86,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetCenter for Justice & Accountability: $82,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetSanctuary for Families Inc: $80,100 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Law Center Inc: $80,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetLegal Services for Children Inc: $79,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetDonorschooseorg: $78,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFirst Place for Youth: $77,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetRaphael House of San Francisco Inc: $75,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetScientific Adventures dba Scientific Adventures for Girls: $75,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetSan Diego Blood Bank: $75,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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 Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati FoundationCA85.5× affinity41 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Foundation · The Sidley Austin Foundation · Equal Justice Works · Littler Mendelson Foundation Inc Attn Tax Manager · Venable Foundation Inc · California Access to Justice Commission · Perkins Coie Foundation · California Changelawyers · Munger Tolles & Olson Foundation · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · United Way Miami Inc · The Gibson Dunn & Crutcher 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.

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How do I get to The Morrison & Foerster Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Morrison & Foerster 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.

About The Morrison & Foerster Foundation

How much does The Morrison & Foerster Foundation give?
The Morrison & Foerster Foundation reported 228 itemized grants totaling $4,573,927, out of $5,871,713 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 145 and 187 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does The Morrison & Foerster Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (41%), Education (16%), Civil Rights (8%).
Who are The Morrison & Foerster Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Equal Justice Works ($1.5M), Bay Area Legal Aid ($425k), Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area ($340k).
Does The Morrison & Foerster Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Morrison & Foerster Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Foundation, The Sidley Austin Foundation, Equal Justice Works.
Where is The Morrison & Foerster Foundation based?
The Morrison & Foerster Foundation is based in CA.

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 373 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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