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The Morse Family 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.

$40k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
73
Grants FY2024
57
Organizations funded FY2023
11%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$200
Largest grant, FY2024
$10,000
Organizations funded a year
53 to 65
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
23
Total assets, FY2024
$225k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 11% of the organizations The Morse Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $450 went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureEducationCrime & LegalSocial ScienceCivil RightsPublic BenefitOther
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 arriving71$40k4%
FY202357$32k11%
FY202265$35k9%
FY202160$34k0%
FY202061$34k10%
FY201957$34k2%
FY201856$55k13%
FY201753$63kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$124kScience & Tech$80kArts & Culture$40kPublic Benefit$29kYouth Development$21kSocial Science$11kPhilanthropy$6kCivil Rights$5kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CA
CO
VA
MD
DE
AZ
DC
LA
AL
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 65 grantees
All grantees of The Morse Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine$80,00084%
Andrews Osborne Academy$68,00080%
Lehigh University$30,00080%
University School$20,00080%
National Tax Limitation Foundation$20,00071%
Colorado Museum of Natural History$12,00080%
Florida Holocaust Museum Inc$10,50070%
Rollins College$8,00080%
Capital Research Center$6,45080%
The Reason Foundation$4,00080%
The Florida Orchestra$3,00030%
Bill Edwards Foundation for the Arts Inc$2,75080%
The Ayn Rand Institute the Center for the Advancement of Objectivism$2,40080%
Institute for Humane Studies$2,30080%
Accuracy in Media Inc$2,10080%
Macarthur Institute$2,000820%
Ludwig Von Mises Institute for Austrian Economics Inc$1,90080%
Suncoast Voices for Children Foundation Inc$1,75070%
The Buckeye Institute$1,60080%
The Future of Freedom Foundation$1,60080%
The Atlas Society Ltd$1,60080%
David Horowitz Freedom Center$1,60080%
Competitive Enterprise Institute$1,60080%
Cato Institute$1,60080%
St Petersburg Free Clinic Inc$1,40070%
Foundation for Economic Education Inc$1,40070%
The Independent Institute$1,00080%
The James Madison Institute for Public Policy Studies Inc$90070%
Doctors for Disaster Preparedness$80080%
Friends of the Americas$80080%
Denver Botanic Gardens Inc$80080%
Hathaway Brown School$80080%
Intercollegiate Studies Institute Inc$80080%
America's Future Foundation$80080%
The Rutherford Institute$80080%
St Paul's School$80080%
National Right to Work Legal Defense and Education Foundation Inc$80080%
Eckerd College$80070%
Lucy Burns Institute Inc$80080%
Barry Goldwater Institute for Public Policy Research$80080%
EdChoice Inc$80080%
Federation of Alliances Francaises USA$70060%
Summit Ministries Inc$60060%
Mercatus Center Inc$60060%
Media Research Center$50050%
United States Justice Foundation$50050%
Liberty Justice Center$50050%
National Center for Public Policy Research$50050%
Denver Public Library Friends Foundation$50050%
The Daily Caller News Foundation$45020%
Accuracy in Academia Inc$40080%
The Heritage Foundation$40070%
Selous Foundation$40040%
Bill of Rights Institute$30020%
Mountain States Legal Foundation$30030%
Emergent Order Foundation Inc$30030%
Mackinac Center$30030%
University of South Florida Foundation Inc$20020%
George Mason University Foundation Inc$20020%
Alliance Defending Freedom$15010%
The Fund for American Studies$15020%
Citizen Journalism Foundation$10010%
American Council of Trustees and Alumni$10020%
National Association of Scholars Inc$10020%
Citizens Against Government Waste$5010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($15k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Morse Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOregon Institute of Science and Medicine: $80,000 over 8y, 4.4% of budgetAndrews Osborne Academy: $68,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetLehigh University: $30,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity School: $20,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNational Tax Limitation Foundation: $20,000 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetColorado Museum of Natural History: $12,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFlorida Holocaust Museum Inc: $10,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetRollins College: $8,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCapital Research Center: $6,450 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Reason Foundation: $4,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Florida Orchestra: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBill Edwards Foundation for the Arts Inc: $2,750 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Ayn Rand Institute the Center for the Advancement of Objectivism: $2,400 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetInstitute for Humane Studies: $2,300 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAccuracy in Media Inc: $2,100 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetMacarthur Institute: $2,000 over 8y, 20% of budgetLudwig Von Mises Institute for Austrian Economics Inc: $1,900 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSuncoast Voices for Children Foundation Inc: $1,750 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetThe Buckeye Institute: $1,600 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Future of Freedom Foundation: $1,600 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetThe Atlas Society Ltd: $1,600 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetDavid Horowitz Freedom Center: $1,600 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCompetitive Enterprise Institute: $1,600 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCato Institute: $1,600 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSt Petersburg Free Clinic Inc: $1,400 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFoundation for Economic Education Inc: $1,400 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe Independent Institute: $1,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe James Madison Institute for Public Policy Studies Inc: $900 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetDoctors for Disaster Preparedness: $800 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetFriends of the Americas: $800 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetDenver Botanic Gardens Inc: $800 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHathaway Brown School: $800 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetIntercollegiate Studies Institute Inc: $800 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAmerica's Future Foundation: $800 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Rutherford Institute: $800 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSt Paul's School: $800 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNational Right to Work Legal Defense and Education Foundation Inc: $800 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetEckerd College: $800 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetLucy Burns Institute Inc: $800 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBarry Goldwater Institute for Public Policy Research: $800 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetEdChoice Inc: $800 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFederation of Alliances Francaises USA: $700 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSummit Ministries Inc: $600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMercatus Center Inc: $600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMedia Research Center: $500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Justice Foundation: $500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLiberty Justice Center: $500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNational Center for Public Policy Research: $500 over 5y, 0.0% 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 65.

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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.

Donors Trust IncVA38.4× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Donors Trust Inc · Bradley Impact Fund Inc · The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc · Adolph Coors Foundation · Garvey Kansas Foundation · Ken W Davis Foundation · Triad Foundation Inc · Charles Koch Foundation · The Chase Foundation of Virginia · The Dunn Foundation · Sarah Scaife Foundation Incorporated · Bailey Family Foundation Inc

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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About The Morse Family Foundation

How much does The Morse Family Foundation give?
The Morse Family Foundation reported 73 grants totaling $40,250 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 53 and 65 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Morse Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (38%), Science & Tech (24%), Arts & Culture (12%).
Who are The Morse Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine ($80k), Andrews Osborne Academy ($68k), Lehigh University ($30k).
Does The Morse Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Morse Family 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 Morse Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donors Trust Inc, Bradley Impact Fund Inc, The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc.
Where is The Morse Family Foundation based?
The Morse Family Foundation is based in FL.

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 84 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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