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Morrow Legacy 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.

$187k
Granted FY2021
21
Grants FY2021
20
Organizations funded FY2021
30%
First-time grantees FY2021
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59% of Morrow Legacy Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Mayo Clinic, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 18 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year Morrow Legacy Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 18 organizations, $187k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

8
’18
8
’19
21
’20
18
’21
0
’22
24
’23
18
’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

Median grant, FY2021
$3,000
Largest grant, FY2021
$125,000
Organizations funded a year
10 to 22
FY2018 to FY2021
States reached, FY2021
6
Total assets, FY2021
$3.1M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2021, 30% of the organizations Morrow Legacy Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 74% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 26% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $136k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21
Human ServicesEducationPublic BenefitAnimalsReligionEmploymentOther
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
FY202120$184k30%
FY202022$82k77%
FY201919$58k89%
FY201810$38kn/a
94% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Health$748kAnimals$98kHuman Services$43kEducation$32kArts & Culture$32kEnvironment$30kScience & Tech$27kPublic Benefit$25kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
IL
NY
OH
CA
UT
VA
AZ
TN
SC
OK
GA
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 51 grantees
All grantees of Morrow Legacy Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Shelter to Soldier Inc$45,00062%
California Institute of Technology$27,00030%
Stop the Addiction Fatality Epidemic (Safe) Project US$20,00020%
Calm Inc$17,00050%
Hopeful Horizons$16,00030%
Spring Island Trust$12,00020%
Saratoga Warhorse Foundation Inc$12,00041%
Upstate Warrior Solution Inc$11,00030%
Lobero Theatre Foundation$10,00010%
Workshops for Warriors Inc$10,00020%
Compassion Animal Project$10,00023%
Kids Chance of California Inc$10,00021%
Parents Helping Parents Inc$10,00020%
Finally Family Homes$10,00021%
National Ability Center$9,00020%
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Lowcountry Inc$9,00030%
Kids In Nutrition$9,00026%
Ariel Theatrical Inc$8,00021%
Folds of Honor Foundation$7,03030%
One More Wave Surf Corp$7,00031%
Mearth$6,50021%
Operation Freedom Paws$6,00020%
Noah's Arks Rescue$6,00030%
Value Schools$6,00020%
Canine Companions for Independence Inc$6,00020%
Santa Barbara Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$6,00030%
Beaufort Symphony Orchestra$5,50023%
Continue Mission$5,00012%
Warrior Wod Foundation$5,00014%
Monterey Bay Horsemanship & Therapeutic Center$5,00010%
T L C Foundation$5,0001n/a
Friends of Fisher House Charleston$5,00011%
Progressive Animal Welfare Society aka PAWS$5,00010%
Boys & Girls Club of Spokane County$5,00010%
Noah's Ark Animal Rehabilitation Center and Sanctuary Inc$5,00010%
Alliance for Children's Rights$5,00010%
The Caltech Y$5,00010%
Rescue Coop$4,50021%
The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA Inc$4,00020%
Field of Dreams Learning Inc$3,00012%
Port Royal Sound Foundation$3,00020%
South Carolina Coastal Conservation League Inc$2,00010%
Ground Education$2,00010%
Tracys Dogs$2,00010%
Mountain Trails Foundation$1,50010%
Palmetto Animal Assisted Life Servi$1,00010%
University of South Carolina Educational Foundation$1,00010%
Sugar Bear Foundation$1,00013%
Canine Support Teams Inc$1,00010%
Foundation for Leadership Education Inc$30014%
Ganna Walska Lotusland$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($356k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Morrow Legacy Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetShelter to Soldier Inc: $45,000 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetCalifornia Institute of Technology: $27,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetStop the Addiction Fatality Epidemic (Safe) Project US: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCalm Inc: $17,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHopeful Horizons: $16,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSpring Island Trust: $12,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSaratoga Warhorse Foundation Inc: $12,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetUpstate Warrior Solution Inc: $11,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetLobero Theatre Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWorkshops for Warriors Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCompassion Animal Project: $10,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetKids Chance of California Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetParents Helping Parents Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFinally Family Homes: $10,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetNational Ability Center: $9,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of the Lowcountry Inc: $9,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetKids In Nutrition: $9,000 over 2y, 6.4% of budgetAriel Theatrical Inc: $8,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetFolds of Honor Foundation: $7,030 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOne More Wave Surf Corp: $7,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetMearth: $6,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetOperation Freedom Paws: $6,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNoah's Arks Rescue: $6,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetValue Schools: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCanine Companions for Independence Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSanta Barbara Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $6,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBeaufort Symphony Orchestra: $5,500 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetContinue Mission: $5,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetWarrior Wod Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetMonterey Bay Horsemanship & Therapeutic Center: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFriends of Fisher House Charleston: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetProgressive Animal Welfare Society aka PAWS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Spokane County: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNoah's Ark Animal Rehabilitation Center and Sanctuary Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAlliance for Children's Rights: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Caltech Y: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetRescue Coop: $4,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetThe David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetField of Dreams Learning Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetPort Royal Sound Foundation: $3,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSouth Carolina Coastal Conservation League Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGround Education: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTracys Dogs: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMountain Trails Foundation: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPalmetto Animal Assisted Life Servi: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUniversity of South Carolina Educational Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSugar Bear Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetCanine Support Teams Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 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 50.

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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 loosely connected circle, clustered around a few shared anchors.

Community Foundation of the LowcountrySC19.5× affinity7 shared granteesties to 6 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of the Lowcountry · Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc · Dan and Merrie Boone Foundation Inc · Amg Charitable Gift Foundation · Manitou Fund · Sa Ming Foundation · Laurel Charitable Trust · Mosher Foundation · Rudi Schulte Family Foundation · Goodwin Family Memorial Tua · Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina · Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker 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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Find your warmest path to Morrow Legacy 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 Morrow Legacy Foundation

How much does Morrow Legacy Foundation give?
Morrow Legacy Foundation reported 21 grants totaling $186,530 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 22 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2021.
What does Morrow Legacy Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (65%), Animals (8%), Human Services (4%).
Who are Morrow Legacy Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Shelter to Soldier Inc ($45k), California Institute of Technology ($27k), Stop the Addiction Fatality Epidemic (Safe) Project US ($20k).
Does Morrow Legacy Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2021, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Morrow Legacy 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 Morrow Legacy Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of the Lowcountry, Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc, Dan and Merrie Boone Foundation Inc.
Where is Morrow Legacy Foundation based?
Morrow Legacy Foundation is based in SC.

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 70 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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