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Thomas J Moran 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.

$168k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0186% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$468kEducation$196kHuman Services$158kCrime & Legal$65kYouth Development$58kHousing & Shelter$51kPhilanthropy$45kFood & Nutrition$35kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $55k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
$15,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$2.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$50,000
DADTH$50,000
HOPE MINISTRIES BATON ROUGE$30,000
WARD'S FOUNDATION$15,000
MARY BIRD PERKINS CANCER CENTER$10,000
FIRST TEE$5,000
EMERGE SCHOOL$5,000
PAT'S COATS FOR KIDS$2,500
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 (FY17–24, $120k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%GAITWAY THERAPEUTIC HORSEMANSHIP: $60k → 19%HELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN: $25k → 10%PAT'S COATS FOR KIDS: $3k → 19%HELPING HAND - HOME FOR CHILDREN: $20k → 10%PAT'S COATS FOR KIDS: $3k → 19%PAT'S COATS FOR KIDS: $10k → 19%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.

36%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$465k · 9 repeat orgs$824k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +77% since the first grant, against -16% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
25

Total granted

$465k
$719k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+77%
-16%

Still filing today

89%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 37% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $105k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’24
Human ServicesHealthEducationPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsCrime & LegalOther
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

  • MB
    MARY BIRD PERKINS CANCER CENTER
    3× · 2020–2024 · $105k · revenue +728%
  • WF
    Wards Foundation
    2× · 2022–2024 · $90k · revenue +126%
  • SL
    ST LILLIAN ACADEMY
    3× · 2019–2021 · $60k · revenue +146%

Funded once

  • GT
    GATEWAY TRANSITION CENTER INC
    one grant, 2017 · $110k · revenue -98% · 49% of their budget
  • GT
    GAITWAY THERAPEUTIC HORSEMANSHIP
    one grant, 2017 · $60k · revenue +23%
  • MC
    MCMANS CHILDREN'S DEVELOPMENT CENTE
    one grant, 2021 · $60k
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
Easter Seals North Texas

We help advance the independence of individuals with disabilities & other special needs.

Health
2
Launch

Launch Therapy Center provides comprehensive pediatric therapy and family support services that improve access, developmental outcomes, and quality of life for children with disabilities and developmental delays throughout Louisianas…

Health
3
Tact Kids Inc

We build careers and futures for the entire autism community. our goal is to encourage, empower, educate and employ. (continued on schedule o)

Education
4
Autism Charlotte

Autism Charlotte's misison is to embrace and empower children and families affected by autism. We envision a community where every family navigation autism is supported with knowledge, resources, warmth, and understanding.

Health
5
Baton Rouge Children's Advocacy Center

Baton rouge children's advocacy center serves abused children and their non-offending family members. services include forensic interviews, therapy services, and a family advocacy support program.

Youth Development
6
Children's Cancer Fund of Dallas inc

Children's cancer fund champions kids in their fight against cancer through strategic investments in research and care in north texas.

Health
7
Access Group Inc

Since 1994, access has been building brighter futures for children, young adults and families in little rock, arkansas and beyond. we are a nonprofit organization committed to building new levels of confidence, competence and opportunity…

Education
8
Hugo W Moser Research Institute At Kennedy Krieger Inc

The hugo w. moser research institute at kennedy krieger, inc. (the "research institute") is an internationally recognized research facility finding answers to problems and injuries that affect a child's developing brain. researchers have…

Science & Tech
9
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
10
Teamability Inc

Teamability strives to ensure that children with severe multiple disabilities have the opportunity to benefit from therapeautic educational intervention to participate actively in life.

Education
11
Richard L Shorkey Education and Rehabilitation Center

The shorkey center specializes in effective individualized educational programs that include early childhood education and therapeutic services focusing on children with special needs

Health
12
Feat of Louisville Inc

Feat of louisville is a non-profit organization of parents and professionals dedicated to ensuring that all individuals with autism have the opportunity to reach their full potential through all forms of effective early intervention.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Manners of the Heart Inc; the most unlike its peers is Wards Foundation. 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

22 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. 22 of the 38 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/22
Grantees still filing
15/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GATEWAY TRANSITION CENTER INC: $110,000 · OtherGATEWAY TRANSITION CENTER INCMCMANS CHILDREN'S DEVELOPMENT CENTE: $60,000 · OtherMCMANS CHILDREN'S DEVELOPMENT CENTETHE ARC OF THE CAPITAL AREA: $50,689 · OtherTHE ARC OF THE CAPITAL AREAIndividual grant recipient: $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientBATON ROUGE CRISIS INTERVENTION: $50,000 · OtherBATON ROUGE CRISIS INTERVENTIONDADTH: $50,000 · OtherDADTHTHE EMERGE SCHOOL: $36,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $35,125 · OtherVOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA - GREATER BATON ROUGE VETERAN SERVICES: $35,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $30,000 · OtherJUVENILE DIABETES FOUNDATION: $25,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $25,000 · OtherSTART UP KIDS CLUB: $25,000 · OtherCitizens for Animals of Midland Odessa Inc: $24,350 · Other+7 more: $95,000 · Other+7 moreMARY BIRD PERKINS CANCER CENTER: $104,750 · HealthMARY BIRD PERKINS CA…Wards Foundation: $90,000 · HealthWards FoundationCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $25,000 · HealthCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUN…BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $15,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED …ST LILLIAN ACADEMY: $60,000 · EducationST LILLIAN…THREE OCLOCK PROJECT: $35,000 · EducationTHREE OCLO…MANNERS OF THE HEART INC: $30,000 · EducationMANNERS OF…GAITWAY THERAPEUTIC HORSEMANSHIP: $60,000 · Human ServicesGAITWAY TH…HELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN INC: $45,000 · Human ServicesHELPING HA…PAT'S COATS FOR KIDS INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesPAT'S COAT…+1 more: $2,500 · Human ServicesHOPE MINISTRIES OF BATON ROUGE: $51,461 · Housing & ShelterBATON ROUGE AREA FOUNDATION: $25,000 · PhilanthropyKIDS WITH POSSABILITIES: $12,500 · PhilanthropyTHE EMERGE CENTER INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyRBI AUSTIN: $20,000 · Recreation & SportsLONG GAME YOUTH FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL TEXAS: $12,500 · Recreation & Sports
Other$701,164Health$234,750Education$125,000Human Services$122,500Housing & Shelter$51,461Philanthropy$47,500Recreation & Sports$32,500

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 budgetGATEWAY TRANSITION CENTER INC: $110,000 over 1y, 49% of budgetMARY BIRD PERKINS CANCER CENTER: $104,750 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWards Foundation: $90,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetGAITWAY THERAPEUTIC HORSEMANSHIP: $60,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetST LILLIAN ACADEMY: $60,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetHOPE MINISTRIES OF BATON ROUGE: $51,461 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetTHE ARC OF THE CAPITAL AREA: $50,689 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetHELPING HAND HOME FOR CHILDREN INC: $45,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHREE OCLOCK PROJECT: $35,000 over 1y, 8.4% of budgetMANNERS OF THE HEART INC: $30,000 over 1y, 8.0% of budgetSTART UP KIDS CLUB: $25,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBATON ROUGE AREA FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCitizens for Animals of Midland Odessa Inc: $24,350 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetRBI AUSTIN: $20,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetPAT'S COATS FOR KIDS INC: $15,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLONG GAME YOUTH FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL TEXAS: $12,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTHE EMERGE CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFamilies Forward Charlotte Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 4.0% 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.

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.

Albemarle FoundationThe Huey & Angelina W…Baton Rouge Area Foun…The Credit Bureau of …Shell USA Company Fou…Rotary Club of Baton …The Merice Boo Johnst…Rockhold Family Found…Irene W & Cb Penningt…Blue Cross & Blue Shi…The Moody FoundationAustin Community Foun…
Albemarle FoundationNC22.9× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Albemarle Foundation · The Huey & Angelina Wilson Foundation · Baton Rouge Area Foundation · The Credit Bureau of Baton Rouge Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Rotary Club of Baton Rouge Foundation · The Merice Boo Johnston Grigsby Foundation · Rockhold Family Foundation Inc · Irene W & Cb Pennington Private Foundation · Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation · The Moody Foundation · Austin Community 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Thomas J Moran Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Thomas J Moran Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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

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    How do I get to Thomas J Moran Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Thomas J Moran Family 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 38 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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