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FRIENDS OF MORTON

FRIENDS OF MORTON (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $850 to it, the largest being BAIRD FOUNDATION INC ($850). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$143k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$850
Net assets
$70k
1/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What Friends of Morton does

Mission

To support morton elementary school via fundraising and community building initiatives.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Principal/teacher needs - funding items that are needed in the school to foster good education.

    $2,100 spentof which $2,100 as grants
    3% of program spending

  2. Music house - funding music programming.

    $45,800 spentof which $45,800 as grants
    65% of program spending

  3. World strides - funding 8th grade trip to washington, dc.

    $22,485 spentof which $22,485 as grants
    32% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $70,385.

02The organization over time
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
1

From the IRS filings of FRIENDS OF MORTON’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

FRIENDS OF MORTON draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 1 state in all.

WI

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

FRIENDS OF MORTON runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin48% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like FRIENDS OF MORTON

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In Illinois

Orrington School PTA79%Friends of Ogden School Inc78%Washington Elementary School Parent Teacher Org77%Friends of Mitchell77%Meadowbrook School Parent-Teacher Organization77%Edison Parent Teacher Organization77%Henking Hoffman PTA77%May Whitney Elementary Parent-Teacher Organization77%

Nationally

Morello Park Elementary PTA80%Monticello Jefferson Parent Faculty Asso80%Sierra Madre Elementary PTA80%The Marvin Elementary School Foundation80%Thomson Elementary School Parent Teacher Organization Inc79%Washington Elementary PTA79%Orrington School PTA79%Acacia Elementary School Foundation79%
05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

IL

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Questions and answers

Who funds FRIENDS OF MORTON?
FRIENDS OF MORTON (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $850 to it, the largest being BAIRD FOUNDATION INC ($850). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does FRIENDS OF MORTON have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $850 in grants to FRIENDS OF MORTON, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF MORTON?
BAIRD FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $850 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FRIENDS OF MORTON find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing