Washington · Nonprofit
MORNINGSIDE
MORNINGSIDE (Washington) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $971,277 to it, the largest being M J MURDOCK CHARITABLE TRUST ($400,000). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $9.0M
- Funders on record
- 25
- Grants received
- $971k
- Net assets
- $8.5M
What Morningside does
Mission
Morningside provides the training, coaching, and employment services that build the self-sufficiency and self-esteem of people with disabilities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
See schedule o for description of the community employment program.community employment program (placement):we evaluate, train, place and support people with disabilities in integrated jobs in their communities. Individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities are an under-utilized work force of reliable and dependable workers who have the capacity to contribute valuable services to the communities where they live. Yet barriers to their employment are formidable. Morningside's community employment program placement is committed to helping people with disabilities secure transformational jobs and be as self-sufficient as possible. As an agency that provides individual supported employment services, we have some of the best employment outcomes for people with disabilities in the state of washington. We receive referrals from both the division of vocational rehabilitation and the developmental disabilities administration each month, exceed placement outcomes each year and provide exceptional, quality services to clients in our community on a regular basis. Morningside supports a living wage and does not place clients in sub-minimum wage positions.
$5,052,191 spent$6,484,494 earned by the program77% of program spendingSee schedule o for description of the high school transition program.high school transition program:Morningside's high school transition program provides the soft skills and experience students with disabilities need to graduate prepared for the workplace. For young people with disabilities who often have no experience or understanding of work culture, finding work can be impossible. Too often, students with disabilities leave high school to enter a life of isolation and entry level jobs with low pay and little future. We offer transition services through several programs: school-to-work partners with school districts and utilizes a wide variety of community employers to prepare students for working following their final year of high school. Short term internships in local businesses allow students to try a variety of jobs to assist in future job exploration. Project search, which operates at the evergreen state college, offers students three internships during the academic year. Job club is held at south puget sound community college. Here students practice writing resumes, interviewing, and discovering the best approach for talking with employers. Our summer youth internship…
$823,684 spent$362,174 earned by the program13% of program spendingSee schedule o for description of the creative employment program.creative employment program:Morningside's creative employment program enables individuals who require specialized support and supervision to work safely in their communities. The program serves offenders with developmental disabilities who are enrolled in washington's community protection program through dshs. The community protection program is highly regarded nationally and was the first to be approved by the federal government to receive medicaid waiver funding. Morningside has been offering these services since 1993, longer than any employment provider in our state. In addition to the more traditional tasks of a job developer, creative employment job developers provide outreach to community employers and assist individuals with disclosing information to ensure safety. Morningside staff participate in treatment team meetings for each individual where we discuss efforts to reduce supervision and restriction of rights, termed "reductions and advocate for client rights in every possible approach. They work collaboratively with the treatment team to identify employment settings that assist clients in reaching success…
$696,910 spent$182,116 earned by the program11% of program spendingPre-employment transition:Morningside seeks to develop and lead successful workforce development strategies for youth and young adults aged 16-21 with active iep or 504 plans. Through these efforts, youth and young adults will gain work readiness training, work experience, prepare for postsecondary education and/or connect with industry-focused education and training programs.
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The 4 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,572,785.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $11M to $18M (+68%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
5% of MORNINGSIDE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (16% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Jonathan Pleger
President/CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $14k → $295k.
3 of 25 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of MORNINGSIDE’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.
How concentrated its funding is
MORNINGSIDE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 62%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 71% · 2018 85% · 2019 40% · 2020 28% · 2021 30% · 2022 42% · 2023 68% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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.
How long its funders stay
33% of MORNINGSIDE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
73% of MORNINGSIDE's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $36k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.
Against its field
MORNINGSIDE has grown faster than half of the 1,551 employment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,551 employment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like MORNINGSIDE
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 Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
58%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 4 related entities
- Legion Way Holdings LLC · disregarded
- 6th Avenue Holdings LLC · disregarded
- Valley Street Holdings LLC · disregarded
- Business Center Owners Association · corp_trust
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MORNINGSIDE: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MORNINGSIDE?
- MORNINGSIDE (Washington) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $971,277 to it, the largest being M J MURDOCK CHARITABLE TRUST ($400,000). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MORNINGSIDE have?
- IRS filings report 25 organizations giving $971,277 in grants to MORNINGSIDE, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MORNINGSIDE?
- M J MURDOCK CHARITABLE TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $400,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MORNINGSIDE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 25 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