The Morris Family Foundation
Nashville, TN · EIN 58-1913577. Reported 174 grants totalling $656,626 to 67 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. The Morris Family Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $2,000; the smallest was $75 and the largest $100,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population Services International | Washington, DC | $275,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center - Society of Msk | New York, NY | $58,450 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Foundation for the Courtauld Institute of Art | New York, NY | $38,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fordham University | Bronx, NY | $38,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New Canaan Land Trust Inc | New Canaan, CT | $24,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ny Philharmonic | New York, NY | $18,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Harpeth Hall School | Nashville, TN | $14,250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Patricia's Children Inc | Kingston, NY | $14,100 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The New York Times Communities Fund | Brooklyn, NY | $13,225 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Comma Catalyst | Nashville, TN | $12,125 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Oak Hill School | Nashville, TN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Balletcollective Inc | New York, NY | $8,940 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St George's Annual Fund | Middletown, RI | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Center for Healthy Minds | Madison, WI | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| University School of Nashville | Nashville, TN | $7,125 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Voices for a Safer Tennessee | Nashville, TN | $7,125 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of Blue Yellow for Ukraine USA Nfp Inc | Naperville, IL | $6,020 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| 101 E 69TH Street Conservancy | New York, NY | $5,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Buckley School Annual Fun | New York, NY | $5,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ensemble Studio Theatre | New York, NY | $5,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Greenwich Hospital | Greenwich, CT | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Iy of Princeton | Princeton, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Versailles Foundation | New York, NY | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Literacy Partners | New York, NY | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tufts University | Medford, MA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The New York Times Neediest Cases F | Brooklyn, NY | $3,150 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| New Canaan Library | New Canaan, CT | $3,040 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Theatre Wing | New York, NY | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Girl Scouts of Greater Ny | New York, NY | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Italian Greyhound Rescue | North Reading, MA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Staying Put in New Canaan | New Canaan, CT | $2,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Tinnitus Association | Washington, DC | $2,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| National Museum of Racing | Saratoga Springs, NY | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New Canaan Community Foundation | New Canaan, CT | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Vista Life for Autism | Madison, CT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ecad | Torrington, CT | $1,750 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New Canaan Historical Society | New Canaan, CT | $1,750 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wildlife in Crisis | Weston, CT | $1,750 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Town Players of New Canaan | New Canaan, CT | $1,521 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Carnegie Hill Neighbors Inc | New York, NY | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House | Nashville, TN | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Drama League | New York, NY | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Good Dog Foundation | Hudson, NY | $1,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Schwarzman Animal Medical Center | New York, NY | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Fund for Park Avenue | New York, NY | $1,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Hank Foundation | Mt Kisco, NY | $1,250 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of Wisconsin | Madison, WI | $1,250 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Waveny Park Convervancy | New Canaan, CT | $1,250 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Grace Farms Foundation | New Canaan, CT | $1,175 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| East Side Settlement House | Bronx, NY | $1,100 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Marrakech Incorporated | Woodbridge, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New Canaan Beautification League | New Canaan, CT | $1,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New Canaan Garden Club | New Canaan, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New Canaan Nature Center Assoc | New Canaan, CT | $1,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Revived Soliders Ukraine | Orlando, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Mark's Episcopal Church | New Canaan, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New Canaan Preservation Alliance | New Canaan, CT | $950 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Silvermine Arts Ctr | New Canaan, CT | $750 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Newcomers Club of New Canaan | New Canaan, CT | $510 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| 92ND Street Y | New York, NY | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Brick Pres Church | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Horticultural Society of Ny | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Queen Elizabeth II 911 Garden | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York, NY | $220 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Paley Center for Media Nyc | New York, NY | $150 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| American Foundation for Suicide Prevention | New York, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nature Conservancy | Arlington, VA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
48 of 67 (72%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 80%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 84 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 44 | $197,000 | $1,000 |
| 2022 | 49 | $200,000 | $1,000 |
| 2023 | 46 | $159,501 | $1,000 |
| 2024 | 35 | $100,125 | $500 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 42% of this one's giving went to organizations in District of Columbia. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in District of Columbia.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Morris Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 104 Woodmont Blvd Suite 122, Nashville, TN, 37205. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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