Robert S Morrison Foundation
Ashtabula, OH · EIN 23-7246162. Reported 147 grants totalling $2,680,492 to 82 recipients across tax years 2022-2025. 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. Robert S Morrison 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 $9,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $20,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $155,000. 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. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashtabula County Medical Center Foundation | Ashtabula, OH | $455,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Kent State University | Ashtabula, OH | $175,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ashtabula County Animal Protective Leauge | Ashtabula, OH | $168,660 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Ashtabula Regional Medical Center Foundation | Ashtabula, OH | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| After School Discovery | Ashtabula, OH | $140,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Ashtabula County Airport Authority | Jefferson, OH | $136,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Northeast Ohio Regional Airport | Jefferson, OH | $76,606 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ashtabula Arts Center | Ashtabula, OH | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Ashtabula County District Library Foundation | Ashtabula, OH | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Beatitude House | Ashtabula, OH | $65,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| United Way of Ashtabula County | Ashtabula, OH | $62,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ashtabula Homeless Shelter Inc | Ashtabula, OH | $52,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Ashtabula County Family YMCA | Ashtabula, OH | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ashtabula County Ne Ohio Regional Airport Authority | Jefferson, OH | $49,736 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Cleveland Rape Crisis Center | Cleveland, OH | $46,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Ashcraft Industries Inc | Ashtabula, OH | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Ashtabula Arts Center Foundation | Ashtabula, OH | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Jefferson Area Local School District | Jefferson, OH | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Saybrook Township Park | Ashtabula, OH | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Ashtabula County Technical & Career Campus | Jefferson, OH | $38,665 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ashtabula Dream Center | Ashtabula, OH | $31,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Leadership Ashtabula County Inc | Ashtabula, OH | $30,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| American Red Cross Ne Ohio | Cleveland, OH | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Civic Development Corporation | Ashtabula, OH | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Saybrook Township | Ashtabula, OH | $29,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Saint John School | Ashtabula, OH | $27,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Ashtabula Little League | Ashtabula, OH | $26,450 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Abc Childcare & Learning Center | Ashtabula, OH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Emergency Assistance Foundation Inc | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ashtabula Police Department | Ashtabula, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Civic Development Corporation of Ashtabula County | Ashtabula, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Country Neighbor Program Inc | Orwell, OH | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Unionville Preservation Society | Madison, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lakeside Goal Line Club | Ashtabula, OH | $19,448 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| First Presbyterian Church | Ashtabula, OH | $18,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Growth Partnership for Ashtabula County | Jefferson, OH | $15,800 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Alzheimer's Association | Mentor, OH | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Girl Scouts of Northeast Ohio | Macedonia, OH | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hospice of the Western Reserve Inc | Ashtabula, OH | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Junior Achievement of Mahoning Valley | Girard, OH | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Valley Community Growth Connection | Orwell, OH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Western Reserve Land Conservancy | Moreland Hills, OH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lakeside Youth Football League | Ashtabula, OH | $14,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ashtabula Area City Schools | Ashtabula, OH | $13,090 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Go Community Development Corporation | Ashtabula, OH | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hiawatha Church of God in Christ | Ashtabula, OH | $11,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Jefferson Depot Inc | Jefferson, OH | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Lakeside Society for the Performing Arts | Ashtabula, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Saint John Youth Football League Inc | Ashtabula, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Seventh Day Baptist General Conference | Janesville, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Ashtabula County Lights on the Lake | Ashtabula, OH | $8,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Ashtabula County Covered Bridge Festival | Jefferson, OH | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Axxess Pointe Community Health Center | Akron, OH | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Legal Aid Society of Cleveland | Cleveland, OH | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lift Bridge Community Association | Ashtabula, OH | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Kingsville Public Library | Kingsville, OH | $6,975 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ashtabula Downtown Development Association | Ashtabula, OH | $5,700 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Wildfire Fan Club | Ashtabula, OH | $5,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Camp Whitewood | Windsor, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cleveland Clinic Foundation | Cleveland, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Junior Achievement of Ashtabula County | Ashtabula, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lakeside Music Boosters | Ashtabula, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Park Place Non-Profit Center Co | Ashtabula, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Saving Our Strays Cat Rescue | Ashtabula, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Peter's Fine Arts | Ashtabula, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Walk to End Alzheimer's | Beachwood, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Koinonia Development Center | Geneva, OH | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Ashtabula County Swat | Jefferson, OH | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bethlehem Experience | Conneaut, OH | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Conneaut Rotary Foundation | Conneaut, OH | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Conneaut Water Rescue | Conneaut, OH | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Cleveland Museum of Art | Cleveland, OH | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Womensafe Inc | Chardon, OH | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Holden Forests & Gardens | Kingsville, OH | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Northeast Ohio Pollinator Society Inc | Jefferson, OH | $2,988 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ashtabula County Community Action Agency | Ashtabula, OH | $1,874 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ideastream Public Media | Cleveland, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lakeside High School Athletic Department | Ashtabula, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wqln | Erie, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Geneva Area Neighborhood Progress | Geneva, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Saint John Athletic Boosters | Ashtabula, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| University Hospitals Geneva Medical Center | Geneva, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
37 of 82 (45%) 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 51%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- After School Discovery
GENERAL PURPOSEGENERAL PURPOSE
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 69 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 35 | $681,730 | $7,000 |
| 2023 | 36 | $705,488 | $7,500 |
| 2024 | 36 | $579,538 | $8,474 |
| 2025 | 40 | $713,736 | $10,000 |
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.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Robert S Morrison Foundation has 8 of them, worth $1,955,000. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Ashtabula County Medical Center Foundation | Ashtabula, OH | $850,000 |
| Ashtabula County Medical Center Foundation | Ashtabula, OH | $700,000 |
| Kent State University | Ashtabula, OH | $125,000 |
| Civic Development Corporation of Ashtabula County | Ashtabula, OH | $120,000 |
| Ashtabula County District Library Foundation | Ashtabula, OH | $100,000 |
| After School Discovery | Ashtabula, OH | $25,000 |
| After School Discovery | Ashtabula, OH | $20,000 |
| Civic Development Corporation | Ashtabula, OH | $15,000 |
Where its money goes
99% of its giving went to organizations in Ohio. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $9,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Ohio.
- 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 Robert S Morrison Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 355 Prospect Road P O Box 580, Ashtabula, OH, 44005. 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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