The Morris Family Foundation
Nashville, TN · EIN 58-1913577. Reported 228 grants totalling $777,526 to 79 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. 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. 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. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | $48,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Fordham University | Bronx, NY | $48,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Comma Catalyst | Nashville, TN | $29,375 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| New Canaan Land Trust Inc | New Canaan, CT | $27,100 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Oak Hill School | Nashville, TN | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Ny Philharmonic | New York, NY | $19,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Harpeth Hall School | Nashville, TN | $18,750 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| University School of Nashville | Nashville, TN | $17,125 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Patricia's Children Inc | Kingston, NY | $14,100 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The New York Times Communities Fund | Brooklyn, NY | $13,725 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Voices for a Safer Tennessee | Nashville, TN | $12,125 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Balletcollective Inc | New York, NY | $10,140 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Estonian American Fund | Rockville, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| St George's Annual Fund | Middletown, RI | $10,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Center for Healthy Minds | Madison, WI | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Versailles Foundation | New York, NY | $7,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Friends of Blue Yellow for Ukraine USA Nfp Inc | Naperville, IL | $6,020 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| 101 E 69TH Street Conservancy | New York, NY | $6,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Buckley School Annual Fun | New York, NY | $6,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Ensemble Studio Theatre | New York, NY | $6,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Greenwich Hospital | Greenwich, CT | $6,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| The Society of Msk | New York, NY | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Iy of Princeton | Princeton, NJ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tufts University | Medford, MA | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Literacy Partners | New York, NY | $4,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Italian Greyhound Rescue | North Reading, MA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| New Canaan Library | New Canaan, CT | $3,540 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| The Schwarzman Animal Medical Center | New York, NY | $3,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Town Players of New Canaan | New Canaan, CT | $3,221 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| The New York Times Neediest Cases F | Brooklyn, NY | $3,150 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Theatre Wing | New York, NY | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Girl Scouts of Greater Ny | New York, NY | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Staying Put in New Canaan | New Canaan, CT | $3,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| American Tinnitus Association | Washington, DC | $2,350 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| National Museum of Racing | Saratoga Springs, NY | $2,250 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| New Canaan Historical Society | New Canaan, CT | $2,250 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Fund for Park Avenue | New York, NY | $2,250 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Wildlife in Crisis | Weston, CT | $2,250 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Ecad | Torrington, CT | $2,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| New Canaan Community Foundation | New Canaan, CT | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Vista Life for Autism | Madison, CT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Drama League | New York, NY | $1,750 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| The Good Dog Foundation | Hudson, NY | $1,750 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Hank Foundation | Mt Kisco, NY | $1,750 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Carnegie Hill Neighbors Inc | New York, NY | $1,600 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Revived Soliders Ukraine | Orlando, FL | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House | Nashville, TN | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Wisconsin | Madison, WI | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Waveny Park Convervancy | New Canaan, CT | $1,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Grace Farms Foundation | New Canaan, CT | $1,275 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| New Canaan Beautification League | New Canaan, CT | $1,250 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| New Canaan Nature Center Assoc | New Canaan, CT | $1,250 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Silvermine Arts Ctr | New Canaan, CT | $1,250 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| New Canaan Preservation Alliance | New Canaan, CT | $1,200 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| East Side Settlement House | Bronx, NY | $1,100 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Albertus Magnus College | New Haven, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| ASPCA | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Friends of Irwin Park | New Canaan, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Marrakech Incorporated | Woodbridge, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New Canaan Garden Club | New Canaan, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Providence College | Providence, RI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| St Mark's Episcopal Church | New Canaan, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 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 |
| Donorschoose | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Soane Museum Foundation | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| 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 |
| Thirty West Forty Fourth Street Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| AARP Foundation | Long Beach, CA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| New Canaan Ems | New Canaan, CT | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| 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 |
| Wikimedia Foundation | Washington, DC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
55 of 79 (70%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 82%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 113 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 44 | $197,000 | $1,000 |
| 2022 | 49 | $200,000 | $1,000 |
| 2023 | 46 | $159,501 | $1,000 |
| 2024 | 35 | $100,125 | $500 |
| 2025 | 54 | $120,900 | $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
36% of its giving went to organizations in New York. 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 $1,000. 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 New York.
- 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 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: 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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