The Morris Foundation
Invitation OnlyFort Worth, Texas · EIN 75-2137184 · Private foundation · Website
Grants paid (2025)$9M
Organizations funded77
Typical grant$75,000
Total assets$270.1M
Half of its grants to organizations were between $50,000 and $125,000.
From the return
How to apply
On its return for tax year 2025 the foundation checked the box saying it only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds.
What it funds
Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.
Where it gives
2% of grants went outside Texas.
Grants paid in tax year 2025
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Presbyterian Night Shelter | Fort Worth, TX | Ram retention | $1,000,000 |
| Rev Tarrant County | Fort Worth, TX | Effective educator and pre-k policy work | $600,000 |
| Presbyterian Night Shelter of Tarrant County | Fort Worth, TX | The greater good collective | $500,000 |
| Fort Worth Affordability Inc Dba Fort Worth Housing Solutions | Fort Worth, TX | Community education initiative | $340,000 |
| Mhmr Foundation | Fort Worth, TX | Perinatal connection continuum | $275,000 |
| Child Care Associates | Fort Worth, TX | Child care associates: leading change through advocacy and policy | $220,000 |
| Jps Foundation | Fort Worth, TX | Pregnancy care coordination services | $200,000 |
| Partnership Home | Fort Worth, TX | Policy change to improve the lives of those experiencing homelessness in our communities | $200,000 |
| Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas | Dallas, TX | Fort worth health equity fund | $200,000 |
| Community Food Bank | Fort Worth, TX | Operations for rapid food distribution program | $175,000 |
| Tarrant Area Food Bank | Fort Worth, TX | Ready to learn | $170,000 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Tarrant County | Fort Worth, TX | Youth social-emotional development support | $150,000 |
| Camp Fire First Texas | Fort Worth, TX | Camp fire early education workforce development | $150,000 |
| Meals on Wheels Inc of Tarrant County | Fort Worth, TX | Home delivered meals for tarrant county's older, disabled, and homebound adults | $150,000 |
| North Texas Area Community Health Center | Fort Worth, TX | Living your best life program for diabetes and hypertension patients | $150,000 |
| North Texas Area Community Health Center | Fort Worth, TX | Sustainability project | $150,000 |
| First United Methodist Church | Fort Worth, TX | First street outreach | $125,000 |
| Presbyterian Night Shelter | Fort Worth, TX | Family services | $125,000 |
| The Archway | Arlington, TX | Postpartum support for domestic violence victims in safehaven's shelters | $125,000 |
| The Salvation Army Dfw Metroplex Command | West Nyack, NY | Combatting poverty, homelessness, and addiction in fort worth | $125,000 |
| Tarrant County Samaritan Housing Inc | Fort Worth, TX | General operations and the villages capital request | $120,000 |
| The Jordan Elizabeth Harris Foundation | Fort Worth, TX | General suicide prevention funding | $120,000 |
| YMCA of Metropolitan Fort Worth | Fort Worth, TX | Ella mcfadden early learning center at the y | $120,000 |
| Ach Child and Family Services | Fort Worth, TX | Transitional living support | $100,000 |
| Ach Child and Family Services | Fort Worth, TX | Cobris companion application incorporating artificial intelligence to support child social work | $100,000 |
| Amplify | Fort Worth, TX | Amplify 2026 operational grant request | $100,000 |
| Center for Transforming Lives | Fort Worth, TX | Quality early childhood education and family support for 560+ tarrant county kids | $100,000 |
| Communities in Schools of Greater Tarrant County | Fort Worth, TX | Case management for at-risk students in fort worth and tarrant county | $100,000 |
| Jps Foundation | Fort Worth, TX | Adolescent inpatient unit behavioral health | $100,000 |
| Recovery Resource Council | Fort Worth, TX | Enduring families: veterans mental health program | $100,000 |
| Union Gospel Mission of Tarrant County | Fort Worth, TX | Union gospel mission of tarrant county general operations | $100,000 |
| Waco Foundation | Waco, TX | Operations | $100,000 |
| Casa of Tarrant County | Fort Worth, TX | Casa of tarrant county's advocacy for abused and neglected children in foster care in tarrant county | $90,000 |
| Texas Impact Network | Arlington, TX | Strategic staffing in tarrant county | $86,000 |
| All Saints Health Foundation Dba Baylor Scott & White | Dallas, TX | Graduate medical education fqhc rotation support | $80,000 |
| Cook Children's Health Foundation | Fort Worth, TX | Cook childrens alexander vision center | $80,000 |
| Alliance for Children Inc | Fort Worth, TX | Support for tarrant county child abuse victims | $75,000 |
| Cook Children's Health Foundation | Fort Worth, TX | Cook children's developmental pediatrics department | $75,000 |
| Cristo Rey Fort Worth Catholic High School | Fort Worth, TX | Cristo rey fort worth college prep: corporate work study program | $75,000 |
| Delighted to Doula Birth Services | Prosper, TX | Community-Based postpartum doula program | $75,000 |
| Educational First Steps | Dallas, TX | Program | $75,000 |
| Methodist Justice Ministry | Fort Worth, TX | Family law representation and support services for indigent victims of abuse and neglect | $75,000 |
| Texprotects the Texas Association for the Protection of Children | Dallas, TX | Safe beginnings: expanding home visiting to protect and strengthen fort worth families | $75,000 |
| The Women's Center of Tarrant County | Fort Worth, TX | Mental health services | $75,000 |
| United Community Centers Inc | Fort Worth, TX | Education literacy program | $75,000 |
| Waco Foundation | Waco, TX | Tarrant county census readiness assessment | $75,000 |
| Guardianship Services Inc | Fort Worth, TX | Money management: strengthening the safety net for older adults | $70,000 |
| The Concilio | Dallas, TX | The concilio's mental wellness programming: familias fuertes, el bienestar empieza en el hogar | $70,000 |
| Ab Christian Learning Center | Fort Worth, TX | Abclc 2026 freedom school summer reading program | $65,000 |
| Cancer Care Services | Fort Worth, TX | Help=hope: reducing the burden of cancer | $65,000 |
| Fort Worth Report | Fort Worth, TX | Funding to expand the fort worth report's capacity to provide local news coverage of key issues | $65,000 |
| Gill Children's Services | Fort Worth, TX | Gill children's services | $65,000 |
| Camp Summit Inc | Dallas, TX | The lisa braziel memorial financial assistance program for tarrant county campers with disabilities | $60,000 |
| Society of St Vincent de Paul of North Texas | Dallas, TX | Charitable pharmacy | $60,000 |
| Unbound Now | Fort Worth, TX | 24/7 crisis support & case management for commercially sexually exploited youth (csey) | $60,000 |
| Abide Women's Health Services | Dallas, TX | Accessible mobile maternal healthcare in tarrant county | $50,000 |
| Clc Inc | Fort Worth, TX | 2025 low income family employment initiative program | $50,000 |
| Community Healing and Mental Health Project Inc | Mansfield, TX | Wellness at the trail | $50,000 |
| Community Link Mission Inc | Saginaw, TX | Support for community link | $50,000 |
| Fort Worth Economic Development Partnership Foundation | Fort Worth, TX | Fort worth economic development partnership | $50,000 |
Showing the 60 largest of 77 grants to organizations.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Grant lines |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $9,006,922 | 77 |
| 2024 | $16,206,930 | 134 |
| 2023 | $9,539,950 | 105 |
Sources
- IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2025, filed Sep 3, 2026 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202612469349100006
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 75-2137184
- Profile updated Nov 5, 2026
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