Morley Foundation
Saginaw, MI · EIN 38-6055569. Reported 298 grants totalling $962,180 to 145 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. Morley 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 $4,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $31,600. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta College Broadcasting | University Center, MI | $91,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| YMCA of Saginaw | Saginaw, MI | $90,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Northern Michigan Childress Assn | Roscommon, MI | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Temple Arts | Saginaw, MI | $42,100 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Saginaw Art Museum | Saginaw, MI | $40,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Public Libraries of Saginaw | Saginaw, MI | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Saginaw Basin Land Conservancy | Bay City, MI | $36,700 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Major Chords for Minors | Saginaw, MI | $34,250 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Friends of Hoyt Park | Saginaw, MI | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Saginaw Bay Community Sailing Assoc | Bay City, MI | $23,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Hidden Harvest | Saginaw, MI | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Saginaw Public Libraries | Saginaw, MI | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Urban Tennis Foundation | Saginaw, MI | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Read Association of Saginaw County | Saginaw, MI | $17,905 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Kirtland Community College Foundation | Roscommon, MI | $14,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Delta College | University Center, MI | $14,140 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Baysail | Bay City, MI | $13,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Cranbrook Educational Community | Bloomfield Hills, MI | $13,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| North Central Michigan College | Petoskey, MI | $12,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Saginaw Choral Society | Saginaw, MI | $12,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Pride in Saginaw Inc | Saginaw, MI | $12,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra | Saginaw, MI | $12,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Huron Pines | Gaylord, MI | $11,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Can Council of Saginaw | Saginaw, MI | $10,200 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Boy Scouts of America | Auburn, MI | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Food Bank of Eastern Michigan | Flint, MI | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Saginaw Youth Protection Council | Saginaw, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Saginaw Community Foundation | Saginaw, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| YWCA Great Lakes Bay Region | Bay City, MI | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Underground Railroad Inc | Saginaw, MI | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| The Foote School | New Haven, CT | $7,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Planned Parenthood | Saginaw, MI | $6,250 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Camp Westminster | Roscommon, MI | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kalamazoo Anti-Human Trafficking Coalition | Kalamazoo, MI | $5,940 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Higgins Lake Foundation | Roscommon, MI | $5,590 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan | Saginaw, MI | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Field Neuroscience Institue | Saginaw, MI | $5,200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Council of Michigan Foundations | Detroit, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Great Lakes Bay Health Center | Saginaw, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Habitat for Humanity | Saginaw, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Interlochen Center for the Arts | Interlochen, MI | $5,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Japanese Cultural Center of Saginaw | Saginaw, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pit & Balcony | Saginaw, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Partnershift Network | Saginaw, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Read Association of Saginaw | Saginaw, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Saginaw County Veterans Memorial Plaza | Saginaw, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Saginaw Area Fireworks | Saginaw, MI | $4,200 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Child & Family Services of Saginaw | Saginaw, MI | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hillsdale College | Hillsdale, MI | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Saginaw Public School | Saginaw, MI | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Michigan School of Dentistry | Ann Arbor, MI | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Saginaw Valley Sate University | University Center, MI | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Lake County | North Chicago, IL | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Charlevoix Circle of Arts | Charlevoix, MI | $3,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Crooked Tree Arts Center | Petoskey, MI | $3,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Darian Locklear Project | Brighton, MI | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Deerfield Academy | Deerfield, MA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Grand Traverse Land Conservancy | Traverse City, MI | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Kirtland's Warbler Alliance | Okemos, MI | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Thomas Township Nature Preserve | Saginaw, MI | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Council of Michigan Foundation | Detroit, MI | $2,550 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ahsrat Co | Saginaw, MI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Brighton Library | Brighton, MI | $2,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Cranbrook School | Bloomfield Hills, MI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| First Presbyterian Church of Lake Forest | Lake Forest, IL | $2,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Habitat for Humanity of Saginaw | Saginaw, MI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Llead | Perrinton, MI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Northern Community Mediation | Petosky, MI | $2,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Riverside Saginaw Film Festival | Saginaw, MI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Self Love Beauty | Midland, MI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Scouting America | Irving, TX | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Suicide Resource & Response Ct | Saginaw, MI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kaahtc | Kalamazoo, MI | $2,400 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Oregon Food Bank | Portland, OR | $2,100 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Arcs Foundation | Torrance, CA | $2,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Gateway Community College Foundation | Buchanan, MI | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| House of Love | Saginaw, MI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Integrated Resettlement Immigration Services | New Haven, CT | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Japanese Cultural Center & Tea House | Saginaw, MI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hospitality House of Saginaw | Saginaw, MI | $1,700 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Equal Access Training | Saginaw, MI | $1,510 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Challenge Mountain | Boyne Falls, MI | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community Dining Room Inc | Branford, CT | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Five Arts Circle | Scottsdale, AZ | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Oaks Park Association | Portland, OR | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Phillips Exeter Academy | Exeter, NH | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Michelson Memorial UMC | Grayling, MI | $1,400 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Friends of Columbia Gorge | Portland, OR | $1,250 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| First Congregational Church | Saginaw, MI | $1,200 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Baylor Univ Sch of Nursing | Dallas, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chicago Community Trust | Chicago, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Gateway Community College Foundatio | Buchanan, MI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gateway Community College | New Haven, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Henry Ford College Foundation | Dearborn, MI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Higgens Brothers Surgicenter of Hope | Kansas City, MO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Intergrated Resettlement Immigration Services | New Haven, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Impact 100 Little Traverse Bay | Petoskey, MI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Kirtland Community College Foundati | Roscommon, MI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lacasa | Howell, MI | $1,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Lake Forest Lake Bluff Historical Society | Lake Forest, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Legacy Land Conservancy | Ann Arbor, MI | $1,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Northwood University Foundation | Midland, MI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Phillips Exter Academy | Exeter, NH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Resurrection Lutheran Church | Saginaw, MI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Reading Power Inc | Lake Bluff, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| St Charles Area Museum | St Charles, MI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Trinity College | Hartford, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Crawford County Commission of Aging | Grayling, MI | $900 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Oregon Public Broadcasting | Portland, OR | $800 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Arbor Day Foundation | Lincoln, NE | $750 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| First Ward Community Center | Westland, MI | $750 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Heights and Hills Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Higgins Lake Property Owners Association | Roscommon, MI | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Leukemia and Lymphoma Society | Detroit, MI | $750 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Old Town Christian Outreach Center | Saginaw, MI | $750 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Roscommon County Community Foundation | Roscommon, MI | $700 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Saginaw Basin Land Conservacy | Bay City, MI | $700 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Grt Lakes Bay Reg | Bay City, MI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Michigan Legacy Art Park | Thompsonville, MI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Saginaw Childrens Zoo | Saginaw, MI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Womens National Farm and Garden | Saginaw, MI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Multiple Sclerosis Society | Southfield, MI | $450 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| First Congressional Church | Saginaw, MI | $400 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Junior League of Kalamazoo | Kalamazoo, MI | $400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Oregon Public Boradcasting | Portland, OR | $350 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Spectrum Health Foundation | Grand Rapids, MI | $325 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Castle Museum | Saginaw, MI | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends Old New and Social U | Reese, MI | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Saginaw Spirit Foundation | Saginaw, MI | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Heart of West Michigan United Way | Grand Rapids, MI | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sacred Beginnings Transitional Home | Wyoming, MI | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Salvation Army | Saginaw, MI | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Womans National Farm and Garden | Bloomfield Hills, MI | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| YWCA of Kalamazoo | Kalamazoo, MI | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Partnership for the Arts & Humanities | Canton, MI | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Roscommon Co Community Foundation | Roscommon, MI | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| United Animal Nations Red Rover | Sacramento, CA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tipping Point Theater | Northville, MI | $120 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Battens Disease Support & Research Assoc | Columbus, OH | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Big Water Creative Arts | Petoskey, MI | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| City Rescue Mission | Saginaw, MI | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Friends Old New and Social | Reese, MI | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Global Empowerment Mission | Doral, FL | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Baldrick's Foundation | Monrovia, CA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Arc of Midland | Midland, MI | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
63 of 145 (43%) 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 61%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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 156 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 | 67 | $211,244 | $1,000 |
| 2022 | 65 | $193,126 | $1,000 |
| 2023 | 70 | $190,950 | $1,000 |
| 2024 | 37 | $163,460 | $2,500 |
| 2025 | 59 | $203,400 | $1,000 |
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.
Where its money goes
95% of its giving went to organizations in Michigan. 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 Michigan.
- 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 Morley 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: One Tuscola Street, Saginaw, MI, 48605. 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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