Morrison Foundation Trust
Salina, KS · EIN 48-6268660. Reported 162 grants totalling $1,027,060 to 60 organizations across tax years 2020-2023. 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. Morrison Foundation Trust 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 $2,500; the smallest was $100 and the largest $101,500. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Prebyterian Church | Salina, KS | $168,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Salina Presbyterian Manor | Salina, KS | $105,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Seama | Salina, KS | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ku Endowment | Lawrence, KS | $79,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Salina Art Center | Salina, KS | $65,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Greater Salina Community Foundation | Salina, KS | $64,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| First Presbyterian Church | Salina, KS | $62,200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fellow Man International Foundation | Salina, KS | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Mcpherson College | Mcpherson, KS | $53,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Salina Area United Way | Salina, KS | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Stiefel Theatre | Salina, KS | $28,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Ku Endowment for Ku School of Medicine | Lawrence, KS | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Iu Foundation | Bloomington, IN | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Olivia Bloomfield Foundation | Leawood, KS | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Rolling Hills Zoo | Salina, KS | $12,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Douglas County CASA | Lawrence, KS | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Stiefel Theatre Endowment | Salina, KS | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Salina Arts Center | Salina, KS | $7,010 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Temple | Salina, KS | $6,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Salina Education Foundation | Salina, KS | $5,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Cristo Rey Academy | Kansas City, MO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Peoples Heartland Foundation | Pratt, KS | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Angel Covers | Broomfield, CO | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Kansas Wesleyan University | Salina, KS | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Salina Symphony | Salina, KS | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Stiefel Theatre Foundation | Salina, KS | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| WP4KU | Lawrence, KS | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Ashby House | Salina, KS | $3,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Salina Child Care Association Inc | Salina, KS | $3,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Sunflower Adult Day Services | Salina, KS | $3,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Teen Town Inc | Salina, KS | $3,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Big Brothersbig Sisters | Salina, KS | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Central Kansas Foundation | Salina, KS | $3,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Radio Kansas | Salina, KS | $3,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Rotary International Foundation | Chicago, IL | $3,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Salvation Army | Salina, KS | $3,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Domestic Violence Assoc of Central | Salina, KS | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of the River | Salina, KS | $2,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Salina Regional Health Foundation | Salina, KS | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Smoky Hill Public Television | Salina, KS | $2,400 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| American Cancer Society | Wichita, KS | $2,350 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Kpts | Wichita, KS | $2,100 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Coronado Area Council Boy Scouts of America | Salina, KS | $2,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Delta Upsilon Educational Foundation | Indianapolis, IN | $2,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Domestic Violence Association of Central Kansas | Salina, KS | $2,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Smoky Hill Museum | Salina, KS | $1,900 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Child Advocacy & Parenting Services Inc | Salina, KS | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Child Advocay & Parenting Services | Salina, KS | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Salina Community Theatre | Salina, KS | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Saline County Department of Senior Services | Salina, KS | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| American Cancer Society | Kansas City, MO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Coronado Area Council Boy Scouts | Salina, KS | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Delta Upsilon Educational Foundatio | Indianapolis, IN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rollings Hills Zoo | Salina, KS | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Salina Family YMCA | Salina, KS | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Theatre Salina | Salina, KS | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Child Advocacy & Parenting Service Inc | Salina, KS | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Rolls-Royce Foundation | Mechanicsburg, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Saline County Department of Senior | Salina, KS | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Motorists Association | Waunakee, WI | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
42 of 60 (70%) 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 92%, 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 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.
- Salina Presbyterian Manor
FOR USE IN CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES - Salina Art Center
FOR USE IN CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES & BUILDING CREATIVELY CAMPAIGN - Greater Salina Community Foundation
MATCH MADNESS & WOMEN HELPING WOMEN - Radio Kansas
FOR USE IN CHARITABLE ACTIVIITES - Salina Child Care Association Inc
FOR USE IN CHARITABLE ACTIVITES - Kansas Wesleyan University
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 75 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 37 | $180,000 | $500 |
| 2021 | 39 | $271,750 | $500 |
| 2022 | 42 | $245,100 | $1,000 |
| 2023 | 44 | $330,210 | $1,500 |
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. 97% of this one's giving went to organizations in Kansas. 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 Kansas.
- 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.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Morrison Foundation Trust's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 737, Salina, KS, 67402. 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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