Morgan Family Foundation
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About Morgan Family Foundation
The Morgan Family Foundation seeks to improve the human condition by awarding grants for charitable purposes, primarily focused on social equity in St. Cloud, Minnesota; mitigating global warming in Minnesota; and addressing end-of-life issues in Minnesota.
Focus Areas
Social equityEducationFinancial literacy and economic mobilityHomeownershipMental healthBodily autonomyGlobal warming mitigationClimate advocacyRenewable energyEnergy efficiencyRegenerative agricultureSustainable forestryElectric vehiclesCarbon sequestration
About Morgan Family Foundation
Morgan Family Foundation’s clearest recent pattern is long-term climate philanthropy in Minnesota, especially work that links farmer leadership, utility decarbonization, and climate justice. In the latest grant list, the foundation made repeated core and competitive awards to Minnesota organizations working on climate and working lands, including $150,000 to Farmers Union Foundation for farmer leadership on climate and working lands and $100,000 to Climate Land Leaders for activating greater Minnesota climate land leaders. The foundation also backed consumer advocacy for home-energy decarbonization, health professional climate mobilization, and climate reporting focused on Minnesota communities of color. Beyond climate, its grantmaking includes social equity work in St. Cloud and end-of-life planning in central Minnesota, which shows a focused regional portfolio rather than a broad general-purpose strategy. The foundation’s giving also reaches housing and senior housing, early childhood, and youth programming in central Minnesota. Several awards appear to support capacity building, operating needs, and multi-year work, indicating relationships that extend beyond one-time project grants.
What Morgan Family Foundation Funds
Within climate work, Morgan Family Foundation supports both rural field practices and policy-oriented advocacy. It gave $100,000 to Hmong American Farmers Association for training and services that help small-scale Hmong farmers continue climate change mitigation and carbon sequestration efforts, and $100,000 to Citizens Utility Board of Minnesota for consumer advocacy to decarbonize Minnesota’s utility sector. The foundation also funded public education and journalism around climate. Sahan Journal received $120,000 for climate change reporting and editorial support, plus $90,000 for climate reporting on Minnesota’s communities of color. In community equity work, it awarded $100,000 to Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Minnesota for youth programming in St. Cloud, and $83,855 to Too Much Talent for programming expansion. Its health-related giving includes $100,000 to Health Professionals for a Healthy Climate to expand and activate health professional voices for climate action.
How Morgan Family Foundation Gives
Typical grants cluster at modest to mid-range levels: p25 is $500, median is $1,000, and p75 is $10,000, while the active program pages show invitation or competitive awards generally in the $10,000 to $100,000 range. The recent grants list also shows larger multi-year commitments, including repeated funding to the same organizations across 2023–2025 such as Farmers Union Foundation, Citizens Utility Board of Minnesota, Sahan Journal, Climate Land Leaders, and Clean Up the River Environment. The foundation awards operating, core, capacity-building, and project grants, and it also makes program-related investments and grants to individuals. Program access varies by theme: social equity grants are open and competitive, while the climate and end-of-life programs are invitation-based.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$2.1M
Total Assets
$52.5M
Total Revenue
$2.4M
Total Expenses
$3.3M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $500 and $10K, with a median of $1K.
25th Percentile
$500
Median
$1K
75th Percentile
$10K
Geographic Reach
Regional28 states funded
About 19% of grants go to recipients in MN.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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