About Morrison Family Foundation
The Morrison Family Foundation is a Chicago-focused funder that recently consolidated its charitable assets into a donor-advised fund at the Chicago Community Trust while continuing to support local nonprofit safety-net, civic, and cultural organizations. Outside of the large asset transfer, giving is targeted to Chicago-area organizations that provide basic needs (food, homelessness, family support), civic accountability and community journalism, reproductive health, and neighborhood arts programming.
Focus Areas
Chicago neighborhood food security and emergency services (Greater Chicago Food Depository, Chicago Coalition for the Homeless)Family support and youth pathways in Chicago neighborhoods (Family Focus, Sojourner Scholars)Community accountability and investigative journalism (Invisible Institute)Neighborhood arts and cultural institutions in Chicago (Hyde Park Art Center, Sky Art)Reproductive health services in the Chicago region (Planned Parenthood)
Who They Fund
nonprofit organizations (DAF grantees)students and learners (education beneficiaries)
About Morrison Family Foundation
The Morrison Family Foundation’s largest recent grant was a $7,222,820 transfer to the Chicago Community Trust, converting the foundation’s charitable assets into a donor-advised fund. That move defines the public record alongside its continuing Chicago-area grantmaking. In 2023 and 2025, the foundation supported local nonprofits working on basic needs, family support, reproductive health, neighborhood arts, civic accountability, and community journalism. Its recent grants include recurring general operating support for Family Focus, Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, Greater Chicago Food Depository, Planned Parenthood, Invisible Institute, and Hyde Park Art Center. The pattern is concentrated and place-based: every recent grant in the file went to an Illinois recipient, almost all in Chicago. The foundation also appears to make multi-issue grants rather than concentrating on a single field, with education, economic development, conservation, and other transformative programs named in the DAF transfer. The result is a Chicago-focused profile shaped by a large asset reallocation and a smaller set of local operating grants that support organizations serving neighborhoods across the city.
What Morrison Family Foundation Funds
A clear theme in the recent record is safety-net and family support. Morrison Family Foundation gave $75,000 to Family Focus for general operating support, $55,000 to Chicago Coalition for the Homeless for general operating support, and $55,000 to Greater Chicago Food Depository for general operating support. Another cluster centers on health access: it awarded $50,000 to Planned Parenthood for general operating support. Community infrastructure also appears in the portfolio. The foundation gave $30,000 to Neighbor Space for general operating support, supporting a local organization in the city’s neighborhood ecosystem. Arts and civic accountability are present as well, with $25,000 to Invisible Institute for general operating support and $20,000 to Hyde Park Art Center for general operating support.
How Morrison Family Foundation Gives
The typical grant size is centered in the low tens of thousands: p25 is $25,000, median is $30,000, and p75 is $55,000. Recent awards are mostly general operating support rather than project-specific funding. The record shows both a major one-time asset transfer and smaller continuing grants, but the grantee list in file is concentrated in 2023 and 2025 rather than showing a long, repeated sequence of the same recipients across many years. Morrison Family Foundation is classified as a regular funder and does not fund individuals or make program-related investments. There is no evidence of an open application process in the data, and the listed programs indicate unsolicited requests are not accepted.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$137K
Total Assets
$0
Total Revenue
$6K
Total Expenses
$173K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $25K and $55K, with a median of $30K.
25th Percentile
$25K
Median
$30K
75th Percentile
$55K
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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