The Moran Family Foundation concentrates its philanthropy on a small set of large, mission-driven gifts with a strong local and faith-based bent. Roughly half of its giving supports a single Baptist congregation in Corsicana, while the remainder funds local higher education and significant medical research, particularly related to multiple sclerosis. The foundation favors repeat, substantial commitments rather than many small awards.
The Moran Family Foundation’s most distinctive pattern is its repeated large support for Northside Baptist Church in Corsicana, including a $235,500 grant in 2023, a $198,489 grant in 2024, and a $150,000 grant in 2025. That recurring commitment sits alongside a smaller set of major gifts that point to a clear local and faith-based profile. The foundation also backs Corsicana-area education and several health-oriented organizations, including research efforts tied to pancreatic cancer and multiple sclerosis. Across its recent grants, the foundation favors substantial awards rather than a high volume of small checks. Its largest gifts cluster around congregational support, college funding, disease research, and community-serving nonprofits in Navarro County and nearby Texas communities. Navarro College Foundation received a $228,000 grant in 2025 for a college contribution, while Seena Magowitz Foundation received multiple grants for pancreatic cancer research and related research support. The foundation also made repeated support grants to local service organizations such as Compassion Corsicana and Soupmobile.
Faith-based giving is central to the foundation’s pattern. Northside Baptist Church in Corsicana received three of the largest grants on file, including awards labeled religious general operating funds and church general. Education is another clear area. Navarro College Foundation received a $228,000 college contribution in 2025, and The Carroll Moran Memorial Scholarship received a $50,000 scholarship grant in 2024. Health-related funding appears in two research streams. Seena Magowitz Foundation in Scottsdale received grants in 2023, 2024, and 2025 for pancreatic cancer research and related research support. National Multiple Sclerosis Association in New York also received repeated research grants in 2023, 2024, and 2024. Community relief is present as well. Soupmobile in Dallas received multiple grants for general support and for a mobile soup kitchen to feed, shelter, and care for people experiencing homelessness.
Typical grants sit in the mid-thousands, with a p25 of $5,000, a median of $7,750, and a p75 of $15,350. The recent record also shows a small number of much larger commitments, which helps explain the gap between routine awards and the foundation’s headline gifts. The pattern is repeat-oriented: several recipients appear in multiple years, including Northside Baptist Church, Soupmobile, Compassion Corsicana, Navarro County Youth Exposition, National Multiple Sclerosis Association, and Seena Magowitz Foundation. The foundation is a family foundation and funds individuals. It does not make program-related investments. No application process is shown in the provided data.
$932K
$15.9M
$887K
$1M
Most grants fall between $5K and $15K, with a median of $8K.
25th Percentile
$5K
Median
$8K
75th Percentile
$15K
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Highly concentrated: few large grants and repeated awards to the same organizations (notably recurring support for one local church), combining local institutional support with sizable gifts to national disease-research entities.
Notable grantees: Northside Baptist Church, Seena Magowitz Foundation, National Multiple Sclerosis Association, Navarro College Foundation
Giving is overwhelmingly Texas-centered: 89% of grants go to recipients in TX, and the top state by grant count is also TX. Corsicana appears frequently, with grants to Northside Baptist Church, Navarro College Foundation, Compassion Corsicana, The Carroll Moran Memorial Scholarship, and YMCA. Other Texas recipients include Soupmobile in Dallas, Navarro County Youth Exposition in Barry, Corsicana Warehouse of Living Arts Center, and Wiseman Ministries in Longview. Outside Texas, the recent-grants list includes Seena Magowitz Foundation in Scottsdale and National Multiple Sclerosis Association in New York, but the recipient-country distribution is entirely U.S.-based.
The foundation’s recent grants center on a Corsicana Baptist church, a local college foundation, health research organizations, and community-serving nonprofits. The strongest recurring patterns are congregational support, higher education, and research tied to pancreatic cancer and multiple sclerosis.
Yes. Several recipients appear in multiple years, including Northside Baptist Church, Soupmobile, Compassion Corsicana, Navarro County Youth Exposition, National Multiple Sclerosis Association, and Seena Magowitz Foundation.
Typical grants are relatively modest compared with the foundation’s largest awards: p25 is $5,000, median grant size is $7,750, and p75 is $15,350.
Yes. Texas receives 89% of grants, and the top state by grant count is TX. Recent Texas recipients include organizations in Corsicana, Dallas, Barry, and Longview.
Recent research support includes pancreatic cancer research through Seena Magowitz Foundation and research grants to National Multiple Sclerosis Association. Those are the clearest disease-focused patterns in the grant list.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAVARRO COLLEGE FOUNDATION | CORSICANA, TX | $228,000 | 2025 | COLLEGE CONTRIBUTION |
| NORTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH | CORSICANA, TX | $150,000 | 2025 | CHURCH GENERAL |
| SOUPMOBILE | DALLAS, TX | $85,000 | 2025 | GENERAL |
| SEENA MAGOWITZ FOUNDATION | SCOTTSDALE, AZ | $75,000 | 2025 | RESEARCH |
| NAVARRO COUNTY YOUTH EXPOSITION | BARRY, TX | $57,170 | 2025 | GENERAL |
| COMPASSION CORSICANA | CORSICANA, TX | $40,000 | 2025 | GENERAL |
| HOPE FOR THE HEART | PLANO, TX | $25,000 | 2025 | GENERAL |
| METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME | WACO, TX | $20,000 | 2025 | GENERAL |
| CHILD ADVOCATES OF NAVARRO COUNTY | CORSICANA, TX | $17,000 | 2025 | GENERAL |
| LIFEWISE INC | HILLIARD, OH | $15,000 | 2025 | GENERAL |
| HEART TRANSFORMATION | SANTA CLARA, CA | $15,000 | 2025 | GENERAL |
| WISEMAN MINISTRIES | LONGVIEW, TX | $15,000 | 2025 | GENERAL |
| HOPE CENTER | CORSICANA, TX | $15,000 | 2025 | GENERAL |
| UNITED WAY | CORSICANA, TX | $15,000 | 2025 | GENERAL |
| LOVE GOD GREATLY INC | DALLAS, TX | $10,000 | 2025 | GENERAL |
| GLOBAL OUTREACH INTERNATIONAL | TUPELO, MS | $10,000 | 2025 | GENERAL |
| PALACE THEATER - OPERATING EXPENSES | CORSICANA, TX | $10,000 | 2025 | GENERAL |
| WAREHOUSE LIVING ARTS | CORSICANA, TX | $10,000 | 2025 | GENERAL |
| RICE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT | RICE, TX | $10,000 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS |
| HABITAT FOR HUMANITY | CORSICANA, TX | $10,000 | 2025 | GENERAL |
| CHATFIELD CEMETERY ASSN | CHATFIELD, TX | $10,000 | 2025 | GENERAL |
| MGI GLOBAL | KELLER, TX | $10,000 | 2025 | GENERAL |
| TEXAS BAPTIST MEN | DALLAS, TX | $10,000 | 2025 | GENERAL |
| BETHEL ASSEMBLY OF SWEETWATER | SWEETWATER, TX | $5,000 | 2025 | CHURCH GENERAL |
| CAMP AGAPE TEXAS | LIBERTY HILL, TX | $5,000 | 2025 | GENERAL |
| ATHENS LIFE FELLOWSHIP | ATHENS, TX | $5,000 | 2025 | CHURCH GENERAL |
| CHATFIELD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH | CHATFIELD, TX | $5,000 | 2025 | CHURCH GENERAL |
| FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH(PRE-SCHOOL) | CORSICANA, TX | $5,000 | 2025 | CHURCH GENERAL |
| CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH - BLOOMING GROVE | BLOOMING GROVE, TX | $5,000 | 2025 | CHURCH GENERAL |
| CASTING NO STONES | ITALY, TX | $5,000 | 2025 | GENERAL |
| THE HOSPICE OF EAST TEXAS FOUNDATION | TYLER, TX | $5,000 | 2025 | GENERAL |
| OPEN BLIND EYES TRUE HOLINESS MINISTRIES | CORSICANA, TX | $5,000 | 2025 | GENERAL |
| CHATFIELD VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT | CHATFIELD, TX | $5,000 | 2025 | GENERAL |
| BACKPACKS OF LOVE | CORSICANA, TX | $3,000 | 2025 | SUPPORT EDUCATION BY PROVIDING SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR LOCAL CHILDREN |
| NAVARRO COUNTY GO TEXAN | CORSICANA, TX | $2,600 | 2025 | SCHOLARHIPS FUNDS |
| NAVARRO COUNTY 4-H SHOTGUN CLUB | CHATFIELD, TX | $2,500 | 2025 | GENERAL |
| OAK GROVE CEMETERY | IRVING, TX | $2,000 | 2025 | GENERAL |
| CAMP OF THE RISING SUN | CORSICANA, TX | $2,000 | 2025 | GENERAL |
| SUMNER CEMETERY | JACKSONVILLE, AR | $2,000 | 2025 | GENERAL |
| BIBLE PROJECT | PORTLAND, OR | $2,000 | 2025 | GENERAL |
| COMMEMORATIVE AIR FORCE | CHATFIELD, TX | $2,000 | 2025 | GENERAL |
| CORSICANA TROOP SUPPORT ANGELS | CORSICANA, TX | $1,000 | 2025 | GENERAL |
| CORSICANA LIONS CLUB (DERRICK DAYS 5K RUN) | CORSICANA, TX | $500 | 2025 | GENERAL |
| NORTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH | CORSICANA, TX | $198,489 | 2024 | CHURCH GENERAL |
| NORTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH | CORSICANA, TX | $189,507 | 2024 | RELIGIOUS GENERAL OPERATING FUNDS |
| SEENA MAGOWITZ FOUNDATION | SCOTTSDALE, AZ | $100,000 | 2024 | SUPPORT PANCREATIC CANCER RESEARCH THAT WILL LEAD TO EARLIER DETECTION, EXTENSION OF PATIENT QUALIFY OF LIFE AND AN ULTIMATE CURE |
| NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS ASSOCIATION | NEW YORK, NY | $100,000 | 2024 | RESEARCH |
| SEENA MAGOWITZ FOUNDATION | SCOTTSDALE, AZ | $100,000 | 2024 | RESEARCH |
| SOUPMOBILE | DALLAS, TX | $75,000 | 2024 | GENERAL |
| SOUPMOBILE | DALLAS, TX | $75,000 | 2024 | SUPPORT MOBILE SOUP KITCHEN TO FEED, SHELTER AND CARE FOR THE HOMELESS IN DALLAS |
NAVARRO COLLEGE FOUNDATION
$228,000COLLEGE CONTRIBUTION
NORTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH
$150,000CHURCH GENERAL
SOUPMOBILE
$85,000GENERAL
SEENA MAGOWITZ FOUNDATION
$75,000RESEARCH
NAVARRO COUNTY YOUTH EXPOSITION
$57,170GENERAL
HOPE FOR THE HEART
$25,000GENERAL
CHILD ADVOCATES OF NAVARRO COUNTY
$17,000GENERAL
HEART TRANSFORMATION
$15,000GENERAL
WISEMAN MINISTRIES
$15,000GENERAL
HOPE CENTER
$15,000GENERAL
UNITED WAY
$15,000GENERAL
LOVE GOD GREATLY INC
$10,000GENERAL
PALACE THEATER - OPERATING EXPENSES
$10,000GENERAL
WAREHOUSE LIVING ARTS
$10,000GENERAL
RICE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
$10,000SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
$10,000GENERAL
CHATFIELD CEMETERY ASSN
$10,000GENERAL
MGI GLOBAL
$10,000GENERAL
TEXAS BAPTIST MEN
$10,000GENERAL
BETHEL ASSEMBLY OF SWEETWATER
$5,000CHURCH GENERAL
CAMP AGAPE TEXAS
$5,000GENERAL
ATHENS LIFE FELLOWSHIP
$5,000CHURCH GENERAL
CHATFIELD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
$5,000CHURCH GENERAL
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH(PRE-SCHOOL)
$5,000CHURCH GENERAL
CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH - BLOOMING GROVE
$5,000CHURCH GENERAL
CASTING NO STONES
$5,000GENERAL
THE HOSPICE OF EAST TEXAS FOUNDATION
$5,000GENERAL
OPEN BLIND EYES TRUE HOLINESS MINISTRIES
$5,000GENERAL
CHATFIELD VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT
$5,000GENERAL
BACKPACKS OF LOVE
$3,000SUPPORT EDUCATION BY PROVIDING SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR LOCAL CHILDREN
NAVARRO COUNTY GO TEXAN
$2,600SCHOLARHIPS FUNDS
NAVARRO COUNTY 4-H SHOTGUN CLUB
$2,500GENERAL
OAK GROVE CEMETERY
$2,000GENERAL
CAMP OF THE RISING SUN
$2,000GENERAL
SUMNER CEMETERY
$2,000GENERAL
COMMEMORATIVE AIR FORCE
$2,000GENERAL
CORSICANA TROOP SUPPORT ANGELS
$1,000GENERAL
CORSICANA LIONS CLUB (DERRICK DAYS 5K RUN)
$500GENERAL
NORTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH
$198,489CHURCH GENERAL
NORTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH
$189,507RELIGIOUS GENERAL OPERATING FUNDS
SEENA MAGOWITZ FOUNDATION
$100,000SUPPORT PANCREATIC CANCER RESEARCH THAT WILL LEAD TO EARLIER DETECTION, EXTENSION OF PATIENT QUALIFY OF LIFE AND AN ULTIMATE CURE
NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS ASSOCIATION
$100,000RESEARCH
SEENA MAGOWITZ FOUNDATION
$100,000RESEARCH
SOUPMOBILE
$75,000GENERAL
SOUPMOBILE
$75,000SUPPORT MOBILE SOUP KITCHEN TO FEED, SHELTER AND CARE FOR THE HOMELESS IN DALLAS