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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 41-1859316

The Morrow Foundation

A private foundation in Maineville, OH. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 4 grants and $303,053 paid in grants.

Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $303,053

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $5,964,303
  • Tax year 2024

    $273,424

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $2,215,346
  • Tax year 2023

    $280,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $2,261,075
  • Tax year 2022

    $522,652

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $2,333,525
  • Tax year 2021

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $2,552,719
  • Tax year 2020

    $228,025

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $2,436,653
  • Tax year 2019

    $206,844

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $2,465,955
  • Tax year 2018

    $210,658

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $2,409,628

Grants paid in 2025

4 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Miami UniversityOxford, OH

    Scholarship fund

    $120,000
  2. John Burroughs SchoolSaint Louis, MO

    Scholarship fund

    $85,000
  3. University of MN FoundationMinneapolis, MN

    Society of women in engineering

    $70,053
  4. Minnesota Historical SocietySaint Paul, MN

    Educational programs

    $28,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Education1 grant $85,00075% of the total
  2. Arts and culture1 grant $28,00025% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Ohio1 grant $120,000
  2. Minnesota2 grants $98,053
  3. Missouri1 grant $85,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Lisa ElliotDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
  • Cheryl NewtonDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
  • Katherine Caudill-RiosDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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