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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 75-2137184

The Morris Foundation

A private foundation in Fort Worth, TX. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 77 grants and $9 million 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

    $9,006,922

    Grants listed
    77
    Assets, end of year
    $270,067,524
  • Tax year 2024

    $16,206,930

    Grants listed
    134
    Assets, end of year
    $242,104,647
  • Tax year 2023

    $9,539,950

    Grants listed
    102
    Assets, end of year
    $240,497,150
  • Tax year 2022

    $7,250

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $219,596,189
  • Tax year 2021

    $8,893,786

    Grants listed
    101
    Assets, end of year
    $258,641,525
  • Tax year 2020

    $10,350,190

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $268,396,537
  • Tax year 2019

    $9,125,390

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $199,360,136
  • Tax year 2018

    $10,668,931

    Grants listed
    92
    Assets, end of year
    $179,971,657

Grants paid in 2025

77 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Presbyterian Night ShelterFort Worth, TX

    Ram retention

    $1,000,000
  2. Rev Tarrant CountyFort Worth, TX

    Effective educator and pre-k policy work

    $600,000
  3. Presbyterian Night Shelter of Tarrant CountyFort Worth, TX

    The greater good collective

    $500,000
  4. Fort Worth Affordability Inc DBA Fort Worth Housing SolutionsFort Worth, TX

    Community education initiative

    $340,000
  5. MHMR FoundationFort Worth, TX

    Perinatal connection continuum

    $275,000
  6. Child Care AssociatesFort Worth, TX

    Child care associates: leading change through advocacy and policy

    $220,000
  7. JPS FoundationFort Worth, TX

    Pregnancy care coordination services

    $200,000
  8. Partnership HomeFort Worth, TX

    Policy change to improve the lives of those experiencing homelessness in our communities

    $200,000
  9. Planned Parenthood of Greater TexasDallas, TX

    Fort worth health equity fund

    $200,000
  10. Community Food BankFort Worth, TX

    Operations for rapid food distribution program

    $175,000
  11. Tarrant Area Food BankFort Worth, TX

    Ready to learn

    $170,000
  12. Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Tarrant CountyFort Worth, TX

    Youth social-emotional development support

    $150,000
  13. Camp Fire First TexasFort Worth, TX

    Camp fire early education workforce development

    $150,000
  14. Meals on Wheels Inc of Tarrant CountyFort Worth, TX

    Home delivered meals for tarrant county's older, disabled, and homebound adults

    $150,000
  15. North Texas Area Community Health CenterFort Worth, TX

    Living your best life program for diabetes and hypertension patients

    $150,000
  16. North Texas Area Community Health CenterFort Worth, TX

    Sustainability project

    $150,000
  17. First United Methodist ChurchFort Worth, TX

    First street outreach

    $125,000
  18. Presbyterian Night ShelterFort Worth, TX

    Family services

    $125,000
  19. The ArchwayArlington, TX

    Postpartum support for domestic violence victims in safehaven's shelters

    $125,000
  20. The Salvation Army DFW Metroplex CommandWest Nyack, NY

    Combatting poverty, homelessness, and addiction in fort worth

    $125,000
  21. Tarrant County Samaritan Housing IncFort Worth, TX

    General operations and the villages capital request

    $120,000
  22. The Jordan Elizabeth Harris FoundationFort Worth, TX

    General suicide prevention funding

    $120,000
  23. YMCA of Metropolitan Fort WorthFort Worth, TX

    Ella mcfadden early learning center at the y

    $120,000
  24. Ach Child and Family ServicesFort Worth, TX

    Transitional living support

    $100,000
  25. Ach Child and Family ServicesFort Worth, TX

    Cobris companion application incorporating artificial intelligence to support child social work

    $100,000
  26. AmplifyFort Worth, TX

    Amplify 2026 operational grant request

    $100,000
  27. Center for Transforming LivesFort Worth, TX

    Quality early childhood education and family support for 560+ tarrant county kids

    $100,000
  28. Communities in Schools of Greater Tarrant CountyFort Worth, TX

    Case management for at-risk students in fort worth and tarrant county

    $100,000
  29. JPS FoundationFort Worth, TX

    Adolescent inpatient unit behavioral health

    $100,000
  30. Recovery Resource CouncilFort Worth, TX

    Enduring families: veterans mental health program

    $100,000
  31. Union Gospel Mission of Tarrant CountyFort Worth, TX

    Union gospel mission of tarrant county general operations

    $100,000
  32. Waco FoundationWaco, TX

    Operations

    $100,000
  33. Casa of Tarrant CountyFort Worth, TX

    Casa of tarrant county's advocacy for abused and neglected children in foster care in tarrant county

    $90,000
  34. Texas Impact NetworkArlington, TX

    Strategic staffing in tarrant county

    $86,000
  35. All Saints Health Foundation DBA Baylor Scott & WhiteDallas, TX

    Graduate medical education FQHC rotation support

    $80,000
  36. Cook Children's Health FoundationFort Worth, TX

    Cook childrens alexander vision center

    $80,000
  37. Alliance for Children IncFort Worth, TX

    Support for tarrant county child abuse victims

    $75,000
  38. Cook Children's Health FoundationFort Worth, TX

    Cook children's developmental pediatrics department

    $75,000
  39. Cristo Rey Fort Worth Catholic High SchoolFort Worth, TX

    Cristo rey fort worth college prep: corporate work study program

    $75,000
  40. Delighted to Doula Birth ServicesDallas, TX

    Community-based postpartum doula program

    $75,000
  41. Educational First StepsDallas, TX

    Program

    $75,000
  42. Methodist Justice MinistryFort Worth, TX

    Family law representation and support services for indigent victims of abuse and neglect

    $75,000
  43. Texprotects the Texas Association for the Protection of ChildrenDallas, TX

    Safe beginnings: expanding home visiting to protect and strengthen fort worth families

    $75,000
  44. The Women's Center of Tarrant CountyFort Worth, TX

    Mental health services

    $75,000
  45. United Community Centers IncFort Worth, TX

    Education literacy program

    $75,000
  46. Waco FoundationWaco, TX

    Tarrant county census readiness assessment

    $75,000
  47. Guardianship Services IncFort Worth, TX

    Money management: strengthening the safety net for older adults

    $70,000
  48. The ConcilioDallas, TX

    The concilio's mental wellness programming: familias fuertes, el bienestar empieza en el hogar

    $70,000
  49. Ab Christian Learning CenterFort Worth, TX

    Abclc 2026 freedom school summer reading program

    $65,000
  50. Cancer Care ServicesFort Worth, TX

    Help=hope: reducing the burden of cancer

    $65,000
  51. Fort Worth ReportFort Worth, TX

    Funding to expand the fort worth report's capacity to provide local news coverage of key issues

    $65,000
  52. Gill Children's ServicesFort Worth, TX

    Gill children's services

    $65,000
  53. Camp Summit IncDallas, TX

    The lisa braziel memorial financial assistance program for tarrant county campers with disabilities

    $60,000
  54. Society of St Vincent de Paul of North TexasDallas, TX

    Charitable pharmacy

    $60,000
  55. Unbound NowWaco, TX

    24/7 crisis support & case management for commercially sexually exploited youth (csey)

    $60,000
  56. Abide Women's Health ServicesDallas, TX

    Accessible mobile maternal healthcare in tarrant county

    $50,000
  57. CLC IncFort Worth, TX

    2025 low income family employment initiative program

    $50,000
  58. Community Healing and Mental Health Project IncMansfield, TX

    Wellness at the trail

    $50,000
  59. Community Link Mission IncSaginaw, TX

    Support for community link

    $50,000
  60. Fort Worth Economic Development Partnership FoundationFort Worth, TX

    Fort worth economic development partnership

    $50,000
  61. Hope Supply CoDallas, TX

    Critical needs program for homeless and at-risk children in tarrant county

    $50,000
  62. Lena Pope Home IncFort Worth, TX

    Increasing access to mental health services regardless of socioeconomic status

    $50,000
  63. LvtriseFort Worth, TX

    2026 lvtrise operating

    $50,000
  64. Projecthandupthe GatehouseGrapevine, TX

    The gatehouse program

    $50,000
  65. Texas Christian UniversityFort Worth, TX

    Kinderfrogs school associates program

    $50,000
  66. Trinity Habitat for HumanityFort Worth, TX

    Supporting stronger neighborhoods: partnership home program

    $50,000
  67. Unthsc FoundationFort Worth, TX

    Unt health school based clinic

    $50,000
  68. Unthsc FoundationFort Worth, TX

    Pediatric mobile clinic

    $50,000
  69. UT Southwestern Moncrief Cancer CenterFort Worth, TX

    Aya automated care plan

    $50,000
  70. WestaidFort Worth, TX

    Increasing food security in west fort worth through support, engagement and education

    $50,000
  71. The Telos ProjectFort Worth, TX

    Equal access assessment fund

    $40,000
  72. The Warm PlaceFort Worth, TX

    Grief support program

    $40,000
  73. Humane Society of North TexasFort Worth, TX

    Pathway out of homelessness for people and pets

    $37,000
  74. Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association IncChicago, IL

    Alz cares (community alliances for risk reduction, education and support) for tarrant county

    $25,000
  75. Immunization Collaboration of Tarrant CountyFort Worth, TX

    Low cost back to school vaccine events and community education

    $25,000
  76. Catholic Charities Diocese of Fort Worth IncFort Worth, TX

    North texas giving day 2025

    $20,000
  77. Texas Health Resources FoundationArlington, TX

    Texas health fort worth's indigent pharmacy program

    $13,922

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education9 grants $1,130,00022% of the total
  2. Health12 grants $878,92217% of the total
  3. Housing and shelter3 grants $670,00013% of the total
  4. Human services10 grants $645,00013% of the total
  5. Youth development5 grants $495,00010% of the total
  6. Philanthropy and grantmaking4 grants $475,0009% of the total
  7. 7 other causes11 grants $757,00015% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Texas75 grants $8,856,922
  2. New York1 grant $125,000
  3. Illinois1 grant $25,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Elizabeth R Brands VereeckePRESIDENT AND CEO Hours 40Pay $364,835
  • Michelle Morris PiotrowskiTRUSTEE Hours 1.88Pay $20,000
  • Laura Anne LilesTRUSTEE Hours 1.88Pay $20,000

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