Morning Star Foundation
This organization is a private foundation dedicated to providing financial support primarily to religious institutions and humanitarian efforts. Its mission focuses on alleviating poverty and addressing social issues such as homelessness, health care, and education, with a notable emphasis on supporting children and families in need. The foundation funds a variety of causes, including medical missions, disaster relief, and community services, demonstrating a commitment to both local and international outreach. It particularly supports initiatives related to women's health, animal welfare, and educational scholarships, reflecting a broad concern for community welfare and empowerment.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
Small to mid-size faith-based or community service organizations, especially churches, local shelters, food banks, pregnancy centers, and mission/medical mission groups with local or mission ties to the foundation's leadership.
Good Fit
- • Established relationship or introduction from a current grantee or a board member.
- • Faith-based mission or church affiliation.
- • Programs focused on local human services (homelessness, food assistance) or mission work.
- • Requests sized in the small-to-midsize grant range (typical single grants are often under $5,000 but occasionally larger).
- • Located in or connected to Alabama or the regional area the foundation has historically supported.
Geography
Grants appear across multiple states (nine states in the latest year) but are heavily concentrated in the foundation's home state, which received about 62% of the dollars.
Recipient Variety
The latest year shows 17 distinct recipients (and prior years show 18–25 recipients), spanning churches, shelters, mission groups, food banks and health charities, indicating a broad set of independent beneficiaries for a micro private foundation.
New Applicants
Behavior shows a steady stream of new grantees (six new recipients in the latest year and eight the prior year), but the foundation also states grants are by preselection and provides no public submission route, so direct access by unfamiliar applicants is plausible but not clearly supported by a public application process.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
