Morse Charitable Foundation Incorporated
The Morse Charitable Foundation is a Detroit-based private foundation focused on improving K–12 educational outcomes and supporting education innovators. The site lists the foundation's mission, purpose, and trustees and provides a contact form. Grantmaking activity and financial filings are documented on external databases (e.g., ProPublica) under EIN 45-3630825.
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
A charitable organization working on K–12 educational improvement or education innovation with programs that fit modest-to-mid sized grants and the ability to submit a brief written request and financials.
Good Fit
- • Clear K–12 education or education-innovation program alignment.
- • Ability to submit a brief letter plus a financial statement and IRS determination.
- • Track record or introduction that makes the organization known to the foundation’s contributors or trustees.
- • Project or program sized for grants in the roughly $5K–$100K range (median around $10K).
- • Geographic relevance within the states the foundation has funded (e.g., FL, KY, NY, PA).
Geography
Observed grants in the latest year went to organizations across 13 states, with material shares in Florida, Kentucky, New York and Pennsylvania, indicating a multi-state (effectively national) footprint despite a Detroit headquarters.
Recipient Variety
The latest year shows 27 distinct recipients and 28 grants, with a majority of recipients funded only in that year; this breadth indicates a wide and diverse recipient set even though the top five recipients captured about half of dollars.
New Applicants
Direct evidence supports entry by unfamiliar applicants: the foundation posts application instructions and a named contact with a rolling submission process, and 17 of 27 recipients in the latest year were new; the public caveat that awards are generally limited to organizations already known to contributors tempers but does not negate the observed pattern of new grantees.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
