Funding search · EIN 954549063 · Los Angeles, CA

Claire and Theodore Morse Foundation

Name: Claire and Theodore Morse Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

81
grants reported: $613,500
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $7,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Center for Early Education2 grants · $30,000
We Care Arts1 grant · $17,500
Project Angel Food2 grants · $17,500
Young Eisner Scholars1 grant · $15,000
The Black School1 grant · $15,000
Petersen Automotive Museum1 grant · $15,000
The New York Academy of Art1 grant · $15,000
Movement Alliance Project- Yasp1 grant · $15,000
The Jewish Museum1 grant · $15,000
The Holland Project1 grant · $15,000

Giving over time

$170,000

2021

$151,500

2022

$140,500

2023

$151,500

2024

Grant history

All 81 reported grants, largest first.

$17,500
We Care Arts · Kettering, OH · 2022
General support
$15,000
Center for Early Education · Hollywood, CA · 2024
General operating support
$15,000
The Holland Project · Reno, NV · 2024
General operating support
$15,000
Center for Early Education · Hollywood, CA · 2023
General operating support
$15,000
Young Eisner Scholars · Inglewood, CA · 2023
General operating support
$15,000
Petersen Automotive Museum · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General support
$15,000
Movement Alliance Project- Yasp · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
general support
$15,000
The Black School · New Orleans, LA · 2021
general support
$15,000
The Jewish Museum · New York, NY · 2021
general support
$15,000
The New York Academy of Art · New York, NY · 2021
General support
$12,500
Assistance League of Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General operating support
$12,500
Project Angel Food · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General operating support
$12,500
Chicago Mobile Makers · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$12,500
Fusion Partnerships · Baltimore, MD · 2022
General support
$12,500
Hands Healing Arts · Frankfort, KY · 2022
General support
$10,000
Affordable Living for the Aging · West Hollywood, CA · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
Coro Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
Mlk Health and Wellness Cdc · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
The Play Equity Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston · Houston, TX · 2023
General operating support
$10,000
West End Learning Center · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General operating support
$10,000
Arts in Reach Encouraging Growth · Portsmouth, NH · 2022
General support
$10,000
Best Buddies International · Miami, FL · 2022
General support
$10,000
Bronx Council On the Arts · Bronx, NY · 2022
General support
$10,000
Community Economic Development Corporation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General support
$10,000
Extraordinary Families · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General support
$10,000
Sealaska Heritage · Juneau, AK · 2021
general support
$10,000
The Dreamyard Project · Bronx, NY · 2021
general support
$8,500
Richmond Art Center · Richmond, CA · 2021
General Support
$7,500
The Roots of Music · New Orleans, LA · 2023
General operating support
$7,500
Art Start · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General support
$7,500
Contemporary Art for San Antonio · San Antonio, TX · 2022
General support
$7,500
Wassaic Project · Wassaic, NY · 2022
General support
$7,500
Wisdom of the Elders · Portland, OR · 2022
General support
$7,500
Art Sparks Texas · Austin, TX · 2021
general support
$7,500
Artist Mentorship Program · Portland, OR · 2021
general support
$7,500
Chopart Corporation · Atlanta, GA · 2021
general support
$7,500
Clemente Soto Velez Cultural and Education Ctr · New York, NY · 2021
general support
$7,500
Community Housing of Wyandotte County- Epic Arts · Kansas City, KS · 2021
general support
$7,500
Juxtaposition Arts · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
general support
$7,500
Moving Arts Espanola · Velarde, NM · 2021
General Support
$7,500
Space One Eleven · North Birmingham, AL · 2021
General Support
$7,500
Urban Artworks · Seattle, WA · 2021
general support
$6,000
Access Books · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General operating support
$5,000
Artmix · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
General operating support
$5,000
Arts Corps · Seattle, WA · 2024
General operating support
$5,000
Chai Lifeline · Beverly Hills, CA · 2024
General operating support
$5,000
Creative Aging Network - Nc · Greensboro, NC · 2024
General operating support
$5,000
Front Porch Communities Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General operating support
$5,000
Moscow Contemporary · Moscow, ID · 2024
General operating support
$5,000
New Urban Arts · Providence, RI · 2024
General operating support
$5,000
Splash Youth Arts Workshop · Chattonooga, TN · 2024
General operating support
$5,000
Temple Emanuel · Beverly Hills, CA · 2024
General operating support
$5,000
The Brent Shapiro Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General operating support
$5,000
The River House · Capon Bridge, WV · 2024
General operating support
$5,000
Afro Charities · Baltimore, MD · 2023
General operating support
$5,000
Best Buddies International · Miami, FL · 2023
General operating support
$5,000
Children of the Night · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General operating support
$5,000
Eubie Blake Cultural Center · Baltimore, MD · 2023
General operating support
$5,000
Harlem Academy · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
$5,000
Interurban Arthouse · Overland Park, KS · 2023
General operating support
$5,000
Kid Spark Education · Webb City, MO · 2023
General operating support
$5,000
Project Angel Food · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General operating support
$5,000
Project Scientist · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General operating support
$5,000
Raw Art Works · Lynn, MA · 2023
General operating support
$5,000
Safe Alliance · Charlotte, NC · 2023
General operating support
$5,000
Temple Emanuel · Beverly Hills, CA · 2023
General operating support
$5,000
The Black School · New Orleans, LA · 2023
General operating support
$5,000
The Whitney Institute · Wallace, LA · 2021
general support
$2,500
Acre · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating support
$2,500
The New York Academy of Art · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
$2,500
Union of Contemporary Art · Omaha, NE · 2023
General operating support
$2,500
Fractured Atlas · Atlanta, GA · 2021
general support
$2,500
The Drawing Center · New York, NY · 2021
general support
$2,500
Vista Del Mar Child & Family Services · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
general support
$1,500
The Edible Schoolyard Project · Berkeley, CA · 2024
General operating support
$1,500
Camfed USA · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General operating support
$1,500
Shadhika · Denver, CO · 2023
General operating support
$1,500
The Edible Schoolyard Project · Berkeley, CA · 2023
General operating support
$1,500
Social Assistance Program for Vietnam · Garden Grove, CA · 2022
General support
$1,500
Access Books · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
general support

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.