Funding search · EIN 521270464 · Bethesda, MD

The Morningstar Philanthropic Foundation

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

565
grants reported
$63.0M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$37,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. 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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Top recipients

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  • Jewish Federation of Greater Washington10 grants · $5.1M
  • Civic Nation When We All Vote2 grants · $5.1M
  • The Sarah and Daniel Rueven Foundation18 grants · $4.0M
  • Capital Area Food Bank5 grants · $2.5M
  • Fidelity Charitable1 grant · $2.4M
  • The Bafrayung Fund5 grants · $2.4M
  • World Central Kitchen3 grants · $2.0M
  • Planned Parenthood Federation of America2 grants · $2.0M
  • Israel Policy Forum9 grants · $1.9M
  • Capital Impact Partners7 grants · $1.7M

Giving over time

$17.9M
2022
$21.6M
2023
$23.5M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 565 grants.

  • $5.0M

    Civic Nation When We All Vote · Washington, DC · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $2.4M

    Fidelity Charitable · Cincinnati, OH · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $1.1M

    The Bafrayung Fund · Covina, CA · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $1.0M

    Jewish Federation of Greater Washington · Rockville, MD · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $1.0M

    Jewish Federation of Greater Washington · Rockville, MD · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $1.0M

    Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $1.0M

    World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $1.0M

    Jewish Federation of Greater Washington · Rockville, MD · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $1.0M

    Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $1.0M

    The Bafrayung Fund · Covina, CA · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $1.0M

    World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $750,000

    Jewish Federation of Greater Washington · Rockville, MD · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $750,000

    Jewish Federation of Greater Washington · Rockville, MD · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $750,000

    Capital Area Food Bank · Washington, DC · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $703,000

    The Sarah and Daniel Rueven Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $700,000

    Capital Area Food Bank · Washington, DC · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $700,000

    Capital Area Food Bank · Washington, DC · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $600,000

    The Jewish Federations of North America · New York, NY · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $600,000

    The Jewish Federations of North America · New York, NY · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $597,000

    The Sarah and Daniel Rueven Foundation · New York, NY · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $592,500

    The Sarah and Daniel Rueven Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $590,000

    The March Forth Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $557,500

    The Sarah and Daniel Rueven Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $550,000

    Israel Policy Forum · New York, NY · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $514,000

    The Sarah and Daniel Rueven Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $500,000

    America Votes Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $500,000

    Hopewell Fund · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $500,000

    Israel Policy Forum · New York, NY · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $500,000

    Jewish Federation of Greater Washington · Rockville, MD · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $500,000

    Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $500,000

    Our American Future Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $500,000

    Birthright Israel Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $500,000

    Hopewell Fund · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $500,000

    Informing Democracy · Washington, DC · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $500,000

    Israel Policy Forum · New York, NY · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $500,000

    Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $500,000

    Birthright Israel Foundation · New York, NY · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $500,000

    Capital Impact Partners · Arlington, VA · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $500,000

    Guild Hall · East Hampton, NY · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $500,000

    Hopewell Fund · Baltimore, MD · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $500,000

    Informing Democracy · Washington, DC · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $450,000

    Capital Impact Partners · Arlington, VA · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $350,000

    Sierra Club Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $350,000

    Sierra Club Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $350,000

    Sierra Club Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $325,000

    Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $325,000

    Birthright Israel Foundation · New York, NY · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $316,500

    The Sarah and Daniel Rueven Foundation · New York, NY · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $315,000

    Capital Impact Partners · Arlington, VA · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $300,000

    Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $300,000

    Birthright Israel Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $300,000

    Israel Policy Forum · New York, NY · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $275,000

    The March Forth Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $258,334

    The Bafrayung Fund · Covina, CA · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $250,000

    Aclu Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $250,000

    Informing Democracy · Washington, DC · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $250,000

    Pef Israel Endowment Funds · New York, NY · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $250,000

    Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington · Washington, DC · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $250,000

    Priorities USA Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $250,000

    The Sarah and Daniel Rueven Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $250,000

    Capital Area Food Bank · Washington, DC · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $250,000

    Franklin Education Forum · Washington, DC · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $250,000

    Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $250,000

    Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington · Washington, DC · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $225,000

    Capital Impact Partners · Arlington, VA · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $200,000

    Chesapeake Bay Foundation · Annapolis, MD · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $200,000

    Kids in Need of Defense · Washington, DC · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $200,000

    Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington · Washington, DC · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $200,000

    Red Wine & Blue Education Fund · Shaker Heights, OH · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $200,000

    Target Als Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $200,000

    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum · Washington, DC · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $200,000

    Kids in Need of Defense · Washington, DC · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $200,000

    Red Wine & Blue Education Fund · Shaker Heights, OH · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $200,000

    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum · Washington, DC · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $200,000

    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum · Washington, DC · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $187,500

    Gather · Washington, DC · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $187,500

    Gather · Washington, DC · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $187,500

    Gather · Washington, DC · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $175,000

    Kids in Need of Defense · Washington, DC · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $160,000

    Institute for Public Health Innovation · Washington, DC · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $150,000

    Human Rights Campaign Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $150,000

    Dc Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $150,000

    Dc Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $150,000

    When We All Vote · Washington, DC · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $141,301

    Martha'S Table · Washington, DC · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $125,000

    Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project · Tuscan, AZ · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $125,000

    Global Impact · Alexandria, VA · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $125,000

    Pef Israel Endowment Funds · New York, NY · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $125,000

    Shalom Hartman Institute of North America · New York, NY · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $125,000

    Brookings · Washington, DC · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $125,000

    Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project · Tuscan, AZ · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $125,000

    Global Impact · Alexandria, VA · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $125,000

    Human Rights Campaign Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $125,000

    Pef Israel Endowment Funds · New York, NY · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $125,000

    Shalom Hartman Institute of North America · New York, NY · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $125,000

    Brookings · Washington, DC · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $125,000

    Human Rights Campaign Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $125,000

    New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $125,000

    Shalom Hartman Institute of North America · New York, NY · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $122,568

    Manna Food Center · Silver Spring, MD · 2024

    General charitable purposes

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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.