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12 funders with a record of paying for “morro”
Where the money went Harold J Miossi Charitable Trust → San Luis Coastal Education: $415K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Central California Joint Cable Fisheries → City of Morro Bay: $228K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Restore America's Estuaries → Morro Bay National Estuary Program: $169K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Community Foundation San Luis Obispo → Morro Coast Audubon Society: $117K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Fanangel Foundation Inc → Morro Bay High: $112K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Local Jobs & Economic Development Fund → Morro Bay Citizens Opposed to Measure A-24: $26K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Coastal Quest → Bay Foundation of Morro Bay: $25K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Marshall L and Perrine D Mccune → Work in Beauty Inc Dba El Morro Feed and Seed: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Green Gals Family Foundation → Friends of the Morro Bay Fire Dept: $21K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Marin Community Foundation → Morro Bay National Estuary Program: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Visceglia-Summit Associates Foundat → Liv Morro Memorial Foundation: $5K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Curci Fund → Morro Coast Audubon Society: $4K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Central California Joint Cable Fisheries → City of Morro Bay Harbor Dept: $143K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Harold J Miossi Charitable Trust → The Bay Foundation of Morro Bay: $89K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Community Foundation San Luis Obispo → Infinite Music: $82K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Fanangel Foundation Inc → Morro Bay High School: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Marin Community Foundation → Morro Coast Audubon Society: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Central California Joint Cable Fisheries → Morro Bay Commercial Fisherma: $125K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Community Foundation San Luis Obispo → Morro Bay Senior Citizens Inc Dba Morro Bay Active Adults: $17K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Community Foundation San Luis Obispo → Rotary Club of Morro Bay: $11K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Community Foundation San Luis Obispo → Morro Bay Senior Citizens Inc: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2025 The Community Foundation San Luis Obispo → Community Foundation of Estero Bay (Formerly Morro Bay Community Foundation: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Harold J Miossi Charitable Trust: $504K on this topic. Open the funder. Harold J Miossi Charitable Tr… $504K Central California Joint Cable Fisheries: $496K on this topic. Open the funder. Central California Joint Cabl… $496K The Community Foundation San Luis Obispo: $243K on this topic. Open the funder. The Community Foundation San… $243K Restore America's Estuaries: $169K on this topic. Open the funder. Restore America's Estuaries $169K Fanangel Foundation Inc: $162K on this topic. Open the funder. Fanangel Foundation Inc $162K Local Jobs & Economic Development Fund: $26K on this topic. Open the funder. Local Jobs & Economic Develop… $26K Coastal Quest: $25K on this topic. Open the funder. Coastal Quest $25K Marshall L and Perrine D Mccune: $25K on this topic. Open the funder. Marshall L and Perrine D Mccu… $25K Green Gals Family Foundation: $21K on this topic. Open the funder. Green Gals Family Foundation $21K Marin Community Foundation: $20K on this topic. Open the funder. Marin Community Foundation $20K Visceglia-Summit Associates Foundat: $5K on this topic. Open the funder. Visceglia-Summit Associates F… $5K Curci Fund: $4K on this topic. Open the funder. Curci Fund $4K San Luis Coastal Education: received $415K on this topic San Luis Coastal Education $415K City of Morro Bay: received $228K on this topic City of Morro Bay $228K Morro Bay National Estuary Program: received $179K on this topic Morro Bay National Estuary Prog… $179K City of Morro Bay Harbor Dept: received $143K on this topic City of Morro Bay Harbor Dept $143K Morro Coast Audubon Society: received $130K on this topic Morro Coast Audubon Society $130K Morro Bay Commercial Fisherma: received $125K on this topic Morro Bay Commercial Fisherma $125K Morro Bay High: received $112K on this topic Morro Bay High $112K The Bay Foundation of Morro Bay: received $89K on this topic The Bay Foundation of Morro Bay $89K Infinite Music: received $82K on this topic Infinite Music $82K Morro Bay High School: received $50K on this topic Morro Bay High School $50K Morro Bay Citizens Opposed to Measure A-24: received $26K on this topic Morro Bay Citizens Opposed to M… $26K Bay Foundation of Morro Bay: received $25K on this topic Bay Foundation of Morro Bay $25K Work in Beauty Inc Dba El Morro Feed and Seed: received $25K on this topic Work in Beauty Inc Dba El Morro… $25K Friends of the Morro Bay Fire Dept: received $21K on this topic Friends of the Morro Bay Fire D… $21K Morro Bay Senior Citizens Inc Dba Morro Bay Active Adults: received $17K on this topic Morro Bay Senior Citizens Inc D… $17K Rotary Club of Morro Bay: received $11K on this topic Rotary Club of Morro Bay $11K Morro Bay Senior Citizens Inc: received $10K on this topic Morro Bay Senior Citizens Inc $10K Community Foundation of Estero Bay (Formerly Morro Bay Community Foundation: received $8K on this topic Community Foundation of Estero… $8K Liv Morro Memorial Foundation: received $5K on this topic Liv Morro Memorial Foundation $5K 12 funders, 19 recipients, grants matching “morro” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour (smaller funders in gray). Hover a name to isolate its flows, click a funder to open it. Drag to move around; zoom with the buttons, a double-click, or the wheel after clicking the map. Largest: $8,275 to MORRO BAY SENIOR CITIZENS INC DBA MORRO BAY ACTIVE ADULTS — to support the cost of musicians at tunes at tidelands as described in your 2023 senior dance grant application
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Largest: $36,241 to THE BAY FOUNDATION OF MORRO BAY — bioassessment monitoring of the morro bay watershed
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Largest: $227,700 to CITY OF MORRO BAY — pslcfa operations 2025/2026
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Largest: $63,788 to MORRO BAY HIGH — sports school program
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Largest: $94,766 to MORRO BAY NATIONAL ESTUARY PROGRAM — community based coastal habitat restoration
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Largest: $2,000 to LIV MORRO MEMORIAL FOUNDATION — educational & welfare
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Largest: $18,750 to Bay Foundation of Morro Bay — mpa outreach & education
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Largest: $10,000 to MORRO COAST AUDUBON SOCIETY — general operating support
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Largest: $2,500 to MORRO COAST AUDUBON SOCIETY — general support of charity
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Largest: $21,175 to FRIENDS OF THE MORRO BAY FIRE DEPT — general operating support
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Largest: $26,000 to MORRO BAY CITIZENS OPPOSED TO MEASURE A-24 — supporting local economic development through clean energy deployment
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Largest: $25,000 to WORK IN BEAUTY INC DBA EL MORRO FEED AND SEED — general operating support
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