Aela & Donald Morgan Charitable Foundation C/o Seward & Kissel Llp
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 352429796
- IRS 990-PF coverage
- 2019–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-PF 2024
- Location
- New York, NY, USA
- Phone
- 2127459711
- Rating
- 90
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Standard
- Sector
- Scholarships, Student Financial Aid Services, Awards
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $144,001
- Expenses
- $122,486
Source: IRS Form 990-PF. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Overview
Mission
Scholarships, Student Financial Aid Services, Awards
What it reported funding in 2024
The foundation reported 18 filed grant rows totaling $111,012. The stated grant purposes included the purpose of the dr. claire tremaine & george mentas scholarship is to provide financial assistance to high school students who demonstrate merit, potential and financial need and who attend a high school within the grossmont union high schoool district in san diego county, california. the scholarships are awarded for exclusively educational purposes related to the matriculation of the recipients at an accredited post-secondary educational institution. the above recipient was awarded $5,000 per year for four years, subject to certain restrictions and limitations on awards, as described in statement 7. the scholarship is payable toward only the cost of tuition, books, on-campus dormitory and cafeteria plan. all payments are made directly to the educational institution or other appropriate vendor and no payments are made outright to the recipient., the purpose of the dr. claire tremaine & george mentas scholarship is to provide financial assistance to high school students who demonstrate merit, potential and financial need and who attend a high school within the grossmont union high schoool district in san diego county, california. the scholarships are awarded for exclusively educational purposes related to the matriculation of the recipients at an accredited post-secondary educational institution. the above recipient was awarded $10,000 per year for four years, subject to certain restrictions and limitations on awards, as described in statement 7. the scholarship is payable toward only the cost of tuition, books, on-campus dormitory and cafeteria plan. all payments are made directly to the educational institution or other appropriate vendor and no payments are made outright to the recipient., and the purpose of the dr. claire tremaine & george mentas scholarship is to provide financial assistance to high school students who demonstrate merit, potential and financial need and who attend a high school within the grossmont union high school district in san diego county, california. the scholarships are awarded for exclusively educational purposes related to the matriculation of the recipients at an accredited post-secondary educational institution. the above recipient was awarded $10,000 per year for four years, subject to certain restrictions and limitations on awards, as described in statement 7. the scholarship is payable toward only the cost of tuition, books, on-campus dormitory and cafeteria plan. all payments are made directly to the educational institution or other appropriate vendor and no payments are made outright to the recipient., plus 8 other reported purposes.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from contributions.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The foundation distributed 91% of its reported charitable disbursements as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes to charitable grants and the filing identifies who received its grants. Assets provide a limited cushion relative to annual grants and the filing reports one or more activities that warrant closer review.
Rating breakdown
- Grant Deployment: 100
- Cost Efficiency: 91
- Transparency: 100
- Compliance: 94
- Endowment Health: 34
Detailed rating inputs
Grant Deployment
- Grant deployment ratio: 100%; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
Cost Efficiency
- Grant expense ratio: 90.6%; rating input score 91; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency
- Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100
Compliance
- Foundation activity disclosures: 17 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 89
- Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Pass
- Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Pass
- Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Pass
- Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Pass
- Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
- Payment to a government official: Pass
- Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Pass
- Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
- Excess business holdings: Pass
- Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Pass
- Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Pass
- Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
- Attempt to influence an election: Pass
- Individual grants for travel, study or similar purposes: Fail
- Grants outside qualifying charitable organization categories: Fail
- Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
- Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Pass
- Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Pass
- Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Pass
- Filing consistency checks: 9; rating input score 100
Endowment Health
- Endowment-health comparison: 0.26; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
- Payout: At least 100% grant deployment rate
- Trustees: Filed trustees detail
- Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
- Investments: 34th percentile for endowment coverage
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 47 filed money-flow records
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Endowment Health: Endowment-health comparison scored 34/100.
- Review — Compliance: Foundation activity disclosures: 2 of 19 not reported.