B Morphed Foundation

B.MORphed Foundation is a small, founder-led family foundation established by Brian V. Moran, who serves as President and is listed as a Director on IRS filings alongside Board Director Saul R. Moise — both recorded at $0 direct compensation, though the foundation reported $100,000 in officer compensation in FY2023, suggesting paid staff or advisory support beyond the two named board members. With just $6.1 million in assets and roughly $210,000 in annual revenue, this is not a large institutional funder; it operates more like a targeted family giving vehicle with a specific mission — 'leveling the playing field' for children whose 'conditions into which they are born should never determine the course of their lives.' The foundation states it prefers to partner with existing 501(c)(3) nonprofits, public school systems, and social service organizations rather than run its own programs, and its own 990 program description narrows this further to 'scholarships to students in low income areas.' Only two grants appear in available records — $180,000 to St Marys Roman Catholic (School) and $40,000 to Epizelus Organization (PTSD) — indicating either a very small, curated grantee list or relationships that predate the current published guidelines (both amounts exceed the $2,500-$50,000 range now listed on the website, so first-time applicants should treat that published range, not the historical grant sizes, as the realistic target). First-time applicants should not expect a multi-stage LOI-to-site-visit progression; the process appears to be a single application with a full supporting-document packet, reviewed on an annual cycle with a November 1 deadline. Given the foundation's small footprint and geographic specificity (Annapolis, Baltimore, NYC/Long Island, South Florida), the strongest candidates are education-access nonprofits — particularly those enabling private-school or scholarship access for academically capable, financially constrained students — already operating in one of those four named metros, ideally with an existing or easily built connection to the Moran family's network given the tiny, personally-governed grantmaking structure.

Financial data shows a foundation with limited but real grantmaking capacity. Total assets grew from $5,057,293 (FY2023) to $6,137,654 (FY2024), a 21% increase driven almost entirely by investment gains rather than new contributions ($0 in contributions received, FY2023). Annual revenue has held steady at roughly $207,000-$214,000 across both years on record. In FY2023, the foundation reported $349,932 in total giving against $240,000 in grants paid — the roughly $110,000 gap is largely explained by $100,000 in officer compensation, meaning administrative costs consume a meaningful share of the giving budget relative to a base this size. The only two grant records available show $180,000 to St Marys Roman Catholic (purpose: School) and $40,000 to Epizelus Organization (purpose: PTSD), for a total of $220,000 across 2 grants and an average of $110,000 per grant — well above the $2,500-$50,000 range the foundation now publishes on its 'Apply For Grant' page, which likely reflects either legacy relationships or a founder-directed large anchor grant rather than the typical award size a new applicant should expect. Geographically, the two known grants went to organizations in Maryland and Virginia, which only partially overlaps the foundation's stated four-metro focus (Annapolis, Baltimore, NYC/Long Island, South Florida) — Virginia is not explicitly named as a target area, and no New York or South Florida grantees appear in the available data, suggesting either an evolving geographic footprint or gaps in reporting. By program area, 100% of recorded 990 program expense ($240,000) is categorized as scholarships for low-income students, consistent with the education-access mission. No FY2024 grants-paid or total-giving figures were available at time of research, so a current-year trend cannot be established; applicants should anchor expectations to the published $2,500-$50,000 range and the annual ~$210K-$350K total giving capacity rather than the two outsized historical grants.

B.MORphed sits among a cluster of similarly small, single-donor-family foundations nationally, most sharing the 'Philanthropy & Grantmaking' NTEE classification and near-identical asset bases in the $6.1-6.2 million range — a common size band for family foundations funded by a single liquidity event or estate gift.

What sets B.MORphed apart from this peer set is transparency: none of the five peer foundations have a public website on file, meaning they almost certainly operate as closed, invitation-only or founder-network giving vehicles. B.MORphed, by contrast, publishes a mission statement, named focus areas, an application deadline, and required documents — making it comparatively far more accessible to a cold applicant, even though its actual grantmaking volume (2 known grants) suggests it, too, functions with a small, curated grantee circle in practice.

No 2025 or 2026 news coverage, press releases, or leadership announcements for B.MORphed Foundation surfaced in web search — this is consistent with a small, non-institutional family foundation that does not maintain a press or communications function. The most concrete recent signal is financial: total assets increased from $5,057,293 at the end of FY2023 to $6,137,654 in FY2024, a gain of roughly $1.08 million (21%) that appears to stem from investment performance rather than new donor contributions, since FY2023 contributions received were reported as $0. Leadership remains unchanged in available records: Brian V. Moran continues as President/Director and Saul R. Moise as Board Director. The foundation's own site shows no dated news, program updates, or grantee spotlights, and its program description — 'scholarships to students in low income areas,' with $240,000 in program expense in the most recent filed year (FY2023) — appears to be its steady-state activity rather than a new initiative. Given the absence of any public announcements, grant seekers should treat the foundation's website (bmorphed.org) and its November 1 deadline as the most current and reliable source of activity, and should not expect the foundation to publicize awards after the fact.

Time your outreach around the stated November 1 annual deadline — there is no indication of a rolling or secondary review cycle, so late or off-cycle inquiries likely wait a full year. Before drafting anything, confirm your organization is a 501(c)(3) with a program physically operating in one of the foundation's four named service areas (Annapolis MD, Baltimore MD, New York City/Long Island, or South Florida); geographic mismatch is the most likely reason for outright disqualification given how narrowly the website defines scope. Frame your proposal around education access for low-income or disadvantaged children specifically — the foundation's own 990 program line is 'scholarships to students in low income areas,' and its vision statement ('The conditions into which children are born should never determine the course of their lives... leveling the playing field') is language worth echoing directly in a mission-alignment paragraph, since it signals you've read their materials rather than sent a generic ask. Request an amount inside the published $2,500-$50,000 range; the two historical grants on record ($180,000 and $40,000) are outliers that likely reflect founder-directed relationships, not typical first-time awards, so anchoring a request near $200,000 based on those data points would be a mismatch. Have the full document packet ready before you start the online form: IRS/Franchise Tax Board determination letter, current program budget, audited financial statements, most recent annual report, board member list with qualifications, and sample publications or newsletters — incomplete packets are an easy rejection reason for a funder this small to enforce. A common mistake would be treating this like a large institutional funder with program officers and multi-round diligence; with only two board members listed and no dedicated program staff visible, the process is almost certainly a direct read-and-decide by the Moran family, so a personal, specific cover note explaining exactly which children you serve and how you measure results will carry more weight than a lengthy generic proposal. Since there's no confirmed online status-tracking tool, a brief, polite follow-up email to info@bmorphed.org (or a call to (954) 489-8788) two to three weeks after submission is reasonable and unlikely to be viewed as pushy.