Morris Family Foundation

The Morris Family Foundation was founded in 1997 by brothers LaRue and Earl Morris. Earl was a mechanic, and LaRue was a science teacher at Scenic Middle School in Central Point. Their goal was to benefit Jackson County youth and adults by helping them acquire job skills that would prepare them for family-wage jobs in Southern Oregon.

The Morris Family Foundation is making it easier for rural students in Jackson County to access high quality career-technical education.

Mission Statement

Earl W. Morris established The Morris Family Foundation to honor his family’s hard work and to help others’ less fortunate. 

The Foundation is a nonprofit, public benefit entity organized exclusively for charitable, religious, educational and scientific purposes making distributions solely to certain Jackson County School Districts, Rogue Community College and qualified government or 501(c) (3) exempt organizations for such purposes including: 

• provision of scholarships, paid apprenticeships, book and other study materials, work-study opportunities and other forms of financial aid to needy high school students residing in Jackson County school districts [specifically Central Point No. 6, Rogue River No. 35, Butte Falls No. 91, Butte Falls No. 91 and Eagle Point No. 9 ] and Rogue Community College students who are engaged in technical vocational education; and 
  
• provision of financial support of the vocational technical educational programs of approved high schools and Rogue Community College to include equipment, study and learning materials, staff and facilities; and 
  
• provision of aid to organizations supporting the needs of orphans, victims of disasters ( regardless of how caused ), persons with life threatening injuries and illnesses or other forms of humanitarian aid.