Rooted in faith, equity, and compassion, the Loveless Morris Foundation supports emerging scholars, aspiring tradespeople, and working families.

This foundation was created from both personal truth and professional understanding—shaped by the lives that raised and supported the Morris’, the youth who inspired both of them, and the mentors who believed in them when they didn’t yet know how to believe in themselves.

As the youngest child and an only child respectively, the husband and wife team were both “traditional” students in age and achievement—but in reality, they were married, working parents, navigating college with a family to raise and an unclear, bumpy roadmap. They both earned degrees from associate’s to advanced degrees, But they did not do it alone.

Individually, the Morris’ serve at the executive and senior leadership level, and in both their professional and personal lives, focus on improving the lives of others. Judy has taught and supported students, including those who had been incarcerated, involved in gangs, or outcasted. She has witnessed them become not only scholars, but community leaders and mentors in their own right. In her current professional role, her duties include overseeing an organizational Foundation. Bryan has coached several youth sports for over a decade, including basketball and football. Through this opportunity, he has coached not only on the fundamentals of sport, while also winning several championships, but has also guided, supported, and mentored the young men in character, academic, and personal growth and achievement. He has had the pleasure and privilege of witnessing these young boys develop into young men. Together, the Morris’ have studied the data, lived the reality, and created pathways where none existed.

But the seed for this foundation is more personal.

His name was Merle Palmer. He was a community leader who started his own scholarship foundation to support local youth. Judy and Bryan were both Merle Palmer Scholars, and among all the scholarships and fellowships they’ve received, his was the most meaningful. Not only did it provide financial support—it came with mentorship, academic guidance, and spiritual encouragement. Merle took his own time and resources and invested them in people who weren’t like him in many ways. His generosity and personal care changed the trajectory of their academic pathways.

The Morris’ carry deep gratitude for their family, coaches, teachers, dissertation chairs, mentors, and community members whose mentorship was instrumental in their academic, professional, and more importantly, familial success. They believed in them, invested in them, and supported them through critical milestones in ways that were both academic and deeply human.

This foundation exists in that same spirit.

We don’t aim to solve every systemic problem. But we do aim to stand in the gap: helping someone afford a quarter of tuition, purchase trade tools, get a laptop, or pay sports fees that keep a young person connected to something hopeful. The amounts may be small—but their impact can be immeasurable.

This foundation is for the dreamers, the builders, the in-betweeners. The ones who are worthy of support but may not see themselves as “scholarship material.” The ones navigating a path where guidance, encouragement, and a little financial help could make all the difference.

We are here—rooted in faith, driven by equity, and grounded in the belief that opportunity should never be reserved for the few.

If you’ve ever been overlooked, if you’ve ever worked hard but needed just a little help, or if you’re someone who wants to help others make it—this foundation is for you.