· Private foundation
1997 John & Mary Murphy Educational Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k5 grants · $16k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $145k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Winchester Foundation Education | $45,000 |
| Winchester Scholarship Foundation | $40,000 |
| Wright-Locke Land Trust | $20,000 |
| A Better Chance ABC | $15,000 |
| The Jenks Senior Center | $15,000 |
| Winchester Rotary Club | $10,000 |
| Griffin Museum of Photography | $7,500 |
| Friends of the Winchester Library | $2,850 |
| Winchester Public Schools | $2,500 |
| Parent to Parent | $1,800 |
| Muraco Elementry School | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 6%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
21 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- WSWinchester Scholarship Foundation7× · 2017–2024 · $270k · revenue +135%
- TGTHE GRIFFIN MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY INC7× · 2017–2024 · $43k · revenue +164%
- WFWRIGHT-LOCKE FARM CONSERVANCY INC2× · 2018–2020 · $40k · revenue +234%
Funded once
- MMMcCall Mid School Extracurr Activities Progone grant, 2017 · $36k
- WCWinchester Community Musicone grant, 2022 · $10k
- WHWinchester High School Alumni Associationone grant, 2018 · $10k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The winchester education foundation is dedicated to elevating our community through promoting educational opportunities and providing support for winchester public school, its students, teachers and staff.
Provide comprehensive education including reading,writing,social studies,math,sciences,foreign languages,physical education,music, and performing arts for elementary, middle and high school age children
The organization's exempt purpose is to support the educational activities of winsor school by funding programs, events, and resources that enhance the academic and social experience of students. activities include organizing volunteer…
Wps is an innovative secondary school with an advanced model of education where learning thrives everywhere - in our classroom, through internships, and throughout the local and greater communities. our teachers are dedicated to creating…
Pre-school education & child care
Winchester Cooperative Nursery School offers a positive, first-school experience for preschool children and their families. The School provides a welcoming and supportive community that fosters learning and development in a nurturing…
The mission of our school is to provide an environment and activities which facilitate the physical, mental, social, and emotional growth of students of diverse backgrounds and abilities.
The acting, directing, and writing of staged plays to bring high quality entertainment and culture to our community through a variety of endeavors in the performing arts.
The windham endowment for community advancement is a non-profit community foundation created to enhance the quality of life for all windham residents, now and for generations to come. the endowment provides a way for individuals,…
How this is measured
10 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 10 of the 33 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds Winchester Scholarship Foundation ↗
- Who funds WRIGHT-LOCKE LAND TRUST INC ↗
- Who funds THE GRIFFIN MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY INC ↗
- Who funds WRIGHT-LOCKE FARM CONSERVANCY INC ↗
- Who funds WINCHESTER COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL TRUST ↗
- Who funds WINCHESTER HIGH SCHOOL PARENT FACULTY ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds Parent to Parent Inc ↗
- Who funds THE NETWORK FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE INC ↗
- Who funds BRIO INTEGRATED THEATRE INC ↗
- Who funds Muraco Elementary School Parents Association ↗
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Louis and Anne Abrons Foundation Inc · Cummings Foundation Grants Inc (Fka Oneworld Boston Inc) · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization 1997 John & Mary Murphy Educational Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from 1997 John & Mary Murphy Educational Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Griffin Museum of Photography Inc: 10% of income from government
- The Network for Social Justice Inc: 4% of income from government
- Wright-Locke Farm Conservancy Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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