Nebraska · Private foundation
Dennis & Ellin Murphy Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $49k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2024
- 26
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
96% of Dennis & Ellin Murphy Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to University Of Notre Dame Du Lac, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 6 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2024, the last year Dennis & Ellin Murphy Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 7 organizations, $49k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 27
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 8
- Total assets, FY2024
- $218k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Dennis & Ellin Murphy Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 18 | $49k | 61% |
| FY2023 | 26 | $55k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $42k | 31% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $41k | 73% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $57k | 56% |
| FY2019 | 23 | $50k | 61% |
| FY2018 | 20 | $48k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 27 | $69k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marquette University | $54,700 | 7 | 0% |
| Omaha Discovery Trust | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Cues Fund | $37,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Eps Essential Pregnancy Services Inc | $25,500 | 8 | 1% |
| Children's Scholarship Fund of Omaha | $21,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Madonna School and Community Based Services | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| New Cassel Foundation | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Bethlehem House | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Institute for Priestly Formation Inc | $5,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Siena Francis House | $5,000 | 4 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marquette University | $54,700 | 7 | 0% |
| Omaha Discovery Trust | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Cues Fund | $37,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Eps Essential Pregnancy Services Inc | $25,500 | 8 | 1% |
| Children's Scholarship Fund of Omaha | $21,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Madonna School and Community Based Services | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| New Cassel Foundation | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Bethlehem House | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Institute for Priestly Formation Inc | $5,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Siena Francis House | $5,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Educate Uganda | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities Diocese of Venice Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Congregation of Holy Cross United States Province Inc | $2,500 | 2 | n/a |
| East End Hospice Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Potomac Falls Band Boosters Inc | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Food Bank for the Heartland | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Servants of Mary | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Assistance League of Omaha Nebraska Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Jesuit Academy | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Omaha Zoo Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Creighton Preparatory School | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Loudoun County Public Schools | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Right to Life Michiana Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hospice of Dayton Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Open Door Mission D/B/A Open Door Mission & Lydia House | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nebraska Public Media Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Nebraska Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Banner Alzheimer's Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Iowa State University Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nebraska Humane Society | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St John Paul II Newman Center Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| O'Hana Heritage Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Creighton University | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Child Saving Institute Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Saint Cecilias Cathedral Corp | $1,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Triple Negative Breast Cancer Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Buffalo Academy of the Sacred Heart Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Newberry Library | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 66 recipients with no EIN on record ($184k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Dennis & Ellin Murphy Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: The Charles and Mary Heider Family Foundation · The Lozier Foundation · Cl Werner Foundation · D F Dillon Foundation · The Hawks Foundation · Greater Horizons · Donald a & Joan M Cimpl Foundation · Robertson Family Foundation · Dr C C and Mabel L Criss Memorial · Eagle Foundation · Richard Brooke Foundation · Seline Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About Dennis & Ellin Murphy Foundation
- How much does Dennis & Ellin Murphy Foundation give?
- Dennis & Ellin Murphy Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $48,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 27 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Dennis & Ellin Murphy Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (57%), Education (18%), Religion (5%).
- Who are Dennis & Ellin Murphy Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Marquette University ($55k), Omaha Discovery Trust ($40k), Cues Fund ($38k).
- Does Dennis & Ellin Murphy Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Dennis & Ellin Murphy Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Dennis & Ellin Murphy Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Charles and Mary Heider Family Foundation, The Lozier Foundation, Cl Werner Foundation.
- Where is Dennis & Ellin Murphy Foundation based?
- Dennis & Ellin Murphy Foundation is based in NE.
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