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E Murdoch Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$96k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
40
Grants FY2024
29
Organizations funded FY2023
17%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$22,500
Organizations funded a year
29 to 47
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
7
Total assets, FY2024
$1.4M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 17% of the organizations E Murdoch Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthEnvironmentArts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesPublic Safety & DisasterOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving40$96k20%
FY202329$76k17%
FY202243$103k30%
FY202147$140k38%
FY202045$96k36%
FY201946$81k39%
FY201841$102k41%
FY201735$90kn/a
94% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$287kRecreation & Sports$100kPhilanthropy$96kEnvironment$86kHealth$46kHuman Services$41kReligion$29kArts & Culture$29kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
IL
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
KY
MD
DE
NC
DC
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 90 grantees
All grantees of E Murdoch Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Radnor Hunt Foundation$71,200840%
The Agnes Irwin School$68,50080%
Boys Latin of Philadelphia Charter Schoo$67,50080%
Willistown Conservation Trust Inc$61,50080%
The Woodlynde School Corporation$35,00050%
Peter's Place$34,25081%
Thomas Jefferson University$23,50020%
Episcopal Academy$20,95070%
University of Delaware$17,00030%
Riverbend Environmental Education Center$15,26670%
Zoological Society of Philadelphia$11,26030%
Wills Eye Foundation Inc$8,50030%
The Bryn Mawr Hospital Foundation$6,50050%
Mission Kids Child Advocacy Center$6,35060%
Philadelphia Museum of Art$6,00050%
Chester County Food Bank$5,00040%
Community Coalition$5,00060%
Americares Foundation Inc$5,00010%
The Franklin Institute$4,75040%
Princess Grace Foundation - USA$4,75050%
A Better Chance in Lower Merion Inc$4,50050%
Ryerss Farm for Aged Equines$4,25050%
All Hands and Hearts Smart Response Inc$4,00010%
Fisher House Foundation Inc$4,00040%
Philabundance$3,95030%
American Nurses Foundation Inc$3,53020%
Nurturing Minds Inc$3,50030%
Natural Lands Trust Inc$3,50040%
Baker Industries Inc$3,25050%
Community Volunteers in Medicine$3,25020%
Women Golfers Give Back$3,25051%
Blood Cancer United Inc$3,00020%
Haverford School$3,00030%
The Melmark Charitable Foundation$3,00030%
The Barnes Foundation$2,75030%
Chester County Historical Society$2,50040%
Gemma Services$2,50040%
Brandywine Red Clay Alliance$2,25050%
GLUT1 Deficiency Foundation Inc$2,08430%
VisionLink$2,00030%
Marks Colorectal Surgical Foundation$2,0001n/a
Therapeutic Horseback Riding Inc$1,75040%
Merakey Foundation$1,50030%
Main Line Animal Rescue Inc$1,50030%
Malvern Preparatory School$1,50020%
Project Home$1,50020%
Philadelphia Charity Ball$1,50033%
The Devon Horse Show and Country Fair Foundation$1,35030%
J Wood Platt Caddie Scholarship Trust$1,25020%
Camp Tecumseh Inc$1,25030%
Eagles Autism Challenge Inc$1,04020%
1883 Foundation$1,00011%
Triple Negative Breast Cancer Foundation$1,00010%
Boy Scouts of America Chester County Council$75020%
The Barn at Spring Brook Farm Inc$75010%
The Hounds Foundation$75010%
Donorschooseorg$70030%
1000 Friends of Florida Inc$50010%
Nantucket Conservation Foundation Inc$50010%
Fair Hill Thoroughbred Show$5001n/a
Our Rescue$50010%
Radnor Hunt Concours D'Eleganceinc$50012%
Greener Partners$50010%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$50010%
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts$50010%
Nantucket Land & Water Council Inc$50020%
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia$50010%
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society$50010%
Shane & Pepper Foundation Inc$5001n/a
The Society of the Four Arts Inc$50010%
Broadway Dreams Foundation Corporation$50010%
National Wildlife Refuge Association$50010%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$46420%
The Library Company of Philadelphia$40010%
Team Rubicon Inc$25810%
National Independent Venue Association$25610%
The Center for Autism$25010%
Baby2baby$25010%
Arthritis Foundation Inc$25010%
Nantucket Shellfish Association Inc$25010%
American Forest Foundation$25010%
The Not Impossible Foundation Inc$25010%
Historic Sugartown Incorporated$25010%
United Way of Berks County Inc$25010%
Cityteam Ministries$25010%
The Trustees of Reservations$25010%
Good Works Inc$2501n/a
Amigos de Jesus$25010%
Oceana Inc$20010%
Spokes$12510%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 40 recipients with no EIN on record ($208k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

E Murdoch Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 86 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetRadnor Hunt Foundation: $71,200 over 8y, 40% of budgetThe Agnes Irwin School: $68,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetBoys Latin of Philadelphia Charter Schoo: $67,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetWillistown Conservation Trust Inc: $61,500 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetThe Woodlynde School Corporation: $35,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPeter's Place: $34,250 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetThomas Jefferson University: $23,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEpiscopal Academy: $20,950 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Delaware: $17,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRiverbend Environmental Education Center: $15,266 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetZoological Society of Philadelphia: $11,260 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWills Eye Foundation Inc: $8,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Bryn Mawr Hospital Foundation: $6,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMission Kids Child Advocacy Center: $6,350 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPhiladelphia Museum of Art: $6,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetChester County Food Bank: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Coalition: $5,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetAmericares Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Franklin Institute: $4,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPrincess Grace Foundation - USA: $4,750 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetA Better Chance in Lower Merion Inc: $4,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetRyerss Farm for Aged Equines: $4,250 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAll Hands and Hearts Smart Response Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFisher House Foundation Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPhilabundance: $3,950 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Nurses Foundation Inc: $3,530 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNurturing Minds Inc: $3,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNatural Lands Trust Inc: $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBaker Industries Inc: $3,250 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity Volunteers in Medicine: $3,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWomen Golfers Give Back: $3,250 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHaverford School: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Melmark Charitable Foundation: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Barnes Foundation: $2,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetChester County Historical Society: $2,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGemma Services: $2,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBrandywine Red Clay Alliance: $2,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGLUT1 Deficiency Foundation Inc: $2,084 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetVisionLink: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTherapeutic Horseback Riding Inc: $1,750 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMerakey Foundation: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMain Line Animal Rescue Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMalvern Preparatory School: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetProject Home: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPhiladelphia Charity Ball: $1,500 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetThe Devon Horse Show and Country Fair Foundation: $1,350 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJ Wood Platt Caddie Scholarship Trust: $1,250 over 2y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 86.

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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.

Quaker City FoundationPA49.1× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Quaker City Foundation · Hamilton Family Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · Chester County Community Foundation · Connelly Foundation · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · John and Carole Bartholdson Foundation · Macelree Family Foundation · The William Penn Foundation · Daniel M Tabas Family Foundation · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · Bentley Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About E Murdoch Family Foundation

How much does E Murdoch Family Foundation give?
E Murdoch Family Foundation reported 40 grants totaling $95,539 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 29 and 47 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does E Murdoch Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (36%), Recreation & Sports (12%), Philanthropy (12%).
Who are E Murdoch Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Radnor Hunt Foundation ($71k), The Agnes Irwin School ($69k), Boys Latin of Philadelphia Charter Schoo ($68k).
Does E Murdoch Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does E Murdoch Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as E Murdoch Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Quaker City Foundation, Hamilton Family Foundation, The Philadelphia Foundation.
Where is E Murdoch Family Foundation based?
E Murdoch Family Foundation is based in PA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 131 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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