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Harry & Virginia Murray Foundation at a glance

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Harry & Virginia Murray Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$494k
Granted FY2025still arriving
25
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$828kEducation$657kHuman Services$477kRecreation & Sports$402kPhilanthropy$300kReligion$253kHousing & Shelter$252kCommunity Improvement$173kOther$0
02FY2025 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $32k
  • $10k–50k16 grants · $362k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
$20,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$8.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HEART SONG INC$50,000
SOUTHEASTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE FDN$50,000
CAPITOL THEATER FOUNDATION$43,000
BURLINGTON AREA YMCA INC$40,000
ART CENTER OF BURLINGTON$30,000
BURLINGTON STEM FOUNDATION$30,000
DES MOINES COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY$30,000
TRANSITIONS DMC INC$25,000
UNITED WAY WORLDWIDE$25,000
BURLINGTON AREA HOMELESS SHELTER$25,000
FRIENDS OF THE BURL PUBLIC LIBRARY$24,000
Individual grant recipient$20,000
BURLINGTON AREA DEVELOPMENT FND$20,000
MILESTONES AREA AGENCY ON AGING$10,000
SOUTHEAST IOWA SYMPHONY ASSN$10,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $393k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%THE HOMESTEAD: $10k → 10%MILESTONES AREA AGENCY ON AGING: $10k → 12%MILESTONES AREA AGENCY ON AGING: $10k → 12%MILESTONES AREA AGENCY ON AGING: $10k → 12%HEART SONG INC: $50k → 15%HEART SONG INC: $50k → 15%HEART SONG INC: $50k → 15%HEART SONG INC: $10k → 15%BURLINGTON AREA YMCA INC: $40k → 15%BURLINGTON AREA YMCA INC: $33k → 15%BURLINGTON AREA YMCA INC: $15k → 15%BURLINGTON AREA YMCA INC: $15k → 15%BURLINGTON AREA YMCA INC: $14k → 15%MILESTONES AREA AGENCY ON AGING: $10k → 15%BURLINGTON AREA YMCA INC: $10k → 15%BURLINGTON AREA YMCA INC: $10k → 15%MILESTONES AREA AGENCY ON AGING: $10k → 15%BURLINGTON AREA YMCA INC: $10k → 15%MILESTONES AREA AGENCY ON AGING: $10k → 15%MILESTONES AREA AGENCY ON AGING: $10k → 15%BURLINGTON AREA YMCA INC: $5k → 15%QUILTS OF VALOR FOUNDATION: $1k → 15%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.5M · 40 repeat orgs$377k to everyone else

40 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2025, 19 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

40
28

Total granted

$3.5M
$360k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-15%
0%

Still filing today

48%
18%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureHousing & ShelterRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyEducationOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • TC
    THE CAPITOL THEATER FOUNDATION OF BURLINGTON IOWA
    9× · 2017–2025 · $241k · revenue +175%
  • DM
    DES MOINES CO HISTORICAL SOCIETY
    8× · 2018–2025 · $184k · revenue +33%
  • HS
    HEART SONG INC
    4× · 2021–2025 · $160k · revenue +579%

Funded once

  • SC
    SOUTHEASTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE
    one grant, 2017 · $53k
  • BW
    BURLINGTON W BURLINGTON AREA UNITED WAY
    one grant, 2024 · $35k · revenue 0%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $30k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Burlington Riverfront Entertainment

Promotion and advancement of activities and programs that provide community enrichment including but not limited to: fundraising, management, and enhancement of riverfront properties of burlington, iowa, and ensuring continued operation of…

Arts & Culture
2
Des Moines Area Association of Realtors Foundation
Education
3
Iowa Automotive Heritage Foundation
Science & Tech
4
The Heritage Trust for Preservation & Restor of Historic Burlington Ia

The Heritage Trust is dedicated to promoting the preservation and restoration of Burlington, Iowa's architectural resources through education, action and advocacy.

Community Improvement
5
Burlington Fine Arts League

The league supports and promotes the arts in the burlington area. the league provides financial support through scholarships and by contributions to arts related projects of local organizations.

Arts & Culture
6
Williamsburg Iowa Historical Society
Arts & Culture
7
Iowa 80 Trucking Museum
Arts & Culture
8
Dubuque County Fine Arts Society

To provide fine arts to dubuque county

Arts & Culture
9
Albia Area Improvement Association

Historical preservation of the buildings in the community and beautification of the albia, iowa community.

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10
Iowa West Foundation
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11
Amateur Athletic Union of the Iowa Aau

Serving iowa amatuer athletics

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12
Burlington West Burlington Area Development Foundation

The mission of the burlington/west burlington area development foundation is to raise revenue, help develop the image of the burlington/west burlington cities and des moines county, and to promote the development of the community on behalf…

Employment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Burlington Iowa Friends of the Depot; the most unlike its peers is Burlington Stem Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

33 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 33 of the 72 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/33
Grantees still filing
13/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ART CENTER OF BURLINGTON: $194,000 · OtherART CENTER OF BURLINGTONDES MOINES CO HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $184,000 · OtherDES MOINES CO HISTORICAL SOCIETYUNITED WAY-BURLINGTON AREA: $145,000 · OtherUNITED WAY-BURLINGTON AREAIowa Wesleyan University: $140,000 · OtherIowa Wesleyan UniversityIndividual grant recipient: $137,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $95,000 · OtherBURLINGTON AREA DEVELOPMENT FND: $92,000 · OtherYOUNG HOUSE FAMILY SERVICES INC: $85,000 · OtherBURLINGTON STEM FOUNDATION INC: $110,000 · Other+49 more: $1,157,500 · Other+49 morePURPLE & GRAY FOUNDATION INC: $350,000 · PhilanthropyPURPLE & GRA…UNITED WAY WORLDWIDE: $105,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY W…HEART SONG INC: $160,000 · Human ServicesHEART SONG …BURLINGTON AREA YMCA INC: $152,000 · Human ServicesBURLINGTON …MILESTONES AREA AGENCY ON AGING: $70,000 · Human ServicesMILESTONES …+2 more: $11,000 · Human ServicesTHE CAPITOL THEATER FOUNDATION OF BURLINGTON IOWA: $241,086 · Arts & CultureMISSISSIPPI VALLEY VETERANS MEMORIAL INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureART GUILD OF BURLINGTON: $10,000 · Arts & CultureBURLINGTON AREA HOMELESS SHELTER: $130,597 · Housing & ShelterTransitions DMC Inc: $101,000 · Housing & ShelterSOUTHEASTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $212,500 · EducationCITY HOPE FOUNDATION: $123,000 · Religion
Other$2,340,000Philanthropy$455,000Human Services$393,000Arts & Culture$261,086Housing & Shelter$231,597Education$212,500Religion$123,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPURPLE & GRAY FOUNDATION INC: $350,000 over 7y, 75% of budgetTHE CAPITOL THEATER FOUNDATION OF BURLINGTON IOWA: $241,086 over 9y, 13% of budgetSOUTHEASTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $212,500 over 7y, 3.6% of budgetDES MOINES CO HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $184,000 over 8y, 13% of budgetHEART SONG INC: $160,000 over 4y, 23% of budgetBURLINGTON AREA YMCA INC: $152,000 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetIowa Wesleyan University: $140,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetBURLINGTON AREA HOMELESS SHELTER: $130,597 over 9y, 15% of budgetCITY HOPE FOUNDATION: $123,000 over 4y, 16% of budgetBURLINGTON STEM FOUNDATION INC: $110,000 over 3y, 27% of budgetUNITED WAY WORLDWIDE: $105,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTransitions DMC Inc: $101,000 over 5y, 19% of budgetYOUNG HOUSE FAMILY SERVICES INC: $85,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetMILESTONES AREA AGENCY ON AGING: $70,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE BURL PUBLIC LIBRARY: $64,000 over 5y, 38% of budgetBUILDING BRIDGES: $55,000 over 3y, 19% of budgetSOUTHEAST IOWA SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION SOUTHEAST IOWA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $45,000 over 7y, 3.5% of budgetBURLINGTON CIVIC MUSIC ASSOCIATION: $45,000 over 2y, 8.5% of budgetBURLINGTON W BURLINGTON AREA UNITED WAY: $35,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetLEOPOLD LANDSCAPE ALLIANCE: $30,000 over 7y, 7.5% of budgetBURLINGTON IOWA FRIENDS OF THE DEPOT: $30,000 over 2y, 75% of budgetBURLINGTON TENNIS ASSOCIATION: $20,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetPLAYERS WORKSHOP INCORPORATED: $18,500 over 4y, 8.1% of budgetSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL: $15,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetASPEN GROVE CEMETERY ASSOCATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetART GUILD OF BURLINGTON: $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetImagine the Possibilities: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetELDER SERVICES INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF OREGON AND SW WASHINGTON INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetQUILTS OF VALOR FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
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 PURPLE & GRAY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CAPITOL THEATER FOUNDATION OF BURLINGTON IOWA ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHEASTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DES MOINES CO HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds HEART SONG INC ↗
  • Who funds BURLINGTON AREA YMCA INC ↗
  • Who funds Iowa Wesleyan University ↗
  • Who funds BURLINGTON AREA HOMELESS SHELTER ↗
  • Who funds CITY HOPE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BURLINGTON STEM FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY WORLDWIDE ↗
  • Who funds Transitions DMC Inc ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG HOUSE FAMILY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds MILESTONES AREA AGENCY ON AGING ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE BURL PUBLIC LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds BUILDING BRIDGES ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHEAST IOWA SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION SOUTHEAST IOWA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ↗
  • Who funds BURLINGTON CIVIC MUSIC ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds BURLINGTON W BURLINGTON AREA UNITED WAY ↗
  • Who funds LEOPOLD LANDSCAPE ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds BURLINGTON IOWA FRIENDS OF THE DEPOT ↗
  • Who funds BURLINGTON TENNIS 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.

John H Witte Jr Found…Alliant Energy Founda…Southeast Iowa Region…Kings Daughters Home …Jani-Dhuna FoundationCarl A Nelson Charita…John J & Judy a Arled…Winegard FoundationBurlington W Burlingt…The Independent Chari…Bnsf Railway Foundati…Community Fdn of Grea…
John H Witte Jr Foundation TrustWI47.5× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: John H Witte Jr Foundation Trust · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center Inc · Kings Daughters Home for Old People · Jani-Dhuna Foundation · Carl A Nelson Charitable Foundation · John J & Judy a Arledge Charitable · Winegard Foundation · Burlington W Burlington Area United Way · The Independent Charitable Gift Fund · Bnsf Railway Foundation · Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Harry & Virginia Murray Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Harry & Virginia Murray Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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 72 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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