· Private foundation
John and Helen Murphey Foundation Inc
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k12 grants · $48k
- $10k–50k8 grants · $116k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $127k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| University of Arizona Foundation | $127,000 |
| Community Food Bank | $20,000 |
| Primavera Foundation | $20,000 |
| Pima Community College Foundation | $16,000 |
| Planned Parenthood | $15,000 |
| Emerge Center for Domestic Abuse | $15,000 |
| Education Enrichment Foundation | $10,000 |
| Mobile Meals of Southern Arizona | $10,000 |
| Literacy Connects | $10,000 |
| YMCA | $7,500 |
| Arizona Theatre Company | $7,500 |
| Sister Jose Womens Shelter | $7,500 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters | $5,000 |
| St Elizabeth of Hungry Clinic | $2,500 |
| Tucson Symphony Society | $2,500 |
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 (FY17–25, $68k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against -7% for those funded once.
25 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down.
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 FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
University of Arizona Foundation9× · 2017–2025 · $1.2M · revenue +109%- TPThe Primavera Foundation Inc9× · 2017–2025 · $178k · revenue +54%
- PCPIMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC7× · 2017–2025 · $104k · revenue +395%
Funded once
- CTCAREGIVER TRAINING INSTITUTEone grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue -7%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2024 · $5k
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.
Bringing arizonans together to create a stronger and brighter future for our state.
TCAA's mission is to eliminate poverty and advance equitable communities. This mission is achieved through the delivery of comprehensive human services programs designed to improve housing stability, increase food security, improve health…
Our vision is a community where every child receives a high-quality education from birth to career, every adult has the opportunity to thrive financailly and in the workplace, and every older person can retire and age with dignity and…
To elevate the teaching profession in southern arizona by empowering and celebrating prek-12 teacher excellence through community engagement and investment.
To improve greater tucson and the state of arizona by bringing together resources and leadership to enhance the economic climate and quality of life in our communities.
Impact of southern arizona is a private non-profit volunteer based organization which empowers southern arizonans with the resources required to pursue a stabilized and enhanced quality of life.
The Tucson Metro Chamber is a membership-based business advocacy and community development organization that represents 1,500 businesses employing more than 160,000 employees in Tucson and Pima County. The Tucson Metro Chamber is committed…
To lead, serve and collaborate to mobilize enduring philanthropy for a better arizona.
The organization is committed to unleashing the power of music by providing high-quality music education and experiences that are affordable and accessible. its vision is to be a leader in music education with a focus on creative youth…
CelebracinArtstica de lasAmricas(CALA)Alliancecollaborates with artists and arts organizations to nurture artistic talent, focusing onartistsfrom the Latin American diaspora.Through innovative artist residencies, commissions, community…
Svp tucson is an ever expanding community of engaged philanthropists dedicated to building the capacity, strength and impact of nonprofits in addressing social problems. we accomplish this through: thoughtful and strategic investments and…
How this is measured
17 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. 17 of the 28 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 University of Arizona Foundation ↗
- Who funds The Primavera Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds Community Food Bank Inc ↗
- Who funds PIMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds LITERACY CONNECTS ↗
- Who funds Valley of the Sun Young Men's Christian Association ↗
- Who funds Arizona Theatre Company ↗
- Who funds MOBILE MEALS OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA INC ↗
- Who funds Sister Jose Women's Center ↗
- Who funds EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE CHILD LANGUAGE CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds THE HAVEN ↗
- Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds Tucson Symphony Society ↗
- Who funds TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART AND HISTORIC BLOCK INC ↗
- Who funds City Center for Collaborative Learning ↗
- Who funds CAREGIVER TRAINING INSTITUTE ↗
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: Community Foundation for Southern Arizona · Connie Hillman Family Foundation · United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona Inc · The Hs Lopez Family Foundation · Donald Pitt Family Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona · Arizona Community Foundation · The Gordon Foundation · The Stocker Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · Iverson Family Foundation · The Stonewall Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization John and Helen Murphey Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John and Helen Murphey Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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