· Private foundation
John P Murphy 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 $10k25 grants · $87k
- $10k–50k36 grants · $694k
- $50k–250k14 grants · $1.3M
- $250k+1 grant · $355k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION | $355,000 |
| THE MUSICAL ARTS ASSOCIATION | $243,000 |
| CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF MUSIC | $170,000 |
| KENT STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | $122,500 |
| CUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION | $100,000 |
| GREATER CLEVELAND MEDIA DEVELOPMENT CORP | $80,000 |
| THE CITY CLUB OF CLEVELAND | $75,500 |
| THE SALVATION ARMY | $75,000 |
| UNITED WAY OF GREATER CLEVELAND | $70,000 |
| CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE | $70,000 |
| PLAYHOUSE SQUARE FOUNDATION | $60,500 |
| CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | $50,000 |
| CLEVELAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY | $50,000 |
| CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY | $50,000 |
| GREAT LAKES SCIENCE CENTER | $50,000 |
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 (FY17–24, $293k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, 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 +28% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.
95 repeat relationships: 67 still active in FY2024, 28 since wound down; 8 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, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $106k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TMThe Musical Arts Association8× · 2017–2024 · $2.0M · revenue +45%
- TRTHE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC4× · 2017–2023 · $1.0M · revenue +80%
- GPGROUP PLAN COMMISSION4× · 2017–2023 · $605k · revenue +93%
Funded once
- FEFRONT EXHIBITION COMPANYone grant, 2018 · $50k · revenue -96%
- GAGILMOUR ACADEMY INCone grant, 2017 · $50k
- NDNOTRE DAME COLLEGEone grant, 2018 · $25k · revenue -20%
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.
Mission: to champion and elevate the arts and cultural expression of greater columbus.vision: power of art realized. people engaged. city energized.
Non-profit organization dedicated to presenting frees concert of Classical Music
Cleveland arts education consortiums mission is to promote and strengthen arts education in northeast ohio and advocate on behalf of arts learning for people of all ages and circumstances.
Cincinnati museum center inspires people of all ages to learn more about our world through science, regional history, and educational, engaging and meaningful experiences.
Opera columbus enriches central ohio by educating, enlightening, and entertaining people of all ages and backgrounds through the live music theatre experience by employing a diverse and far-flung supply of creative talent, ideas and…
Music Performance - Performing free concerts of new symphonic music
Balletmet will celebrate dance by engaging the community through quality performances, instruction, education programs, and creation of new work.
Literary Cleveland assists writers and readers at all stages of development, promotes new and existing literature of the highest quality, and advances Northeast Ohio as a vital center of diverse voices and visions.
We use the power of live performance art to create a unified expression of joy that is shared within our community through engaged educational programming, enhanced corporate partnerships, and inspired civic givebacks. see schedule o for…
Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra (CCO) creates intimate, transformative experiences that connect the musically curious.
Global cleveland is dedicated to growing northeast ohio's economy by welcoming and connecting international people to opportunities and fostering a more inviting community for those seeking a place to call home.
To promote the rule of law and the legal profession by supporting, empowering and celebrating our members and the community.
How this is measured
103 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. 103 of the 135 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 The Musical Arts Association ↗
- Who funds THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds GROUP PLAN COMMISSION ↗
- Who funds KENT STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF GREATER CLEVELAND ↗
- Who funds GREAT LAKES THEATER FESTIVAL INC ↗
- Who funds CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY ↗
- Who funds CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF MUSIC ↗
- Who funds CUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Playhouse Square Foundation ↗
- Who funds THE CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART ↗
- Who funds CLEVELAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds THE CLEVELAND PLAY HOUSE ↗
- Who funds CLEVELAND FILM SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART ↗
- Who funds APOLLO'S FIRE BAROQUE ↗
- Who funds BECK CENTER FOR THE ARTS ↗
- Who funds GREATER CLEVELAND MEDIA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds THE CITY CLUB OF CLEVELAND ↗
- Who funds IDEASTREAM ↗
- Who funds CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds ST VINCENT CHARITY MEDICAL CENTER ↗
- Who funds ST VINCENT CHARITY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART CLEVELAND ↗
- Who funds PIANO INTERNATIONAL ASSOC OF NORTHERN OH ↗
- Who funds CLEVELAND BALLET ↗
- Who funds CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE METROHEALTH FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds LAKEVIEW CEMETERY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CLEVELAND RAPE CRISIS CENTER ↗
- Who funds COLLEGE NOW GREATER CLEVELAND INC ↗
- Who funds DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds GROUNDWORKS DANCE THEATER ↗
- Who funds GREATER CLEVELAND SPORTS COMMISSION ↗
- Who funds CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE INC ↗
- Who funds PHILANTHROPY OHIO ↗
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: Kulas Foundation · The George Gund Foundation · The Cleveland Foundation · The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation · Jewish Federation of Cleveland · The Albert B & Audrey G Ratner Family Foundation · The Kelvin & Eleanor Smith Foundation · The Reinberger Foundation · The Lozick Family Foundation · Martha Holden Jennings Foundation · Emma R Fox Char Trust Mut Fds · The Louise H & David S Ingalls Fdn
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization John P Murphy Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John P Murphy Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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