· Private foundation
Lynne Murray Sr Educational Foundation
Its FY2025 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, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k2 grants · $13k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $62k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CITIZENS FOR ANIMAL PROTECTION | $25,000 |
| HOUSTON AUDUBON SOCIETY INC | $15,000 |
| DA CAMERA SOCIETY OF TEXAS INC | $12,000 |
| WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY | $10,000 |
| BRAVO COLORADO AT VAIL-BEAVER CREEK | $7,500 |
| INTERFAITH MINISTERIES FOR GREATER HOUSTON | $5,000 |
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 (FY20–20, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 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 +32% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.
7 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CFCitizens For Animal Protection Inc6× · 2020–2025 · $150k · revenue +26%
- THThe Houston Audubon Society2× · 2024–2025 · $40k · revenue +118%
- DCDa Camera Society of Texas4× · 2022–2025 · $37k · revenue +40%
Funded once
- HFHEALTHCARE FOR THE HOMELESS-HOUSTONone grant, 2020 · $20k · revenue +11%
- DCDA CAMERA OF HOUSTONone grant, 2021 · $13k
- DCDBT CENTER TRAINING INSTITUTEone grant, 2023 · $10k
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.
To enrich life through discovery, education, and the conservation of plants and the natural environment.
The mission of the Houston Museum of Natural Science shall be to preserve and advance the general knowledge of natural science; to enhance in individuals the knowledge of and delight in natural science and related subjects; and to maintain…
Harmonia Stellarum is an ensemble of professional vocalists and instrumentalists specialized in historically informed performance practice who seek to inspire, entertain, and enlighten audiences with meaningful, historically informed…
Mission: Connect communities with animals, inspiring action to save wildlife. Vision: Be a leader in the global movement to save wildlife. (Continued on Schedule O) Houston Zoo, Inc. (HZI) strives to be a zoo that practices exemplary…
Plant, protect and promote trees all over the greater Houston area.
The mission of the Houston Symphony is to inspire and engage a large and diverse audience in Greater Houston and beyond through exceptional orchestral performances, educational programs and community activities.
The mission of HGO is to enrich our diverse community through the art of opera. We will do so by creating, curating, exploring, and producing outstanding experiences centered around the human voice.(Continued on Schedule O)
To shape the future of classical music by energizing, modernizing, and personalizing the concert experience.
The Houston Parks Board mission is to expand, improve, and protect parks and greenspace in the Houston region.
The Heritage Society (THS) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1954 whose mission is to tell the stories of the diverse history of Houston and Texas through collections, exhibits, the arts, educational programs, film, video, and other…
Our mission is to be the leading advocate for our member physicians, their patients and our community, in promoting the highest standards of ethical medical practice, access to quality medical care, medical education, research, and…
Houston MediaSource aspires to be the community media center for the City of Houston. HMS provides public access to media platforms that promote citizen engagement, protect the right to free expression, and provide opportunities to advance…
How this is measured
8 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. 8 of the 14 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 Citizens For Animal Protection Inc ↗
- Who funds The Houston Audubon Society ↗
- Who funds Da Camera Society of Texas ↗
- Who funds BRAVO COLORADO AT BEAVER CREEK-VAIL INC DBA BRAVO VAIL VALLEY MUSIC FESTIVAL ↗
- Who funds HEALTHCARE FOR THE HOMELESS-HOUSTON ↗
- Who funds William Marsh Rice University ↗
- Who funds Hermann Park Conservancy ↗
- Who funds Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston ↗
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: Greater Houston Community Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · The Brown Foundation Inc · Baker Hughes Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Lynne Murray Sr Educational Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lynne Murray Sr Educational Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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