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Morley - Murphy Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$41k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$17k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$102kHuman Services$83kHealth$75kEnvironment$55kArts & Culture$54kEducation$27kAnimals$25kHousing & Shelter$8kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $4k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $37k
$1,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$745k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GREATER GREEN BAY YMCA$16,500
UNITED WAY OF BROWN COUNTY$10,000
UW GREEN BAY FOUNDATION$10,000
UNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN$1,000
HEART OF WEST MICHIGAN UNITED WAY$1,000
GREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY$1,000
UNITED WAY OF GREATER MILWAUKEE$1,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $85k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%GREATER GREEN BAY YMCA INC: $10k → 10%GREATER GREEN BAY YMCA INC: $10k → 10%GREATER GREEN BAY YMCA INC: $10k → 10%GREATER GREEN BAY YMCA INC: $5k → 10%GREATER GREEN BAY YMCA INC: $5k → 10%GREATER GREEN BAY YMCA INC: $5k → 10%GREATER GREEN BAY YMCA INC: $5k → 10%GREATER GREEN BAY YMCA INC: $500 → 10%GREATER GREEN BAY YMCA: $17k → 10%GREATER GREEN BAY YMCA: $6k → 10%GREATER GREEN BAY YMCA INC: $6k → 10%GREATER GREEN BAY YMCA INC: $6k → 10%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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$443k · 17 repeat orgs$34k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +29% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
11

Total granted

$443k
$34k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+29%

Still filing today

82%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 ServicesPhilanthropyEnvironmentAnimalsEducationYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • GG
    GREATER GREEN BAY YMCA INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $85k · revenue +43%
  • TB
    THE BELLIN HEALTH FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2018–2024 · $45k · revenue +483%
  • WC
    WEIDNER CENTER PRESENTS INC
    3× · 2021–2023 · $30k · revenue ×34 · 94% of their budget

Funded once

  • WC
    WEIDNER CENTER - PERFORMING ARTS
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
  • BAIRD CREEK PRESERVATION FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue -78%
  • HF
    HABITAT FOR HUMANITY RESTORE
    one grant, 2020 · $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.

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
United Way of Wisconsin Inc

United way of wisconsin is dedicated to supporting and enriching a strong statewide united way network that maximizes the capacity of local united ways to address human needs, improve lives and create lasting positive change across…

Philanthropy
2
Brown County United Way

Brown county united way unites people, ideas, and resources to create community solutions that strengthen every person and every community in brown county.

Philanthropy
3
United Way Manitowoc County Inc

United way's mission is to improve lives.

Philanthropy
4
The Greater Beloit Economic Development Corporation

The mission of the greater beloit economic development corporation ("corporation") is to foster investment and job growth in the economy thereby improving the quality of life, educational attainment, housing availability and prosperity for…

Community Improvement
5
Greater Ottawa County United Way

To improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of community to advance the common good. greater ottawa county united way supports, develops, and implements a range of impact solutions that improve lives and creates stronger communities.

—
6
Ywca of Greater Green Bay Inc

The ywca is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all.

Human Services
7
The Uwm Foundation Inc

The mission of the uwm foundation, inc. is to support the educational, literary, and scientific endeavors of the university of wisconsin-milwaukee by receiving, managing, and distributing gifts to benefit the university's students,…

Education
8
United Way of Door County Inc

United way of door county mobilizes the community to build strong, equitable, and healthy lives for everyone who lives and works in door county. we bring people together to identify local needs, align resources, and support programs that…

Philanthropy
9
United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc

United way of metro chicago brings together and activates people, resources, and expertise to improve outcomes for individuals, families, and communities.

Philanthropy
10
Greater Green Bay Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc

Enhance economic and workforce development and improve the quality of life in our community and region.

Community Improvement
11
Buffalo Audubon Society Inc

Buffalo audubon society leads and inspires western new yorkers to connect with and protect the natural world through bird-focused activities, advocacy and habitat restoration.

Environment
12
Greater Green Bay Chamber of Commerce Inc

To strengthen member businesses, enhance economic and workforce development, and improve the quality of life in our community and region.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Heart of West Michigan United Way; the most unlike its peers is Friends of the Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary 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

20 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. 20 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
11/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED WAY OF BROWN COUNTY: $90,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF BROWN COUNTYTHE BELLIN HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $45,000 · OtherTHE BELLIN HEALTH FOUNDATION INCSALVATION ARMY: $10,500 · OtherWEIDNER CENTER - PERFORMING ARTS: $10,000 · OtherNATIONAL RAILROAD MUSEUM INC: $10,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF GREATER MILWAUKEE & WAUKESHA COUNTY INC: $8,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE BAY AND LAKES REGION INC: $7,500 · Other+11 more: $39,000 · Other+11 moreGREATER GREEN BAY YMCA INC: $85,000 · Human ServicesGREATER GREEN BAY YM…+2 more: $2,000 · Human ServicesGREEN BAY BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $50,000 · EnvironmentGREEN BAY BOT…BAIRD CREEK PRESERVATION FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · EnvironmentBAIRD CREEK P…CURATIVE CONNECTIONS INC: $30,000 · EmploymentWEIDNER CENTER PRESENTS INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - GREEN BAY FOUNDATION INC: $29,500 · EducationNEW ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC: $15,000 · AnimalsFRIENDS OF THE BAY BEACH WILDLIFE SANCTUARY INC: $10,000 · Animals
Other$220,000Human Services$87,000Environment$55,000Employment$30,000Arts & Culture$30,000Education$29,500Animals$25,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGREATER GREEN BAY YMCA INC: $85,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetGREEN BAY BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $50,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetTHE BELLIN HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $45,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetCURATIVE CONNECTIONS INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWEIDNER CENTER PRESENTS INC: $30,000 over 3y, 94% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - GREEN BAY FOUNDATION INC: $29,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetNEW ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC: $15,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE BAY BEACH WILDLIFE SANCTUARY INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetNATIONAL RAILROAD MUSEUM INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER MILWAUKEE & WAUKESHA COUNTY INC: $8,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE BAY AND LAKES REGION INC: $7,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHEART OF WEST MICHIGAN UNITED WAY: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBAIRD CREEK PRESERVATION FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFREEDOM HOUSE MINISTRIES INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOLDEN HOUSE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENCOMPASS EARLY EDUCATION & CARE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOWE COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBELLIN COLLEGE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

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.

George Kress Foundati…Green Bay Packers Fou…John and Engrid Meng …Wisconsin Public Serv…Elizabeth B and Phili…Byron L Walter Family…K C Stock Foundation …Greater Green Bay Com…Schreiber Foods Found…Bernard E and Alyce G…Wochinske Family Foun…Schneider National Fo…
George Kress Foundation IncWI34.6× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: George Kress Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · John and Engrid Meng Inc · Wisconsin Public Service Foundation · Elizabeth B and Philip J Hendrickson Foundation Ltd · Byron L Walter Family Trust Xxxxx0002 · K C Stock Foundation Inc · Greater Green Bay Community Foundation Inc · Schreiber Foods Foundation Inc · Bernard E and Alyce G Dahlin Foundation Inc · Wochinske Family Foundation Inc · Schneider National Foundation Inc

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 Morley - Murphy Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Morley - Murphy Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%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
    0get no government money at all
    8report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Morley - Murphy Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Morley - Murphy Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 28 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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