· Private foundation
Rita B & Walter M Murphy Foundation
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, FY2022 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| HARTFORD HOSPITAL HELEN & HARRY GRAD FD | $8,500 |
| ST JUDE'S CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL | $7,000 |
| ALS ASSOCIATION | $6,000 |
| ALZHEIMERS ASSOCIATION OF CT | $5,000 |
| MALTA HOUSE OF CARE MOBILE CLINIC | $5,000 |
| EAST CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL | $5,000 |
| IMMACULATE CONCEPTION SHELTER & HOUSING | $4,500 |
| WOUNDED WARRIORS PROJECT | $4,000 |
| LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR | $4,000 |
| ST FRANCIS HOSPITALMANDELL CENTER MS | $3,500 |
| COVENANT HOUSE | $3,500 |
| COVE CENTER FOR GRIEVING | $2,750 |
| STARFISH FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
| LIVE STRONG FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
| MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
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 (FY22–25, $22k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 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
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
24 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2025, 1 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, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC4× · 2022–2025 · $25k · revenue +59%- ALAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN4× · 2022–2025 · $23k · revenue +72%
WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC4× · 2022–2025 · $14k · revenue +7%
Funded once
- MAMANCHESTER AREA CONFERENCE OF CHURCHES INCone grant, 2025 · $1k · revenue 0%
- POPROTECTORS OF ANIMALS INCgraduatedone grant, 2025 · $500 · revenue +42%
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 support and empower all affected by gynecologic cancers through education, research, and public awareness.
To define and advance quality, effective, equitable, and accessible cancer care and prevention so all people can live better lives.
A nonprofit scientific research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.
Dedicated to the early detection and prevention of cervical cancer around the globe for the women who need it most.
The mission of the als united connecticut is to provide comprehensive support to improve quality of life for people with als and their families, while advocating for increased support and advancing innovative research for new treatments…
To help kids and families heal the emotional scars of childhood cancer and learn to thrive.
Dedicated to improving the quality of life and increasing the self sufficiency of individuals with emotional, social and economic barriers. this is accomplished by providing direct support and assistance needed to enable individuals to…
To saves lives and bring hope to those affected by suicide.
Our goal is to sustainably improve animal welfare, provide veterinary care, and improve veterinary education globally. in order to achieve this goal, we work in over 10 countries, across 5 continents, supporting local people and animals,…
To provide hope and healing to those impacted by domestic violence and sexual assault.
Brighton marine, inc. provides military and veteran families with comprehensive campus-based quality health care, as well as affordable and supportive housing for at-risk veterans and their families.
Massachusetts children's alliance pioneers the most promising, leading-edge ways that help victims of child abuse.
How this is measured
14 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. 14 of the 26 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 ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN ↗
- Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds COVENANT HOUSE ↗
- Who funds The Cove Center for Grieving Children Inc ↗
- Who funds The Livestrong Foundation ↗
- Who funds THE STARFISH FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF CONNECTICUT INC ↗
- Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS CONNECTICUT INC ↗
- Who funds SAFE PASSAGE INC ↗
- Who funds FALMOUTH SCHOLARSHIP ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds MANCHESTER AREA CONFERENCE OF CHURCHES INC ↗
- Who funds Take A Vet Fishing Inc ↗
- Who funds PROTECTORS OF ANIMALS INC ↗
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: The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Aetna Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Rita B & Walter M Murphy Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rita B & Walter M Murphy Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Safe Passage Inc: 55% of income from government
- Special Olympics Connecticut Inc: 42% of income from government
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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