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Sharon Young Murphy Foundation Inc at a glance

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Sharon Young Murphy Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$125k
Granted FY2024still arriving
29
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Health$140kPublic Safety & Disaster$65kAnimals$49kEnvironment$40kHuman Services$26kInternational$24kFood & Nutrition$18kArts & Culture$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k28 grants · $95k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $30k
$3,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$2.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN RED CROSS$30,000
DANA FARBER$7,000
ST JUDES CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSP$6,000
MAKE A WISH$6,000
CANCER CAN'T$5,000
ANIMAL SHELTER OF MARTHA'SVINEYARD$5,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS-UKRAINE$5,000
AMERICAN RED CROSSUKRAINE RELIEF$4,000
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND$4,000
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$4,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$4,000
MARTHAS VINEYARD MUSEUM$3,000
ASPCA$3,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$3,000
FRIENDS OF THE ENVIRONMENT$3,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $54k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 93% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $30k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 14%HOSPICE OF MARTHA'S VINEYARD: $2k → 8%HOSPICE OF MARTHA'S VINEYARD: $2k → 8%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.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
IA
CA
UT
VA
MD
AZ
TN
NC
DC
TX
FL
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$352k · 29 repeat orgs$48k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.

29 repeat relationships: 24 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
7

Total granted

$352k
$30k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+5%

Still filing today

62%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’22’23’24
HealthAnimalsHuman ServicesEnvironmentFood & NutritionArts & CultureOther
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

  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    3× · 2022–2024 · $50k · revenue +23%
  • DI
    DANA-FARBER INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $18k · revenue +42%
  • GF
    GLIOBLASTOMA FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $15k · revenue +40%

Funded once

  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue -51%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $6k
  • SH
    SHANES HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2022 · $4k
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
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc

The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…

Health
2
Humane World for Animals International

HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS INTERNATIONAL, FKA HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL (HSI), works around the globe to promote the human-animal bond, rescue and protect dogs and cats, improve farm animal welfare, protect wildlife, promote animal-free…

Animals
3
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
4
World Animal Protection

World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…

Animals
5
Animal Wellness Action

To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.

Human Services
6
Global Animal Partnership
Animals
7
American Lung Association

The american lung association's mission is to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease. we do this through education, advocacy, and research.

Health
8
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc

Protection of animal rights

Animals
9
Humane Farm Animal Care

Every farmer and rancher participating in the Certified Humane program had to modify their operations to meet the Animal Care Standards and be certified. Schedule O

Animals
10
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
11
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

—
12
Humane World Action Fund

To pass animal protection laws, educate the public, and support humane candidates for office.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is American Cancer Society Inc; the most unlike its peers is Cancer Can't 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

22 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. 22 of the 41 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
18/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DANA-FARBER INC: $18,000 · OtherDANA-FARBER INCST JUDES CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSP: $16,000 · OtherST JUDES CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $15,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOODAMERICAN RED CROSSUKRAINE RELIEF: $15,000 · OtherAMERICAN RED CROSSUKRAINE RELIEFDOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS-UKRAINE: $14,000 · OtherDOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS-UKRAINEMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED: $9,500 · OtherMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATEDFRIENDS OF THE ENVIRONMENT: $9,500 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE ENVIRONMENTMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED: $9,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMY: $8,500 · OtherUSO: $6,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $6,000 · OtherMAKE A WISH: $6,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF MARTHA'S VINEYARD INC: $6,000 · OtherMARTHA'S VINEYARD MUSEUM INC: $9,500 · OtherMARTHA'S VINEYARD MUSEUM INC+9 more: $28,000 · Other+9 moreAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $50,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National …GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $9,500 · Human ServicesGUIDE DOGS FOR THE…HOSPICE OF MARTHA'S VINEYARD INC DBA HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE OF MARTHA'S: $4,000 · Human ServicesHOSPICE OF MARTHA'…AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $15,000 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER …GLIOBLASTOMA FOUNDATION INC: $14,500 · HealthGLIOBLASTOMA FOU…American Heart Association Inc: $13,000 · HealthAmerican Heart A…American Diabetes Association: $11,000 · HealthAmerican Diabete…JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER INC: $3,000 · HealthTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $14,000 · AnimalsTHE AMERICAN …Animal Shelter of Marthas Vineyard Inc: $11,500 · AnimalsAnimal Shelte…Humane World for Animals Inc: $11,000 · AnimalsHumane World …COMPANION ANIMAL PROTECTION SOCIETY: $8,500 · AnimalsCOMPANION ANI…BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $3,500 · AnimalsBEST FRIENDS …VINEYARD CONSERVATION SOCIETY INC: $12,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $9,500 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $8,500 · EnvironmentFeeding America: $14,000 · Food & NutritionAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $10,000 · International
Other$176,500Human Services$63,500Health$56,500Animals$48,500Environment$30,000Food & Nutrition$14,000International$10,000

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 budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $50,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDANA-FARBER INC: $18,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGLIOBLASTOMA FOUNDATION INC: $14,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetFeeding America: $14,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $14,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $13,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVINEYARD CONSERVATION SOCIETY INC: $12,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetAnimal Shelter of Marthas Vineyard Inc: $11,500 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD MUSEUM INC: $9,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $9,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $9,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $8,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOMPANION ANIMAL PROTECTION SOCIETY: $8,500 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF MARTHA'S VINEYARD INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCANCER CAN'T INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetHOSPICE OF MARTHA'S VINEYARD INC DBA HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE OF MARTHA'S: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJOSLIN DIABETES CENTER INC: $3,000 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.

Martha's Vineyard Ban…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Martha's Vineyard Bank Charitable Foundation IncMA13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Martha's Vineyard Bank Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 35%
  • Joslin Diabetes Center Inc: 35% of income from government
  • Hospice of Martha's Vineyard Inc Dba Hospice and Palliative Care of Martha's: 5% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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.

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 41 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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