Rhode Island · Private foundation
The John and Gracilda Murphy Family 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.
- $282k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations The John and Gracilda Murphy Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 54% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 46% 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
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 13 | $232k | 77% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $27k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $4k | 71% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $93k | 57% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $39k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $7k | 57% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $151k | 77% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $11k | 60% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence College | $150,800 | 3 | 0% |
| Rhode Island Community Food Bank Association | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dorcas International Institute of Rhode Island Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Foster Forward | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Lasalle Academy | $45,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Refocus Inc | $26,200 | 3 | 0% |
| St Patrick Academy | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Moms Across America | $25,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Alliance of Rhode Island Southeast Asians for Education | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Providence | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 33 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 28 recipients with no EIN on record ($147k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The John and Gracilda Murphy Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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 Rhode Island Community Foundation · United Way of Rhode Island Inc · The Champlin Foundation · Amica Companies Foundation · Ralph R Papitto & Barbara a Papitto Private Family Foundation · Citizens Charitable Foundation · Harborone Foundation Rhode Island · The Picerne Family Charitable Foundation · June Rockwell Levy Foundation Incorporated · Billy Andrade-Brad Faxon Charities for Children Inc · The Beacon Foundation · Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353
How this is measured
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About The John and Gracilda Murphy Family Foundation
- How much does The John and Gracilda Murphy Family Foundation give?
- The John and Gracilda Murphy Family Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $281,900 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The John and Gracilda Murphy Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (39%), Human Services (15%), Religion (12%).
- Who are The John and Gracilda Murphy Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Providence College ($151k), Rhode Island Community Food Bank Association ($50k), Dorcas International Institute of Rhode Island Inc ($50k).
- Does The John and Gracilda Murphy Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The John and Gracilda Murphy Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The John and Gracilda Murphy Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Rhode Island Community Foundation, United Way of Rhode Island Inc, The Champlin Foundation.
- Where is The John and Gracilda Murphy Family Foundation based?
- The John and Gracilda Murphy Family Foundation is based in RI.
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