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The John and Gracilda Murphy Family Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$285kHuman Services$111kReligion$86kFood & Nutrition$50kInternational$50kPhilanthropy$47kHealth$28kYouth Development$27kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $27k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $55k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $200k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$3.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DORCAS INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RHODE ISLAND$50,000
FOSTER FORWARD$50,000
RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOOD BANK$50,000
BROWN UNIVERSITY$50,000
MOM'S ACROSS AMERICA$25,000
THE HOLY SPIRIT PARISH$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
RISE WOMEN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE$10,000
ST MICHAEL'S CHURCH$7,000
FOX POINT EAST SIDE LITTLE LEAGUE$5,400
Individual grant recipient$5,000
CENTRAL FALLS SCHOOL DISTRICT$5,000
RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$3,500
OUR LADY OF MERCY SCHOOL$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, $76k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%FOSTER FORWARD: $50k → 14%ARISE: $15k → 14%RISE WOMEN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE: $10k → 14%THE IZZY FOUNDATION: $1k → 14%ADOPTION RI: $250 → 14%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.

57%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$368k · 17 repeat orgs$279k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
34

Total granted

$368k
$63k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+52%

Still filing today

53%
41%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 7% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $216k 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 ServicesHealthEducationYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureCrime & LegalOther
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

  • PROVIDENCE COLLEGE
    3× · 2017–2023 · $151k · revenue +48%
  • REFOCUS INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $26k · revenue +91%
  • Rhode Island Hospital Foundation
    2× · 2024–2025 · $7k · revenue +39%

Funded once

  • ALLIANCE OF RHODE ISLAND SOUTHEAST ASIANS FOR EDUCATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $15k · revenue +246%
  • BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF PROVIDENCE
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue -17%
  • TS
    THE SAINT ELIZABETH COMMUNITYgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $9k · revenue +191%
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
The Alumni Association of the University of Rhode Island

The university of rhode island alumni association informs and engages current and future alumni as committed partners of the university, its missions and traditions.

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2
Rhode Island Developmental Disabilities Council Inc

Rhode Island Developmental Disabilities Council's mission is to promote changes wthin communities in Rhode Island that encourages, inspires and makes possible for individuals with disabilities to create, pursue and achieve lives that are…

Health
3
The Rhode Island Public Health Foundation

The organization's mission is to eliminate health disparities in rhode island and beyond. the organization develops innovative public health programs, conducts translational and policy research, provides clinical services, and trains…

Health
4
Rhode Islanders for Higher Education

To advocate on behalf of higher education issues and institutions.

Education
5
Rhode Island Kids Count Inc

Rhode island kids count, inc. is a not-for-profit corporation. the organization is a children's policy and advocacy organization that provides information on child well-being, stimulates dialogue on children's issues, and promotes…

Youth Development
6
Rhode Island Housing Development Corporation

Preservation of affordable housing in the state of rhode island

Housing & Shelter
7
Preserve Rhode Island

Preserve ri's vision is a future where historic preservation creates positive change, making our diverse cultures, the environment, and the economy better for the people who live, visit and work in rhode island. preserve ri's mission is to…

Arts & Culture
8
Hospital Association of Rhode Island

To be a proactive advocate for the hospitals in rhode island that is capable of working for and with the hospitals to positively influence public opinion, legislative outcomes and regulatory policy. the purpose of such advocacy is to…

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9
Disability Rights Rhode Island

To assist rhode islanders with differing abilities in their efforts to achieve full inclusion in society and to exercise their civil and human rights through the provision of legal advocacy.

Civil Rights
10
Rhode Island Quality Institute

To represent every constituency of healthcare leadership, as well as health insurance, consumer and public interest. to work collaboratively, come up with innovative solutions, champion changes throughout our organizations, and dedicate…

Health
11
Parent Support Network of Rhode Island

The parent support network of ri is a group of parents, family members, transition age youth, and adults with behavioral health lived experience who are committed to supporting and assisting peers and working with statewide and national…

Human Services
12
Rhode Island College Foundation

To encourage and receive private and public support to enhance and expand rhode island college's continued tradition of educational excellence. the foundation provides support for scholarships, faculty research grants, capital…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Adoption Rhode Island; the most unlike its peers is Blood Cancer United 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

30 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. 30 of the 63 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/30
Grantees still filing
19/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DIOCESE OF PROVIDENCE: $60,000 · OtherDIOCESE OF PROVIDENCELASALLE ACADEMY: $45,000 · OtherLASALLE ACADEMYST PATRICK ACADEMY: $25,000 · OtherST PATRICK ACADEMYMoms Across America: $25,000 · OtherMoms Across AmericaST MICHAEL'S CHURCH: $11,700 · OtherREFOCUS INC: $26,200 · OtherREFOCUS INC+42 more: $114,585 · Other+42 morePROVIDENCE COLLEGE: $150,800 · EducationPROVIDENCE COLLEGESOPHIA ACADEMY: $6,000 · Education+1 more: $500 · EducationFOSTER FORWARD: $50,000 · Human ServicesFOSTER FORW…ALLIANCE OF RHODE ISLAND SOUTHEAST ASIANS FOR EDUCATION: $15,000 · Human ServicesALLIANCE OF…RISE WOMEN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE: $10,000 · Human ServicesRISE WOMEN …+2 more: $1,250 · Human ServicesBROWN UNIVERSITY: $50,000 · Community Improvement+1 more: $600 · Community ImprovementRHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ASSOCIATION: $50,000 · Food & NutritionDORCAS INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RHODE ISLAND INC: $50,000 · InternationalTHE RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $34,410 · PhilanthropyTHE JOHN E FOGARTY FOUNDATION FOR PERSONS W INTELL AND DEV DISABILITIES: $5,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $500 · Philanthropy
Other$307,485Education$157,300Human Services$76,250Community Improvement$50,600Food & Nutrition$50,000International$50,000Philanthropy$39,910

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPROVIDENCE COLLEGE: $150,800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ASSOCIATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBROWN UNIVERSITY: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDORCAS INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RHODE ISLAND INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFOSTER FORWARD: $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $34,410 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetREFOCUS INC: $26,200 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMoms Across America: $25,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF PROVIDENCE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SAINT ELIZABETH COMMUNITY: $9,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRhode Island Hospital Foundation: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOPHIA ACADEMY: $6,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHOPE ALZHEIMER'S CENTER: $5,250 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE JOHN E FOGARTY FOUNDATION FOR PERSONS W INTELL AND DEV DISABILITIES: $5,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetProvidence CityArts for Youth Inc: $1,875 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetOMNI DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $1,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGROW SMART RHODE ISLAND: $1,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE IZZY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNANTUCKET POLICE CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION INC: $600 over 2y, 8.6% of budgetACADEMY SCIENCE CENTER INC: $500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetRhode Islanders Sponsoring Education: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetI AM ALS: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRHODE ISLAND LEGAL SERVICES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF NEWPORT IRISH HISTORY INC: $450 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetBUTTON HOLE: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetADOPTION RHODE ISLAND: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUSTICE ASSISTANCE CORP: $100 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.

The Rhode Island Comm…United Way of Rhode I…The Champlin Foundati…Amica Companies Found…Ralph R Papitto & Bar…Citizens Charitable F…Harborone Foundation …The Picerne Family Ch…June Rockwell Levy Fo…Billy Andrade-Brad Fa…The Beacon FoundationTextron Charitable Tr…
The Rhode Island Community FoundationRI42.1× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 The John and Gracilda Murphy Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The John and Gracilda Murphy Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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 63 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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