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The Lowry Murphey Family Foundation at a glance

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The Lowry Murphey 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.

$274k
Granted FY2025still arriving
24
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$50k
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.

Arts & Culture$502kYouth Development$494kAnimals$385kEducation$298kReligion$225kHealth$182kHuman Services$87kCommunity Improvement$56kOther$0
02FY2025 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k12 grants · $51k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $173k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$5.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST JOHN'S CHURCH$50,000
ST JOHN'S SCHOOL$25,000
TAMPA BAY HISTORY CENTER$25,000
ST JOSEPH'S CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$20,000
LIFEPATH HOSPICE$15,000
FLORIDA WILDLIFE CORRIDOR$15,000
Individual grant recipient$15,000
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$13,333
ZOO TAMPA$12,500
YOUNG LIFE AFRICA$12,000
YOUNG LIFE CAPERNAUM$10,000
WEDU - WHEN THE RIGHTEOUS TRIUMPH$10,000
BECKY WALKER SCHOLARSHIP FUND$5,000
HENRY B PLANT MUSEUM$5,000
FRAMEWORKS$5,000
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 (FY17–23, $19k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 84% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%Southeastern Guide Dogs: $1k → 10%Isaiah 117 House: $1k → 18%Southeastern Guide Dogs: $1k → 10%Southeastern Guide Dogs: $1k → 10%Autism Shifts: $10k → 13%Autism Shifts: $5k → 13%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
IN
CT
CO
TN
NC
DC
AL
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.4M · 45 repeat orgs$289k to everyone else

45 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 35 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

45
32

Total granted

$2.4M
$104k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+56%

Still filing today

38%
34%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 32% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $185k 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
EducationHealthHuman ServicesEnvironmentAnimalsYouth 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

  • LP
    Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa Inc
    9× · 2017–2025 · $379k · revenue +102%
  • YL
    YOUNG LIFE
    9× · 2017–2025 · $311k · revenue +59%
  • FO
    FRAMEWORKS OF TAMPA BAY INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $80k · revenue +26%

Funded once

  • SS
    Selesian Sisters Youth Center
    one grant, 2017 · $25k
  • LP
    Lowry Park Zooological Society
    one grant, 2023 · $13k
  • MP
    MOUNTAIN PROJECTS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +56%
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
University of Florida Health Corporation

UF Health's mission is to promote health through outstanding and high-quality patient care, innovative and rigorous education in the health professions and biomedical sciences, and high-impact research across the spectrum of basic,…

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2
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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3
The Hospice Institute of the Florida Suncoast Inc

Suncoast hospice institute is now inactive.

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4
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
5
Ucf Athletics Association Inc

To provide opportunity to young people and develop leaders for industry, philanthropy, education and the community through the intercollegiate athletic experience.

Education
6
University Hospital & Clinics Inc

The organization provides medical care to improve, maintain, and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.

Health
7
Usf Research Foundation Inc

To promote, encourage and enhance research activities at the university of south florida.

Education
8
SantaFe Healthcare Inc

The mission of santafe healthcare, inc. is to serve as the not-for-profit system parent for its family of not-for-profit, mission-driven, affiliate organizations. see schedule o for continuation of the organization's mission. santafe…

Health
9
Shands Jacksonville Healthcare Inc

As a part of UF Health, the organization's mission is to promote health through outstanding and high-quality patient care, innovative and rigorous education in the health professions and biomedical sciences, and high-impact research across…

Health
10
Florida Community Health Centers Inc

Florida community health centers, inc. (fchc) is a federally qualified health center serving medically needy populations in south florida, with an emphasis on serving rural and farm worker communities.

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11
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
12
United States Telecom Association

See schedule oustelecom exists to ensure members can compete, grow and thrive to build a world where families, enterprises and communities are connected through the power of broadband.our member companies have committed a considerable…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The University of Tampa Incorporated; the most unlike its peers is The Becky Walker Science Scholarship 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

32 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. 32 of the 91 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/32
Grantees still filing
25/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

First Presbyterian Church: $135,833 · OtherFirst Presbyterian ChurchVilla Madonna School: $103,000 · OtherVilla Madonna SchoolST JOHNS EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $96,000 · OtherST JOHNS EPISCOPAL CHURCHIndividual grant recipient: $87,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientNatl Society of Confederate Dames: $56,500 · OtherMeals on Wheels: $52,000 · OtherSalesian Sisters Youth Center: $50,300 · OtherJesuit High School: $50,000 · OtherST JOHN'S CHURCH: $50,000 · OtherCUP Inc: $47,500 · OtherMacDonald Trainning Center: $46,300 · Other+63 more: $531,200 · Other+63 moreTHE TAMPA BAY HISTORY CENTER: $436,000 · EnvironmentTHE TAMPA BAY HISTO…+1 more: $15,000 · EnvironmentYOUNG LIFE: $310,500 · Youth DevelopmentYOUNG LIFEFRAMEWORKS OF TAMPA BAY INC: $80,000 · Youth DevelopmentFRAMEWORKS OF TA…Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa Inc: $379,240 · AnimalsLowry Park Zoolo…+1 more: $500 · AnimalsSamford University: $36,000 · EducationThe University of Tampa Incorporated: $16,500 · EducationSpecial Operations Fund: $5,000 · EducationSING OUT AND READ INC: $2,500 · Education+2 more: $2,000 · EducationCHAMPIONS FOR CHILDREN INC: $45,000 · Crime & LegalCREATED WOMEN INC: $23,500 · Human ServicesNEUROSHIFTS INC: $15,300 · Human ServicesSoutheastern Guide Dogs Inc: $3,000 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human Services
Other$1,305,633Environment$451,000Youth Development$390,500Animals$379,740Education$62,000Crime & Legal$45,000Human Services$42,800

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 budgetTHE TAMPA BAY HISTORY CENTER: $436,000 over 9y, 4.3% of budgetLowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa Inc: $379,240 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $310,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetFRAMEWORKS OF TAMPA BAY INC: $80,000 over 9y, 1.9% of budgetCHAMPIONS FOR CHILDREN INC: $45,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetBest Buddies International Inc: $38,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSamford University: $36,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCREATED WOMEN INC: $23,500 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetMARY LEES HOUSE INC: $17,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetThe University of Tampa Incorporated: $16,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NEW CANAAN COMMUNITY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $16,400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNEUROSHIFTS INC: $15,300 over 2y, 7.2% of budgetAMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH: $12,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BECKY WALKER SCIENCE SCHOLARSHIP INC: $10,000 over 2y, 8.3% of budgetMOUNTAIN PROJECTS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE TAMPA THEATRE INC A/K/A TAMPA THEATRE FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSpecial Operations Fund: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHILDREN'S CANCER CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSoutheastern Guide Dogs Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSING OUT AND READ INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF TAMPA INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetQUANTUM LEAP FARM INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHillsborough Education Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of South Florida Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetISAIAH 117 HOUSE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOODSON CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CAMPING ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL OF TAMPA FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHIGH RISK HOPE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

  • Who funds THE TAMPA BAY HISTORY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa Inc ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
  • Who funds FRAMEWORKS OF TAMPA BAY INC ↗
  • Who funds CHAMPIONS FOR CHILDREN INC ↗
  • Who funds Best Buddies International Inc ↗
  • Who funds Samford University ↗
  • Who funds CREATED WOMEN INC ↗
  • Who funds MARY LEES HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds The University of Tampa Incorporated ↗
  • Who funds THE NEW CANAAN COMMUNITY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NEUROSHIFTS INC ↗
  • Who funds LifePath Hospice Inc ↗
  • Who funds Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH ↗
  • Who funds THE BECKY WALKER SCIENCE SCHOLARSHIP 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.

Vinik Family Foundati…Community Foundation …Debartolo Family Foun…Clark Family Fund IncTriad Foundation IncFrank E Duckwall Foun…The Spurlino Foundati…Lightning FoundationThe Saunders Foundati…Chris T Sullivan Foun…Sbj Resch Family Foun…Jacarlene Foundation
Vinik Family FoundationFL36.5× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Vinik Family Foundation · Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc · Debartolo Family Foundation Inc · Clark Family Fund Inc · Triad Foundation Inc · Frank E Duckwall Foundation · The Spurlino Foundation · Lightning Foundation · The Saunders Foundation · Chris T Sullivan Foundation Inc · Sbj Resch Family Foundation Inc · Jacarlene 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 The Lowry Murphey Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Lowry Murphey Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Champions for Children Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc: 0% of income from government
  • The University of Tampa Incorporated: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get 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 · 0–30%
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.
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Find your warmest path to The Lowry Murphey Family 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 91 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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