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The Mike and Sydney Murphy Family Foundation at a glance

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The Mike and Sydney Murphy Family Foundation

Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$10k
Granted FY2020
1
Grants FY2020
1
States reached
$10k
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 2020.

Religion$750kEducation$220kHealth$110kRecreation & Sports$15kArts & Culture$3kPhilanthropy$2k
02FY2020 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OZARK CONFERENCE CENTER INC$10,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–20) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 82% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%TRINITY EPISCOPAL SCHOOL FOR MINISTRY: $50k → 10%JOSEPHINE KERNES MEMORIAL POOL: $5k → 12%LEADER BREAKTHRU INC: $50k → 18%THE ANGLICAN MISSION IN AMERICA: $150k → 14%ARKANSAS EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK: $3k → 15%OZARK CONFERENCE CENTER INC: $10k → 18%CHI OMEGA FOUNDATION: $50k → 17%FIRSTLINE SCHOOLS INC: $20k → 23%TRINITY EPISCOPAL SCHOOL FOR MINISTRY: $50k → 10%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MONTEREY COUNTY: $2k → 12%ALL SAINTS CHURCH OF DALLAS: $100k → 14%CHI OMEGA FOUNDATION: $25k → 17%CARMEL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $50k → 12%THE ANGLICAN MISSION IN AMERICA: $100k → 14%CHI OMEGA FOUNDATION: $25k → 17%THE ANGLICAN MISSION IN AMERICA: $100k → 14%THE ANGLICAN MISSION IN AMERICA: $50k → 14%ALL SAINTS CHURCH OF DALLAS: $50k → 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.

65%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$650k · 3 repeat orgs$348k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +163% since the first grant, against -25% for those funded once.

3 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2020, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
9

Total granted

$650k
$338k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+163%
-25%

Still filing today

33%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20
HealthReligionEducationArts & 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

  • TA
    THE ANGLICAN MISSION IN AMERICA
    3× · 2017–2019 · $400k
  • AS
    ALL SAINTS CHURCH OF DALLAS
    2× · 2017–2019 · $150k
  • CHI OMEGA FOUNDATION
    3× · 2017–2019 · $100k · revenue +163%

Funded once

  • TA
    TRINITY ANGLICAN SEMINARY
    one grant, 2017 · $100k
  • MH
    MONTAGE HEALTH FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $100k · revenue +58%
  • LB
    Leader Breakthru Inc
    one grant, 2018 · $50k · revenue -65%
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
Arkansas Pharmacy Foundation

Promote profession of pharmacy in the state of arkansas.

Health
2
Arkansas Hospital Education and Research Trust Inc

Education & leadership training to improve patient care.

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3
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
4
University of the Ozarks

True to our christian heritage, we prepare students from diverse religious, cultural, educational and economic backgrounds to live life fully.

Education
5
Jefferson Regional Foundation

The mission of the foundation is to improve the health and well-being of the communities served by jefferson hospital through engagement, community-driven research and grantmaking. there are three grantmaking priorities focused on the…

Health
6
Missouri Western State University Foundation Inc

The missouri western state university foundation is a not-for-profit charitable organization that functions solely to support the mission of missouri western state university, as stated in the university's mission statement. the foundation…

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7
San Luis Valley Health Foundation

Acquire and manage assets in support of lutheran hospital association of the san luis valley.

Philanthropy
8
Washburn University Foundation

The Foundation was created to assist in the promotion, development and enhancement of the financial resources for Washburn University of Topeka, as well as to receive and hold in trust any assets given in benefit of the University.

Education
9
Opportunity Arkansas Foundation

Renewing the land of opportunity by simplifying government and solving generational problems for the next generation.

Philanthropy
10
Conway Hospital Foundation Inc

The conway hospital foundation is a not-for-profit corporation established in 1988 as a charitable organization to provide support to conway hospital in its effort to fullfill its mission and goals. (see schedule o) description of…

Health
11
Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care Inc

To promote excellence in health care through evaluation and education

Health
12
Physical Therapy Fund

The physical therapy fund provides research and educational support for physical therapy.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Chi Omega Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Leader Breakthru 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

11 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. 11 of the 15 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/11
Grantees still filing
7/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE ANGLICAN MISSION IN AMERICA: $400,000 · OtherTHE ANGLICAN MISSION IN AMERICAALL SAINTS CHURCH OF DALLAS: $150,000 · OtherALL SAINTS CHURCH OF DALLASCHI OMEGA FOUNDATION: $100,000 · OtherCHI OMEGA FOUNDATIONTRINITY ANGLICAN SEMINARY: $100,000 · OtherTRINITY ANGLICAN SEMINARYCARMEL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $50,000 · OtherCARMEL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH+3 more: $15,500 · OtherTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $100,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF…FIRSTLINE SCHOOLS INC: $20,000 · EducationFIRSTLINE SC…MONTAGE HEALTH FOUNDATION: $100,000 · HealthMONTAGE HEA…CARTI Foundation Inc: $10,000 · HealthCARTI Found…Leader Breakthru Inc: $50,000 · ReligionARKANSAS EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK FOUNDATION: $2,500 · Arts & CultureCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MONTEREY COUNTY: $2,000 · Philanthropy
Other$815,500Education$120,000Health$110,000Religion$50,000Arts & Culture$2,500Philanthropy$2,000

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 budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHI OMEGA FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetMONTAGE HEALTH FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLeader Breakthru Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetFIRSTLINE SCHOOLS INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCARTI Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOZARK CONFERENCE CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetJOSEPHINE KERNES MEMORIAL POOL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetARKANSAS EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MONTEREY COUNTY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH ARKANSAS HISTORICAL PRESERVATION SOCIETY: $500 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.

Arkansas Community Fo…Natl Christian Charit…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Arkansas Community Foundation IncAR13.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arkansas Community Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 The Mike and Sydney Murphy Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Mike and Sydney Murphy Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–20%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Mike and Sydney Murphy Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Mike and Sydney Murphy 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 15 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2021) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2020, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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