California · Private foundation
The Murphy and Ed Romano 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.
- $103k
- Granted FY2020
- 13
- Grants FY2020
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 42%
- First-time grantees FY2020
Read this first · the figures below need context
92% of The Murphy and Ed Romano Family Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 4 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year The Murphy and Ed Romano Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 8 organizations, $103k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2020
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $35,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 12
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 5
- Total assets, FY2020
- $40k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 42% of the organizations The Murphy and Ed Romano Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 54% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 12 | $102k | 42% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $90k | 60% |
| FY2017 | 9 | $62k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notre Dame High School | $206,250 | 8 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $205,000 | 4 | 0% |
| St John's University New York | $54,250 | 8 | 0% |
| Columbia College | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Didi Hirsch Psychiatric Service | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| National Foster Youth Institute | $7,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Accelerate Change Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Center Theatre Group of Los Angeles | $4,850 | 2 | 0% |
| United Friends of the Children | $3,250 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notre Dame High School | $206,250 | 8 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $205,000 | 4 | 0% |
| St John's University New York | $54,250 | 8 | 0% |
| Columbia College | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Didi Hirsch Psychiatric Service | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| National Foster Youth Institute | $7,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Accelerate Change Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Center Theatre Group of Los Angeles | $4,850 | 2 | 0% |
| United Friends of the Children | $3,250 | 2 | 0% |
| American Jewish Committee | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Garry Marshall Theatre | $1,750 | 2 | 0% |
| Upwardly Global | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Casa of Los Angeles | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters Association of Los Angeles | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Family Service Agency of Burbank | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($159k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Murphy and Ed Romano 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.
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How this is measured
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About The Murphy and Ed Romano Family Foundation
- How much does The Murphy and Ed Romano Family Foundation give?
- The Murphy and Ed Romano Family Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $103,250 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 12 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does The Murphy and Ed Romano Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (39%), Health (35%), Religion (20%).
- Who are The Murphy and Ed Romano Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Notre Dame High School ($206k), American Heart Association Inc ($205k), St John's University New York ($54k).
- Does The Murphy and Ed Romano Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 42% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Murphy and Ed Romano 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 Murphy and Ed Romano Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Murphy and Ed Romano Family Foundation based?
- The Murphy and Ed Romano Family Foundation is based in CA.
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