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The Murren Family Foundation at a glance

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The Murren Family Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$79k
Granted FY2023
10
Grants FY2023
4
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Education$2.0MPhilanthropy$536kHealth$150kEnvironment$119kReligion$100kYouth Development$30kPublic Benefit$25kSocial Science$20kOther$0
02FY2023 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k7 grants · $34k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $45k
$6,500
Median grant
4
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHESAPEAKE WILDLIFE HERITAGE$25,105
CHESAPEAKE AUDUBON SOCIETY$10,000
KINGS ACADEMY INC$10,000
SHORERIVERS$6,500
CHESAPEAKE WILDLIFE HERITAGE$6,500
CHESAPEAKE CONSERVANCY$6,500
VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE OF SOUTHERN NEVADA$6,500
TOURO UNIVERSITY$6,000
ACOR$1,000
NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–22, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%100 BLACK MEN OF LAS VEGAS: $3k → 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
MA
NV
PA
CT
CA
VA
MD
KS
DC
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.

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.9M · 9 repeat orgs$660k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2023, 6 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
32

Total granted

$1.9M
$625k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+7%
+27%

Still filing today

89%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationEnvironmentHealthArts & CulturePhilanthropyPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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

  • THE HOWARD UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2020–2021 · $1.0M · revenue +40%
  • CR
    CHOATE ROSEMARY HALL FOUNDATION INCORPORATED
    3× · 2017–2019 · $300k · revenue +3%
  • JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2017–2022 · $65k · revenue +64%

Funded once

  • TO
    TRUSTEES OF TRINITY COLLEGE
    one grant, 2017 · $200k
  • HS
    HOLY SPIRIT CATHOLIC CHURCH
    one grant, 2018 · $100k
  • RJ
    RICHARD J CARON FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue -9%
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
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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2
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
3
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
4
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
5
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
6
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

—
7
Atlantic University Inc

Provide post-secondary education of excellence.

Education
8
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
9
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
10
University of Maryland Neurology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

—
11
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
12
University of Virginia Investment Management Company

The university of virginia investment management company (uvimco) is organized to invest funds on behalf of the rector and visitors of the university of virginia (the university or uva) and university-associated organizations (uaos).

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Georgetown University; the most unlike its peers is Baltimore Museum of Art. 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

34 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. 34 of the 50 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/34
Grantees still filing
23/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE HOWARD UNIVERSITY: $1,000,000 · EducationTHE HOWARD UNIVERSITYTRINITY COLLEGE: $360,000 · EducationTRINITY COLLEGECHOATE ROSEMARY HALL FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $300,000 · EducationCHOATE ROSEMARY HALL FOUNDATION INCORPORATEDJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $65,000 · Education+4 more: $28,000 · EducationNEVADA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $500,000 · PhilanthropyNEVADA COMMUNITY FOU…MGM RESORTS FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Philanthropy+2 more: $21,000 · PhilanthropyTRUSTEES OF TRINITY COLLEGE: $200,000 · OtherTRUSTEES OF TRINI…HOLY SPIRIT CATHOLIC CHURCH: $100,000 · OtherHOLY SPIRIT CATHO…Individual grant recipient: $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant …THE NEVADA INDEPENDENT: $25,000 · OtherTHE BRYN MAWR SCHOOL: $20,000 · OtherOYSTER RECOVERY PARTNERSHIP INC: $20,000 · Other+19 more: $56,823 · Other+19 moreRICHARD J CARON FOUNDATION: $100,000 · HealthVMSN INC: $12,500 · HealthUMC FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · HealthBRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL: $10,000 · HealthANGEL FLIGHT WEST INC: $5,000 · HealthCHESAPEAKE WILDLIFE HERITAGE INC: $61,605 · EnvironmentCHESAPEAKE AUDUBON SOCIETY: $10,000 · EnvironmentCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · EnvironmentCHESAPEAKE CONSERVANCY INC: $6,500 · EnvironmentSHORERIVERS INC: $6,500 · EnvironmentSPRINGS PRESERVE FOUNDATION: $4,000 · EnvironmentTHE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION: $20,000 · Social ScienceTHE SHAQUILLE O'NEAL FOUNDATION: $15,000 · Youth Development
Education$1,753,000Philanthropy$546,000Other$471,823Health$137,500Environment$98,605Social Science$20,000Youth Development$15,000

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 HOWARD UNIVERSITY: $1,000,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNEVADA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $500,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTRINITY COLLEGE: $360,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHOATE ROSEMARY HALL FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $300,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetRICHARD J CARON FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $65,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCHESAPEAKE WILDLIFE HERITAGE INC: $61,605 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetMGM RESORTS FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOYSTER RECOVERY PARTNERSHIP INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTOURO UNIVERSITY NEVADA: $17,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SHAQUILLE O'NEAL FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetVMSN INC: $12,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetST BALDRICK'S FOUNDATION INC: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHESAPEAKE AUDUBON SOCIETY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKING'S ACADEMY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUMC FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetWOMEN'S FOUNDATION OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHESAPEAKE CONSERVANCY INC: $6,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHORERIVERS INC: $6,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN IRELAND FUND (DBA THE IRELAND FUNDS AMERICA/THE IRELAND FUNDS): $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL BRAILLE PRESS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetANGEL FLIGHT WEST INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSPRINGS PRESERVE FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budget100 BLACK MEN OF LAS VEGAS INC: $3,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCLARK COUNTY PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HUNDRED CLUB OF CONNECTICUTINC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPREP FOR PREP: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $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.

Vegas Golden Knights …NV Energy Charitable …The Bennett Family Fo…Rosenblum Family Foun…Raiders Foundation NvEngelstad Family Foun…Mgm Resorts FoundationThe Keith Campbell Fo…National Fish and Wil…The Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…Gs Donor Advised Phil…
Vegas Golden Knights Foundation IncNV22× affinity8 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Vegas Golden Knights Foundation Inc · NV Energy Charitable Foundation · The Bennett Family Foundation · Rosenblum Family Foundation · Raiders Foundation Nv · Engelstad Family Foundation · Mgm Resorts Foundation · The Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment Inc · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Chesapeake Conservancy Inc: 27% of income from government
  • Shorerivers Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • Baltimore Museum of Art: 4% of income from government
  • Oyster Recovery Partnership Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Bridgeport Hospital: 0% of income from government
  • Trinity College: 0% of income from government
  • National Braille Press Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Choate Rosemary Hall Foundation Incorporated: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 Murren Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Murren 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 50 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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