Grants awarded
Who does M W Murphy Foundation fund?
M W Murphy Foundation has awarded $3.0 million across 133 grants to 68 grantees between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in foundations & grantmakers. Its typical grant is $12,910, with most between $5,000 and $29,771. Repeat grantees receive a median $15,000 versus $10,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$3.0M
Typical grant
$13K
Grantees
68
Grants
133
Years
2020–2025
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T Tulane University | $485K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M MD Anderson Cancer Center | $280K | 4 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $245K | 4 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$185K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | LA | |
The Greater New Orleans Foundation
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$145K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | LA | |
| I Individual recipient | $134K | 5 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S St Thomas Community Health Center | $100K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Hendrix College
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$100K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | AR | |
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$90K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| C Community Foundation | $84K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $82K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $80K | 4 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$70K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | MA | |
Sonoma Valley Hospital Foundation
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$70K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| I Individual recipient | $52K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $52K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| L Louisiana Music & Heritage Exp | $50K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N New Orleans Book Fest at Tulane | $50K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| E Ellis Marsalis Center for Music | $50K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $42K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $39K | 3 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N New Orleans Jazz Museum | $30K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| G Greater New Orleans Foundation | $30K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| O Oklahoma State University | $29K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $29K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T Trombone Shorty Foundation | $27K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| L Land Trust for the Ms Coastal Plain | $26K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$25K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | MS | |
| M MD Anderson Caring Fund | $20K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$20K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MS | |
Mississippi Center for Justice
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$20K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | MS | |
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$20K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| C Coastal Conservation Association | $20K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation INC
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$20K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | LA | |
| I Individual recipient | $19K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Southern University and A&m College | $19K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| T Teach for America-Mississippi Delta | $15K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $11K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| S Sonoma Valley Hospital Foundation | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T The Nature Conservancy of La | $10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| H Human Needs Project INC | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Backbeat Foundation INC
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$10K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | LA | |
| S Sonoma Valley Education Foundation | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | NY | |
| B Backbeat Foundation | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Coahoma Community College | $10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| M Mississippi Center for Justice | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| U University of Memphis | $9K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $8K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| P Pass Christian Public Library | $8K | 3 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $7K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $6K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $6K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| B Backbeat Foundation - Roots of Music | $5K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| T The Nature Conservancy of Ms | $5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
The Ogden Museum of Southern Art INC
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$5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | LA | |
Sonoma Valley Museum of Art
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$5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | CA | |
| I Individual recipient | $5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| N New Orleans Center | $4K | 2 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Coastal Conservation Association
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$4K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | TX | |
| L Lower Delta Partnership | $3K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $3K | 3 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$2K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | CA | |
| I Individual recipient | $2K | 2 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Sonoma Plein Air Foundation | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| J Jazz in the Pass | $1K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N Newhaven Counseling & Health | $1K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$750 | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | LA |
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