Byrne and Pamela Murphy Family Foundation

• The filing states that the foundation does not accept unsolicited requests, so a cold application is unlikely to be considered; approach it only through an existing connection or an invitation.
• Its grants are mostly modest, with about 8 in 10 falling between $5,000 and $150,000 and half of its grants to organisations at $20,000 or less, so a request near the $20,000 median is a sensible size to consider, although its largest grant was $250,000.
• Its recorded grants cluster in education, environmental conservation and religious giving, and the filing does not state a geographic focus, so the states where it has given show where it has funded, not where applicants must be based.
• Repeat funding is substantial, with 63% of its grant dollars to organisations going to groups it had also funded in its recent filings, which suggests existing relationships matter.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Some · Community needs
  $250,0002024 tax year
• Chesapeake Bay Foundation · Environmental - conservation
  $240,0002024 tax year
• ReFED · Environmental
  $150,0002024 tax year
• Building Bridges Across the River · Environmental
  $125,0002024 tax year
• Washington National Cathedral · Religious
  $125,0002024 tax year
• University of Virginia Darden School Robert F. Bruner Fund for Transformation · Education
  $100,0002024 tax year
• University of Virginia Byrne and Pamela Murphy Scholarship Endowment · Education
  $100,0002024 tax year
• Save the Children · Humanitarian
  $50,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.