Funding search · EIN 860802319 · Tucson, AZ

John and Helen Murphey Foundation

Name: John and Helen Murphey Foundation grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

91
grants reported: $1.3M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $7,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

ongoing scholarships educational assisting center county food homeless

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

University of Arizona Foundation4 grants · $554,000
Primavera Foundation4 grants · $80,000
Community Food Bank4 grants · $72,500
Planned Parenthood4 grants · $67,500
Emerge Center for Domestic Abuse4 grants · $65,000
Pima Community College Foundation4 grants · $64,000
Education Enrichment Foundation4 grants · $47,500
Literacy Connects4 grants · $40,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters4 grants · $37,500
Mobile Meals of Southern Arizona4 grants · $35,000

Giving over time

$337,000

2021

$331,000

2022

$310,000

2023

$290,500

2024

Grant history

All 91 reported grants, largest first.

$150,000
University of Arizona Foundation · Tucson, AZ · 2021
Scholarships
$146,500
University of Arizona Foundation · Tucson, AZ · 2022
Scholarships
$130,500
University of Arizona Foundation · Tucson, AZ · 2023
Scholarships
$127,000
University of Arizona Foundation · Tucson, AZ · 2024
Scholarships
$20,000
Community Food Bank · Tucson, AZ · 2024
Support food programs for poor
$20,000
Primavera Foundation · Tucson, AZ · 2024
Support homeless programs
$20,000
Primavera Foundation · Tucson, AZ · 2023
Support homeless programs
$20,000
Primavera Foundation · Tucson, AZ · 2022
Support homeless programs
$20,000
Primavera Foundation · Tucson, AZ · 2021
Support homeless programs
$17,500
Community Food Bank · Tucson, AZ · 2023
Support food programs for poor
$17,500
Planned Parenthood · Tucson, AZ · 2023
Support ongoing programs
$17,500
Community Food Bank · Tucson, AZ · 2022
Support food programs for poor
$17,500
Education Enrichment Foundation · Tucson, AZ · 2022
To support educational programs
$17,500
Emerge Center for Domestic Abuse · Tucson, AZ · 2022
Support ongoing programs
$17,500
Planned Parenthood · Tucson, AZ · 2022
Support ongoing programs
$17,500
Community Food Bank · Tucson, AZ · 2021
Support food programs for poor
$17,500
Emerge Center for Domestic Abuse · Tucson, AZ · 2021
Support ongoing programs
$17,500
Planned Parenthood · Tucson, AZ · 2021
Support ongoing programs
$16,000
Pima Community College Foundation · Tucson, AZ · 2024
Scholarships
$16,000
Pima Community College Foundation · Tucson, AZ · 2023
Scholarships
$16,000
Pima Community College Foundation · Tucson, AZ · 2022
Scholarships
$16,000
Pima Community College Foundation · Tucson, AZ · 2021
Scholarships
$15,000
Emerge Center for Domestic Abuse · Tucson, AZ · 2024
Support ongoing programs
$15,000
Planned Parenthood · Tucson, AZ · 2024
Support ongoing programs
$15,000
Emerge Center for Domestic Abuse · Tucson, AZ · 2023
Support ongoing programs
$12,500
Big Brothers Big Sisters · Tucson, AZ · 2022
Support work with kids
$12,500
Big Brothers Big Sisters · Tucson, AZ · 2021
Support work with kids
$10,000
Education Enrichment Foundation · Tucson, AZ · 2024
To support educational programs
$10,000
Literacy Connects · Tucson, AZ · 2024
Support reading programs
$10,000
Mobile Meals of Southern Arizona · Tucson, AZ · 2024
Support onging programs
$10,000
Education Enrichment Foundation · Tucson, AZ · 2023
To support educational programs
$10,000
Literacy Connects · Tucson, AZ · 2023
Support reading programs
$10,000
Mobile Meals of Southern Arizona · Tucson, AZ · 2023
Support onging programs
$10,000
Literacy Connects · Tucson, AZ · 2022
Support reading programs
$10,000
Mobile Meals of Southern Arizona · Tucson, AZ · 2022
Support onging programs
$10,000
City Center for Collaborative Learn · Tucson, AZ · 2021
Support ongoing programs
$10,000
Education Enrichment Foundation · Tucson, AZ · 2021
To support educational programs
$10,000
Habitat for Humanity · Tucson, AZ · 2021
Support ongoing programs
$10,000
Literacy Connects · Tucson, AZ · 2021
Support reading programs
$7,500
Arizona Theatre Company · Tucson, AZ · 2024
Support theatre operations
$7,500
Sister Jose Womens Shelter · Tucson, AZ · 2024
Support homelss shelter programs
$7,500
Ymca · Tucson, AZ · 2024
Support ongoing programs
$7,500
Arizona Theatre Company · Tucson, AZ · 2023
Support theatre operations
$7,500
Big Brothers Big Sisters · Tucson, AZ · 2023
Support work with kids
$7,500
Sister Jose Womens Shelter · Tucson, AZ · 2023
Support homelss shelter programs
$7,500
The Child Language Center · Tucson, AZ · 2023
Support ongoing programs
$7,500
Ymca · Tucson, AZ · 2023
Support ongoing programs
$7,500
Sister Jose Womens Shelter · Tucson, AZ · 2022
Support homelss shelter programs
$7,500
The Child Language Center · Tucson, AZ · 2022
Support ongoing programs
$7,500
Ymca · Tucson, AZ · 2022
Support ongoing programs
$7,500
Arizona Theatre Company · Tucson, AZ · 2021
Support theatre operations
$7,500
Sister Jose Womens Shelter · Tucson, AZ · 2021
Support homelss shelter programs
$7,500
Ymca · Tucson, AZ · 2021
Support ongoing programs
$5,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters · Tucson, AZ · 2024
Support work with kids
$5,000
Beacon Group Tucson · Tucson, AZ · 2023
To support educational programs
$5,000
Mobile Meals of Southern Arizona · Tucson, AZ · 2021
Support onging programs
$2,500
Habitat for Humanity · Tucson, AZ · 2024
Support ongoing programs
$2,500
Junior League · Tucson, AZ · 2024
Support operations
$2,500
St Elizabeth of Hungry Clinic · Tucson, AZ · 2024
Support operations
$2,500
The Haven · Tucson, AZ · 2024
Fund operations for center assisting
$2,500
The Nature Conservancy · Tucson, AZ · 2024
Support Pima County
$2,500
Tucson Museum of Art · Tucson, AZ · 2024
Support museum operations
$2,500
Tucson Symphony Society · Tucson, AZ · 2024
Support symphone operations
$2,500
Ywca · Tucson, AZ · 2024
Support ongoing programs
$2,500
Habitat for Humanity · Tucson, AZ · 2023
Support ongoing programs
$2,500
Junior League · Tucson, AZ · 2023
Support operations
$2,500
St Elizabeth of Hungry Clinic · Tucson, AZ · 2023
Support operations
$2,500
The Haven · Tucson, AZ · 2023
Fund operations for center assisting
$2,500
The Nature Conservancy · Tucson, AZ · 2023
Support Pima County
$2,500
Tucson Museum of Art · Tucson, AZ · 2023
Support museum operations
$2,500
Tucson Symphony Society · Tucson, AZ · 2023
Support symphone operations
$2,500
Ywca · Tucson, AZ · 2023
Support ongoing programs
$2,500
Arizona Theatre Company · Tucson, AZ · 2022
Support theatre operations
$2,500
Habitat for Humanity · Tucson, AZ · 2022
Support ongoing programs
$2,500
Junior League · Tucson, AZ · 2022
Support operations
$2,500
St Elizabeth of Hungry Clinic · Tucson, AZ · 2022
Support operations
$2,500
The Haven · Tucson, AZ · 2022
Fund operations for center assisting
$2,500
The Nature Conservancy · Tucson, AZ · 2022
Support Pima County
$2,500
Tucson Museum of Art · Tucson, AZ · 2022
Support museum operations
$2,500
Tucson Symphony Society · Tucson, AZ · 2022
Support symphone operations
$2,500
Ywca · Tucson, AZ · 2022
Support ongoing programs
$2,500
Junior League · Tucson, AZ · 2021
Support operations
$2,500
St Elizabeth of Hungry Clinic · Tucson, AZ · 2021
Support operations
$2,500
The Haven · Tucson, AZ · 2021
Fund operations for center assisting
$2,500
The Nature Conservancy · Tucson, AZ · 2021
Support Pima County
$2,500
Tucson Museum of Art · Tucson, AZ · 2021
Support museum operations
$2,500
Tucson Symphony Society · Tucson, AZ · 2021
Support symphone operations
$2,500
Ywca · Tucson, AZ · 2021
Support ongoing programs
$1,000
Tucson Assn for the Blind · Tucson, AZ · 2023
Support programs
$1,000
Tucson Assn for the Blind · Tucson, AZ · 2022
Support programs
$1,000
Tucson Assn for the Blind · Tucson, AZ · 2021
Support programs

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.