Funding search · EIN 363436624 · Chicago, IL

Michael E Murphy Foundation

Name: Michael E Murphy Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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.

95
grants reported: $2.2M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $13,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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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.

Big Shoulders Fund4 grants · $430,000
Boston College3 grants · $210,000
The Family Institute4 grants · $200,000
Immaculate Conception Church3 grants · $167,500
Catholic Theological Union4 grants · $101,000
Annual Catholic Appeal4 grants · $100,000
L'Arche3 grants · $91,000
Misericordia Home4 grants · $90,000
Steppenwolf Theatre3 grants · $87,000
Georgetown University2 grants · $75,000

Giving over time

$445,220

2022

$474,720

2023

$613,500

2024

$668,000

2025

Grant history

All 95 reported grants, largest first.

$150,000
Big Shoulders Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable purpose
$105,000
Big Shoulders Fund · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable purpose
$100,000
Big Shoulders Fund · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable purpose
$100,000
Boston College · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2024
Charitable purpose
$75,000
Big Shoulders Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable purpose
$62,500
St Joseph Catholic Church (Icsj Parish) · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable purpose
$60,000
Boston College · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2025
Charitable purpose
$57,500
Immaculate Conception Church · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable purpose
$55,000
Immaculate Conception Church · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable purpose
$55,000
Immaculate Conception Church · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable purpose
$50,000
Steppenwolf Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable purpose
$50,000
The Family Institute · Evanston, IL · 2025
Charitable purpose
$50,000
The Family Institute · Evanston, IL · 2024
Charitable purpose
$50,000
The Family Institute · Evanston, IL · 2023
Charitable purpose
$50,000
Boston College · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2022
Charitable purpose
$50,000
The Family Institute · Evanston, IL · 2022
Charitable purpose
$40,000
Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2025
Charitable purpose
$40,000
L'Arche · Forest Park, IL · 2025
Charitable purpose
$40,000
St Catherine St Lucy Catholic School · Oak Park, IL · 2025
Charitable purpose
$40,000
The Ignatian Volunteer Corps (Ivc) · Baltimore, MD · 2025
Charitable purpose
$35,000
Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable purpose
$35,000
L'Arche · Forest Park, IL · 2024
Charitable purpose
$30,000
The Ignatian Volunteer Corps (Ivc) · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Charitable purpose
$30,000
Misericordia Home · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable purpose
$26,000
Catholic Theological Union · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable purpose
$25,000
Annual Catholic Appeal · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable purpose
$25,000
Catholic Theological Union · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable purpose
$25,000
Misericordia Home · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable purpose
$25,000
Annual Catholic Appeal · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable purpose
$25,000
Catholic Theological Union · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable purpose
$25,000
Misericordia Home · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable purpose
$25,000
Annual Catholic Appeal · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable purpose
$25,000
Catholic Theological Union · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable purpose
$25,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2023
Charitable purpose
$25,000
Steppenwolf Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable purpose
$25,000
Annual Catholic Appeal · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable purpose
$25,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2022
Charitable purpose
$20,000
Archdiocese of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable purpose
$20,000
Chicago Shakespeare Theater · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable purpose
$20,000
St Catherine St Lucy Catholic School · Oak Park, IL · 2024
Charitable purpose
$20,000
St John Berchmans Church · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable purpose
$20,000
St John Berchmans Church · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable purpose
$20,000
St John Berchmans Church · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable purpose
$16,000
L'Arche · Forest Park, IL · 2023
Charitable purpose
$15,000
Ascension Catholic School · Oak Park, IL · 2024
Charitable purpose
$15,000
Ascension Church · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable purpose
$15,000
Lyric Opera of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable purpose
$13,000
The Lgnatian Volunteer Corps (Ivc) · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Charitable purpose
$12,000
Chicago Shakespeare Theater · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable purpose
$12,000
Goodman Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable purpose
$12,000
Steppenwolf Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable purpose
$10,000
Catholic Charities · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable purpose
$10,000
Goodman Theatre · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable purpose
$10,000
Lyric Opera of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable purpose
$10,000
St John Berchmans Church · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable purpose
$10,000
The Field Museum · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable purpose
$10,000
St Ignatius College Prep · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable purpose
$10,000
The Breakthrough Board · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable purpose
$10,000
Housing Forward · Maywood, IL · 2023
Charitable purpose
$10,000
Lyric Opera of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable purpose
$10,000
St Ignatius College Prep · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable purpose
$10,000
St Peter'S Church · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable purpose
$10,000
Chicago Shakespeare Theater · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable purpose
$10,000
Misericordia Home · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable purpose
$10,000
St Peter'S Church · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable purpose
$8,000
St Catherine St Lucy Catholic School · Oak Park, IL · 2023
Charitable purpose
$6,000
High Jump · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable purpose
$6,000
Ascension Church · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable purpose
$6,000
Chicago Shakespeare Theater · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable purpose
$6,000
The Civic Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable purpose
$5,000
Ascension Catholic School · Oak Park, IL · 2025
Charitable purpose
$5,000
High Jump · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable purpose
$5,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2025
Charitable purpose
$5,000
St Ignatius College Prep · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable purpose
$5,000
The Breakthrough Board · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable purpose
$5,000
The Breakthrough Board · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable purpose
$5,000
The Civic Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable purpose
$3,000
Good Sport · Braintree, MA · 2025
Charitable purpose
$3,000
Good Sport · Braintree, MA · 2024
Charitable purpose
$3,000
Ascension Catholic School · Oak Park, IL · 2023
Charitable purpose
$2,500
Growing Community Media · Oak Park, IL · 2024
Charitable purpose
$2,500
St Giles Migrant Ministry · Oak Park, IL · 2024
Charitable purpose
$2,000
Catholic Charities · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable purpose
$1,500
Crosby Scholars Community Partnership · Winstonsalem, NC · 2023
Charitable purpose
$1,500
The Crosby Scholar Fund · Winstonsalem, NC · 2022
Charitable purpose
$1,000
Joffrey Ballet · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable purpose
$1,000
Catholic Charities · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable purpose
$1,000
Good Sport · Braintree, MA · 2023
Charitable purpose
$1,000
High Jump · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable purpose
$1,000
Good Sport · Braintree, MA · 2022
Charitable purpose
$1,000
High Jump · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable purpose
$1,000
The Salvation Army · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable purpose
$1,000
Wttw · Chicago, IL · 2022
Charitable purpose
$720
Unbound · Kansas City, KS · 2023
Charitable purpose
$720
Unbound · Kansas City, KS · 2022
Charitable purpose

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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.