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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 27-3594301

The Robert and Lynn Murphy Foundation

A private foundation in Houston, TX. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 11 grants and $4.3 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $4,255,500

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $6,494,072

  • Tax year 2024

    $2,078,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $3,909,997

  • Tax year 2023

    $662,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $2,788,315

  • Tax year 2022

    $116,800

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $2,620,795

  • Tax year 2021

    $248,009

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $2,323,529

  • Tax year 2020

    $160,274

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $1,834,972

  • Tax year 2019

    $158,758

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $1,793,523

  • Tax year 2018

    $44,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $1,677,880

Grants paid in 2025

11 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Jesuit High School of New Orleans Foundation IncNew Orleans, LA

    General fund

    $3,000,000
  2. Cristo Rey JesuitHouston, TX

    General fund

    $1,050,000
  3. St AndrewsHouston, TX

    General fund

    $100,000
  4. Careerspring FoundationBellaire, TX

    General fund

    $50,000
  5. Casa Juan DiegoHouston, TX

    General fund

    $25,000
  6. Ashley County MuseumHamburg, AR

    General fund

    $15,000
  7. Chapelwood United Methodist ChurchHouston, TX

    General fund

    $5,000
  8. Craig Hospital FoundationEnglewood, CO

    General fund

    $5,000
  9. Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, TN

    General fund

    $2,500
  10. Tulane UniversityNew Orleans, LA

    General fund

    $2,000
  11. University of HoustonHouston, TX

    General fund

    $1,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Education4 grants $3,054,50099% of the total
  2. Human services1 grant $25,000<1% of the total
  3. Health1 grant $5,000<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Louisiana2 grants $3,002,000
  2. Texas6 grants $1,231,000
  3. Arkansas1 grant $15,000
  4. Colorado1 grant $5,000
  5. Tennessee1 grant $2,500

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Robert D Murphy JrDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Rebecca Lynn MurphyDIRECTOR Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Rebecca Murphy ElmoreDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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