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Form 990-PFTax year 2018EIN 91-1531342

William O Murphy Foundation

A private foundation in Spokane, WA. Its return for tax year 2018 lists 15 grants and $82,500 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2018 (period ending Dec 31, 2018), 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

1 return on file

Tax year 2018 is the only return we have read for this foundation so far.

  • Tax year 2018

    $82,500

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $989,108

Grants paid in 2018

15 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Individual

    General fund

    $7,500
  2. Our Place Community MinistriesSpokane, WA

    General fund

    $7,500
  3. Salvation ArmySpokane, WA

    General fund

    $7,500
  4. Martin Luther King CenterSpokane, WA

    General fund

    $7,500
  5. Individual

    Crosswalk

    $6,000
  6. Individual

    General fund

    $6,000
  7. Catholic CharitiesSpokane, WA

    General fund

    $6,000
  8. Individual

    General fund

    $6,000
  9. Individual

    General fund

    $6,000
  10. Individual

    General fund

    $5,500
  11. Individual

    General fund

    $5,250
  12. Second Harvest Food BankSpokane, WA

    Purchase food for needy

    $4,500
  13. Christ KitchenSpokane, WA

    General fund

    $3,750
  14. Lutheran Social ServicesSpokane, WA

    Rape Crisis Network

    $3,000
  15. Individual

    General fund

    $500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Religion1 grant $3,750100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Washington7 grants $39,750

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Carol Murphy EllisTrustee Hours 1Pay $0
  • William T MurphyTrustee Hours 1Pay $0
  • Sheryl LanghoferTrustee Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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