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The Robert and Lynn Murphy Foundation: 11 grants to organizations, $4.3 million (tax year ended December 2025)

The Robert and Lynn Murphy Foundation, a private foundation in Houston, TX, paid 11 grants to organizations totaling $4,255,500 in its tax year ended December 2025, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on August 12, 2026. The largest was $3,000,000 to Jesuit High School of New Orleans Foundation Inc in New Orleans, LA for general fund.

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EIN
273594301
Based in
Houston, TX
Assets
$5,307,856
Grants paid
$4,255,500
Tax year ended
December 2025

Grants paid, tax year ended December 2025

From the Form 990-PF filed August 12, 2026, IRS object ID 202602249349100015. It reported $4,255,500 in grants paid; 11 grants to organizations are listed.

RecipientLocationPurposeCauseAmountSource
Jesuit High School of New Orleans Foundation IncNew Orleans, LAGeneral fundEducation$3,000,000apps.irs.gov
Cristo Rey JesuitHouston, TXGeneral fund$1,050,000apps.irs.gov
St AndrewsHouston, TXGeneral fund$100,000apps.irs.gov
Careerspring FoundationBellaire, TXGeneral fundEducation$50,000apps.irs.gov
Casa Juan DiegoHouston, TXGeneral fundHuman services$25,000apps.irs.gov
Ashley County MuseumHamburg, ARGeneral fund$15,000apps.irs.gov
Chapelwood United Methodist ChurchHouston, TXGeneral fund$5,000apps.irs.gov
Craig Hospital FoundationEnglewood, COGeneral fundHealth care$5,000apps.irs.gov
Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, TNGeneral fundEducation$2,500apps.irs.gov
Tulane UniversityNew Orleans, LAGeneral fund$2,000apps.irs.gov
University of HoustonHouston, TXGeneral fund$1,000apps.irs.gov

Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024

From the Form 990-PF filed November 17, 2025, IRS object ID 202543219349102244. It reported $2,078,000 in grants paid; 5 grants to organizations are listed.

RecipientLocationPurposeCauseAmountSource
Jesuit High School of New Orleans Foundation IncNew Orleans, LAGeneral fundEducation$2,000,000apps.irs.gov
Careerspring FoundationBellaire, TXGeneral fundEducation$50,000apps.irs.gov
Cristo Rey JesuitHouston, TXGeneral fund$20,000apps.irs.gov
Chapelwood United Methodist ChurchHouston, TXGeneral fund$5,000apps.irs.gov
Yellowstone SchoolsHouston, TXGeneral fund$3,000apps.irs.gov

Causes funded

From grants whose recipient has a cause.

CauseGranted
Education$5,102,500
Human services$25,000
Health care$5,000

States funded

Recipient stateGranted
Louisiana$5,002,000
Texas$1,309,000
Arkansas$15,000
Colorado$5,000
Tennessee$2,500

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Updated August 12, 2026. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.