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Private foundation (trust)EIN 043447397Est. 1999-05

Cecile Higginson Murphy

Boston, MA 02196

Total Assets

$55.3M

FY 2023

Annual Giving

$2.2M

FY 2023

Grants Made

29

FY 2023

Avg Grant

$77K

FY 2023

Grant Range

$2K–$500K

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2023 filing

Total Revenue

$2.2M

Total Expenses

$2.6M

Qualifying Distributions

$2.5M

Distributable Amount

$2.7M

Min. Investment Return

$2.6M

Undistributed Income

$2.4M

Payout rate 93%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.93%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

29 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $2K through median $50K to maximum $500K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

4 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2023. Peak $2.5M in 2022. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

97 grants

Boston Symphony Orchestra
$1.0M
3 grants
TargetCancer
$500K
3 grants
Cradles To Crayons Inc
$448K
4 grants
Women's Lunch Place
$425K
3 grants
Massachusetts General Hospital
$420K
3 grants
Literations Corp
$250K
2 grants
Fisher House of Boston
$200K
2 grants
Gary Sinise Foundation
$200K
2 grants

Grant Size Distribution

97 grants

<$10K
38
grants
$10–50K
38
grants
$50–250K
19
grants
$250K–1M
2
grants
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

10 states

Massachusetts
$4.9M
90% of total
Tennessee
$200K
4% of total
California
$190K
4% of total
Connecticut
$25K
0% of total
New York
$25K
0% of total
District of Columbia
$25K
0% of total
Virginia
$25K
0% of total
Ohio
$20K
0% of total
Washington
$10K
0% of total
North Carolina
$1K
0% of total

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