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DANIEL MURPHY SCHOLARSHIP FUND

EIN 36-3675466 CHICAGO, IL

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Revenue 2024
$6,775,501
Expenses 2024
$6,109,791

Program services were 75.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
140 S DEARBORN ST STE 820

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SEE PART I LINE 1.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MISSION OF THE DANIEL MURPHY SCHOLARSHIP FUND IS TO GIVE HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP ASSISTANCE AND EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT TO CHICAGO STUDENTS FROM ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS. THE FUND SEEKS TO MAKE A LIFE-ALTERING DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF ITS SCHOLARS BY PROVIDING THEM WITH THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO SUCCEED IN HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE.

  • FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE - THE FUND PROVIDES SCHOLARSHIPS AND OTHER FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED CHICAGO AREA STUDENTS ALLOWING THEM TO ATTEND LEADING PRIVATE AND PAROCHIAL HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE CHICAGO AREA AND TOP BOARDING SCHOOLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. DURING THE 2024/2025 AND 2023/2024 SCHOOL YEARS, THE FUND SERVED 495 AND 444 SCHOLARS, RESPECTIVELY.

    Expenses $3,726,115 · Grants $2,222,976

  • COLLEGE COUNSELING - THE FUND WORKS WITH SCHOLARS THROUGHOUT THEIR FOUR YEARS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND MOST INTENSIVELY IN THEIR JUNIOR AND SENIOR YEARS, ASSISTING THE SCHOLARS AS THEY SEARCH FOR AN APPROPRIATE COLLEGE AND FOR FUNDING TO HELP PAY FOR THAT COLLEGE.

    Expenses $159,188

  • SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES, INCLUDING THE CADDIE PROGRAM - THE OBJECTIVE OF THE SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM IS TO PRESENT SCHOLARS WITH SUMMER JOB OPPORTUNITIES, INTERNSHIPS, CULTURAL AND STUDY ABROAD PROGRAMS, SPORTS PROGRAMS AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS. AS PART OF THE SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM, THE FUND PROVIDES SUMMER GOLF CADDIE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR SCHOLARS. SCHOLARS CADDIE AT NEARBY COUNTRY CLUBS, EARNING INCOME, GAINING WORK EXPERIENCE AND DEVELOPING LIFE SKILLS.

    Expenses $263,087

  • MENTORING - SCHOLARS WHO WISH TO PARTICIPATE ARE MATCHED WITH AN ADULT MENTOR FOR THEIR FOUR YEARS IN HIGH SCHOOL. THE FUND ALSO OPERATES AN AFFINITY PROGRAM, IN WHICH TEN TO FIFTEEN STUDENTS MEET EVERY OTHER WEEK WITH AN ADULT FACILITATOR TO DISCUSS ISSUES COMMON TO MANY OF THE SCHOLARS.TUTORING - THE FUND HELPS FIND AND FUND TUTORS FOR SCHOLARS WHOSE GPAS FALL BELOW 3.0 OR WHO SEEK ADDITIONAL HELP. THE FUND ALSO OPERATES A VIRTUAL TUTORING PLATFORM DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR.BRIDGE TO EXCELLENCE - THE FUND WORKS WITH LEAP! LEARNING SYSTEMS AND EDUCATIONAL ENDEAVORS TO PROVIDE TWO WEEKS OF MANDATORY CLASSES FOR ALL INCOMING FRESHMAN SCHOLARS, FOCUSING ON LANGUAGE SKILLS, TIME MANAGEMENTS, STUDY SKILLS AND CRITICAL THINKING.

    Expenses $447,103

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Cindy Hallums

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $240,805
    From this org
    $234,667
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,138
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $234,667
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,138
    Filer's total
    $240,805
  • Jennifer R Townsel

    CHIEF EDUCATION OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $171,911
    From this org
    $160,404
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,507
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,404
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,507
    Filer's total
    $171,911
  • Thomas Ramsden

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $131,106
    From this org
    $119,392
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,714
    Hours/week
    40
  • Rocky Lopez

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Molly Carroll

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Michael King

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Brad Schotanus

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Teri Brown

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Olivia Carberry

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Kevin Conway

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Mary Jo Demaio

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Michael Early

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Mark Ferguson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Fred Fisher

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Tony Goodman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Yan Krasov

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jennifer Richert

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Frank Schmitz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $6,775,501
    Expenses
    $6,109,791
    Contributions
    $6,655,769
    Grants paid
    $2,222,976
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $5,827,649
    Expenses
    $5,459,465
    Contributions
    $5,694,841
    Grants paid
    $1,686,044
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $4,167,481
    Expenses
    $4,893,562
    Contributions
    $4,294,145
    Grants paid
    $1,899,002

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,450,710
    Expenses
    $4,384,376
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,823,483
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,172,439
    Expenses
    $4,032,625
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,887,675
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,594,138
    Expenses
    $3,781,418
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,920,435
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,507,181
    Expenses
    $4,037,018
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,122,959
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,303,322
    Expenses
    $3,899,269
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,723,684
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,594,362
    Expenses
    $3,844,516
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,690,164
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,179,468
    Expenses
    $3,641,512
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,136,939
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,738,243
    Expenses
    $3,390,736
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,228,019
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,533,677
    Expenses
    $2,824,491
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,098,959
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $2,840,210
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,435,321

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.