Open Foundations · Washington

M J Murdock Charitable Trust

Vancouver, Washington · EIN 237456468. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $79.9M across 719 grants in 2023, a median of $70K each.

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$79.9M
paid in 2023
719
grants paid
$70K
median grant
32%
to first-time recipients
$2.0B
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
M J MURDOCK CHARITABLE TRUST
Address
655 W COLUMBIA WAY SUITE 700, VANCOUVER, WA, 98660
Phone
3606948415
Form the request should take
SEE WWW.MURDOCKTRUST.ORG
Submission deadline
SEE WWW.MURDOCKTRUST.ORG
Restrictions on awards
SEE WWW.MURDOCKTRUST.ORG

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2023, IRS filing object id 202443199349106519. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2023 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

capacitybuildingdevelopmentdirectorstaffphase

Biggest grants in 2023

The 15 largest of the 719 grants paid in 2023, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Young LifeCO$2,000,000WFR MUDDY ROAD PROJECT
2Trust Matching GiftsWA$1,043,736TRUST MATCHING GIFTS
3Alutiiq Heritage FoundationAK$750,000ALUTIIQ MUSEUM PERMANENT FACILITY
4BibleprojectOR$750,000GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION ARCHITECTURE
5Congregations for the HomelessWA$750,000SHELTER, REIMAGINED: CFH CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
6Friends of Montana PbsMT$750,000MONTANA PBS BUILDING POSSIBILITIES CAMPAIGN
7Oaks Education AssociationWA$700,000THE DEEP ROOTS INITIATIVE
8Pacific Lutheran UniversityWA$637,500COMMUNITY-SERVING INVESTMENTS IN PRE-HEALTH SCIENCES EDUCATION
9Providence Portland Medical FoundationOR$552,000HIGH-PARAMETER FLOW CYTOMETRY SUITE TO ENHANCE CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY RESEARCH
10University of Oregon FoundationOR$550,000ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROMETER DETECTOR FOR THE TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE IN CAMCOR
11University of WashingtonWA$550,000NORTHWEST QUANTUM EMITTERS MICROSCOPE
12Oregon Health and Science University FoundationOR$527,500BIOFABRICATION EQUIPMENT FOR ENGINEERING OF PRECISION TUMOR MODELS AT THE KNIGHT CANCER INSTITUTE
13Seattle UniversityWA$506,500REIMAGINE AND REVISE THE CURRICULUM
14Artists Repertory TheatreOR$500,000RISE - THE CAMPAIGN FOR ARTIST REPERTORY THEATRE
15Chehalem Cultural CenterOR$500,000COMMUNITY PERFORMING ARTS WING

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
2020722$70.6M
2021681$101.1M
2022852$85.7M
2023719$79.9M

Where the money went

Share of 2023 grant dollars by recipient state
Washington36%
Oregon30%
Montana9%
Alaska6%
Idaho5%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Elmer HuhCIO · 2023
Jeff GrubbTRUSTEE · 2023
Jeff PinneoTRUSTEE · 2023
John CastlesTRUSTEE · 2023
Mike TrueCFO · 2023
Pauiline FongCPIF · 2023
Romanita HairstonCEO · 2023

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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