Open Foundations · Washington

M J Murdock Charitable Trust

Vancouver, Washington · EIN 237456468. It paid $116.5M across 793 grants in 2024, a median of $88K each. Its Form 990-PF says it accepts unsolicited grant requests.

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$116.5M
paid in 2024
793
grants paid
$88K
median grant
62%
to first-time recipients
$2.0B
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

These application terms come from Part XV of the foundation's Form 990-PF.

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

From the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202513189349104056. Entries appear as filed.

What it funds, in its own words

These are the most frequent words in the purposes the foundation wrote on its 2024 grants.

development stafffacilityconstructionrenovationdirector

Biggest grants in 2024

These are the 15 largest of the 793 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1M J Murdock Charitable TrustWA$1,548,170MATCHING GIFTS
2Cook Inlet Tribal Council IncAK$1,000,000NEW FAB LAB
3Friends of Seattle WaterfrontWA$1,000,000DOWNTOWN SHORELINE CONSTRUCTION
4Latino NetworkOR$1,000,000FACILITY CONSTRUCTION
5Northwest UniversityWA$1,000,000NEW HEALTH SCIENCES PROGRAMS AND FACILITY RENOVATION
6Carroll CollegeMT$800,000LIBRARY RENOVATION
7The Veritas Forum IncMA$800,000FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PIPELINE PROGRAM
8Human Resource Development Council of District Ix IncMT$750,000FACILITY CONSTRUCTION
9Kcts TelevisionWA$750,000PURCHASE AND RENOVATION OF FACILITY
10Larche Foundation of Greater VancouverCA$750,000NEW FACILITY CONSTRUCTION
11The Young Mens Christian Association of Boise City IdahoID$750,000NEW CONSTRUCTION
12Generous Giving IncTN$700,000PROGRAM SUPPORT
13George Fox UniversityOR$700,000FACILITY CONSTRUCTION
14Reid Saunders Evangelistic AssociationOR$700,000NEW FACILITY
154 Ranges Community Recreation FoundationMT$650,000FACILITY CONSTRUCTION

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
2024793$116.5M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Washington33%
Oregon31%
Montana9%
Idaho7%
Alaska6%

Who decides

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

Elmer HuhCIO · 2024
Jeff GrubbTRUSTEE · 2024
Jeff PinneoTRUSTEE · 2024
John CastlesTRUSTEE · 2024
Mike TrueCFO · 2024
Pauline FongCPIO · 2024
Romanita HairstonCEO · 2024

Each figure comes from the foundation's latest filed year, 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Grants and application terms come from each foundation's latest IRS 990-PF e-file return. 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 count once and totals can run low. Full method.

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

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