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LT Murray Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$380k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
29
Grants FY2024
29
Organizations funded FY2023
31%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$75,000
Organizations funded a year
29 to 39
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
7
Total assets, FY2024
$8.1M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 31% of the organizations LT Murray Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $51k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureEducationHousing & ShelterHuman ServicesEmploymentRecreation & SportsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving29$380k24%
FY202329$370k31%
FY202232$369k28%
FY202131$327k52%
FY202036$344k36%
FY201939$406kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$712kEducation$394kHealth$344kHuman Services$229kPhilanthropy$149kYouth Development$95kFood & Nutrition$79kEnvironment$69kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
NY
MA
OR
CT
CA
UT
MD
AZ
TN
NC
LA
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 88 grantees
All grantees of LT Murray Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Tacoma Art Museum$300,00046%
Columbia River Maritime Museum$150,00040%
University of Washington Foundation$125,00030%
Helen B Murray Oncology Foundation$112,500654%
Portland Art Museum$80,00030%
Mary Bridge Children's Foundation$75,00010%
Tacoma Arts Live$72,50051%
Annie Wright Schools$66,66620%
Degrees of Change$65,00051%
Greentrike$65,00041%
YWCA Pierce County$55,00021%
Pediatric Interim Care Center$50,00061%
Hamlin Robinson School$45,00030%
Symphony Tacoma$41,50061%
Young Men's Christian Association of Pierce and Kitsap Counties$40,00020%
Greater Metro Parks Foundation dba Tacoma Parks Foundation$33,25042%
United Way of Pierce County$32,50050%
Multicare Foundations$30,00010%
Foundation for Tacoma Students$30,00031%
Goodwill of the Olympics and Rainier Region$30,00030%
Trinity Presbyterian Church$30,0006n/a
Nourish Pierce County$30,00040%
Friends of Lakewood$30,00031%
Northwest Outward Bound School$28,22521%
Tacoma Community House$25,00010%
La Casa de las Madres$25,00020%
L'Arche Tahoma Hope Community$25,00011%
Rose Haven Cic$25,00020%
Rainier Scholars$25,00020%
Emergency Food Network of Tacoma and Pierce County$23,75040%
Nw Furniture Bank$21,00050%
Grand Tacoma Cine Club Dba the Grand Cinema$20,00020%
Rebuilding Hope Sexual Assault Center$20,00020%
Bates Technical College Foundation$15,00012%
Fusion-Friends United to Shelter$15,00021%
Pacific Public Media$15,00020%
Oregon Food Bank$15,00020%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Puget Sound$15,00020%
New Phoebe House$15,00021%
Asia Pacific Cultural Center$12,50020%
Communities in Schools of Lakewood Inc$12,50022%
A Place Called Home$10,25020%
Valeo Vocation$10,00010%
Wishing Well Foundation$10,00022%
HopeSparks$10,00010%
Issaquah Food and Clothing Bank$10,00040%
Tahoma Bird Alliance$10,00016%
Step by Step Family Support Center$10,00010%
Pierce County Center for Dispute Resolut$8,50011%
Community Health Care$7,50030%
Amara$7,50010%
Collaborative Effort Inc$7,50011%
Metro Aquatics$6,0003n/a
Justice Dance Performance Project Inc$5,71340%
Children's Miracle Network$5,17520%
The Guardsmen$5,00020%
Eat Learn Play Foundation$5,00020%
Cancer Pathways$5,00011%
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation$5,00010%
Triangle Land Conservancy Inc$5,00020%
Alliance for Global Justice Corp$5,00010%
The Homestead Community$5,00012%
Tacoma Opera Association Professional Services$5,00021%
Gig Harbor Film Festival$5,00012%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$4,25020%
Hoop Bus Inc$3,75010%
University Place Aquatic Club 2000$3,75021%
Geneva Foundation$2,50010%
Save Our Allies$2,50010%
Tacoma Urban League$2,50010%
Narrows Cooperative Nursery School$2,5001n/a
Rivkin Center for Ovarian Cancer$2,50010%
Actblue Charities Inc$2,50010%
Renew - Reinventing Education$2,50010%
Sogorea Te Land Trust$2,50010%
The Rescue Mission$2,50010%
The Humane Society for Seattleking County$2,50010%
Olympic Club Foundation$2,50010%
Nw Thunder Hoops$2,50014%
Tacoma Musical Playhouse$2,50010%
Charles Wright Academy$2,50010%
Tacoma Housing Development Group$2,50013%
Turning Tables$1,28810%
Giants Community Fund$1,00010%
Family to Family$6501n/a
Cause for Sb Paws$62511%
Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana$50010%
Family to Family Inc$18310%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($38k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

LT Murray Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 84 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTacoma Art Museum: $300,000 over 4y, 5.9% of budgetColumbia River Maritime Museum: $150,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetUniversity of Washington Foundation: $125,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHelen B Murray Oncology Foundation: $112,500 over 6y, 54% of budgetPortland Art Museum: $80,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMary Bridge Children's Foundation: $75,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTacoma Arts Live: $72,500 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetAnnie Wright Schools: $66,666 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDegrees of Change: $65,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetGreentrike: $65,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetYWCA Pierce County: $55,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetPediatric Interim Care Center: $50,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetHamlin Robinson School: $45,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSymphony Tacoma: $41,500 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Pierce and Kitsap Counties: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGreater Metro Parks Foundation dba Tacoma Parks Foundation: $33,250 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetUnited Way of Pierce County: $32,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMulticare Foundations: $30,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFoundation for Tacoma Students: $30,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetGoodwill of the Olympics and Rainier Region: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNourish Pierce County: $30,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of Lakewood: $30,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetNorthwest Outward Bound School: $28,225 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetTacoma Community House: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLa Casa de las Madres: $25,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetL'Arche Tahoma Hope Community: $25,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetRose Haven Cic: $25,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetRainier Scholars: $25,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetEmergency Food Network of Tacoma and Pierce County: $23,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNw Furniture Bank: $21,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGrand Tacoma Cine Club Dba the Grand Cinema: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetRebuilding Hope Sexual Assault Center: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBates Technical College Foundation: $15,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetFusion-Friends United to Shelter: $15,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetPacific Public Media: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOregon Food Bank: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Puget Sound: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNew Phoebe House: $15,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetAsia Pacific Cultural Center: $12,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCommunities in Schools of Lakewood Inc: $12,500 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetA Place Called Home: $10,250 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetValeo Vocation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWishing Well Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetHopeSparks: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIssaquah Food and Clothing Bank: $10,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTahoma Bird Alliance: $10,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetStep by Step Family Support Center: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPierce County Center for Dispute Resolut: $8,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 84.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Bamford FoundationWA75.1× affinity34 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Bamford Foundation · Greater Tacoma Community Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Kilworth Florence Char Tr Fndn · Fuchsg & M Fdn Tai · Forest Foundation · Woodworth Family Foundation · Sequoia Foundation · Heidner Marco J Char Trust · Ben B Cheney Foundation Inc · Korum for Kids Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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Find your warmest path to LT Murray Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

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About LT Murray Family Foundation

How much does LT Murray Family Foundation give?
LT Murray Family Foundation reported 29 grants totaling $379,683 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 29 and 39 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does LT Murray Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (31%), Education (17%), Health (15%).
Who are LT Murray Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Tacoma Art Museum ($300k), Columbia River Maritime Museum ($150k), University of Washington Foundation ($125k).
Does LT Murray Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does LT Murray Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as LT Murray Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Bamford Foundation, Greater Tacoma Community Foundation, The Norcliffe Foundation.
Where is LT Murray Family Foundation based?
LT Murray Family Foundation is based in DE.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 94 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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