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· Private foundation

M J Murdock Charitable Trust

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$117M
Granted FY2024still arriving
797
Grants FY2024still arriving
26
States reached
$1.5M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$64MHealth$59MArts & Culture$56MHuman Services$43MYouth Development$38MPhilanthropy$37MReligion$37MEnvironment$23MOther$0
02FY2024 · 797 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k11 grants · $78k
  • $10k–50k225 grants · $6.6M
  • $50k–250k407 grants · $46M
  • $250k+154 grants · $64M
$87,000
Median grant
26
States reached
$2.0B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
M J MURDOCK CHARITABLE TRUST$1,548,170
NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY$1,000,000
FRIENDS OF SEATTLE WATERFRONT$1,000,000
COOK INLET TRIBAL COUNCIL INC$1,000,000
LATINO NETWORK$1,000,000
CARROLL COLLEGE$800,000
THE VERITAS FORUM INC$800,000
HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF DISTRICT IX INC$750,000
LARCHE FOUNDATION OF GREATER VANCOUVER$750,000
THE YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF BOISE CITY IDAHO$750,000
KCTS TELEVISION$750,000
GEORGE FOX UNIVERSITY$700,000
REID SAUNDERS EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION$700,000
GENEROUS GIVING INC$700,000
4 RANGES COMMUNITY RECREATION FOUNDATION$650,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $27.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 50% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF IDAHO INC: $400k → 11%HEROES AND HORSES: $500k → 10%B5 LEARNING CENTER: $240k → 11%OLYMPIC PENINSULA YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSN: $500k → 12%COMMUNIO FOUNDATION: $200k → 6%HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF DISTRICT IX INC: $750k → 10%SEVEN ACRES FOUNDATION: $300k → 9%FAMILY LEARNING CENTER: $236k → 11%BILLINGS FAMILY YMCA INC: $247k → 9%HOLT INTERNATIONAL: $390k → 15%HELPLINE HOUSE: $300k → 10%COOK INLET TRIBAL COUNCIL INC: $1.0M → 10%OPPORTUNITIES INDUSTRIALIZATION CENTER OF WASHINGTON: $450k → 17%CHUGACHMIUT: $500k → 10%EXPLORATIONWORKS INC: $265k → 9%FORWARD STRIDE: $275k → 8%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF EUGENE: $350k → 15%ALATHEIA RIDING CENTER: $300k → 9%ST JOHNS LUTHERAN MINISTRIES INC: $195k → 9%NEIGHBORIMPACT: $300k → 10%MOUNTAIN HOME MONTANA INC: $500k → 9%COOK INLET TRIBAL COUNCIL: $200k → 10%STEP BY STEP FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER: $191k → 9%SKOOKUM KIDS: $181k → 12%NORTHWEST HUMAN SERVICES: $200k → 14%COMMUNITY YOUTH SERVICES: $279k → 9%VIDA MCKENZIE COMMUNITY CENTER: $240k → 15%HUTTON SETTLEMENT: $600k → 12%HELPING HANDS PROJECT ORGANIZATION: $275k → 9%FAMILY BUILDING BLOCKS INC: $300k → 14%FAMILY BUILDING BLOCKS: $240k → 14%COVENANT HOUSE ALASKA: $350k → 10%ABUSED WOMEN'S AID IN CRISIS: $250k → 10%STREET ROOTS: $250k → 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $400k → 14%CHILDRENS HOME SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON: $500k → 9%RYTHER: $300k → 9%VINE MAPLE PLACE: $238k → 9%AFRICAN YOUTH AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION: $400k → 12%YMCA OF COLUMBIA-WILLAMETTE: $750k → 12%FINANCIAL BEGINNINGS: $194k → 12%REFUGEE WOMEN'S ALLIANCE: $279k → 9%LATINO NETWORK: $1.0M → 12%YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER SEATTLE: $400k → 9%YMCA OF GREATER SEATTLE: $390k → 9%LUTHERAN COMMUNITY SERVICES NORTHWEST: $400k → 9%LUTHERAN COMMUNITY SERVICES NORTHWEST: $227k → 9%ALPHA SUPPORTED LIVING SERVICES: $192k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
WA
ID
MT
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CA
UT
CO
MO
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
AR
TN
NC
DC
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$324M · 831 repeat orgs$115M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +24% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

831 repeat relationships: 472 still active in FY2024, 359 since wound down; 233 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

831
464

Total granted

$324M
$64M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+10%

Still filing today

86%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $51M went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationHealthYouth DevelopmentReligionOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • SC
    SEATTLE CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION
    2× · 2020–2021 · $15M · revenue +12%
  • YL
    YOUNG LIFE
    5× · 2020–2024 · $4.6M · revenue +62%
  • WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $3.5M · revenue +42%

Funded once

  • DL
    DE LA SALLE NORTH CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL
    one grant, 2021 · $1.0M
  • BA
    BEAVERTON ARTS FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $1.0M · revenue +196% · 52% of their budget
  • SL
    SKY LAKES MEDICAL CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $725k · revenue +52%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Cowiche Canyon Conservancy

Protecting our shrub-steppe and connecting people to this vanishing landscape.

—
2
Cascades Academy of Central Oregon

Cascades academy is an engaged, vibrant community that weaves challenging academics with experiential learning to inspire socially responsible individuals ready for a diverse and changing world.

Education
3
Discover Your Northwest

Discover Your Northwest promotes the discovery of northwest public lands, enriches the experience of visitors and builds community stewardship of these special places today and for generations to come.

Recreation & Sports
4
Oregon Research Institute

Oregon research institute is an independent behavioral sciences research center dedicated to understanding human behavior and improving the quality of human life through the prevention and treatment of health, educational, and social…

Social Science
5
Rogue Climate

Rogue Climate's mission is to empower Southern Oregon communities most impacted by climate change including low-income, rural, youth, seniors & communities of color, to win climate justice by organizing for clean energy, sustainable jobs &…

Education
6
Oregon Agricultural Trust

Oregon agricultural trust partners with farmers and ranchers to protect agricultural lands for the benefit of oregons economy, communities, and landscapes.

Environment
7
Association of Washington Cities

The association of washington cities builds connections between our state's diverse cities and towns, while providing our members with the support needed to thrive through delivery of data-driven education, nationally recognized pooling…

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8
United Way of Snohomish County

United way of snohomish county improves lives for families in snohomish county by bringing people, resources, and strategy together.

Philanthropy
9
Earthcorps

To cultivate leaders and community partnerships to advance environmental justice.

International
10
University Cooperative School

We take a joyful, community-oriented approach to raising engaged citizens, deep learners, and brave adventurers with the skills, creativity, and heart needed to better the world.

—
11
North Olympic Healthcare Network

To provide patient-centered, quality-driven, whole-person healthcare services, accessible to everyone in our community.

Health
12
Clean Energy Transition Institute

The Clean Energy Transition Institute (CETI) is an independent, nonpartisan research and analysis nonprofit whose mission is to accelerate an equitable clean energy transition in the Northwest.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Alaska & Washington; the most unlike its peers is Safe Harbor Broadcasting. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

1282 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 1282 of the 1,549 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

115
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
246
Early backer (in before they grew)
1258/1282
Grantees still filing
789/1282
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TRUST MATCHING GIFTS: $5,788,147 · OtherTRUST MATCHING GIFTSUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON: $4,241,500 · OtherOREGON STATE UNIVERSITY: $3,782,855 · Other+92 more: $74,998,762 · Other+92 moreWASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $3,510,077 · EducationWASHINGTON STATE …OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $2,835,056 · EducationOREGON HEALTH & S…GEORGE FOX UNIVERSITY: $2,339,196 · EducationGEORGE FOX UNIVER…UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION: $2,289,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF ORE…WHITWORTH UNIVERSITY: $2,182,950 · EducationWHITWORTH UNIVERS…CORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY: $2,020,140 · EducationCORPORATION OF GO…CARROLL COLLEGE: $1,517,577 · EducationPacific Lutheran University: $1,262,500 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND: $1,187,846 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND: $1,168,870 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA FOUNDATION: $1,081,204 · Education+15 more: $10,294,395 · Education+15 moreSEATTLE CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION: $15,160,000 · PhilanthropySEATTLE CHRIST…NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $7,000,000 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL PHILA…THE FORAKER GROUP: $955,000 · Philanthropy+6 more: $3,889,000 · Philanthropy+6 moreFRIENDS OF MONTANA PBS INC: $1,125,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS O…OREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION INC: $1,097,500 · Arts & CultureOREGON SH…SEATTLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $1,024,500 · Arts & CultureSEATTLE S…WINDRIDER INSTITUTE INC: $1,005,500 · Arts & CultureWINDRIDER…BEAVERTON ARTS FOUNDATION INC: $1,000,000 · Arts & CultureBEAVERTON…EUGENE BALLET COMPANY: $951,000 · Arts & CultureEUGENE BA…COLUMBIA RIVER MARITIME MUSEUM: $878,000 · Arts & CultureALUTIIQ HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $823,000 · Arts & CultureOREGON SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $790,600 · Arts & CultureCASCADE PUBLIC MEDIA: $750,000 · Arts & CultureMOVING PICTURE INSTITUTE: $720,500 · Arts & CultureIMAGINE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $679,000 · Arts & CultureNORTHWEST MARITIME CENTER: $678,200 · Arts & CultureAlaska Native Heritage Center Inc: $675,000 · Arts & CultureOREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY: $662,500 · Arts & CultureSEATTLE REPERTORY THEATRE: $650,000 · Arts & CultureTACOMA ARTS LIVE: $616,000 · Arts & CultureAnchorage Museum Association: $577,500 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $2,083,700 · Arts & Culture+4 moreLutheran Community Services Northwest: $1,587,000 · Human ServicesLutheran …COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP & DEVELOPMENT INC: $1,447,496 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY…Cook Inlet Tribal Council: $1,200,000 · Human ServicesCook Inle…VINE MAPLE PLACE: $1,038,376 · Human ServicesVINE MAPL…YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF COLUMBIA-WILLAMETTE: $1,034,605 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN…Latino Network: $1,000,000 · Human ServicesLatino Ne…THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER SEATTLE (6871): $965,000 · Human ServicesTHE YOUNG…HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF DISTRICT IX INC: $750,000 · Human ServicesTHE HUTTON SETTLEMENT: $740,000 · Human ServicesCHILDRENS HOME SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON: $675,000 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSE ALASKA: $659,000 · Human ServicesTacoma Community House: $646,750 · Human ServicesCOMMUNIO FOUNDATION INC: $597,500 · Human ServicesSHARED HOPE INTERNATIONAL: $586,541 · Human ServicesMOUNTAIN HOME MONTANA INC: $557,600 · Human Services+6 more: $3,087,000 · Human Services+6 moreYOUNG LIFE: $4,588,420 · Youth DevelopmentFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $1,364,000 · Youth DevelopmentYOUTH 71FIVE MINISTRIES: $1,030,558 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY: $850,250 · Youth DevelopmentCAMP KOREY: $725,000 · Youth DevelopmentBoys & Girls Clubs of Whatcom County: $625,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE LEWIS CLARK VALLEY INC: $618,500 · Youth DevelopmentYOUTH FOR CHRISTUSA INC: $568,000 · Youth DevelopmentB'NAI BRITH MEN'S CAMP ASSOCIATION: $516,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF ADA CO ID: $500,000 · Youth DevelopmentCAMP RAINBOW GOLD INC: $500,000 · Youth DevelopmentPROVIDENCE PORTLAND MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $1,617,000 · HealthBENAROYA RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT VIRGINIA: $985,500 · HealthSouthcentral Foundation: $949,000 · HealthVIRGINIA GARCIA MEMORIAL HEALTH CENTER: $863,200 · HealthCOMMUNITY HEALTH CLINICS INC: $851,700 · HealthPARROTT CREEK CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $768,000 · HealthSKY LAKES MEDICAL CENTER: $725,000 · HealthSet Free Alaska Inc: $692,000 · HealthHEAD STRONG PROJECT INC: $667,000 · HealthFred Hutchinson Cancer Center: $637,500 · HealthBIGHORN VALLEY HEALTH CENTER INC: $520,000 · HealthPROVIDENCE SEASIDE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $509,000 · HealthYAKIMA VALLEY COUNCIL ON ALCOHOLISM: $500,000 · HealthCentral Montana Medical Facilities Inc: $500,000 · HealthGRANDE RONDE HOSPITAL INC: $500,000 · HealthCOMPREHENSIVE MENTAL HEALTH CENTER OF TACOMA-PIERCE COUNTY: $500,000 · Health
Other$88,811,264Education$31,688,811Philanthropy$27,004,000Arts & Culture$16,787,500Human Services$16,571,868Youth Development$11,885,728Health$11,784,900

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSEATTLE CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION: $15,160,000 over 2y, 9.3% of budgetNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $7,000,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $4,588,420 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetWASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $3,510,077 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetOREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $2,835,056 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetGENEROUS GIVING INC: $2,600,000 over 4y, 17% of budgetGEORGE FOX UNIVERSITY: $2,339,196 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION: $2,289,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetWHITWORTH UNIVERSITY: $2,182,950 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $2,044,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY: $2,020,140 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetFRIENDS OF SEATTLE WATERFRONT: $2,000,000 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetSEATTLE UNIVERSITY: $1,929,980 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $1,709,750 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPROVIDENCE PORTLAND MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $1,617,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetLutheran Community Services Northwest: $1,587,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetCARROLL COLLEGE: $1,517,577 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY LEADERSHIP & DEVELOPMENT INC: $1,447,496 over 5y, 21% of budgetTHE VERITAS FORUM INC: $1,401,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $1,364,000 over 5y, 5.0% of budgetPacific Lutheran University: $1,262,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetMEDICAL TEAMS INTERNATIONAL: $1,238,500 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetCook Inlet Tribal Council: $1,200,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND: $1,187,846 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND: $1,168,870 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetLITERARY ARTS INC: $1,139,000 over 4y, 5.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF MONTANA PBS INC: $1,125,000 over 2y, 7.4% of budgetNORTHWEST UNIVERSITY: $1,100,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetOREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION INC: $1,097,500 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA FOUNDATION: $1,081,204 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetVINE MAPLE PLACE: $1,038,376 over 5y, 6.1% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF COLUMBIA-WILLAMETTE: $1,034,605 over 2y, 5.4% of budgetYOUTH 71FIVE MINISTRIES: $1,030,558 over 5y, 17% of budgetTHE IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION: $1,025,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetSEATTLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $1,024,500 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetBIBLEPROJECT: $1,011,000 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetWINDRIDER INSTITUTE INC: $1,005,500 over 5y, 14% of budgetLatino Network: $1,000,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetBEAVERTON ARTS FOUNDATION INC: $1,000,000 over 1y, 52% of budgetBENAROYA RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT VIRGINIA: $985,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER SEATTLE (6871): $965,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetLinfield University: $964,020 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetREID SAUNDERS EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION INC: $960,000 over 3y, 29% of budgetInterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA: $958,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTHE FORAKER GROUP: $955,000 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetEUGENE BALLET COMPANY: $951,000 over 3y, 23% of budgetOREGON FOOD BANK: $950,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetIDAHO FOODBANK WAREHOUSE: $950,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds SEATTLE CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GENEROUS GIVING INC ↗
  • Who funds GEORGE FOX UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WHITWORTH UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds CORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF SEATTLE WATERFRONT ↗
  • Who funds SEATTLE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds WORLD VISION INC ↗
  • Who funds PROVIDENCE PORTLAND MEDICAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Lutheran Community Services Northwest ↗
  • Who funds CARROLL COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP & DEVELOPMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds THE VERITAS FORUM INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds Pacific Lutheran University ↗
  • Who funds MEDICAL TEAMS INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds Cook Inlet Tribal Council ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND ↗
  • Who funds LITERARY ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF MONTANA PBS INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds OREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds VINE MAPLE PLACE ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF COLUMBIA-WILLAMETTE ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH 71FIVE MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds THE IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION ↗

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.

Marie Lamfrom Charita…Juan Young TrustThe Norcliffe Foundat…OCF Joseph E Weston P…The Autzen FoundationMaybelle Clark Macdon…The Robert D and Marc…The Collins FoundationUmpqua Bank Charitabl…The Jackson FoundationThe Reser Family Foun…James F & Marion L Mi…
Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation TrustOR125.4× affinity220 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · Juan Young Trust · The Norcliffe Foundation · OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation · The Autzen Foundation · Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund · The Robert D and Marcia H Randall Charitable Trust · The Collins Foundation · Umpqua Bank Charitable Foundation · The Jackson Foundation · The Reser Family Foundation · James F & Marion L Miller 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization M J Murdock Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from M J Murdock Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 140%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Family Building Blocks Inc: 68% of income from government
  • World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals: 67% of income from government
  • Artists Repertory Theatre: 48% of income from government
  • Mental Health Association of Oregon: 41% of income from government
  • Adelante Mujeres: 31% of income from government
  • Oregon Coast Aquarium Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Oregon Food Bank: 21% of income from government
  • Parrott Creek Child and Family Services: 20% of income from government
  • The Freshwater Trust: 17% of income from government
  • Youth 71FIVE Ministries: 16% of income from government
  • Farmers Conservation Alliance: 15% of income from government
  • Latino Network: 15% of income from government
  • Habitat for Humanity Portland Metro East: 14% of income from government
  • Medical Teams International: 14% of income from government
  • Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center: 11% of income from government
  • Literary Arts Inc: 10% of income from government
  • La Clinica Del Valle Family Health Care Center Inc: 7% of income from government
  • B'nai Brith Men's Camp Association: 7% of income from government
  • Nonprofit Association of Oregon: 6% of income from government
  • Providence Portland Medical Foundation: 5% of income from government
  • The Contingent: 5% of income from government
  • Oregon Museum of Science and Industry: 4% of income from government
  • The Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization: 4% of income from government
  • Linfield University: 4% of income from government
  • Columbia River Maritime Museum: 3% of income from government
  • Corban University: 3% of income from government
  • George Fox University: 2% of income from government
  • Trillium Family Services: 2% of income from government
  • The Oregon Community Foundation: 2% of income from government
  • Sky Lakes Medical Center: 2% of income from government
  • Willamette University: 1% of income from government
  • University of Portland: 1% of income from government
  • Young Men's Christian Association of Columbia-Willamette: 1% of income from government
  • Reed Institute: 1% of income from government
  • Oregon Health & Science University Foundation: 1% of income from government
  • Santiam Memorial Hospital: 1% of income from government
  • Oregon Public Broadcasting: 1% of income from government
  • Beaverton Arts Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Oregon Symphony Association: 0% of income from government
  • Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Grande Ronde Hospital Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
14get no government money at all
53report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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Find your warmest path to M J Murdock Charitable Trust through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 1549 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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