Texas · Private foundation
The Murrell Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $316k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 26
- Grants FY2026
- 31
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 39%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 31
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 5
- Total assets, FY2026
- $245k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 39% of the organizations The Murrell Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 44% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $93k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 25 | $280k | 28% |
| FY2025 | 31 | $209k | 39% |
| FY2024 | 31 | $154k | 39% |
| FY2023 | 26 | $71k | 42% |
| FY2022 | 28 | $109k | 43% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $56k | 63% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $20k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 26 | $74k | 42% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Dallas Morning News Charities | $83,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation Inc | $31,700 | 5 | 0% |
| Beyond the Roses Equine Rescue and Retirement | $31,470 | 4 | 11% |
| Redemption Bridge | $29,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Society Inc | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Standardbred Retirement Foundation Inc | $23,775 | 9 | 0% |
| Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church Fdn | $20,800 | 3 | 0% |
| Ranch Hands Rescue | $20,432 | 6 | 0% |
| Therapeutic Horses of Saratoga Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Friends of the Dallas Public Library Inc | $15,000 | 6 | 1% |
Show all 68 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 51 recipients with no EIN on record ($496k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Murrell Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: The Dallas Foundation · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Texas Instruments Foundation · Jl Williams Foundation Inc · Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Foundati Dba Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance · The Rees-Jones Foundation · The Moody Foundation · W P & Bulah Luse Foundation · Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · Celanese Foundation · Thoroughbred Charities of America Inc · The Perot Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Murrell Foundation
- How much does The Murrell Foundation give?
- The Murrell Foundation reported 26 grants totaling $315,945 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 31 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does The Murrell Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Animals (27%), Philanthropy (13%), Education (11%).
- Who are The Murrell Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: The Dallas Morning News Charities ($83k), Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation Inc ($32k), Beyond the Roses Equine Rescue and Retirement ($31k).
- Does The Murrell Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 39% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Murrell Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Murrell Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Dallas Foundation, Communities Foundation of Texas Inc, Texas Instruments Foundation.
- Where is The Murrell Foundation based?
- The Murrell Foundation is based in TX.
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